Florida Legislature Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 1373

On June 22, 2020, the Florida Legislature Committee released this substitute for House Bill No. 1373. The legislation was signed on June 18, 2020, and went into effect on July 1, 2020. It directs the Florida Department of Elderly Affairs (DOEA) to maintain contact information for individuals with low priority scores for rescreening purposes, and it requires aging resource centers to inform such individuals of community resources. The goal is to reduce the number of names on the state's Medicaid long-term care waitlist maintained by the DOEA include only residents at high risk of nursing home placement . . .