Florida HB 1491: Violation of State Immigration Law

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to Florida Health Plan trust fund; 2
creating s. 641.76, F.S.; creating the Florida Health 3
Fund for the Florida Health Plan; providing for the 4
administration of the fund; providing for sources of 5
funds and purpose; requiring claims for health care 6
services to be made to the fund; providing for 7
disbursement from the fund; providing for the accounts 8
in the fund; requiring moneys received by the fund to 9
be paid to a specified person; prohibiting such person 10
from commingling the funds with other moneys; 11
requiring necessary waivers, exemptions, agreements, 12
and legislation to be obtained for federal payments 13
for the fund; providing for future review and 14
termination or re-creation of the fund; amending s. 15
641.73, F.S.; defining the term "fund"; amending s. 16
641.74, F.S.; providing eligibility of certain 17
retirees for the plan under certain circumstances; 18
amending s. 641.77, F.S.; providing that the Florida 19
Health Plan's responsibility for providing health care 20
is secondary to existing federal programs if funding 21
for these programs is not transferred to the fund; 22
amending s. 641.78, F.S.; requiring collateral sources 23
to pay a certain sum to the fund under certain 24
circumstances; amending s. 641.793, F.S.; providing 25

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duties of the Florida Health Board relating to the 26
fund; amending s. 641.797, F.S.; providing duties of 27
the plan auditor relating to the fund; providing an 28
appropriation; amending s. 641.798, F.S.; providing 29
applicability of the Code of Ethics for Public 30
Officers and Employees to the employees and the 31
director of the fund; providing an appropriation; 32
providing a contingent effective date. 33
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 35
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Section 1. Section 641.76, Florida Statutes, is created to 37
read: 38
641.76 Florida Health Fund.— 39
(1) The Florida Health Fund, a revolving fund, is 40
established under the jurisdiction and control of the Florida 41
Health Board to implement the Florida Health Plan and to receive 42
premiums and other sources of revenue. The fund shall be 43
administered by a director appointed by the board. 44
(a) All moneys collected, received, and transferred 45
according to this section shall be deposited in the fund. Moneys 46
deposited in the fund shall be used exclusively to finance the 47
plan. 48
(b) All claims for health care services rendered shall be 49
made to the fund. Payments made for health care services shall 50

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be disbursed from the fund. 51
(c) Revenues collected each year must be sufficient to 52
cover that year's projected costs for the plan. 53
(2)(a) The fund shall have operating, capital, and reserve 54
accounts. 55
1. The operating account in the fund comprises the 56
following accounts: 57
a. Medical services account. The medical services account 58
must be used to provide for all medical services and benefits 59
covered under the plan. 60
b. Prevention account. The prevention account must be used 61
to establish and maintain primary community prevention programs, 62
including preventive screening tests. 63
c. Program administration, evaluation, planning, and 64
assessment account. The program administration, evaluation, 65
planning, and assessment account must be used to monitor and 66
improve the plan's effectiveness and operations. The board may 67
establish grant programs, including demonstration projects, for 68
the account's purpose. 69
d. Training and development account. The training and 70
development account must be used to incentivize the training and 71
development of health care providers and the health care 72
workforce needed to meet the health care needs of the 73
population. 74
e. Health service research account. The health service 75

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research account must be used to support research and innovation 76
as determined by the board and recommended by the Office of 77
Health Quality and Planning and the Ombudsman Office for Patient 78
Advocacy. 79
2. The capital account must be used to pay for capital 80
expenditures for institutional providers. 81
3. The reserve account must at all times hold an amount 82
estimated in the aggregate to provide for the payment of all 83
losses and claims for which the plan may be liable and to 84
provide for the expense