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FL S2518

Health Care


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Introduced
04/01/2021
In Committee
04/07/2021
Crossed Over
04/30/2021
Passed
04/30/2021
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
06/03/2021

Introduced Session

2021 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Revising the amount of money residents of a veterans' nursing home must receive monthly before being required to contribute to their maintenance and support; revising eligibility for Medicaid coverage for children according to the resource limits under the Temporary Cash Assistance Program; deleting authorization for payment for chiropractic, hearing, optometric, podiatric, and visual services provided to Medicaid recipients; revising the years of audited disproportionate share data the agency must use for calculating an average for purposes of calculating disproportionate share payments, etc.

AI Summary

This bill makes the following key changes: 1. It revises the amount of monthly income veterans in a nursing home must receive before being required to contribute to their maintenance and support, increasing it from $105 to $130 per month. 2. It deletes authorization for Medicaid coverage of certain services like chiropractic, hearing, optometric, podiatric, and visual services. 3. It revises the years of audited disproportionate share data the agency must use when calculating disproportionate share payments to hospitals, changing from the 2012-2014 data to the 3 most recent years of audited data available. 4. It requires nursing homes to submit additional financial information, including audited financial statements, to the Agency for Health Care Administration. 5. It expands the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) to serve additional counties and increases the number of enrollee slots in certain PACE programs. Overall, the bill makes various changes to Medicaid reimbursement policies, nursing home financial reporting requirements, and the PACE program in Florida.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance

Sponsors (0)

No sponsors listed

Other Sponsors (1)

Appropriations (S)

Last Action

Chapter No. 2021-41, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2500 (Ch. 2021-36) (on 06/03/2021)

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