Public Guardianship Program The Public Guardianship Program will receive an increase of $2,491,326 in funding. The Office of Public & Professional Guardians, housed within the Department of Elder Affairs, provides services for persons who have no willing family members or friends to serve as their guardians and who have inadequate incomes or assets to afford private guardians.
Affordable Housing: The legislature swept $125 million from a trust fund established exclusively for use with statewide affordable housing programs. Funds are down $46,030,000 from last year, for a total of $77,600,000. The State Apartment Incentive Loan (SAIL) program will receive $31,040,000 to fund construction or rehabilitation of rental units for older adults, the homeless, and persons with developmental disabilities. The State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) program will receive $46,560,000 for emergency repairs and for new construction or rehabilitation of homes. In addition to the sweep, the Legislature allocated $115 million from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund for hurricane housing relief in the Florida Panhandle and $8 million for the Jacksonville Urban Core Workforce Housing Project.
Implementing Bill to General Appropriations Act: Retroactive Medicaid Eligibility:
Section 24 of Senate Bill 2502 directs the Agency for Health Care Administration (ACHA) to seek authorization from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to continue reimbursement for Medicaid services only back to the first day of the month in which an eligible adult applies for Medicaid. This reimbursement restriction applies to adults 21 years of age and older who are not pregnant. Prior to the current year’s budget, Medicaid would reimburse for services rendered to eligible applicants for up to 90 days before application. This section expires July 1, 2020.
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