Florida House members gathering before the opening of a special legislative session on Jan. 27, 2025. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix)
Florida legislators are poised to pass a law that makes it clear that state government can’t kick out Medicaid beneficiaries with physical or intellectual disabilities absent a material change in the individual’s disability or economic status that affects eligibility.
The bill stems from the recent Medicaid unwinding from the Covid-19 pandemic. A House staff analysis of the bill shows that between April 2023 and February 2025, “approximately 534 disabled individuals lost Medicaid coverage because they failed to provide information requested by the DCF [Department of Children and Families] to make an eligibility determination.”…