Bill Amendment: FL H0085 | 2016 | Regular Session

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Bill Title: Recovery Care Services

Status: 2016-03-11 - Died in returning Messages [H0085 Detail]

Download: Florida-2016-H0085-Senate_Floor_Amendment_740112_to_Amendment_725590_.html

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       Florida Senate - 2016                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. HB 85
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Sobel moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (725590) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Between lines 169 and 170
    5  insert:
    6         Section 2. Subsection (2) of Section 391.021, Florida
    7  Statutes, is amended to read:
    8         391.021 Definitions.—When used in this act, the term:
    9         (2) “Children with special health care needs” means those
   10  children younger than 21 years of age who have chronic and
   11  serious physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional
   12  conditions and who require health care and related services of a
   13  type or amount beyond that which is generally required by
   14  children.
   15         Section 3. Section 391.029, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   16  read:
   17         391.029 Program eligibility.—
   18         (1) Eligibility for the Children’s Medical Services program
   19  is based on the diagnosis of one or more chronic and serious
   20  medical conditions and the family’s need for specialized
   21  services.
   22         (1)(2) The following individuals are eligible to receive
   23  services through the program:
   24         (a) A high-risk pregnant female who is enrolled in
   25  Medicaid.
   26         (b) Children with serious special health care needs from
   27  birth to 21 years of age who are enrolled in Medicaid.
   28         (c) Children with serious special health care needs from
   29  birth to 19 years of age who are enrolled in a program under
   30  Title XXI of the Social Security Act.
   31         (2)(3) Subject to the availability of funds, the following
   32  individuals may receive services through the program:
   33         (a) Children with serious special health care needs from
   34  birth to 21 years of age who do not qualify for Medicaid or
   35  Title XXI of the Social Security Act but who are unable to
   36  access, due to lack of providers or lack of financial resources,
   37  specialized services that are medically necessary or essential
   38  family support services. Families shall participate financially
   39  in the cost of care based on a sliding fee scale established by
   40  the department.
   41         (b) Children with special health care needs from birth to
   42  21 years of age, as provided in Title V of the Social Security
   43  Act.
   44         (c) An infant who receives an award of compensation under
   45  s. 766.31(1). The Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury
   46  Compensation Association shall reimburse the Children’s Medical
   47  Services Network the state’s share of funding, which must
   48  thereafter be used to obtain matching federal funds under Title
   49  XXI of the Social Security Act.
   50         (3)(4) Any child who has been provided with surgical or
   51  medical care or treatment under this act prior to being adopted
   52  and has a special health care need serious and chronic special
   53  health needs shall continue to be eligible to be provided with
   54  such care or treatment after his or her adoption, regardless of
   55  the financial ability of the persons adopting the child.
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   57  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   58  And the title is amended as follows:
   59         Between lines 762 and 763
   60  insert:
   61         amending s. 391.021, F.S.; revising the definition of
   62         the term “children with special health care needs”;
   63         amending s. 391.029, F.S., revising eligibility
   64         requirements for the Children’s Medical Services
   65         program;