Senate Bill 1864

    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1864

    By Senator Klein





    28-1337-99                                              See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the long-term-care community

  3         diversion pilot projects; amending s. 430.703,

  4         F.S.; defining the term "other qualified

  5         provider"; amending s. 430.707, F.S.;

  6         authorizing the Department of Elderly Affairs

  7         to contract with other qualified providers to

  8         provide long-term care within the pilot

  9         projects; providing an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Present subsection (7) of section 430.703,

14  Florida Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (8), and a new

15  subsection (7) is added to that section to read:

16         430.703  Definitions.--As used in this act, the term:

17         (7)  "Other qualified provider" means an entity

18  licensed under chapter 400 that meets all the financial and

19  quality assurance requirements established by the agency and

20  the department and can demonstrate a long-term-care continuum.

21         Section 2.  Subsection (1) of section 430.707, Florida

22  Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to read:

23         430.707  Contracts.--

24         (1)  The department, in consultation with the agency,

25  shall select and contract with managed care organizations and

26  other qualified providers to provide long-term care within

27  community diversion pilot project areas.

28         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

29  law.

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1864
    28-1337-99                                              See HB




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  2                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

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      Authorizes the Department of Elderly Affairs to contract
  4    with "other qualified providers," as defined in the act,
      as well as managed care organizations, to provide
  5    long-term care within the long-term-care community
      diversion pilot projects.
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