Bill > S0682

This bill makes several changes to the Medicaid managed care program in Florida. It requires nursing homes to confirm within 50 days whether a Medicaid recipient resident is a candidate for home and community-based services. It specifies that covered services under the Medicaid managed care program are those listed in state law. It exempts certain Medicaid recipients, such as those receiving hospice care or residing in nursing facilities for 60 or more consecutive days, from participation in the long-term care managed care program. The bill also requires Medicaid managed care plans to offer contracts to all nursing homes and hospices in a region they are newly serving, and allows plans to exclude providers from their networks after 12 months for failure to meet quality or performance criteria.

Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services

Appropriations (Senate), Health Policy (Senate)

http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/682