Florida House Bill 1579 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on May 5 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-05 - Died in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1517 (Ch. 2023-273)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires APD to make certain eligibility determinations within specified time periods; provides eligibility requirements for applicants; requires agency to authorize admission into intermediate care facility; provides requirements for such authorization; deletes provision requiring agency to perform specified assessments to determine level of need & medical necessity for intermediate care facilities; revises requirements for client waiting for waiver services; provides requirements for home & community-based services Medicaid waiver program.

Developmental Disability Treatment Services

Rep. Cyndi Stevenson [R]

Rep. Vicki Lopez [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-05	House	Died in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1517 (Ch. 2023-273)
2023-03-09	House	Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
2023-03-09	House	Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
2023-03-09	House	Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
2023-03-09	House	Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
2023-03-07	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2023-03-06	House	Filed

S1594 (Similar To) 2023-05-01 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1517 (Ch. 2023-273)
H1517 (Similar To) 2023-06-21 - Chapter No. 2023-273

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
393	065		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1579
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1579/BillText/Filed/PDF