Florida legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Florida H1227: Medicaid Enrollment for Permanently Disabled Individuals
Status: Failed, June 16, 2025
Requires that certain Medicaid-eligible persons who receive specified Medicaid-covered services & who are permanently disabled be presumed eligible for continued Medicaid coverage during redetermination processes; requires AHCA to continue to make payments for such services; requires certain persons to notify AHCA & DCF of certain changes in disability or economic status; authorizes DCF to conduct redetermination of eligibility; requires DCF to make notifications; requires AHCA to seek federal authorization to exempt certain persons from annual redetermination of eligibility; requires AHCA & DCF to develop specified process.
Sponsors
- Health & Human Services Committee · primary sponsor
- Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee · primary sponsor
- Tramont, Chase (R, HD-030) · primary sponsor
- Bartleman, Robin (D, HD-103)
- Benarroch, Yvette (R, HD-081)
- Franklin, Gallop (D, HD-008)
- López, Johanna (D, HD-043)
- Melo, Lauren (R, SD-028)
- Mooney, Jim (R, HD-120)
- Rizo, Alex (R, HD-112)
- Salzman, Michelle (R, HD-001)
- Tant, Allison (D, HD-009)
Votes
- House: Third Reading RCS#177 (April 23, 2025): 115 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Health & Human Services Committee (April 15, 2025): 24 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Health Care Budget Subcommittee (April 9, 2025): 13 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee (March 27, 2025): 15 yea, 0 nay, passed