Bill Text: FL S0442 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
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
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 monthas set based on appropriations. 29 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.