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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 598
Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11 Representative(s) Bean offered the following:
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16 insert: Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 394.4574,
17 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
18 394.4574 Department responsibilities for a mental
19 health resident who resides in an assisted living facility
20 that holds a limited mental health license.--
21 (3) The Secretary of Children and Family Services, in
22 consultation with the Agency for Health Care Administration,
23 shall annually require each district administrator to develop
24 and implement, with community input, detailed plans that
25 demonstrate how the district will ensure the provision of
26 state-funded mental health and substance abuse treatment
27 services to residents of assisted living facilities that hold
28 a limited mental health license. Each district shall hold a
29 publicly announced meeting for input from assisted living
30 facilities that hold a limited mental health license. The
31 district shall record minutes of the meeting. These plans must
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1 be consistent with the substance abuse and mental health
2 district plan developed pursuant to s. 394.75 and must address
3 case management services; access to consumer-operated drop-in
4 centers; access to services during evenings, weekends, and
5 holidays; supervision of the clinical needs of the residents;
6 and access to emergency psychiatric care. The state
7 headquarters office shall hold an annual meeting to review the
8 district plans and shall invite the Florida Assisted Living
9 Association, the Florida Council for Behavioral Health Care,
10 the Florida Mental Health Counselors Association, the Florida
11 Psychiatric Society, and the Alliance for the Mentally Ill.
12 Section 3. Subsection (2) of section 394.74, Florida
13 Statutes, is amended, subsections (4) and (5) are renumbered
14 as subsections (5) and (6), respectively, and a new subsection
15 (4) is added to said section, to read:
16 394.74 Contracts for provision of local substance
17 abuse and mental health programs.--
18 (2)(a) Contracts for service shall be consistent with
19 the approved district plan.
20 (b) Notwithstanding s. 394.76(3)(a) and (c), the
21 department may use unit cost methods of payment in contracts
22 for purchasing mental health and substance abuse services. The
23 unit cost contracting system must account for those patient
24 fees that are paid on behalf of a specific client and those
25 that are earned and used by the provider for those services
26 funded in whole or in part by the department.
27 (c) The department may reimburse actual expenditures
28 for startup contracts and fixed capital outlay contracts in
29 accordance with contract specifications. The department is
30 authorized to use case rates or per capita contracts. The
31 contract provider must report persons served and services
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1 provided.
2 (4) Within existing statewide or district resources,
3 the department shall:
4 (a) Require that contract funds support individual
5 client treatment or service plans and clinical status.
6 (b) Develop proposed eligibility criteria and
7 associated benefits packages as a part of the 2004 state
8 master plan submitted pursuant to s. 394.75.
9 (c) Promote the use of electronic formats for contract
10 materials, including electronic signatures.
11 (d) Promote the use of web-enabled application
12 software products to simplify and expedite contract data
13 collection and billing.
14 (e) Ensure consumer choice among providers as provider
15 networks are created pursuant to s. 394.9082.
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19 And the title is amended as follows:
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23 amending s. 394.4574, F.S.; requiring district
24 administrators of the Department of Children
25 and Family Services to accept community input
26 in the implementation of plans to ensure the
27 provision of certain treatment to certain
28 patients; requiring publicly announced meetings
29 for input from assisted living facilities that
30 hold limited mental health licenses; providing
31 for annual review of district plans; amending
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1 s. 394.74, F.S.; authorizing the Department of
2 Children and Family Services to use case rates
3 or per capita contracts in contracting for the
4 provision of services for local substance abuse
5 and mental health programs; specifying
6 additional requirements relating to such
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