S257 - Appropriations Act of 2017. (SL 2017-57)

Overview: Sec. 11F.18A of S.L. 2017-57 reinstates short-term State funding for group home residents who were eligible for Medicaid personal care services prior to January 1, 2013, who lost their eligibility for the services after that date, and who have continuously resided in a group home since December 31, 2012. The funding must be used to provide necessary supervision and medication management for these residents. This short-term funding was originally established in the 2013 budget bill (S.L. 2013-360) but ended on June 30, 2015. This section authorizes funding to continue through June 30, 2019.

This section became effective July 1, 2017.