House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1031 Kidney Disease Program
Requester:	Ramon Maury		Organization:		National Kidney Foundation
Project Title:	Kidney Disease Program		Date Submitted:		01/21/2000 2:45:30 PM
District Member:	Robert Casey		Service Area:		Statewide
Counties Affected:	Leon
Recipient:	DOH- National Kidney Foundation		Contact:		Joyce Mathews
	Chronic Disease Section		Contact Phone:		(850) 414-5608
	Tallahassee 32399
Project Description:
To continue providing dialysis patients in our state with education and employment counseling programs to help patients resume self-reliance and a normal living. The program partially funds dialysis facilities for life-sustaining treatments to non-medicaid eligible patients.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
Persons with kidney failure can survive only if they receive costly dialysis treatments on a regular basis. Dialysis is financed for virtually all patient by Medicare and Medicare. However, about 250 indigent patients in Florida are not eligible for either Medicare or Medicaid. In addition, because of the severity of this condition, all renal patients require substantial educational and counseling services to resume normal living and potentially return to work. The counseling and education furnished over the past several years through this program has helped thousands regain control over their lives and hundreds to return to productive activites including employment.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Reduced hospitalizations, increase patient awareness and education, return chronic patients to full-time employment,
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$300,000
Total cost of the project:		$450,000

Request has been made to fund:			Operations
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?					No
Was this project previously funded by the State?					Yes
	Fiscal Year:	1997-1998		Amount:	$1,200,000
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?					Unknown
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?					Yes
	Agency:	Health, Department Of
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?					Yes
Is there a documented need for this project?					Yes
	Documentation:	Attached
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?					Unknown