Bill Text: FL S1526 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Medicaid Coverage for Former Foster Youth
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2021-04-30 - Died in Messages [S1526 Detail]
Download: Florida-2021-S1526-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Medicaid Coverage for Former Foster Youth
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2021-04-30 - Died in Messages [S1526 Detail]
Download: Florida-2021-S1526-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2021 SB 1526 By Senator Garcia 37-01326-21 20211526__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to Medicaid coverage for former foster 3 youth; amending s. 409.1451, F.S.; requiring the 4 Department of Children and Families to develop a 5 program to facilitate enrollment of certain young 6 adults in Medicaid; authorizing the department to 7 coordinate with a community-based care lead agency in 8 implementing the program; specifying requirements for 9 outreach services provided by the program; amending s. 10 409.903, F.S.; revising eligibility for Medicaid 11 coverage for certain young adults formerly eligible 12 for foster care; providing for presumptive eligibility 13 for Medicaid for certain young adults; providing an 14 effective date. 15 16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 17 18 Section 1. Subsection (10) of section 409.1451, Florida 19 Statutes, is amended to read: 20 409.1451 The Road-to-Independence Program.— 21 (10) MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR YOUNG ADULTS FORMERLY IN CARE.— 22 (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(a), the departmentor23community-based care lead agencyshall develop a program to 24 facilitate the enrollment ofdocument that eligibleyoung adults 25 eligible forare enrolled inMedicaid under s. 409.903(4). 26 (b) The department may coordinate with the community-based 27 care lead agency in implementing the program. 28 (c) The program must provide outreach services that must 29 include: 30 1. Notifying eligible or prospectively eligible young 31 adults, caregivers, group homes, and residential programs about 32 the eligibility and options for enrollment. 33 2. Providing technical assistance to eligible young adults 34 in enrolling. 35 3. Publicizing options for Medicaid enrollment for young 36 adults who have lived in foster care. 37 Section 2. Subsection (4) of section 409.903, Florida 38 Statutes, is amended to read: 39 409.903 Mandatory payments for eligible persons.—The agency 40 shall make payments for medical assistance and related services 41 on behalf of the following persons who the department, or the 42 Social Security Administration by contract with the Department 43 of Children and Families, determines to be eligible, subject to 44 the income, assets, and categorical eligibility tests set forth 45 in federal and state law. Payment on behalf of these Medicaid 46 eligible persons is subject to the availability of moneys and 47 any limitations established by the General Appropriations Act or 48 chapter 216. 49 (4) A child who is eligible under Title IV-E of the Social 50 Security Act for subsidized board payments, foster care, or 51 adoption subsidies, and a child for whom the state has assumed 52 temporary or permanent responsibility and who does not qualify 53 for Title IV-E assistance but is in foster care, shelter or 54 emergency shelter care, or subsidized adoption. This category 55 includes: 56 (a) A young adult who as a child was eligible under Title 57 IV-E of the Social Security Act for foster care or state 58 provided foster care and was living in licensed care in this 59 state on his or her 18th birthdayis eligible to receive60services under s. 409.1451, until the young adult reaches 262161 years of age, without regard to any income, resource, or 62 categorical eligibility test that is otherwise required. A young 63 adult who is eligible for Medicaid under this paragraph must be 64 offered the opportunity, subject to federal rules, to be made 65 presumptively eligible. 66 (b)A person who as a child was eligible under Title IV-E67of the Social Security Act for foster care or the state-provided68foster care and who is a participant in the Road-to-Independence69Program.70(c)A child who is eligible for the Guardianship Assistance 71 Program as provided in s. 39.6225. 72 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.