AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
MedicaidRULE NO: RULE TITLE
59G-4.130: Home Health ServicesNOTICE OF CHANGE
Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 33, No. 29, July 20, 2007 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.
These changes are in response to comments received from the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee.
59G-4.130(1). Home health agencies are regulated by Chapter 400, Part III, F.S. We corrected the rule to read, “This rule applies to all home health agencies licensed under Chapter 400, Part III IV, F.S. . . .”
The rule incorporates by reference the Florida Medicaid Home Health Services Coverage and Limitations Handbook, July 2007. The following change was made to the handbook.
Page 1-4. Home Health Provider Qualifications. We corrected the statutory reference to read, “Chapter 400, Part III, F.S.”
Page 2-14 Supervisory Requirement. In the first paragraph, first sentence, we added the specific rule citation of Rule 59A-8.008, F.A.C. We added the following second and third sentence for clarification, “If the recipient requires only nursing; or nursing and physical, respiratory, occupational or speech therapy services; or nursing and dietetic and nutrition services, case management shall be provided by a licensed RN directly employed by the agency. If the recipient is receiving only physical, speech, respiratory or occupational therapy services or is receiving only one or more of these therapy services and home health aide services, case management shall be provided by the licensed therapist, who is a direct employee of the home health agency or a contractor.”
