Bill Text: FL S0442 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Personal Needs Allowance [WPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Health Regulation [S0442 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0442-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                                     SB 442 
 
By Senator Gelber 
35-00409A-10                                           2010442__ 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to the personal needs allowance; 
3         amending s. 409.904, F.S.; revising the monthly 
4         personal needs allowance for certain eligible persons; 
5         providing an effective date. 
6 
7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
8 
9         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 
10  409.904, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
11         409.904 Optional payments for eligible persons.—The agency 
12  may make payments for medical assistance and related services on 
13  behalf of the following persons who are determined to be 
14  eligible subject to the income, assets, and categorical 
15  eligibility tests set forth in federal and state law. Payment on 
16  behalf of these Medicaid eligible persons is subject to the 
17  availability of moneys and any limitations established by the 
18  General Appropriations Act or chapter 216. 
19         (3) A person who is in need of the services of a licensed 
20  nursing facility, a licensed intermediate care facility for the 
21  developmentally disabled, or a state mental hospital, whose 
22  income does not exceed 300 percent of the SSI income standard, 
23  and who meets the assets standards established under federal and 
24  state law. In determining the person’s responsibility for the 
25  cost of care, the following amounts must be deducted from the 
26  person’s income: 
27         (a) The monthly personal needs allowance for residents, 
28  which shall be $70 per month as set based on appropriations. 
29         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.