Bill Amendment: FL S2514 | 2017 | Regular Session

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: Health Care

Status: 2017-06-19 - Chapter No. 2017-129, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2500 (Ch. 2017-70) [S2514 Detail]

Download: Florida-2017-S2514-Senate_Committee_Amendment_587490.html

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       Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SPB 2514
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Grimsley) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 1213 and 1214
    4  insert:
    5         Section 22. Subject to federal approval of the application
    6  to be a site for the Program of All-inclusive Care for the
    7  Elderly (PACE), the Agency for Health Care Administration shall
    8  contract with an organization located in Miami-Dade County that
    9  owns and operates primary care medical centers in South Florida.
   10  The organization shall leverage its existing community-based
   11  care providers to provide PACE services to frail elders who
   12  reside in Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach Counties. The
   13  organization is exempt from the requirements of chapter 641,
   14  Florida Statutes. The agency, in consultation with the
   15  Department of Elderly Affairs and subject to an appropriation of
   16  funds by the Legislature, shall approve up to 300 initial
   17  enrollees in the PACE site established by the organization for
   18  frail elders who reside in Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach
   19  Counties. The agency may seek any necessary waiver or state plan
   20  amendments to implement this section.
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   22  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   23  And the title is amended as follows:
   24         Delete lines 153 - 154
   25  and insert:
   26         enrollees in PACE at the new site, subject to certain
   27         conditions; requiring the agency to contract with an
   28         organization that meets certain criteria to offer
   29         specified services to frail elders who reside in
   30         certain counties, subject to federal approval;
   31         exempting the organization from ch. 641, F.S.,
   32         relating to health care service programs; requiring
   33         the agency, in consultation with the department, to
   34         approve a certain number of initial enrollees in PACE
   35         at the new site, subject to certain conditions;
   36         providing that the agency may seek any necessary
   37         waiver or state plan amendments to serve a certain
   38         purpose; providing effective dates.