Florida Senate - 2017                                    SB 1654
       
       
        
       By Senator Campbell
       
       
       
       
       
       38-01349-17                                           20171654__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Florida Kidcare program;
    3         establishing the Kidcare Operational Efficiency and
    4         Health Care Improvement Workgroup to maximize the
    5         return on investment and enhance the operational
    6         efficiencies of the Florida Kidcare program; providing
    7         program duties and membership; requiring a report to
    8         the Governor and Legislature; providing for expiration
    9         of the workgroup; 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. Kidcare Operational Efficiency and Health Care
   14  Improvement Workgroup.—The Kidcare Operational Efficiency and
   15  Health Care Improvement Workgroup is established to maximize the
   16  return on investment and streamline and enhance the operational
   17  efficiencies of the Florida Kidcare program to provide improved
   18  health care services to children.
   19         (1) The workgroup shall consist of the following members:
   20         (a) The President of the Florida Chapter of the American
   21  Academy of Pediatrics or a designee.
   22         (b) The State Health Officer or a designee.
   23         (c) The Secretary of Health Care Administration or a
   24  designee with a background in children’s health policy.
   25         (d) The assistant secretary for child welfare of the
   26  Department of Children and Families or a designee.
   27         (e) A representative of directors of the Florida Healthy
   28  Kids Corporation.
   29         (f) A representative of the Florida Association of
   30  Children’s Hospitals, Inc.
   31         (g) A representative of the Florida Covering Kids and
   32  Families Coalition.
   33         (h) A representative of the Florida Association of Health
   34  Plans.
   35         (i) A representative of the Florida Children’s Council with
   36  a background in children’s health policy.
   37         (j) The Director of Children’s Medical Services or a
   38  designee.
   39         (k) A parent with a child in the Florida Kidcare program.
   40         (2) The workgroup shall:
   41         (a) Examine successful and innovative models to provide
   42  improved value and health care outcomes.
   43         (b) Develop recommendations to streamline and unify the
   44  program to provide greater operational efficiencies, including
   45  recommendations for a single benefits package, a single set of
   46  performance measures, and a single third-party administrator.
   47         (c) Provide any necessary transition plans.
   48         (d) Provide recommendations regarding federal waivers for
   49  children’s health care to the Agency for Health Care
   50  Administration, which shall obtain specific legislative
   51  authorization before seeking, applying for, accepting, or
   52  renewing any federal waiver.
   53         (3) The workgroup shall submit a report on its findings and
   54  recommendations for streamlining the Florida Kidcare program to
   55  the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of
   56  the House of Representatives by December 31, 2017.
   57         (4) This section expires December 31, 2017.
   58         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.