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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to priority enrollment for Medicaid 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | home and community-based services; amending s. 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | 409.979, F.S.; adding specified individuals to the 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | list of those who are afforded priority enrollment for 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Medicaid home and community -based services through the 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | long-term care managed care program under certain 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | circumstances; providing an effective date. 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florid a: 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subsection (3) of section 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 409.979, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 409.979 Eligibility. — 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (3) WAIT LIST, RELEASE, AND OFFER PROCESS. —The Department 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | of Elderly Affairs shall maintain a statewide wait list for 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | enrollment for home and community -based services through the 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | long-term care managed care program. 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (f) Notwithstanding this subsection, the following 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | individuals are afforded priority enrollment for home and 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | community-based services through the long -term care managed care 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | program and do not have to complete the screening or wait -list 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | process if all other long -term care managed care program 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | eligibility requirements are met: 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 1. An individual who is 18, 19, or 20 years of age who has 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | a chronic debilitating dis ease or condition of one or more 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | physiological or organ systems which generally make the 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | individual dependent upon 24 -hour-per-day medical, nursing, or 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | health supervision or intervention. 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | 2. A nursing facility resident who requests to transition 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | into the community and who has resided in a Florida -licensed 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | skilled nursing facility for at least 60 consecutive days. 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | 3. An individual who is referred by the Department of 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Children and Families pursuant to the Adult Protective Services 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | Act, ss. 415.101-415.113, as high risk and who is placed in an 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | assisted living facility temporarily funded by the Department of 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | Children and Families. 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | 4. An individual who has resided in a licensed assisted 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | living facility in this state for at least 6 months, or for 30 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | days following referral by the Department of Children and 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | Families, and who requires assistance with two or more 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | activities of daily living. 42 |
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| 68 | 68 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 43 |
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