New Florida Legislation Shifts More Medicaid Costs To Counties

On March 28, 2012, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed legislation that revises the state’s methodology for determining and collecting a county’s Medicaid contribution, and forces the counties to pay up to $325.5 million in disputed past-due Medicaid bills by 2017. In addition, the legislation, House Bill (HB) 5301, permits the counties to either pay 85% of the amount due over the next five years, or assume responsibility for the full amount and make a claim before the Division of Administrative Hearings to have the amount reduced if the county believes the amount billed by the state . . .