Florida Senate - 2019                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 192
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  03/26/2019           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Gibson) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 30 and 31
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. (1) By January 10, 2020, the Agency for Health
    6  Care Administration, in consultation with the Department of
    7  Children and Families, the Florida Hospital Association, the
    8  Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida, the Florida Health Care
    9  Association, and LeadingAge Florida, shall submit a report to
   10  the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of
   11  the House of Representatives regarding the impact of the waiver
   12  of Medicaid retroactive eligibility on beneficiaries and
   13  providers. The report must include, but not be limited to:
   14         (a) The total unduplicated number of nonpregnant adults who
   15  applied for Medicaid at a hospital site from February 1, 2019,
   16  through December 6, 2019; and, of those applicants, the number
   17  whose Medicaid applications were approved, the number whose
   18  Medicaid applications were denied, and the reasons for denial
   19  ranked by frequency.
   20         (b) The total unduplicated number of nonpregnant adults who
   21  applied for Medicaid at a nursing home site from February 1,
   22  2019, through December 6, 2019; and, of those applicants, the
   23  number whose Medicaid applications were approved, the number
   24  whose Medicaid applications were denied, and the reasons for
   25  denial ranked by frequency.
   26         (c) The estimated impact of medical debt on people for whom
   27  a Medicaid application was not submitted in the same month when
   28  the individual became an inpatient of a hospital or a resident
   29  of a nursing home.
   30         (d) Recommendations to improve outreach and Medicaid
   31  coverage for nonpregnant adults who would be eligible for
   32  Medicaid if they applied before an event that requires hospital
   33  or nursing home care.
   34         (2) The Agency for Health Care Administration shall also
   35  include, as part of the report required by this section, a copy
   36  of the evaluation design and performance metrics submitted to
   37  the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services relating
   38  to the waiver of Medicaid retroactive eligibility, in conformity
   39  with the Special Terms and Conditions of this state’s Section
   40  1115 demonstration project, titled Managed Medical Assistance
   41  (MMA) Program (Project No. 11-W-00206/4).
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   43  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   44  And the title is amended as follows:
   45         Delete line 10
   46  and insert:
   47         before a specified date; requiring the agency, by a
   48         certain date, in consultation with the Department of
   49         Children and Families and certain other entities, to
   50         submit a certain report to the Governor and the
   51         Legislature; specifying information required to be in
   52         the report; providing an effective date.