201 SPECIAL CATEGORIES
CONTRACTED SERVICES
FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND . . . . . 21,309,339
FROM GRANTS AND DONATIONS TRUST
FUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,922,781
FROM MEDICAL CARE TRUST FUND . . . . 86,579,095
In order to preserve the limits of Specific Appropriation 201, no
funds shall be used for the FX project to replace the Florida Medicaid
Management Information System and Medicaid fiscal agent.
From the funds in Specific Appropriation 201, $180,000 from the
General Revenue Fund and $180,000 from the Medical Care Trust Fund are
provided for the Agency for Health Care Administration to contract with
an External Quality Review organization vendor to conduct an evaluation
of the Intellectual Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Pilot Program,
pursuant to section 409.9855, Florida Statutes.
202 SPECIAL CATEGORIES
CANADIAN PRESCRIPTION DRUG IMPORTATION
PROGRAM
FROM GRANTS AND DONATIONS TRUST
FUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000,000
Funds in Specific Appropriation 202 are provided to facilitate the
purchase of prescription drugs pursuant to the parameters of the
Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program as authorized by section
381.02035, Florida Statutes, for use in state programs outlined in
section 381.02035(3), Florida Statutes. Funds expended by the Agency for
Health Care Administration for prescriptions utilized by clients of
those state programs will be reimbursed to the agency by the appropriate
state program office. The agency shall submit a quarterly report to the
Executive Office of the Governor's Office of Policy and Budget, the
chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and the chair of the
House of Representatives Budget Committee within 30 days after the last
business day of the preceding quarter on the status of the program
detailing: a list of participating suppliers and importers, the number
of unique prescription drugs available under negotiated contracts, and
the number of prescriptions dispensed under the program.
203 SPECIAL CATEGORIES
FLORIDA HEALTH CARE CONNECTION (FX)
FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND . . . . . 23,177,844
FROM MEDICAL CARE TRUST FUND . . . . 101,226,504
Funds in Specific Appropriation 203 are provided to the Agency for
Health Care Administration for the modular replacement of the Florida
Medicaid Management Information System, referred to as the Florida
Health Care Connections Project (FX), that complies with all applicable
federal and state laws and requirements, including, but not limited to,
the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Interoperability
and Patient Access Rule CMS-9115 and published Medicaid Information
Technology Architecture (MITA) frameworks and guidelines.
From the funds in Specific Appropriation 203, the following amounts
are appropriated for the listed project components. The agency shall
prioritize funding for the FX components that are in production or
scheduled for delivery in Fiscal Year 2026-2027, have been competitively
procured, and have received review and approval through the FX
governance structure.
FX Enterprise Project Services and Hardware/
Software Renewals................................ $20,839,689
Integration Services/Integration Platform............. $14,104,245
Enterprise Data Warehouse and Data Governance......... $19,703,670
Provider Services...................................... $8,917,665
Unified Operations Center............................. $28,501,284
Strategic Enterprise Advisory Services (SEAS).......... $2,000,000
Independent Verification & Validation Services (IV&V).. $3,230,996
MITA Business Architecture and Medical Enterprise
System Certification ............................. $3,000,000
Claims Processing Implementation...................... $13,500,000
CPARI Implementation and Integration................... $5,606,799
Of these funds, 75 percent of the Medical Care Trust Fund shall be held
in reserve. All General Revenue not held in reserve shall be fully