Senate Bill sb0874

    Florida Senate - 2006                                   SB 874

    By Senator Miller





    18-319A-06

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Medicaid services; amending

  3         s. 409.905, F.S.; increasing the Medicaid

  4         reimbursement rates for air ambulance

  5         transportation to match the Medicare rates;

  6         providing an effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (12) of section 409.905, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         409.905  Mandatory Medicaid services.--The agency may

13  make payments for the following services, which are required

14  of the state by Title XIX of the Social Security Act,

15  furnished by Medicaid providers to recipients who are

16  determined to be eligible on the dates on which the services

17  were provided. Any service under this section shall be

18  provided only when medically necessary and in accordance with

19  state and federal law. Mandatory services rendered by

20  providers in mobile units to Medicaid recipients may be

21  restricted by the agency. Nothing in this section shall be

22  construed to prevent or limit the agency from adjusting fees,

23  reimbursement rates, lengths of stay, number of visits, number

24  of services, or any other adjustments necessary to comply with

25  the availability of moneys and any limitations or directions

26  provided for in the General Appropriations Act or chapter 216.

27         (12)  TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.--The agency shall ensure

28  that appropriate transportation services are available for a

29  Medicaid recipient in need of transport to a qualified

30  Medicaid provider for medically necessary and

31  Medicaid-compensable services, provided a client's ability to

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                   SB 874
    18-319A-06




 1  choose a specific transportation provider shall be limited to

 2  those options resulting from policies established by the

 3  agency to meet the fiscal limitations of the General

 4  Appropriations Act. The agency may pay for transportation and

 5  other related travel expenses as necessary only if these

 6  services are not otherwise available. Medicaid reimbursement

 7  for air ambulance transportation shall be paid at the same

 8  rates as current Medicare reimbursement for the same services.

 9         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

10  law.

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14    Increases the Medicaid rates for air ambulance
      transportation services to match the current Medicare
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