Bill Text: FL S0294 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Florida Kidcare Program

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Failed) 2015-05-01 - Died in Appropriations [S0294 Detail]

Download: Florida-2015-S0294-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2015                                     SB 294
       
       
        
       By Senator Garcia
       
       
       
       
       
       38-00163-15                                            2015294__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Florida Kidcare program;
    3         amending s. 409.811, F.S.; defining the term “lawfully
    4         residing child”; deleting the definition of the term
    5         “qualified alien”; conforming provisions to changes
    6         made by the act; amending s. 409.814, F.S.; revising
    7         eligibility for the program to conform to changes made
    8         by the act; clarifying that undocumented immigrants
    9         are excluded from eligibility; amending s. 409.904,
   10         F.S.; providing eligibility for optional payments for
   11         medical assistance and related services for certain
   12         lawfully residing children; clarifying that
   13         undocumented immigrants are excluded from eligibility
   14         for optional Medicaid payments or related services;
   15         amending s. 624.91, F.S.; conforming provisions to
   16         changes made by the act; providing an effective date.
   17          
   18  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   19  
   20         Section 1. Present subsections (17) through (22) of section
   21  409.811, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (18)
   22  through (23), respectively, a new subsection (17) is added to
   23  that section, and present subsection (23) and subsection (24) of
   24  that section are amended, to read:
   25         409.811 Definitions relating to Florida Kidcare Act.—As
   26  used in ss. 409.810-409.821, the term:
   27         (17) “Lawfully residing child” means a child who is
   28  lawfully present in the United States, meets Medicaid or
   29  Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) residency
   30  requirements, and may be eligible for medical assistance with
   31  federal financial participation as provided under s. 214 of the
   32  Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009,
   33  Pub. L. No. 111-3, and related federal regulations.
   34         (23) “Qualified alien” means an alien as defined in s. 431
   35  of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
   36  Reconciliation Act of 1996, as amended, Pub. L. No. 104-193.
   37         (24) “Resident” means a United States citizen, or lawfully
   38  residing child qualified alien, who is domiciled in this state.
   39         Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section
   40  409.814, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   41         409.814 Eligibility.—A child who has not reached 19 years
   42  of age whose family income is equal to or below 200 percent of
   43  the federal poverty level is eligible for the Florida Kidcare
   44  program as provided in this section. If an enrolled individual
   45  is determined to be ineligible for coverage, he or she must be
   46  immediately disenrolled from the respective Florida Kidcare
   47  program component.
   48         (4) The following children are not eligible to receive
   49  Title XXI-funded premium assistance for health benefits coverage
   50  under the Florida Kidcare program, except under Medicaid if the
   51  child would have been eligible for Medicaid under s. 409.903 or
   52  s. 409.904 as of June 1, 1997:
   53         (c) A child who is an alien, but who does not meet the
   54  definition of a lawfully residing child qualified alien, in the
   55  United States. This paragraph does not extend eligibility for
   56  the Florida Kidcare program to an undocumented immigrant.
   57         Section 3. Present subsections (8) and (9) of section
   58  409.904, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (9)
   59  and (10), respectively, and a new subsection (8) is added to
   60  that section, to read:
   61         409.904 Optional payments for eligible persons.—The agency
   62  may make payments for medical assistance and related services on
   63  behalf of the following persons who are determined to be
   64  eligible subject to the income, assets, and categorical
   65  eligibility tests set forth in federal and state law. Payment on
   66  behalf of these Medicaid eligible persons is subject to the
   67  availability of moneys and any limitations established by the
   68  General Appropriations Act or chapter 216.
   69         (8) A child who has not attained the age of 19 who,
   70  notwithstanding s. 414.095(3), would be eligible for Medicaid
   71  under s. 409.903, except that the child is a lawfully residing
   72  child as defined in s. 409.811. This subsection does not extend
   73  eligibility for optional Medicaid payments or related services
   74  to an undocumented immigrant.
   75         Section 4. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
   76  624.91, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   77         624.91 The Florida Healthy Kids Corporation Act.—
   78         (3) ELIGIBILITY FOR STATE-FUNDED ASSISTANCE.—Only the
   79  following individuals are eligible for state-funded assistance
   80  in paying Florida Healthy Kids premiums:
   81         (b) Notwithstanding s. 409.814, a legal alien aliens who is
   82  are enrolled in the Florida Healthy Kids program as of January
   83  31, 2004, who does do not qualify for Title XXI federal funds
   84  because he or she is they are not a lawfully residing child
   85  qualified aliens as defined in s. 409.811.
   86         Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.