Florida Senate - 2013                              CS for SB 748
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; and
       Senators Bean and Gibson
       
       
       
       586-02281-13                                           2013748c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Program of All-inclusive Care
    3         for the Elderly; requiring the Agency for Health Care
    4         Administration to contract with a certain organization
    5         to provide services under the federal Program of All
    6         inclusive Care for the Elderly in Duval, St. Johns,
    7         Baker, and Nassau Counties; providing an exemption
    8         from ch. 641, Florida Statutes, for the organization;
    9         requiring the organization, subject to an
   10         appropriation, to enroll a specified number of persons
   11         to participate in the program in the named counties;
   12         requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to
   13         contract with a certain organization to provide
   14         services under the federal Program of All-inclusive
   15         Care for the Elderly in Alachua, Bradford, Clay,
   16         Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy,
   17         Putnam, Suwannee, and Union counties; providing an
   18         exemption from ch. 641, Florida Statutes, for the
   19         organization; requiring the organization, subject to
   20         an appropriation, to enroll a specified number of
   21         persons to participate in the program in the named
   22         counties; providing an effective date.
   23  
   24  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   25  
   26         Section 1. Notwithstanding s. 430.707, Florida Statutes,
   27  and subject to federal approval of the application to be a site
   28  for the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
   29  program, the Agency for Health Care Administration shall
   30  contract with a not-for-profit organization that has been
   31  jointly formed by a lead agency that has been designated
   32  pursuant to s. 430.205, Florida Statutes, and that is licensed
   33  as a nursing home diversion program provider, and by a not-for
   34  profit hospice provider that has been licensed for more than 30
   35  years to serve individuals and families in Duval, St. Johns,
   36  Baker, and Nassau Counties. The not-for-profit organization
   37  shall leverage existing community-based care providers and
   38  healthcare organizations to provide PACE services to frail
   39  elders who reside in Duval, St. Johns, Baker, and Nassau
   40  Counties. The organization is exempt from the requirements of
   41  chapter 641, Florida Statutes. The agency, in consultation with
   42  the Department of Elderly Affairs, and subject to an
   43  appropriation, shall approve up to 300 initial enrollees in the
   44  PACE established by this organization to serve frail elders who
   45  reside in Duval, St. Johns, Baker, and Nassau Counties.
   46         Section 2. Notwithstanding s. 430.707, Florida Statutes,
   47  and subject to federal approval of the application to be a site
   48  for the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE),
   49  the Agency for Health Care Administration shall contract with
   50  one private health care organization with more than 30 years’
   51  experience as a licensed hospice provider and currently licensed
   52  as a hospice provider to serve individuals and families in Clay,
   53  Alachua, Bradford and Putnam Counties. This not-for-profit
   54  organization shall provide PACE services to frail elders who
   55  reside in Alachua, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist,
   56  Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Putnam, Suwannee, and Union counties.
   57  The organization shall be exempt from the requirements of
   58  Chapter 641, Florida Statutes. The agency in consultation with
   59  the Department of Elderly Affairs and subject to an
   60  appropriation, shall approve up to 300 initial enrollees in the
   61  Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly established by
   62  this organization to serve frail elders who reside in Alachua,
   63  Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette,
   64  Levy, Putnam, Suwannee, and Union counties.
   65         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.