Senate Bill sb1832

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 1832

    By Senator Fasano





    11-1365A-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to requirements for Medicaid

  3         eligibility; amending s. 409.903, F.S.;

  4         providing that low-income families that have

  5         children are eligible for Medicaid if the

  6         family's countable income does not exceed 35

  7         percent of the federal poverty level and

  8         resource standards do not exceed the applicable

  9         standards for Aid to Families with Dependent

10         Children; amending s. 445.029, F.S.; extending

11         the time during which a family that has lost

12         temporary cash assistance due to earnings may

13         remain eligible for Medicaid without

14         reapplication if private insurance is

15         unavailable or unaffordable; providing an

16         effective date.

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

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20         Section 1.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section

21  409.903, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

22         409.903  Mandatory payments for eligible persons.--The

23  agency shall make payments for medical assistance and related

24  services on behalf of the following persons who the

25  department, or the Social Security Administration by contract

26  with the Department of Children and Family Services,

27  determines to be eligible, subject to the income, assets, and

28  categorical eligibility tests set forth in federal and state

29  law.  Payment on behalf of these Medicaid eligible persons is

30  subject to the availability of moneys and any limitations

31  established by the General Appropriations Act or chapter 216.

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 1         (1)  Low-income families with children are eligible for

 2  Medicaid provided they meet the following requirements:

 3         (c)  The family's countable income does and resources

 4  do not exceed 35 percent of the federal poverty level and

 5  resource standards do not exceed the applicable Aid to

 6  Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) income and resource

 7  standards under the AFDC state plan in effect in July 2006

 8  1996, except as amended in the Medicaid state plan to conform

 9  as closely as possible to the requirements of the welfare

10  transition program, to the extent permitted by federal law.

11         Section 2.  Subsection (1) of section 445.029, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         445.029  Transitional medical benefits.--

14         (1)  A family that loses its temporary cash assistance

15  due to earnings shall remain eligible for Medicaid without

16  reapplication during the immediately succeeding 24-month

17  12-month period if private medical insurance is unavailable

18  from the employer or is unaffordable.

19         (a)  The family shall be denied Medicaid during the

20  24-month 12-month period for any month in which the family

21  does not include a dependent child.

22         (b)  The family shall be denied Medicaid if, during the

23  final second 6 months of the 24-month 12-month period, the

24  family's average gross monthly earnings during the preceding

25  month exceed 185 percent of the federal poverty level.

26         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

27  law.

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 3    Provides that low-income families with children are
      eligible for Medicaid if the family's countable income
 4    does not exceed 35 percent of the federal poverty level
      and resource standards do not exceed the applicable
 5    standard for Aid to Families with Dependent Children.
      Extends the time during which a family that has lost
 6    temporary cash assistance due to earnings may remain
      eligible for Medicaid without reapplication if private
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