The purpose of the amendment to Rule 59G-6.010 is to incorporate by reference Florida Title XIX Long-term Care Reimbursement Plan, Version XLII, effective July 1, 2014, (the Plan). The amendment will update the Plan to reflect changes to the payment methodology for nursing home services as authorized in House Bill 5001, 2014-15 General Appropriations Act, Specific Appropriation 241, as follows: 1. $1,115,714,105 is provided to buy back nursing facility rate reductions effective on or after January 1, 2008. 2. A transition to a single rate-setting period effective September 1 of each year. Rates shall be established on July 1, 2014 for a six-month rate period, January 1, 2015 for an eight-month rate period, and annually on September 1 thereafter. 3. Editorial and technical changes to remove obsolete language and reorganize existing language.