| 1 | Representative(s) Russell offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 192 and 193, insert: |
| 5 | Section 2. Subsection (28) is added to section 427.013, |
| 6 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 7 | 427.013 The Commission for the Transportation |
| 8 | Disadvantaged; purpose and responsibilities.--The purpose of the |
| 9 | commission is to accomplish the coordination of transportation |
| 10 | services provided to the transportation disadvantaged. The goal |
| 11 | of this coordination shall be to assure the cost-effective |
| 12 | provision of transportation by qualified community |
| 13 | transportation coordinators or transportation operators for the |
| 14 | transportation disadvantaged without any bias or presumption in |
| 15 | favor of multioperator systems or not-for-profit transportation |
| 16 | operators over single operator systems or for-profit |
| 17 | transportation operators. In carrying out this purpose, the |
| 18 | commission shall: |
| 19 | (28) In consultation with the Agency for Health Care |
| 20 | Administration and the Department of Transportation, develop an |
| 21 | allocation methodology that equitably distributes all |
| 22 | transportation funds under the control of the commission to |
| 23 | compensate counties, community transportation coordinators, and |
| 24 | other entities providing transportation disadvantaged services. |
| 25 | The methodology shall separately account for Medicaid |
| 26 | beneficiaries. The methodology shall consider such factors as |
| 27 | the actual costs of each transportation disadvantaged trip based |
| 28 | on prior-year information, efficiencies that a provider might |
| 29 | adopt to reduce costs, results of the rate and cost comparisons |
| 30 | conducted under subsections (24) and (25), as well as cost |
| 31 | efficiencies of trips when compared to the local cost of |
| 32 | transporting the general public. This subsection does not |
| 33 | supersede the authority of the Agency for Health Care |
| 34 | Administration to distribute Medicaid funds. |
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| 37 | Between lines 19 and 20, insert: |
| 38 | amending s. 427.013, F.S.; requiring the commission to develop a |
| 39 | transportation fund allocation methodology for certain purposes; |
| 40 | specifying methodology criteria; preserving Agency for Health |
| 41 | Care Administration authority to distribute Medicaid funds; |