Florida Senate - 2007                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 1124
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11  The Committee on Health and Human Services Appropriations
12  (Peaden) recommended the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment 
15         On page 3, lines 12 through 16, delete those lines
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17  and insert:  medically necessary, but may not exceed 8 hours
18  per day. Personal care assistance services shall be limited to
19  the number of hours medically necessary, but may not exceed
20  150 hours per calendar month. Total annual expenditures under
21  this waiver shall be capped at $30,000 per client. Clients
22  served through tier two include, but need not be limited to,
23  clients requiring residential placements. All clients
24  receiving services through the home and community-based waiver
25  on March 1, 2007, shall be moved to tier two, with the
26  exception of clients who have service needs that exceed
27  $30,000 and that are essential for avoiding
28  institutionalization or clients who possess behavioral
29  concerns that are exceptional in intensity, duration, or
30  frequency and present a substantial risk of harm to themselves
31  or others.
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    4:15 PM   03/26/07                              s1124.ha02.001