AHCA

As the state defends its process, the executive director of the Center for Children and Families, says in an interview, "We know children are losing Medicaid," but "where are they going?"

The Senate Health and Human Services Appropriations Committee received updates from DCF, AHCA and Florida Healthy Kids Corp. Many of the concerns focus on children losing coverage.

The plaintiffs are seeking an injunction that would require reinstating coverage to people and ending additional terminations until adequate information is provided.

The Health and Human Services Appropriations Committee is scheduled to hear presentations from AHCA, DCF and Florida Healthy Kids Corp.

Enrollment totaled 5,254,460 people in August, down from 5,360,069 in July, according to data posted on the state Agency for Health Care Administration website.

With a decision expected this fall on whether Florida can import cost-saving drugs, the state lashed out after federal officials raised issues such as a requirement for a secured warehouse in Michigan.

The three plaintiffs are asking for an end to the current notification process and for coverage to be reinstated. A DCF spokesperson says CMS approved Florida's "unwinding" plan.

The law requires women to receive information from doctors about abortions and then wait at least 24 hours before having the procedures. An Orlando clinic was found noncompliant 193 times.

The state alleges the federal agency violated the Freedom of Information Act. The revised lawsuit includes allegations that the FDA did not properly respond to a records request submitted in May.

The settlement puts the lawsuit on hold while AHCA moves forward with a rule-making process. Plaintiffs alleged that the state’s policy on incontinence supplies violated federal Medicaid law and the ADA.