♠ Posted by Marc J. Soss in Florida Elder Law Planning,Florida elderly,florida estate plan,florida Medicaid benefits,florida medicaid eligibility,Florida Medicaid Senate bill,Retroactive Medicaid
A Florida Senate bill that would permanently shorten how long patients can have Medicaid cover past healthcare bills narrowly cleared its first state Senate committee hearing Monday, advancing an estimated $104 million policy that could affect about 11,500 Floridians’ care. SB 192, which passed 6-4 in the Senate Health Policy committee on party lines, would cement a policy that restricts the period patients are eligible for Medicaid coverage to the calendar month before their application. The prior policy, which the Legislature changed last year, allowed patients to have the safety net program...