Florida Senate - 2018 SB 1352
By Senator Taddeo
40-01059-18 20181352__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to a long-acting reversible
3 contraception pilot program; providing legislative
4 findings; creating s. 381.00515, F.S.; requiring the
5 Department of Health to establish a long-acting
6 reversible contraception (LARC) pilot program in
7 Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach Counties;
8 providing the purpose of the pilot program; requiring
9 the department to contract with family planning
10 providers to implement the pilot program; requiring
11 such contracts to include specified provisions;
12 requiring the department to apply for grants for
13 additional funding; requiring the department to submit
14 a report to the Governor and the Legislature;
15 requiring the department to publish the report on its
16 website; specifying requirements for the report;
17 providing an appropriation; requiring the department
18 to distribute appropriated funds equally among the
19 participating counties; providing an effective date.
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21 WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that programs that provide
22 long-acting reversible contraceptive methods, along with other
23 contraceptive methods, contribute to declines in the number of
24 unintended pregnancies and abortions, NOW, THEREFORE,
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26 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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28 Section 1. The Legislature finds that this act is necessary
29 to protect the public health, safety, and welfare.
30 Section 2. Section 381.00515, Florida Statutes, is created
31 to read:
32 381.00515 Long-acting reversible contraception pilot
33 program.—
34 (1) The Department of Health shall establish a long-acting
35 reversible contraception (LARC) pilot program in Broward, Miami
36 Dade, and Palm Beach Counties. The purpose of the pilot program
37 is to improve the provision of LARC services to women residing
38 in the pilot program counties who are 18 years of age or older.
39 The department shall contract for LARC services with eligible
40 family planning providers in each of the three counties. Each
41 contract must include all of the following:
42 (a) The provision of intrauterine devices and implants to
43 participants.
44 (b) The training of provider staff regarding the provision
45 of LARC devices and implants, counseling strategies, and the
46 management of side effects.
47 (c) Technical assistance to providers regarding such issues
48 as coding, billing, pharmacy rules, and clinic management
49 necessitated by the increased use of LARC devices and implants.
50 (d) General support to providers to expand their service
51 capacity.
52 (e) Marketing and community outreach regarding the
53 availability of LARC services and other currently available
54 contraceptive services.
55 (f) Other services that the department considers necessary
56 to ensure the health and safety of women who receive LARC
57 devices or implants.
58 (2) The department shall seek grants from federal agencies
59 and other sources to supplement state funds provided for the
60 pilot program.
61 (3) By January 1, 2020, the department shall submit a
62 report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the
63 Speaker of the House of Representatives on the effectiveness of
64 the pilot program. The department shall publish the report on
65 its website. The report must include, but need not be limited
66 to:
67 (a) An assessment of the operation of the pilot program,
68 including any progress made in reducing the number of unintended
69 pregnancies and subsequent births.
70 (b) An assessment of the effectiveness of the pilot program
71 in increasing the availability of LARC services.
72 (c) The number and location of family planning providers
73 that participated in the pilot program.
74 (d) The number of clients served by participating family
75 planning providers.
76 (e) The number of times LARC services were provided by
77 participating family planning providers.
78 (f) The average cost per client served.
79 (g) The demographic characteristics of clients served.
80 (h) The sources and amounts of funding used for the
81 program.
82 (i) A description of federal grants the department applied
83 for in order to provide LARC services, including the outcomes of
84 the grant applications.
85 (j) An analysis of the return on investment for the
86 provision of LARC services with regard to tax dollars saved on
87 health and social services.
88 (k) A description and analysis of marketing and outreach
89 activities conducted to promote the availability of LARC
90 services.
91 (l) Recommendations for improving the pilot program.
92 Section 3. For the 2018-2019 fiscal year, the sum of
93 $75,000 in nonrecurring funds is appropriated from the General
94 Revenue Fund to the Department of Health for the purpose of
95 implementing this act. The department shall distribute the funds
96 equally among the three counties participating in the pilot
97 program. These funds may not be used to supplant or reduce any
98 other appropriation of state funds to family planning providers
99 or to the department for family planning services.
100 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.