Bill Text: FL S1526 | 2021 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Medicaid Coverage for Former Foster Youth

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

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

Download: Florida-2021-S1526-Comm_Sub.html

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       Florida Senate - 2021                             CS for SB 1526
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; and
       Senator Garcia
       
       
       
       
       586-02622-21                                          20211526c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to Medicaid coverage for former foster
    3         youth; amending s. 409.1451, F.S.; requiring the
    4         Department of Children and Families to develop a
    5         program to facilitate enrollment of certain young
    6         adults in Medicaid; authorizing the department to
    7         coordinate with a community-based care lead agency in
    8         implementing the program; specifying requirements for
    9         outreach services provided by the program; amending s.
   10         409.903, F.S.; revising eligibility for Medicaid
   11         coverage for certain young adults formerly eligible
   12         for foster care; providing an effective date.
   13          
   14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   16         Section 1. Subsection (10) of section 409.1451, Florida
   17  Statutes, is amended to read:
   18         409.1451 The Road-to-Independence Program.—
   19         (10) MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR YOUNG ADULTS FORMERLY IN CARE.—
   20         (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(a), the department or
   21  community-based care lead agency shall develop a program to
   22  facilitate the enrollment of document that eligible young adults
   23  eligible for are enrolled in Medicaid under s. 409.903(4).
   24         (b) The department may coordinate with the community-based
   25  care lead agency in implementing the program.
   26         (c) The program must provide outreach services that must
   27  include:
   28         1. Notifying eligible or prospectively eligible young
   29  adults, caregivers, group homes, and residential programs about
   30  the eligibility and options for enrollment.
   31         2. Providing technical assistance to eligible young adults
   32  in enrolling.
   33         3. Publicizing options for Medicaid enrollment for young
   34  adults who have lived in foster care.
   35         Section 2. Subsection (4) of section 409.903, Florida
   36  Statutes, is amended to read:
   37         409.903 Mandatory payments for eligible persons.—The agency
   38  shall make payments for medical assistance and related services
   39  on behalf of the following persons who the department, or the
   40  Social Security Administration by contract with the Department
   41  of Children and Families, determines to be eligible, subject to
   42  the income, assets, and categorical eligibility tests set forth
   43  in federal and state law. Payment on behalf of these Medicaid
   44  eligible persons is subject to the availability of moneys and
   45  any limitations established by the General Appropriations Act or
   46  chapter 216.
   47         (4) A child who is eligible under Title IV-E of the Social
   48  Security Act for subsidized board payments, foster care, or
   49  adoption subsidies, and a child for whom the state has assumed
   50  temporary or permanent responsibility and who does not qualify
   51  for Title IV-E assistance but is in foster care, shelter or
   52  emergency shelter care, or subsidized adoption. This category
   53  includes:
   54         (a) A young adult who is eligible to receive services under
   55  s. 409.1451, until the young adult reaches 21 years of age,
   56  without regard to any income, resource, or categorical
   57  eligibility test that is otherwise required.
   58         (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a young adult who as a
   59  child was eligible under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act
   60  for foster care or state-provided foster care and was living in
   61  out-of-home care in this state on his or her 18th birthday until
   62  the young adult reaches 26 years of age, without regard to any
   63  income, resource, or categorical eligibility test that is
   64  otherwise required A person who as a child was eligible under
   65  Title IV-E of the Social Security Act for foster care or the
   66  state-provided foster care and who is a participant in the Road
   67  to-Independence Program.
   68         (c) A child who is eligible for the Guardianship Assistance
   69  Program as provided in s. 39.6225.
   70         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.