Florida Senate - 2015                                    SB 1476
       
       
        
       By Senator Bean
       
       
       
       
       
       4-01157A-15                                           20151476__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a mental health treatment bed
    3         registry; amending s. 394.9082, F.S.; requiring the
    4         Department of Children and Families to establish a
    5         mental health treatment bed registry website; defining
    6         the term “receiving facility”; requiring public and
    7         private mental health facilities to participate in the
    8         registry; specifying information contained in the
    9         registry; specifying entities with authorized access
   10         to the registry website; providing an effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Present subsections (10) and (11) of section
   15  394.9082, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (11)
   16  and (12), respectively, and a new subsection (10) is added to
   17  that section, to read:
   18         394.9082 Behavioral health managing entities.—
   19         (10) MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT BED REGISTRY WEBSITE.—The
   20  department shall develop, implement, and administer a website
   21  that collects, aggregates, and publishes utilization data
   22  regarding available mental health treatment beds from all public
   23  and private mental health receiving facilities. As used in this
   24  subsection, the term “receiving facility” means an entity that
   25  meets the licensure requirements of and is designated by the
   26  department to operate as a receiving facility under s. 394.875
   27  and that is operating as a licensed crisis stabilization unit.
   28  Each public and private mental health receiving facility shall
   29  participate in the registry website and designate employees
   30  responsible for receiving, submitting, and updating registry
   31  information. The website shall:
   32         (a) Include descriptive and contact information for each
   33  facility.
   34         (b) Provide real-time information about the number of beds
   35  available at each facility and, for each available bed, the type
   36  of patient who may be admitted, the level of security provided,
   37  and any other information that may be necessary to determine
   38  appropriate placement for an individual who meets the criteria
   39  for temporary detention under this part.
   40         (c) Be accessible to and searchable by facility
   41  administrators, service providers, health care providers, and
   42  designated county law enforcement agencies.
   43         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.