Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (519024) for SB 92
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/20/2021           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Bean) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2         Delete lines 755 - 778
    3  and insert:
    4         (k) Shall publish post on its website by the 15th day of
    5  each month at a minimum the information contained in
    6  subparagraphs 1.-5. subparagraphs 1.-4. for the preceding
    7  calendar month regarding its case management services. The
    8  following information shall be reported by each individual
    9  subcontracted case management provider, by the lead agency, if
   10  the lead agency provides case management services, and in total
   11  for all case management services subcontracted or directly
   12  provided by the lead agency:
   13         1. The average caseload of case managers, including only
   14  filled positions;
   15         2. The total number and percentage of case managers who
   16  have 25 or more cases on their caseloads;
   17         3.2. The turnover rate for case managers and case
   18  management supervisors for the previous 12 months;
   19         4.3. The percentage of required home visits completed; and
   20         5.4. Performance on outcome measures required pursuant to
   21  s. 409.997 for the previous 12 months.
   22         (l) Shall identify an employee to serve as a liaison with
   23  the community alliance and community-based and faith-based
   24  organizations interested in collaborating with the lead agency
   25  or offering services or other assistance on a volunteer basis to
   26  the children and families served by the lead agency. The lead
   27  agency shall ensure that appropriate lead agency staff and
   28  subcontractors, including, but not limited to, case managers,
   29  are informed of the specific services or assistance available
   30  from community-based and faith-based organizations.
   31         Section 7. Subsection (3) of section 402.40, Florida
   32  Statutes, is amended to read:
   33         402.40 Child welfare training and certification.—
   34         (3) THIRD-PARTY CREDENTIALING ENTITIES.—The department
   35  shall approve one or more third-party credentialing entities for
   36  the purpose of developing and administering child welfare
   37  certification programs for persons who provide child welfare
   38  services. A third-party credentialing entity shall request such
   39  approval in writing from the department. In order to obtain
   40  approval, the third-party credentialing entity must:
   41         (a) Establish professional requirements and standards that
   42  applicants must achieve in order to obtain a child welfare
   43  certification and to maintain such certification.
   44         (b) Develop and apply core competencies and examination
   45  instruments according to nationally recognized certification and
   46  psychometric standards.
   47         (c) Maintain a professional code of ethics and a
   48  disciplinary process that apply to all persons holding child
   49  welfare certification.
   50         (d) Maintain a database, accessible to the public, of all
   51  persons holding child welfare certification, including any
   52  history of ethical violations.
   53         (e) Require annual continuing education for persons holding
   54  child welfare certification.
   55         (f) Administer a continuing education provider program to
   56  ensure that only qualified providers offer continuing education
   57  opportunities for certificateholders.
   58         (g) Review the findings and all relevant records involving
   59  the death of a child or other critical incident following
   60  completion of any reviews by the department, the inspector
   61  general, or the Office of the Attorney General. Such review may
   62  occur only upon the filing of a complaint from an outside party
   63  involving certified personnel. This review shall assess the
   64  certified personnel’s compliance with the third-party
   65  credentialing entity’s published code of ethical and
   66  professional conduct and disciplinary procedures.
   67         (h) Maintain an advisory committee, including
   68  representatives from each region of the department, each
   69  sheriff’s office providing child protective services, and each
   70  community-based care lead agency, who shall be appointed by the
   71  organization they represent. The third-party credentialing
   72  entity may appoint additional members to the advisory committee.
   73         (i) Any decision by a department-recognized credentialing
   74  entity to deny, revoke, or suspend a certification, or otherwise
   75  impose sanctions on an individual who is certified, is
   76  reviewable by the department pursuant to 397.321(15).
   77         Section 10. Subsection (7) of section 409.990, Florida
   78  Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (8), and a new subsection
   79  (7) is added to that section to read:
   80         409.990 Funding for lead agencies.—A contract established
   81  between the department and a lead agency must be funded by a
   82  grant of general revenue, other applicable state funds, or
   83  applicable federal funding sources.
   84         (7) If subcontracted service providers must provide
   85  services that are beyond the contract limits due to increased
   86  client need or caseload, the lead agencies shall fund the cost
   87  of increased care.
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   90  And the title is amended as follows:
   91         Delete line 62
   92  and insert:
   93         welfare practices; requiring lead agencies to publish
   94         on its website within a specified time certain
   95         information related to case managers’ caseloads;
   96         amending s. 402.40, F.S.; providing that the
   97         department is authorized to review any decision to
   98         take specified actions against certified individuals;
   99         amending s. 409.990, F.S.; requiring lead agencies to
  100         fund the cost of increased care in certain
  101         circumstances; amending s. 409.996, F.S.;