Bill > H5201

Introduced Session

An act relating to health care; terminating the Welfare Transition Trust Fund created within the Department of Health; providing for the disposition of balances in and revenues of the trust fund; requiring the department to pay any outstanding debts and obligations and requiring the Chief Financial Officer to close out and remove the terminated fund from state accounting systems; amending s. 20.435, F.S.; removing provisions relating to the Welfare Transition Trust Fund to conform to changes made by the act; amending s. 296.37, F.S.; revising the threshold dollar amount relating to a requirement that a resident of a certain health care facility contribute to his or her maintenance and support; amending s. 400.179, F.S.; decreasing the net cumulative threshold amount of specified fees collected by the Agency for Health Care Administration from certain nursing homes to maintain lease bonds; amending s. 408.061, F.S.; requiring nursing homes and their home offices to annually submit to the agency audited financial data and certain other information within a specified timeframe using a certain uniform system of financial reporting; amending s. 408.07, F.S.; providing definitions; amending s. 409.904, F.S.; revising dates relating to HB 5201, Engrossed 1 a requirement that the agency make payments for Medicaid-covered services retroactive for a specified period for certain eligible persons; abrogating the future expiration of certain provisions; reenacting s. 409.908(23), F.S., relating to a requirement that the agency establish Medicaid reimbursement rates for specified services; amending s. 409.908, F.S.; authorizing the agency to receive funds from certain entities to make Low Income Pool Program payments; requiring certain providers to contract with Medicaid managed care plans as a condition of receiving certain funding; amending s. 409.911, F.S.; revising dates relating to certain data used by the agency to calculate the disproportionate share payment for hospitals; amending s. 409.9113, F.S.; revising dates relating to certain data used by the agency to calculate the disproportionate share payment for teaching hospitals; abrogating the future expiration of certain provisions; amending s. 409.9119, F.S.; revising dates relating to certain data used by the agency to calculate the disproportionate share payment for specialty hospitals for children; abrogating the future expiration of certain provisions; amending s. 409.966, F.S.; requiring the Secretary of Health Care Administration to make certain certifications HB 5201, Engrossed 1 regarding prospective Medicaid managed care plans to the Governor and Legislature; providing that certification does not guarantee assignment of enrollees to a plan that fails to meet quality standards; amending ss. 409.977 and 409.984, F.S.; authorizing the agency to engage in certain enrollment assignment actions in the Medicaid managed medical assistance program and the long-term care managed care program under certain circumstances; amending s. 624.91, F.S.; requiring an insurer or any provider of health care services under a Florida Healthy Kids Corporation contract to refund an amount to be deposited into a specified fund under certain conditions; amending s. 945.602, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing for a type two transfer of the State of Florida Correctional Medical Authority to the Department of Health; amending ss. 409.975 and 1011.52, F.S.; conforming cross-references; providing an effective date.

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MaryLynn Magar (R)*, 

Other Sponsors (1)

Died in Appropriations (on 03/14/2020)

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