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SB 248: Medical Assistance Funding for Lawfully Residing Children

GENERAL BILL by Garcia ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Gaetz ; Soto

Medical Assistance Funding for Lawfully Residing Children; Defining the term “lawfully residing child”; revising eligibility for the Florida Kidcare program to conform to changes made by the act; clarifying that undocumented immigrants are excluded from eligibility; providing eligibility for optional payments for medical assistance and related services for certain lawfully residing children; clarifying that undocumented immigrants are excluded from eligibility for optional Medicaid payments or related services, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2016
 Last Action: 3/11/2016 Senate - Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5101 (Ch. 2016-65)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    9/9/2015 Senate • Filed
    9/17/2015 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 21
    10/26/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 11/02/15, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
    11/2/2015 Senate • Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 125
    11/3/2015 Senate • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services -SJ 125
    11/9/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 11/18/15, 10:00 am, 401 Senate Office Building
    11/18/2015 Senate • Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 128
    • Now in Appropriations -SJ 128
    1/12/2016 Senate • Introduced -SJ 21
    3/11/2016 Senate • Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5101 (Ch. 2016-65)

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  • SB 248, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 9/9/2015 at 3:34 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 10/30/2015 (pdf)
    Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 11/3/2015 (pdf)
    Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Pre-Meeting) 11/17/2015 (pdf)
    Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Post-Meeting) 11/18/2015 (pdf)

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 89 (c1) Florida Kidcare Program Diaz, Santiago Similar Last Action: 3/11/2016 S Died in Health Policy, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5101 (Ch. 2016-65)
    Location: In committee/council (HP)     		Track This Bill
    H 5101 (er) Health Care Services Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 3/18/2016 Chapter No. 2016-65, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1083 (Ch. 2016-140), HB 5001 (Ch. 2016-66), HB 5003 (Ch. 2016-62), CS/HB 7003 (Ch. 2016-3), CS/SB 12 (Ch. 2016-241)
    Location: Became Law     		Track This Bill
    S 2508 Health Care Services Appropriations Compare Last Action: 2/11/2016 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5001 (Ch. 2016-66), HB 5003 (Ch. 2016-62), HB 5101 (Ch. 2016-65) -SJ 390
    Location: Laid on Table     		Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    11/2/2015 4:00 PM Health Policy 7 Yeas - 0 Nays
    11/18/2015 10:00 AM Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services 8 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (4)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    409.811 Definitions relating to Florida Kidcare Act. Page 1 (pdf)
    409.814 Eligibility. Page 2 (pdf)
    409.904 Optional payments for eligible persons. Page 3 (pdf)
    624.91 The Florida Healthy Kids Corporation Act. Page 3 (pdf)

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