General Appropriations Act 2019 Senate Bill 2500 & Senate Bill 2502
PASSED
SB2500 - General Appropriations Act 2019, and SB 2502 Implementing the 2019-2020 General Appropriations Act, by Senate Appropriations Committee, PASSED. The bills, respectively, are Chapters No. 2019-115/116 Laws of Florida, effective July 1, 2019.The Florida Legislature passed a $91.1 billion budget for fiscal year 2019-2020, which is $2.4 billion more than the current fiscal year’s budget.
Sponsored by the Senate Appropriations Committee
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Impacts from the General Appropriations Act Include:
Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Long Term Care (SMMC LTC): SMMC LTC will receive a funding increase of $344.5 M. The program is designed to provide LTC services to Medicaid-eligible (i.e., low income) disabled adults and elders who need nursing home level of care. SMMC LTC services may include, among others, adult day care, assisted living, caregiver training, hospice services, medical equipment, respite care and various therapies. The SMMC LTC program has a finite number of slots for eligible service recipients. As of March 26, 2019, 55,435 Medicaid applicants awaited slots to open. Community Care for the Elderly (CCE): CCE, a non-Medicaid program, will receive an increase of $2,158,333 in funding to serve an additional 256 slots. CCE provides community-based services to help functionally impaired elders, ages 60+, live in the least restrictive and most cost-effective environments suitable to forestall or prevent nursing home placement. CCE services include: adult day care, adult day health care, case management, case aide, chore, companionship, consumable medical supplies, counseling, escort, emergency alert response, emergency home repair, home-delivered meals, home health aide, homemaker, home nursing, information and referral, legal assistance, material aid, medical therapeutic services, personal care, respite, shopping assistance, transportation, and other community-based services.
Home Care for the Elderly (HCE): HCE will receive no additional funding to serve more elders. HCE provides care in family-type living arrangements for non-Medicaid individuals, ages 60+, who have incomes meeting the Institutional Care Program (ICP) standard and who are at great risk of nursing home placement. These individuals must have living with them approved adult caregivers.
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