Purpose


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 2009-10 General Appropriations Act, Senate Bill 2600, Specific Appropriation 218 and Senate Bill 1658, Section 8, creating Section 409.9083, Florida Statutes. 1. Effective October 1, 2009, the Agency shall implement a recurring methodology for the privately operated intermediate care facilities for the developmentally disabled to achieve a $17,373,303 reduction. 2. Effective October 1, 2009, the Agency may implement a buy back provision for privately operated intermediate care facilities for the developmentally disabled rate reductions. 3. Effective October 1, 2009, a quality assessment is to be imposed upon privately operated intermediate care facility providers for the developmentally disabled.