154.501 – Short title.
154.501 Short title.—Sections 154.501-154.506 may be cited as the “Primary Care for Children and Families Challenge Grant Act.” History.—s. 1, ch. 97-263.
154.502 – Legislative findings and intent.
154.502 Legislative findings and intent.— (1) The Legislature finds that, despite significant state investments in health care programs, millions of low-income Floridians, many of them families with children, continue to lack access to basic health care. The Legislature finds that local solutions to health care problems can have a dramatic and positive effect on the health status […]
154.503 – Primary Care for Children and Families Challenge Grant Program; creation; administration.
154.503 Primary Care for Children and Families Challenge Grant Program; creation; administration.— (1) Effective July 1, 1997, there is created the Primary Care for Children and Families Challenge Grant Program to be administered by the Department of Health. (2) The department shall: (a) Publicize the availability of funds and the method by which a county or counties may submit […]
154.504 – Eligibility and benefits.
154.504 Eligibility and benefits.— (1) Any county or counties may apply for a primary care for children and families challenge grant to provide primary health care services to children and families with incomes of up to 150 percent of the federal poverty level. Participants shall pay no monthly premium for participation, but shall be required to pay […]
154.505 – Proposals; application process; minimum requirements.
154.505 Proposals; application process; minimum requirements.— (1) Any county or counties which desire to receive state funding under ss. 154.501-154.506 shall submit an application to the department. The department shall develop an application process for the Primary Care for Children and Families Challenge Grant Program. (2) Applications shall be competitively reviewed by an independent panel appointed by the […]
154.506 – Primary care for children and families challenge grant awards.
154.506 Primary care for children and families challenge grant awards.— (1) Primary care for children and families challenge grants shall be awarded on a matching basis. The county or counties shall provide $1 in local matching funds for each $2 grant payment made by the state. Except as provided in subsection (2), up to 50 percent of […]
154.507 – Federal waivers; matching funds.
154.507 Federal waivers; matching funds.—The Agency for Health Care Administration, working jointly with the Department of Health and the Florida Healthy Kids Corporation, is directed to seek federal waivers to secure Title XIX matching funds for the Florida Healthy Kids program and the Primary Care for Children and Families Challenge Grant. The federal waiver application shall […]