Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 32 No. 33, August 18, 2006 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

This change is in response to written comments received prior to the public hearing.

The rule incorporates by reference the Florida Medicaid Hearing Services Coverage and Limitations Handbook, July 2006. The following change was made to the handbook:

Page 1-2, Provider Qualifications, the following qualification was added, “Audiology assistants and pre-professional graduates who do not meet the requirements to become a Medicaid provider must be supervised by a federally-qualified licensed Medicaid audiologist in order to provide any services to a Medicaid recipient.