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 add coverage for behavior analysis services effective March 31, 2016. The changes are to provide highly structured interventions with the goal of targeting and decreasing maladaptive behaviors for children under the age of 21 with special needs. This amendment will have a federal fiscal impact with an expected cost of $42,620,000 in federal funds for FFY 2015-16 and $59,124,000 in federal funds for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2016-17.

Interested parties may contact the following staff for further information:

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