Bill Text: FL H1349 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub


Bill Title: Community-based Service/Developmental Disabilities

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Messages [H1349 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H1349-Comm_Sub.html
CS/HM 1349
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House Memorial
2A memorial to the Congress of the United States, urging
3Congress to support the opportunity to provide increased
4access to community-based services for individuals with
5developmental disabilities.
6
7 WHEREAS, federal and state financial assistance is provided
8for services under the Medicaid program for individuals with
9developmental disabilities, and
10 WHEREAS, community-based services are a valuable cost-
11effective alternative to institutional care because such
12services benefit both the individual receiving the services and
13the federal and state programs that fund the services, and
14 WHEREAS, studies suggest that individuals with
15developmental disabilities who receive services in their homes
16or other community settings experience improved outcomes,
17quality of care, and quality of life in contrast to individuals
18with developmental disabilities who receive care in
19institutional settings, and
20 WHEREAS, publicly funded programs that cover community-
21based services for individuals with developmental disabilities
22are limited, and
23 WHEREAS, federal and state programs provide limited support
24for community-based services that serve as an alternative to
25institutional care for individuals with developmental
26disabilities, and
27 WHEREAS, the years after a student with a developmental
28disability leaves the educational system are critical for
29learning and transition, and
30 WHEREAS, the need to allow the opportunity to provide
31increased access to community-based services at the discretion
32of the developmentally disabled individual's family is
33recognized, and
34 WHEREAS, access to community-based services, regardless of
35a family's income, insurance coverage, or Medicaid eligibility,
36is recognized as essential in improving the quality of life for
37individuals with developmental disabilities, NOW, THEREFORE,
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39Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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41 That the Congress of the United States is urged to:
42 (1) Support the "Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of
432009" or the "ABLE Act of 2009," as reflected in H.R. 1205 and
44S. 493; and
45 (2) Support ABLE accounts for individuals with
46developmental disabilities to assist them in paying certain
47expenses, including expenses for education, housing,
48transportation, employment support, medical care, and certain
49life necessities.
50 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
51dispatched to the President of the United States, to the
52President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the
53United States House of Representatives, and to each member of
54the Florida delegation to the United States Congress.
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