| 1 | Representative Wood offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment to Amendment (213174) (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 32 and 33, insert: |
| 5 | Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of section |
| 6 | 408.909, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 408.909 Health flex plans.- |
| 8 | (5) ELIGIBILITY.-Eligibility to enroll in an approved |
| 9 | health flex plan is limited to residents of this state who: |
| 10 | (a)1. Are 64 years of age or younger; |
| 11 | 2. Have a family income equal to or less than 300 percent |
| 12 | of the federal poverty level; |
| 13 | 2.3. Are not covered by a private insurance policy and are |
| 14 | not eligible for coverage through a public health insurance |
| 15 | program, such as Medicare or Medicaid, or another public health |
| 16 | care program, such as Kidcare, and have not been covered at any |
| 17 | time during the past 6 months, except that: |
| 18 | a. A person who was covered under an individual health |
| 19 | maintenance contract issued by a health maintenance organization |
| 20 | licensed under part I of chapter 641 which was also an approved |
| 21 | health flex plan on October 1, 2008, may apply for coverage in |
| 22 | the same health maintenance organization's health flex plan |
| 23 | without a lapse in coverage if all other eligibility |
| 24 | requirements are met; or |
| 25 | b. A person who was covered under Medicaid or Kidcare and |
| 26 | lost eligibility for the Medicaid or Kidcare subsidy due to |
| 27 | income restrictions within 90 days prior to applying for health |
| 28 | care coverage through an approved health flex plan may apply for |
| 29 | coverage in a health flex plan without a lapse in coverage if |
| 30 | all other eligibility requirements are met; and |
| 31 | 3.4. Have applied for health care coverage as an |
| 32 | individual through an approved health flex plan and have agreed |
| 33 | to make any payments required for participation, including |
| 34 | periodic payments or payments due at the time health care |
| 35 | services are provided; or |
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| 39 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 40 | Remove line 43 and insert: |
| 41 | under certain circumstances; amending s. 408.909, F.S.; |
| 42 | removing a limitation on eligibility for enrollment in an |
| 43 | approved health flex plan; amending s. |