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Medicaid Coverage of Rapid Whole Genome Sequencing

This bill failed and is no longer moving.

FL SB 616 · Senate Bill · 2023

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Failed
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Senate
Sponsor
1
Latest action
May 5, 2023

What it does

Medicaid Coverage of Rapid Whole Genome Sequencing; Defining the term “rapid whole genome sequencing”; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration, subject to federal approval, to include coverage of rapid whole genome sequencing as a separately payable service for certain Medicaid recipients; requiring that genetic data generated as a result of the rapid whole genome sequencing be used only for specified purposes; providing for the use of such data in scientific research if the patient or his or her legal guardian provides express consent for that use, etc.

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