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 reflect termination of interstate residency agreements related to adults in Florida nursing facilities, effective February 1, 2014.

These agreements allowed otherwise eligible adults receiving services in a Florida nursing facility who own a home in another state and intend to return home, to be considered Florida residents. They also allowed homestead property in the other state to be excluded as an asset when determining eligibility. Florida had agreements with the following states: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin. Florida will continue to honor any current Medicaid eligibility decisions that were a result of these residency agreements and the nursing facility residents’ enrollment in the Florida Medicaid program will continue as long as those individuals continue to meet all other Institutional Care Program eligibility requirements. This change does not affect children under the age of 21.

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 email at [e-mail].