Florida Senate Bill 1024 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on March 9 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-09 - Died in Health Regulation
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Providing that if the mother of a newborn infant considers applying for eligibility for the Medicaid program through the hospital as a qualified Medicaid provider, the hospital must notify the mother that the act of applying for Medicaid will cause her personal information included on the Medicaid application to be submitted to the Department of Children and Family Services; authorizing a hospital to seek reimbursement from Medicaid for care provided to a surrendered newborn infant and the mother of a surrendered newborn infant related to labor and delivery of the infant, if the infant is determined by the Department of Children and Family Services to be eligible for Medicaid; prohibiting the hospital from seeking payment for such care from the mother of a surrendered newborn infant or from any individual financially responsible for the mother of a surrendered newborn infant, etc.

Surrendered Newborn Infants

Sen. Rene Garcia [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-09		Died in Health Regulation
2012-01-10		Introduced -SJ 84
2011-12-08		Referred to Health Regulation; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Budget -SJ 84
2011-11-18		Filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
383	50		Amended Code	See Bill Text
409	911		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/1024
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/1024/BillText/Filed/HTML