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FL S0656
Bill
AI Summary
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Allows children under age 1 with family income above 200 percent of federal poverty level to participate in the Medikids program under specified conditions.
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Requires eligible children in the Florida Kidcare program be offered the opportunity to become presumptively eligible and allows lawful immigrant children to enroll regardless of date of entry.
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Permits children eligible for state-sponsored health benefits through family employment and children whose employer coverage costs exceed 5 percent of family income to enroll in the subsidized Kidcare program.
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Removes exclusion of temporomandibular joint disease (TMJ) treatment from outpatient services coverage under benchmark benefits.
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Extends Medicaid eligibility to 12 months for all children (previously only ages under 5) and expands pregnant women's Medicaid coverage for the duration of pregnancy and postpartum period; increases Florida Healthy Kids Corporation board from 11 to 12 members.
Legislative Description
Florida Kidcare Program
Last Action
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
5/7/2011