Bill Amendment: FL S1526 | 2021 | Regular Session

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: Medicaid Coverage for Former Foster Youth

Status: 2021-04-30 - Died in Messages [S1526 Detail]

Download: Florida-2021-S1526-Senate_Committee_Amendment_509270.html

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       Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1526
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  03/08/2021           .                                
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       The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Garcia)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
    2  
    3         Delete lines 56 - 70
    4  and insert:
    5         (a) A young adult who is eligible to receive services under
    6  s. 409.1451, until the young adult reaches 21 years of age,
    7  without regard to any income, resource, or categorical
    8  eligibility test that is otherwise required.
    9         (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a young adult who as a
   10  child was eligible under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act
   11  for foster care or state-provided foster care and was living in
   12  out-of-home care in this state on his or her 18th birthday until
   13  the young adult reaches 26 years of age, without regard to any
   14  income, resource, or categorical eligibility test that is
   15  otherwise required A person who as a child was eligible under
   16  Title IV-E of the Social Security Act for foster care or the
   17  state-provided foster care and who is a participant in the Road
   18  to-Independence Program.
   19         (c) A child who is eligible for the Guardianship Assistance