1 | The Health Care General Committee recommends the following: |
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3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
5 | A bill to be entitled |
6 | An act relating to the Florida KidCare program; amending |
7 | s. 409.814, F.S.; providing for certain children who are |
8 | ineligible to participate in the Florida KidCare program |
9 | to be eligible for the Medikids program or the Florida |
10 | Healthy Kids program; requiring that the Agency for Health |
11 | Care Administration begin enrollment under the revised |
12 | program criteria by a specified date; providing an |
13 | effective date. |
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15 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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17 | Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 409.814, Florida |
18 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
19 | 409.814 Eligibility.--A child who has not reached 19 years |
20 | of age whose family income is equal to or below 200 percent of |
21 | the federal poverty level is eligible for the Florida KidCare |
22 | program as provided in this section. For enrollment in the |
23 | Children's Medical Services Network, a complete application |
24 | includes the medical or behavioral health screening. If, |
25 | subsequently, an individual is determined to be ineligible for |
26 | coverage, he or she must immediately be disenrolled from the |
27 | respective Florida KidCare program component. |
28 | (5) A child whose family income is above 200 percent of |
29 | the federal poverty level or a child who is excluded under the |
30 | provisions of subsection (4) may participate in the Medikids |
31 | program as provided in s. 409.8132 or, if the child is |
32 | ineligible for Medikids by reason of age, in the Florida Healthy |
33 | Kids program Florida KidCare program, excluding the Medicaid |
34 | program, but is subject to the following provisions: |
35 | (a) The family is not eligible for premium assistance |
36 | payments and must pay the full cost of the premium, including |
37 | any administrative costs. |
38 | (b) The agency is authorized to place limits on enrollment |
39 | in Medikids by these children in order to avoid adverse |
40 | selection. The number of children participating in Medikids |
41 | whose family income exceeds 200 percent of the federal poverty |
42 | level must not exceed 10 percent of total enrollees in the |
43 | Medikids program. |
44 | (c) The board of directors of the Florida Healthy Kids |
45 | Corporation is authorized to place limits on enrollment of these |
46 | children in order to avoid adverse selection. In addition, the |
47 | board is authorized to offer a reduced benefit package to these |
48 | children in order to limit program costs for such families. The |
49 | number of children participating in the Florida Healthy Kids |
50 | program whose family income exceeds 200 percent of the federal |
51 | poverty level must not exceed 10 percent of total enrollees in |
52 | the Florida Healthy Kids program. |
53 | (d) Children described in this subsection are not counted |
54 | in the annual enrollment ceiling for the Florida KidCare |
55 | program. |
56 | Section 2. The Agency for Health Care Administration shall |
57 | begin enrollment under s. 409.814(5), Florida Statutes, as |
58 | amended by this act, by July 1, 2006. |
59 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |