The purpose and effect of the proposed rule development is to incorporate changes to the Florida Title XIX Intermediate Care Facilities (ICF) for the Mentally Retarded and the Developmentally Disabled Facilities not Publicly Owned and not Publicly Operated Reimbursement Plan (the Plan) in accordance with the 2008-09 General Appropriations Act, House Bill 5001, Specific Appropriation 235 and House Bill 5085, Section 5 which amended Section 409.908, Florida Statutes. 1. Effective October 1, 2008, as a result of modifying the reimbursement for intermediate care facilities for the developmentally disabled, the Agency shall implement a recurring methodology in the Title XIX Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded and Developmentally Disabled for Community Owned and Operated Facilities Reimbursement Plan to achieve a $6,160,256 reduction. In establishing rates through the normal process, prior to including this reduction, if the unit cost is equal to or less than the unit cost used in establishing the budget, then no additional reduction in rates is necessary. In establishing rates through the normal process, prior to including this reduction, if the unit cost is greater than the unit cost used in establishing the budget, then rates shall be reduced by an amount required to achieve this reduction, but shall not be reduced below the unit cost used in establishing the budget. 2. The Agency shall establish rates at a level that ensures no increase in statewide expenditures resulting from a change in unit costs for two fiscal years effective July 1, 2009. Reimbursement rates for the two fiscal years shall be as provided in the General Appropriations Act.