Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 7044
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/17/2015           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Bean)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 1137 - 1158
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 409.904, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         409.904 Optional payments for eligible persons.—The agency
    8  may make payments for medical assistance and related services on
    9  behalf of the following persons who are determined to be
   10  eligible subject to the income, assets, and categorical
   11  eligibility tests set forth in federal and state law. Payment on
   12  behalf of these Medicaid eligible persons is subject to the
   13  availability of moneys and any limitations established by the
   14  General Appropriations Act or chapter 216.
   15         (2) A family, a pregnant woman, a child under age 21, a
   16  person age 65 or over, or a blind or disabled person, who would
   17  be eligible under any group listed in s. 409.903(1), (2), or
   18  (3), except that the income or assets of such family or person
   19  exceed established limitations. For a family or person in one of
   20  these coverage groups, medical expenses are deductible from
   21  income in accordance with federal requirements in order to make
   22  a determination of eligibility. A family or person eligible
   23  under the coverage known as the “medically needy,” is eligible
   24  to receive the same services as other Medicaid recipients, with
   25  the exception of services in skilled nursing facilities and
   26  intermediate care facilities for the developmentally disabled.
   27  
   28  Effective October 1, 2015, no new enrollees over the age of 20
   29  may be enrolled under this subsection. This subsection expires
   30  September 30, 2019.
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   33  And the title is amended as follows:
   34         Delete lines 35 - 38
   35  and insert:
   36  amending s. 409.904, F.S.; establishing a when new enrollment in
   37  the Medically Needy program is suspended and an expiration date
   38  for the program; amending s. 624.91, F.S.; revising
   39