Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 7068
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  04/03/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Garcia)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 726 - 736
    4  and insert:
    5         397.402 Single, consolidated license.—No later than January
    6  1, 2016, the department, in consultation with the Agency for
    7  Health Care Administration, shall modify licensure rules and
    8  procedures to create an option for a single, consolidated
    9  license for a provider that offers multiple types of mental
   10  health and substance abuse services regulated under this chapter
   11  and chapter 394. Providers eligible for a consolidated license
   12  must operate these services through a single corporate entity
   13  and a unified management structure. Any provider serving both
   14  adults and children must meet department standards for separate
   15  facilities and other requirements necessary to ensure the safety
   16  of children and promote therapeutic efficacy. The department and
   17  the Agency for Health Care Administration shall recommend to the
   18  Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
   19  House of Representatives any revisions to the Florida Statutes
   20  needed to further implement the intent of this section by
   21  December 1, 2015.
   22  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   23  And the title is amended as follows:
   24         Delete line 71
   25  and insert:
   26         rules and procedures by a certain date; requiring the
   27         department and the Agency for Health Care
   28         Administration to make certain recommendations to the
   29         Governor and the Legislature by a specified date;
   30         providing