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House Bill 0259e2




                                          HB 259, Second Engrossed



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to alcohol, drug abuse, and

  3         mental health services; providing a process for

  4         achieving equity in the funding of such

  5         services among the service districts of the

  6         Department of Children and Family Services;

  7         providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health

12  funding equity; distribution of appropriations.--In

13  recognition of the historical inequity among service districts

14  of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services in the

15  funding of alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health services,

16  and in order to rectify this inequity and provide for

17  equitable funding in the future throughout the state, the

18  following funding process shall be adhered to, beginning with

19  the 1997-1998 fiscal year:

20         (1)  Funding thresholds for alcohol, drug abuse, and

21  mental health services in each of the current districts,

22  statewide, shall be established based on the current number of

23  persons in need per district for alcohol and drug abuse, and

24  for mental health services, respectively.

25         (2)  "Persons in need" means those persons who fit the

26  profile of the respective target populations and require

27  mental health or substance abuse services.

28         (3)  Beginning July 1, 1997, 75 percent of any

29  additional funding beyond the 1996-97 fiscal year base

30  appropriation for alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health

31  services shall be allocated to districts based on:


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                                          HB 259, Second Engrossed



  1         (a)  epidemiological estimates of disabilities which

  2  apply to the respective target populations.

  3         (b)  a pro-rata share distribution that ensures

  4  districts below the statewide average funding level per person

  5  in each target population of "persons in need" receive funding

  6  necessary to achieve equity.

  7         (4)  The remaining 25 percent shall be allocated based

  8  on the number of persons in need of alcohol, drug abuse and

  9  mental health services per district without regard to current

10  funding levels.

11         (5)  Target populations for persons in need shall be

12  displayed for each district and distributed concurrently with

13  the approved operating budget.  The display by target

14  population shall show:  The annual number of persons served

15  based on prior year actual numbers, the annual cost per person

16  served, the number of persons served by service cost center

17  and the estimated number of the total target population for

18  persons in need.

19         (6)  The annual cost per person served shall be defined

20  as the total actual funding for each target population divided

21  by the number of persons served in the target population for

22  that year.

23         (7)  Commencing on July 1, 1998, all additional funding

24  pursuant to this section shall be performance based.

25         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1997.

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