Florida Senate - 2013                                     SB 440
       
       
       
       By Senator Simpson
       
       
       
       
       18-00608-13                                            2013440__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Program of All-inclusive Care
    3         for the Elderly; authorizing the Agency for Health
    4         Care Administration to contract with certain
    5         organizations to provide services under the federal
    6         Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly in
    7         Citrus, Hernando, and Pasco Counties; providing an
    8         exemption from ch. 641, F.S., for the organizations;
    9         authorizing, subject to appropriation, enrollment
   10         slots for the program in such counties; providing an
   11         effective date.
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   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Notwithstanding s. 430.707, Florida Statutes,
   16  and subject to federal approval of the application to be a site
   17  for the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE),
   18  the Agency for Health Care Administration shall contract with
   19  one not-for-profit organization that has more than 30 years’
   20  experience as a licensed hospice and is currently a licensed
   21  hospice serving individuals and families in Citrus, Hernando,
   22  and Pasco Counties. This not-for-profit organization shall
   23  provide PACE services to frail elders who reside in Citrus,
   24  Hernando, and Pasco Counties. The organization shall be exempt
   25  from the requirements of chapter 641, Florida Statutes. The
   26  agency, in consultation with the Department of Elderly Affairs
   27  and subject to an appropriation, shall approve up to 150 initial
   28  enrollees in the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly
   29  established by this organization to serve frail elders who
   30  reside in Citrus, Hernando, and Pasco Counties.
   31         Section 2. Notwithstanding s. 430.707, Florida Statutes,
   32  and subject to federal approval of the application to be a site
   33  for the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE),
   34  the Agency for Health Care Administration shall contract with
   35  one private health care organization, the sole member of which
   36  is a private, not-for-profit corporation that owns and manages
   37  health care organizations licensed in Citrus, Hernando, and
   38  Pasco Counties which provide comprehensive services, including
   39  hospice and palliative care, to frail elders who reside in those
   40  counties. The organization shall be exempt from the requirements
   41  of chapter 641, Florida Statutes. The agency, in consultation
   42  with the Department of Elderly Affairs and subject to an
   43  appropriation, shall approve up to 150 initial enrollees in the
   44  Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly established by
   45  this organization to serve frail elders who reside in Citrus,
   46  Hernando, and Pasco Counties.
   47         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.