The purpose of the amendment to Rule 59G-13.130, F.A.C., is to incorporate by reference the Florida Medicaid Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Waiver Services Coverage and Limitations Handbook, July 2012. The handbook includes a revised ...

AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
Medicaid

RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:
59G-13.130: Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Services
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of the amendment to Rule 59G-13.130, F.A.C., is to incorporate by reference the Florida Medicaid Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Waiver Services Coverage and Limitations Handbook, July 2012. The handbook includes a revised Prioritization Screening Instrument, AHCA-Med Serv Form 042; clarifies that services cannot be reimbursed through the waiver if they are available through another funding source; updates references for the Medicaid fiscal agent; adds language describing the addition of Medicaid Waiver Specialists to the operating structure of the waiver and identifies their functions; adds language describing Nursing Home Transition activities and the two services added to the waiver to assist individuals with transition from nursing home to community setting; and deletes Appendix A, Traumatic Brain Injury/Spinal Cord Injury Waiver Services Procedure Codes, Reimbursement and Maximum Limits.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Waiver Services.
An additional area to be addressed during the workshop will be the potential regulatory impact Rule 59G-13.130, F.A.C., will have as provided for under Sections 120.54 and 120.541, F.S.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 409.919 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 409.902, 409.906, 409.907, 409.908, 409.912, 409.913 FS.
IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: Thursday, May 31, 2012, 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
PLACE: Agency for Health Care Administration, 2727 Mahan Drive, Building 3, Conference Room B, Tallahassee, Florida 32308-5407
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 48 hours before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Pamela Kyllonen at the Bureau of Medicaid Services, [phone]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Pamela Kyllonen, Medicaid Services, 2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop 20, Tallahassee, Florida 32308-5407, telephone: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:

59G-13.130 Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Services.

(1) No change.

(2) All traumatic brain and spinal cord injury waiver services providers enrolled in the Medicaid program must be in compliance with the Florida Medicaid Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Waiver Services Coverage and Limitations Handbook, July 2012 April 2006, incorporated by reference, and the Florida Medicaid Provider Reimbursement Handbook, Non-Institutional 081, which is incorporated by reference in Rule 59G-13.001, F.A.C. The Both handbooks is are available from the Medicaid fiscal agent’s Web site at www.mymedicaid-florida.com. Select Public Information for Providers, then Provider Support, and then Provider Handbooks. Paper copies of the handbooks may be obtained by calling the Provider Contact Center at 1(800)289-7799 and selecting Option 7.

(3) The following forms that are included in the Florida Medicaid Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Waiver Services Coverage and Limitations Handbook are incorporated by reference: Appendix C contains the Home and Community-Based Waiver Referral Agreement, April 2006, seven pages; Appendix D contains the Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program Request for Level of Care, April 2006, two pages; Appendix E contains the Notification of Level of Care, which is incorporated by reference in Rule 59G-13.030, F.A.C; Appendix F contains the Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program Waiting List Policy for the Traumatic Brain/ Spinal Cord Injury Medicaid Waiver Program, April 2006, five pages, and Home and Community-Based Medicaid Waiver Prioritization Screening Instrument, four pages; Appendix G contains the Notice of Decision, April 2006, two pages; Appendix H contains the Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waiver Service Plan, April 2006, one page.

Rulemaking Specific Authority 409.919 FS. Law Implemented 409.902, 409.906, 409.907, 409.908, 409.912, 409.913 FS. History– New 5-31-06, Amended_________.