Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SPB 2502
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Gibson) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 798 and 799
    4  insert:
    5         Section 18. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
    6  207, 211, 212, 214, 216, and 225 of the 2020-2021 General
    7  Appropriations Act, by March 1, 2021, the Agency for Health Care
    8  Administration, in consultation with the Department of Children
    9  and Families, the Florida Hospital Association, the Safety Net
   10  Hospital Alliance of Florida, the Florida Health Care
   11  Association, and LeadingAge Florida, shall submit a report to
   12  the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of
   13  the House of Representatives regarding the impact of the waiver
   14  of Medicaid retroactive eligibility on beneficiaries and
   15  providers. The report must include, but is not limited to:
   16         (1) The total unduplicated number of nonpregnant adults who
   17  applied for Medicaid at a hospital site from May 1, 2020,
   18  through January 31, 2021; and, of those applicants, the number
   19  whose Medicaid applications were approved, the number whose
   20  Medicaid applications were denied, and the reasons for denial
   21  ranked by frequency.
   22         (2) The total unduplicated number of nonpregnant adults who
   23  applied for Medicaid at a nursing home site from May 1, 2020,
   24  through January 31, 2021; and, of those applicants, the number
   25  whose Medicaid applications were approved, the number whose
   26  Medicaid applications were denied, and the reasons for denial
   27  ranked by frequency.
   28         (3) The estimated impact of medical debt on nonpregnant
   29  adults for whom a Medicaid application was not submitted in the
   30  same month when the individual became an inpatient of a hospital
   31  or a resident of a nursing home.
   32         (4) Additional recommendations to improve outreach and
   33  Medicaid coverage for nonpregnant adults who would be eligible
   34  for Medicaid if they applied before an event that requires
   35  hospital or nursing home care.
   36  
   37  This section expires July 1, 2021.
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   39  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   40  And the title is amended as follows:
   41         Delete line 56
   42  and insert:
   43         make payments to Medicaid-covered services; requiring
   44         the Agency for Health Care Administration, in
   45         consultation with the Department of Children and
   46         Families and certain other entities, to submit a
   47         report to the Governor and the Legislature by a
   48         specified date; specifying requirements for the
   49         report; reenacting