Agency for Health Care Administration, Medicaid

 

AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
Medicaid

State Plan Amendment

The Agency for Health Care Administration announces that it is requesting an amendment to the Medicaid State Plan. The amendment will be to clarify the post-eligibility treatment of institutionalized individuals’ incomes for the purpose of:

1. Deducting expenses of medically necessary services or items incurred no earlier than the 3 months preceding the month of application; and

2. Limiting the deduction for expenses incurred as the result of imposition of a transfer of assets penalty period to zero.

Interested parties may contact the following staff for further information:

Kathy Austin, Medicaid Services, located at 2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop 20, Tallahassee, Florida 32308-5407; by telephone at: [phone] or by e-mail at: [e-mail].