The purpose of this proposed rule is to update the average monthly private pay nursing facility rate.

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
Economic Self-Sufficiency Program

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
65A-1.712: SSI-Related Medicaid Resource Eligibility Criteria
65A-1.716: Income and Resource Criteria
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of this proposed rule is to update the average monthly private pay nursing facility rate.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Monthly periods of ineligibility for Medicaid due to transferred resources or income is determined by dividing the total cumulative uncompensated value of all transferred resources or income computed in accordance with 65A-1.712(3)(f), F.A.C., by the average monthly private cost of nursing facility care. The proposed rule will include language to require updates of the average monthly private nursing home cost every two years
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 409.919 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 409.902 FS., 409.903 FS., 409.904 FS., 409.906 FS., 409.9065 FS.
IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE TIME, DATE AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
TIME AND DATE: March 27, 2006, 12:00 Noon
PLACE: 1317 Winewood Boulevard, Building 3, Room 439, Tallahassee, FL 32399
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Jennifer Lange, Chief, Program Policy, Economic Self-Sufficiency, telephone [phone]

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.