Agency for Health Care Administration, Medicaid

 

AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION

Medicaid

Medicaid State Plan Amendment

The Agency for Health Care Administration announces that it is requesting an amendment to the Medicaid State Plan. This state plan amendment increases the Personal Needs Allowance (PNA) from $105 for individuals to $130 and from $210 to $260 for couples that are Florida Medicaid recipients residing in institutional settings. The PNA is a deduction from the total monthly income used in calculating patient responsibility for cost of care and is the amount of income a Medicaid recipient can keep each month for his or her personal needs such as clothing, personal grooming, toiletries, and other items not paid for by Medicaid or Medicare. This change is effective July 1, 2018 as authorized by House Bill 5001, the General Appropriations Act, signed by Governor Scott on March 16, 2018.

Interested parties may contact the following staff for further information:

Virginia Hardcastle, Bureau of 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].