Florida Senate - 2018 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 444
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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The Committee on Health Policy (Book) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 94 and 95
4 insert:
5 Section 2. (1) The Office of Program Policy Analysis and
6 Government Accountability (OPPAGA) shall conduct a study of the
7 Pregnancy Support Services Program within the Department of
8 Health to evaluate the effectiveness and cost efficiency of the
9 program and provide recommendations as to whether the program
10 should be continued or eliminated.
11 (2) As part of the study, OPPAGA must assess the
12 effectiveness of the department’s financial and administrative
13 oversight and monitoring of the Florida Pregnancy Care Network.
14 (3) As part of determining the effectiveness of the
15 program, the study must include, but need not be limited to, the
16 collection and analysis of information pertaining to:
17 (a) The use of state funding by the department, the
18 network, and subcontractors, and how expenditures are tracked
19 and accounted for through items such as financial statements or
20 expenditure reports.
21 (b) The percentage of funding used for:
22 1. Direct client services, including the average amount of
23 vouchers provided to eligible clients for services;
24 2. Wellness services;
25 3. Program awareness activities; and
26 4. Communication activities.
27 (c) The performance and outcome measures used by the
28 department and the network to ensure quality of care, client
29 satisfaction, and positive health outcomes for eligible clients,
30 including the results of such measures.
31 (d) The methods used by the department and the network to
32 ensure that eligible clients receive accurate medical
33 information.
34 (e) The methods used by the department and the network to
35 resolve complaints and grievances, including information about
36 the number of complaints and grievances received and their
37 disposition.
38 (f) Network adequacy standards used to ensure the
39 availability of pregnancy support and wellness services for
40 eligible clients.
41 (g) Fraud and abuse prevention measures implemented by the
42 department and the network to ensure program accountability and
43 to prevent the waste of state funds.
44 (h) For the most recently completed fiscal year, if a
45 corrective action plan or sanction was imposed on the network or
46 its subcontractors, a description of the plan or sanction, the
47 outcome of the plan or sanction, and the amount of monetary
48 fines or penalties imposed, if any.
49 (i) The controls used by the department to ensure that
50 services provided by the network and its subcontractors are
51 provided in a noncoercive manner and do not include any
52 religious content. Such services may include client interviews
53 or surveys.
54 (j) The educational and medical qualifications of the
55 network’s staff or the staff of the subcontractors who interact
56 with eligible clients.
57 (k) Citations of any medical statements included in
58 informational materials provided by the network or its
59 subcontractors to an eligible client.
60 (l) Information about the ownership of each subcontractor
61 and any financial or ownership interests with providers who
62 receive vouchers to provide services to eligible clients.
63 (m) Other audits, evaluative reports, or information
64 pertaining to the program to ensure the delivery of high
65 quality, cost-effective services to eligible clients.
66 (4) By January 1, 2019, OPPAGA shall prepare and submit a
67 report with its findings and recommendations to the President of
68 the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the
69 standing legislative committees that have substantive
70 jurisdiction over health care services. The report must include
71 all of the following:
72 (a) Information about the network, its affiliated pregnancy
73 support and resource organizations, and any other subcontractors
74 to whom state funds are distributed for pregnancy support
75 services.
76 (b) The total amount of state funds appropriated and
77 expended by fiscal year for the program since its inception.
78 (c) If OPPAGA recommends program continuation,
79 recommendations for program improvement and methods to ensure
80 that eligible clients have access to the full range of referral
81 information to make reproductive health decisions.
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84 And the title is amended as follows:
85 Delete line 16
86 and insert:
87 based content in informational materials; requiring
88 the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
89 Accountability (OPPAGA) to conduct a study to evaluate
90 the effectiveness and cost efficiency of the Pregnancy
91 Support Services Program and provide recommendations
92 as to whether the program should be continued;
93 requiring that the study include the collection and
94 analysis of specified information; requiring OPPAGA to
95 submit a report of its findings and recommendations to
96 the Legislature by a specified date; requiring that
97 the report include specified information and
98 recommendations; providing an