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General Appropriations Act 2020 House Bill 5001 & House Bill 5003
Sponsored by the House Appropriations Committee
HB 5001 - General Appropriations Act 2020 and HB 5003 Implementing the 2020-2021 General Appropriations Act by House Appropriations Committee PASSED. The bills, respectively, are Chapters No. 2020-111 & 2020-114 Laws of Florida, effective July 1, 2020. The Florida Legislature passed a $93.2 billion budget for fiscal year 2020-2021, which leaves $2 billion in reserves.
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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 $248,800,000. 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 13, 2020, 58,464 Medicaid applicants awaited slots to open. Community Care for the Elderly (CCE): CCE, a non-Medicaid program, will receive an increase of $4,219,444 in funding to create an additional 501 service slots. CCE provides community based services to help functionally impaired elders, ages 60+, live in the least restrictive and most cost effective environments to forestall or prevent nursing home placement. CCE services include: adult day care, adult day health care, case management, case aide, chores, 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 a funding increase of $600,000 to serve 146 more elders. HCE provides care in family-type living arrangements for non-Medicaid individuals, ages 60+, who have incomes and assets meeting the Institutional Care Program (ICP) standard and who are at great risk of nursing home placement.
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