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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to substance abuse and mental
3 health programs; amending s. 394.4574, F.S.;
4 requiring district administrators of the
5 Department of Children and Family Services to
6 accept community input in the implementation of
7 plans to ensure the provision of certain
8 treatment to certain patients; requiring
9 publicly announced meetings for input from
10 assisted living facilities that hold limited
11 mental health licenses; providing for annual
12 review of district plans; amending s. 394.74,
13 F.S.; authorizing the Department of Children
14 and Family Services to use case rates or per
15 capita contracts in contracting for the
16 provision of services for local substance abuse
17 and mental health programs; specifying
18 additional requirements relating to such
19 contracts; providing an effective date.
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21 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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23 Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 394.4574, Florida
24 Statutes, is amended to read:
25 394.4574 Department responsibilities for a mental
26 health resident who resides in an assisted living facility
27 that holds a limited mental health license.--
28 (3) The Secretary of Children and Family Services, in
29 consultation with the Agency for Health Care Administration,
30 shall annually require each district administrator to develop
31 and implement, with community input, detailed plans that
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1 demonstrate how the district will ensure the provision of
2 state-funded mental health and substance abuse treatment
3 services to residents of assisted living facilities that hold
4 a limited mental health license. Each district shall hold a
5 publicly announced meeting for input from assisted living
6 facilities that hold a limited mental health license. The
7 district shall record minutes of the meeting. These plans must
8 be consistent with the substance abuse and mental health
9 district plan developed pursuant to s. 394.75 and must address
10 case management services; access to consumer-operated drop-in
11 centers; access to services during evenings, weekends, and
12 holidays; supervision of the clinical needs of the residents;
13 and access to emergency psychiatric care. The state
14 headquarters office shall hold an annual meeting to review the
15 district plans and shall invite the Florida Assisted Living
16 Association, the Florida Council for Behavioral Health Care,
17 the Florida Mental Health Counselors Association, the Florida
18 Psychiatric Society, and the Alliance for the Mentally Ill.
19 Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 394.74, Florida
20 Statutes, is amended, subsections (4) and (5) are renumbered
21 as subsections (5) and (6), respectively, and a new subsection
22 (4) is added to said section, to read:
23 394.74 Contracts for provision of local substance
24 abuse and mental health programs.--
25 (2)(a) Contracts for service shall be consistent with
26 the approved district plan.
27 (b) Notwithstanding s. 394.76(3)(a) and (c), the
28 department may use unit cost methods of payment in contracts
29 for purchasing mental health and substance abuse services. The
30 unit cost contracting system must account for those patient
31 fees that are paid on behalf of a specific client and those
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1 that are earned and used by the provider for those services
2 funded in whole or in part by the department.
3 (c) The department may reimburse actual expenditures
4 for startup contracts and fixed capital outlay contracts in
5 accordance with contract specifications. The department is
6 authorized to use case rates or per capita contracts. The
7 contract provider must report persons served and services
8 provided.
9 (4) Within existing statewide or district resources,
10 the department shall:
11 (a) Require that contract funds support individual
12 client treatment or service plans and clinical status.
13 (b) Develop proposed eligibility criteria and
14 associated benefits packages as a part of the 2004 state
15 master plan submitted pursuant to s. 394.75.
16 (c) Promote the use of electronic formats for contract
17 materials, including electronic signatures.
18 (d) Promote the use of web-enabled application
19 software products to simplify and expedite contract data
20 collection and billing.
21 (e) Ensure consumer choice among providers as provider
22 networks are created pursuant to s. 394.9082.
23 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.
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