996004
Florida Senate - 2007
SB7100
The Committee on Health and Human Services Appropriations (Peaden)
recommended the following amendment:
Section: 03
On Page: 019
Spec App: 270
| EXPLANATION:
Technical amendment to conform proviso to PCS 1124.
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NET IMPACT ON: Total Funds General Revenue Trust Funds
Recurring - 0 0 0
Non-Recurring - 0 0 0
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AGENCY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
Program: Services To Persons With
Disabilities
Home And Community Services 67100100
In Section 03 On Page 019
270 Special Categories 101555
Home And Community Based Services Waiver IOEE
DELETE from the seventh paragraph immediately following Specific
Appropriation 270:
rehabilitation
and insert in lieu thereof:
habilitation
DELETE the eighth paragraph immediately following Specific Appropriation
270:
The agency shall work with the Agency for Health Care Administration to
develop a new Medicaid waiver to include all of the services in the
Family and Supported Living Waiver with the addition of residential
rehabilitation services. This waiver must include the 8 hour residential
rehabilitation cap and have an annual total expenditure cap per client
of $30,000. All current clients with annual service billings less than
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or equal to $30,000 after the residential rehabilitation cap is imposed,
shall be moved to the new Medicaid waiver. The transition to the new
waiver must be accomplished by October 1, 2007.
At the end of existing proviso language, following Specific
Appropriation 270, INSERT:
The agency shall work with the Agency for Health Care Administration to
develop a new Medicaid waiver to include all of the services in the
family and supported living waiver with the addition of residential
habilitation services. This waiver will include the residential
habilitation and personal care assistance service caps and have an
annual total expenditure cap per client of $30,000. All clients
receiving services through the Home and Community Based Services Waiver
on March 1, 2007, shall be moved to the new Medicaid waiver, except
clients who have service needs that exceed $30,000 and that are
essential to avoid institutionalization, or possess behavioral concerns
that are exceptional in intensity, duration, or frequency, and present a
substantial risk of harm to themselves or others. The transition to the
new waiver must be accomplished by October 1, 2007.
| Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process. However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items. Items printed in italics are computer codes and are not a part of the official text of this amendment. |
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