HB 1393

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to behavioral health service delivery;
3	amending s. 394.9082, F.S.; requiring the Department of
4	Children and Family Services to enter into a
5	noncompetitive contract with the North East Florida
6	Addictions Network to establish a single managing entity
7	for districts 2, 3, 4, 12, and 13 to deliver substance
8	abuse services to recipients of child protective services
9	in the five districts; providing for the North East
10	Florida Addictions Network to agree to a plan that allows
11	the phase-in of substance abuse services; requiring the
12	department to initiate implementation of the substance
13	abuse delivery component of this program without delay in
14	the expansion districts and furnish status reports to the
15	appropriate substantive committees of the Senate and the
16	House of Representatives by specified dates; requiring the
17	department to monitor and evaluate the expansion project;
18	providing an effective date.
19
20	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
21
22	Section 1.  Subsection (8) of section 394.9082, Florida
23	Statutes, is amended to read:
24	394.9082  Behavioral health service delivery strategies.--
25	(8)  EXPANSION IN DISTRICTS 2, 3, 4, AND 12, AND 13.--The
26	department shall work with the North East Florida Addictions
27	Network community agencies to establish a single managing entity
28	for districts 2, 3, 4, and 12, and 13 accountable for the
29	delivery of substance abuse services to child protective
30	services recipients in the five two districts. The purpose of
31	this strategy is to enhance the coordination of substance abuse
32	services with the North East Florida Addictions Network,
33	community-based care agencies, and the department. The
34	department shall work with affected stakeholders to develop and
35	implement a plan that allows the phase-in of services beginning
36	with the delivery of substance abuse services, with phase-in of
37	subsequent substance abuse services agreed upon by the North
38	East Florida Addictions Network the managing entity and
39	authorized by the department, providing the necessary technical
40	assistance to assure provider and district readiness for
41	implementation. When a single managing entity is established and
42	meets readiness requirements, The department may enter into a
43	noncompetitive contract with the North East Florida Addictions
44	Network entity. The department shall maintain detailed
45	information on the methodology used for selection and a
46	justification for the selection. Performance objectives shall be
47	developed which ensure that services that are delivered directly
48	affect and complement the child's permanency plan. During the
49	initial planning and implementation phase of this expansion
50	project, the requirements in subsections (6) and (7) are waived.
51	Considering the critical substance abuse problems experienced by
52	many families in the child protection system, the department
53	shall initiate the implementation of the substance abuse
54	delivery component of this program without delay and furnish
55	status reports to the appropriate substantive committees of the
56	Senate and the House of Representatives no later than February
57	29, 2004, and February 28, 2005, and February 27, 2006. The
58	integration of all services agreed upon by the North East
59	Florida Addictions Network managing entity and authorized by the
60	department must be completed within 2 years after initiation of
61	the expansion project initiation. Ongoing monitoring and
62	evaluation of this strategy shall be conducted in accordance
63	with subsection (9).
64	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.