Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1654
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/27/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
       (Campbell) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 15 - 39
    4  and insert:
    5  Health Care Improvement Workgroup, a task force as defined in s.
    6  20.03, is established to maximize the return on investment and
    7  streamline and enhance the operational efficiencies of the
    8  Florida Kidcare program to provide improved health care services
    9  to children. The workgroup shall be administratively housed in
   10  the Department of Health. Members of the workgroup shall serve
   11  on a voluntary basis.
   12         (1) The workgroup shall be convened and staffed by the
   13  Florida Healthy Kids Corporation and shall consist of the
   14  following members:
   15         (a) The President of the Florida Chapter of the American
   16  Academy of Pediatrics or a designee.
   17         (b) The State Health Officer or a designee.
   18         (c) The Secretary of Health Care Administration or a
   19  designee with a background in children’s health policy.
   20         (d) The assistant secretary for child welfare of the
   21  Department of Children and Families or a designee.
   22         (e) A representative of directors of the Florida Healthy
   23  Kids Corporation.
   24         (f) A representative of the Florida Association of
   25  Children’s Hospitals, Inc.
   26         (g) A representative of the Florida Covering Kids and
   27  Families Coalition.
   28         (h) A representative of the Florida Association of Health
   29  Plans.
   30         (i) A representative of the Florida Children’s Council with
   31  a background in children’s health policy.
   32         (j) A representative of the Florida Dental Association.
   33         (k) The Director of Children’s Medical Services or a
   34  designee.
   35         (l) A parent with a child in the Florida Kidcare program.
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   37  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   38  And the title is amended as follows:
   39         Delete line 4
   40  and insert:
   41         Health Care Improvement Workgroup as a task force
   42         administratively housed in the Department of Health to
   43         maximize the