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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to Medicaid expansion through a 2
Medicaid buy-in program; creating s. 409.9141, F.S.; 3
requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to 4
establish and implement a Medicaid buy -in program for 5
specified individuals with disabilities under certain 6
circumstances; providing requirements for the program; 7
requiring the agency to seek by a specified date 8
federal waiver approval or submit any state plan 9
amendments necessary to implement the program; 10
requiring the agency to implement the program upon 11
receiving federal approval; providing an effective 12
date. 13
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15
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Section 1. Section 409.9141, Florida Statutes, is created 17
to read: 18
409.9141 Medicaid buy -in program for individuals with 19
disabilities.— 20
(1)(a) The agency shall establish and, subject to federal 21
approval through a waiver or state plan amendment, implement a 22
Medicaid buy-in program, authorized under the Ticket to Work and 23
Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999, Pub. L. No. 106 -170, 24
and the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Pub. L. No. 105 -33, for 25
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individuals with disabilities who are between 18 and 64 years of 26
age and whose incomes exce ed the maximum income eligibility 27
level for initial enrollment to obtain coverage for medical 28
assistance under the Medicaid program. 29
(b) The Medicaid buy -in program must provide full Medicaid 30
benefits to eligible individuals and must limit any premiums o r 31
cost sharing to a certain percentage of an individual's income, 32
as determined by the agency. 33
(2) By October 1, 2024, the agency shall seek federal 34
waiver approval or submit any state plan amendments necessary to 35
implement the Medicaid buy -in program under this section. The 36
agency shall implement the program upon receiving federal 37
approval. 38
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 39