Senate Bill 900 (2019) - The Florida Senate

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CS/SB 900: Substance Abuse Services

GENERAL BILL by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs ; Harrell ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Rader

Substance Abuse Services; Authorizing the Department of Children and Families and the Agency for Health Care Administration to grant exemptions from disqualification for certain service provider personnel; requiring individuals screened on or after a specified date to undergo specified background screening; increasing the criminal penalty for certain unlawful activities relating to personnel; prohibiting an individual who is not a certified peer specialist from advertising or providing recovery services unless the person is exempt; authorizing the department, a behavioral health managing entity, or the Medicaid program to reimburse peer specialist services as a recovery service, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2019
Last Action: 5/2/2019 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 369 (Ch. 2019-159) -SJ 819
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

Senate Committee References:

Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)

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Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
2/8/2019	Senate	• Filed
2/19/2019	Senate	• Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 103
3/5/2019	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 102
3/6/2019	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/11/19, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
3/11/2019	Senate	• CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 195
3/12/2019	Senate	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
3/13/2019	Senate	• Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
3/14/2019	Senate	• CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time -SJ 245
4/4/2019	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 04/09/19, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
4/9/2019	Senate	• Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 349
4/11/2019	Senate	• Now in Appropriations
5/2/2019	Senate	• Withdrawn from Appropriations -SJ 783 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/02/19 -SJ 783 • Read 2nd time -SJ 819 • Substituted CS/CS/HB 369 -SJ 819 • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 369 (Ch. 2019-159) -SJ 819

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CS/SB 900, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/12/2019 at 12:08 PM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Pre-Meeting) 4/8/2019 (pdf) Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Post-Meeting) 4/11/2019 (pdf)

Related Bills (3)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
H 369 (er)	Substance Abuse Services	Caruso	Similar	Last Action: 6/28/2019 Chapter No. 2019-159
H 1187 (c2)	Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders	Stevenson	Compare	Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 369 (Ch. 2019-159), CS/HB 7125 (Ch. 2019-167)
S 528 (c1)	Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders	Rouson	Compare	Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 369 (Ch. 2019-159)

Proposed Committee Substitutes (1)

PCS and Amendments	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
415318 - Proposed Committee Substitute	Appropriations	4/11/2019 4:30 PM		Web Page PDF

Committee Amendments (3)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
312576 - Amendment Delete lines 323 - 326.	Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Harrell)	4/8/2019 11:01 AM	Withdrawn 4/10/2019	Web Page PDF
839894 - Substitute Amendment (312576) Delete line 326 and insert:	Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Book)	4/9/2019 11:33 AM	Withdrawn 4/10/2019	Web Page PDF
122872 - Amendment Delete lines 408 - 446.	Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Harrell)	4/9/2019 2:32 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 4/10/2019	Web Page PDF

Committee Votes (1)

Date	Committee	Result
4/9/2019 4:00 PM	Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services	10 Yeas - 0 Nays

Citations - Statutes (15)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
212.055	Discretionary sales surtaxes; legislative intent; authorization and use of proceeds.	Page 16 (pdf)
394.4572	Screening of mental health personnel.	Page 4 (pdf)
397.311	Definitions.	Page 4 (pdf)
397.321	Duties of the department.	Page 5 (pdf)
397.4073	Background checks of service provider personnel.	Page 6 (pdf)
397.4075	Unlawful activities relating to personnel; penalties.	Page 8 (pdf)
397.416	Substance abuse treatment services; qualified professional.	Page 20 (pdf)
397.417		Page 9 (pdf)
397.487	Voluntary certification of recovery residences.	Page 10 (pdf)
397.4873	Referrals to or from recovery residences; prohibitions; penalties.	Page 12 (pdf)
397.55	Prohibition of deceptive marketing practices.	Page 13 (pdf)
435.07	Exemptions from disqualification.	Page 14 (pdf)
440.102	Drug-free workplace program requirements.	Page 20 (pdf)
553.80	Enforcement.	Page 14 (pdf)
633.206	Uniform firesafety standards	Page 15 (pdf)

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SB 900, Original Filed Version Posted 2/8/2019 at 1:38 PM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 3/8/2019 (pdf) Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Post-Meeting) 3/12/2019 (pdf)

Related Bills (3)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
H 369 (c1)	Substance Abuse Services	Caruso	Similar	Last Action: 6/28/2019 Chapter No. 2019-159
H 1187	Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders	Stevenson	Compare	Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 369 (Ch. 2019-159), CS/HB 7125 (Ch. 2019-167)
S 528 (c1)	Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders	Rouson	Compare	Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 369 (Ch. 2019-159)

Committee Amendments (2)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
115700 - Amendment Delete lines 230 - 260 and insert:	Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Harrell)	3/8/2019 4:00 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 3/12/2019	Web Page PDF
818690 - Amendment Between lines 300 and 301 insert:	Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Harrell)	3/8/2019 4:00 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 3/12/2019	Web Page PDF

Committee Votes (1)

Date	Committee	Result
3/11/2019 4:00 PM	Children, Families, and Elder Affairs	7 Yeas - 0 Nays

Citations - Statutes (15)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
212.055	Discretionary sales surtaxes; legislative intent; authorization and use of proceeds.	Page 15 (pdf)
394.4572	Screening of mental health personnel.	Page 3 (pdf)
397.311	Definitions.	Page 4 (pdf)
397.321	Duties of the department.	Page 5 (pdf)
397.4073	Background checks of service provider personnel.	Page 5 (pdf)
397.4075	Unlawful activities relating to personnel; penalties.	Page 8 (pdf)
397.416	Substance abuse treatment services; qualified professional.	Page 19 (pdf)
397.417		Page 8 (pdf)
397.487	Voluntary certification of recovery residences.	Page 10 (pdf)
397.4873	Referrals to or from recovery residences; prohibitions; penalties.	Page 11 (pdf)
397.55	Prohibition of deceptive marketing practices.	Page 12 (pdf)
435.07	Exemptions from disqualification.	Page 13 (pdf)
440.102	Drug-free workplace program requirements.	Page 19 (pdf)
553.80	Enforcement.	Page 13 (pdf)
633.206	Uniform firesafety standards	Page 14 (pdf)

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