Florida Senate - 2017 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 240 Ì373836BÎ373836 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: WD . 03/22/2017 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Powell) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 52 - 58 4 and insert: 5 (e) By January 1, 2018, submit an appropriate federal 6 waiver or a waiver amendment to the Centers for Medicare and 7 Medicaid Services, the United States Department of Health and 8 Human Services, or any other designated federal entity to 9 incorporate a pilot program for direct primary care agreements, 10 as defined in s. 456.0625, bundled with a managed care plan for 11 Medicaid recipients in Region 6, as described in s. 409.966(2), 12 who are 18 years of age or older and who do not receive 13 supplemental security income, within the Medicaid Managed 14 Assistance component of the Statewide Medicaid Managed Care 15 program. A Medicaid recipient may be offered this opportunity on 16 a voluntary basis and must be given the same rights and 17 responsibilities as other Medicaid recipients enrolled in the 18 Statewide Medicaid Managed Care program. A Medicaid recipient 19 who participates in the pilot program may not be charged a 20 copayment, a premium, coinsurance, or other cost sharing in 21 excess of what is allowed in the Statewide Medicaid Managed Care 22 program. Before seeking a waiver, the agency must provide public 23 notice and the opportunity for public comment in Region 6 and 24 include public feedback in the waiver application. The time 25 period for public comment must end no sooner than 30 days after 26 the completion of the public meeting in Region 6. 27 28 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 29 And the title is amended as follows: 30 Delete lines 6 - 9 31 and insert: 32 the agency to submit, by a specified date, a federal 33 waiver or waiver amendment to one of specified federal 34 entities to incorporate a pilot program for direct 35 primary care agreements bundled with a managed care 36 plan for certain Medicaid recipients in a specified 37 region; providing requirements for the pilot program 38 as to Medicaid recipients; providing that Medicaid 39 recipients in the pilot program may not be charged a 40 copayment, premium, coinsurance, or other cost sharing 41 in excess of specified amounts; requiring the agency 42 to provide public notice, receive public comments, and 43 include public feedback in the waiver application; 44 creating s.