Senate Bill 904 (2025) — Subsidy payments for the home care for the elderly program
SB 904
Florida Bills
Florida Senate - 2025 SB 904 By Senator Garcia 36-01613-25 2025904__ Page 1 of 2 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to subsidy payments for the home care 2 for the elderly program; amending s. 430.605, F.S.; 3 requiring that subsidy payments made by the Department 4 of Elder Affairs for the home care for the elderly 5 program cease for certain persons upon such persons’ 6 enrollment in the Medicaid long-term care managed care 7 program; providing construction and applicability; 8 amending s. 430.606, F.S.; conforming provisions to 9 changes made by the act; providing an effective date. 10 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 13
Section
Section 430.605, Florida Statutes, is amended to 14 read: 15 430.605 Subsidy payments.— 16
(1) The department shall develop a
schedule of subsidy 17 payments to be made to persons providing home care, and to 18 providers of goods and services, for certain eligible elderly 19 persons. Payments must be based on the financial status of the 20 person receiving care. Payments must include, but need not be 21 limited to: 22 (a)
(1) A support and maintenance element, including costs 23 of housing, food, clothing, and incidentals. 24 (b)
(2) Payments for medical, pharmaceutical, and dental 25 services essential to maintain the health of the elderly person 26 and not covered by Medicare, Medicaid, or any form of insurance. 27 (c)
(3) When necessary, special supplements to provide for 28 any goods and services and specialized care required to maintain 29 Florida Senate - 2025 SB 904 36-01613-25 2025904__ Page 2 of 2 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. the health and well-being of the elderly person. Extraordinary 30 medical, dental, or pharmaceutical expenses may be paid as a 31 special supplement. 32 (2)(
a) Subsidy payments made by the department under 33 subsection (1) for an eligible elderly person must cease 34 effective on the date the eligible elderly person enrolls in the 35 Medicaid long-term care managed care program under s. 409.979. 36 (
b) Paragraph (a): 37 1. Applies to subsidy payments made for an eligible elderly 38 person who is released from the wait list for the Medicaid long-39 term care managed care program for enrollment in such program 40 under s. 409.979 on or after July 2, 2025. 41 2. Does not affect in any way subsidy payments made for an 42 eligible elderly person who, as of July 1, 2025: 43 a. Receives services under the home care for the elderly 44 program; and 45 b. Is enrolled in the Medicaid long-term care managed care 46 program under s. 409.979. 47
Section
Section 430.606, Florida Statutes, is amended to 48 read: 49 430.606 Eligibility for services.—The criteria for 50 determining eligibility for this program shall be substantially 51 similar to the criteria used to determine eligibility for 52 nursing home care under the Medicaid program. Subsidy payments 53 made by the department to a person providing home care, and to a 54 provider of goods and services, for an eligible elderly person 55 must comply with the requirements of s. 430.605. 56