Florida Senate - 2019                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 2502
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Gibson moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 1333 and 1334
    4  insert:
    5         Section 27. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
    6  203, 207, 208, 210, 212, and 221 of the 2019-2020 General
    7  Appropriations Act:
    8         (1) By January 10, 2020, the Agency for Health Care
    9  Administration, in consultation with the Department of Children
   10  and Families, the Florida Hospital Association, the Safety Net
   11  Hospital Alliance of Florida, the Florida Health Care
   12  Association, and LeadingAge Florida, shall submit a report to
   13  the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of
   14  the House of Representatives regarding the impact of the waiver
   15  of Medicaid retroactive eligibility on beneficiaries and
   16  providers. The report must include, but is not limited to:
   17         (a) The total unduplicated number of nonpregnant adults who
   18  applied for Medicaid at a hospital site from February 1, 2019,
   19  through December 6, 2019; and, of those applicants, the number
   20  whose Medicaid applications were approved, the number whose
   21  Medicaid applications were denied, and the reasons for denial
   22  ranked by frequency.
   23         (b) The total unduplicated number of nonpregnant adults who
   24  applied for Medicaid at a nursing home site from February 1,
   25  2019, through December 6, 2019; and, of those applicants, the
   26  number whose Medicaid applications were approved, the number
   27  whose Medicaid applications were denied, and the reasons for
   28  denial ranked by frequency.
   29         (c) The estimated impact of medical debt on people for whom
   30  a Medicaid application was not submitted in the same month when
   31  the individual became an inpatient of a hospital or a resident
   32  of a nursing home.
   33         (d) Recommendations to improve outreach and Medicaid
   34  coverage for nonpregnant adults who would be eligible for
   35  Medicaid if they applied before an event that requires hospital
   36  or nursing home care.
   37         (2) The Agency for Health Care Administration shall also
   38  include, as part of the report required by this section, a copy
   39  of the evaluation design and performance metrics submitted to
   40  the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services relating
   41  to the waiver of Medicaid retroactive eligibility, in conformity
   42  with the Special Terms and Conditions of this state’s Section
   43  1115 demonstration project, titled Managed Medical Assistance
   44  (MMA) Program (Project No. 11-W-00206/4).
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   46  This section expires July 1, 2020.
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   48  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   49  And the title is amended as follows:
   50         Between lines 130 and 131
   51  insert:
   52         requiring the agency, by a certain date, in
   53         consultation with the Department of Children and
   54         Families and certain other entities, to submit a
   55         certain report to the Governor and the Legislature;
   56         specifying requirements for the report;