1 | A bill to be entitled |
2 | An act relating to the Florida Substance Abuse and Mental |
3 | Health Corporation; amending s. 394.655, F.S.; requiring |
4 | that the corporation review and assess the recovery and |
5 | resiliency-based system for mental health care; requiring |
6 | that the corporation review and assess the activities |
7 | relating to the transformation of the substance abuse and |
8 | mental health system; revising the expiration date of the |
9 | corporation; providing an effective date. |
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11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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13 | Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) and subsection |
14 | (11) of section 394.655, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
15 | 394.655 The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Corporation; |
16 | powers and duties; composition; evaluation and reporting |
17 | requirements.-- |
18 | (3)(a) The Florida Substance Abuse and Mental Health |
19 | Corporation shall be responsible for oversight of the publicly |
20 | funded substance abuse and mental health systems and for making |
21 | policy and resources recommendations which will improve the |
22 | coordination, quality, and efficiency of the system. Subject to |
23 | and consistent with direction set by the Legislature, the |
24 | corporation shall exercise the following responsibilities: |
25 | 1. Review and assess the status of the recovery and |
26 | resiliency-based system for comprehensive mental health care. |
27 | 2. Review and assess the activities relating to the |
28 | transformation of the substance abuse and mental health system |
29 | to ensure that a recovery and resiliency-based system of care is |
30 | maintained. |
31 | 3.1. Review and assess the collection and analysis of |
32 | needs assessment data as described in s. 394.82. |
33 | 4.2. Review and assess the status of the publicly funded |
34 | mental health and substance abuse systems and recommend policy |
35 | designed to improve coordination and effectiveness. |
36 | 5.3. Provide mechanisms for substance abuse and mental |
37 | health stakeholders, including consumers, family members, |
38 | providers, and advocates to provide input concerning the |
39 | management of the overall system. |
40 | 6.4. Recommend priorities for service expansion. |
41 | 7.5. Prepare budget recommendations to be submitted to the |
42 | appropriate departments for consideration in the development of |
43 | their legislative budget requests and provide copies to the |
44 | Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the |
45 | House of Representatives for their consideration. |
46 | 8.6. Review data regarding the performance of the publicly |
47 | funded substance abuse and mental health systems. |
48 | 9.7. Make recommendations concerning strategies for |
49 | improving the performance of the systems. |
50 | 10.8. Review, assess, and forecast substance abuse and |
51 | mental health manpower needs and work with the department and |
52 | the educational system to establish policies, consistent with |
53 | the direction of the Legislature, which will ensure that the |
54 | state has the personnel it needs to continuously implement and |
55 | improve its services. |
56 | (11) This section expires on October 1, 2011 2006, unless |
57 | reviewed and reenacted by the Legislature before that date. |
58 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |