Florida Senate - 2021 SB 238



By Senator Book





32-00430-21 2021238__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to Medicaid eligibility; amending s.
3 409.903, F.S.; revising the period of eligibility for
4 Medicaid for postpartum women; providing an effective
5 date.
6
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
8
9 Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 409.903, Florida
10 Statutes, is amended to read:
11 409.903 Mandatory payments for eligible persons.—The agency
12 shall make payments for medical assistance and related services
13 on behalf of the following persons who the department, or the
14 Social Security Administration by contract with the Department
15 of Children and Families, determines to be eligible, subject to
16 the income, assets, and categorical eligibility tests set forth
17 in federal and state law. Payment on behalf of these Medicaid
18 eligible persons is subject to the availability of moneys and
19 any limitations established by the General Appropriations Act or
20 chapter 216.
21 (5) A pregnant woman for the duration of her pregnancy and
22 for the postpartum period as defined in federal law and rule or
23 consisting of the 365-day period beginning on the last day of
24 her pregnancy, whichever is longer, or a child under age 1, if
25 either is living in a family that has an income that which is at
26 or below 150 percent of the most current federal poverty level,
27 or, effective January 1, 1992, that has an income which is at or
28 below 185 percent of the most current federal poverty level.
29 Such a person is not subject to an assets test. Further, a
30 pregnant woman who applies for eligibility for the Medicaid
31 program through a qualified Medicaid provider must be offered
32 the opportunity, subject to federal rules, to be made
33 presumptively eligible for the Medicaid program.
34 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.

Statutes affected:
S 238 Filed: 409.903