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11  Senator Holzendorf moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 7, between lines 28 and 29,

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17         Section 6.  Subsections (8), (9), and (10) are added to

18  section 397.419, Florida Statutes, to read:

19         397.419  Quality assurance programs.--

20         (8)  The quality assurance program shall be implemented

21  as part of the department's contract management process. The

22  quality assurance program shall:

23         (a)  Track performance measures and standards

24  established by the Legislature as part of the

25  performance-based program budgeting process;

26         (b)  Provide a framework for evaluating outcomes which

27  is separate from the performance-based program budgeting

28  process, including:

29         1.  Output measures, such as capacities, technologies,

30  and infrastructure, that make up the system of care.

31         2.  Process measures, such as administrative and

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 1  clinical components of treatment.

 2         3.  Outcome measures pertaining to the outcomes of

 3  services;

 4         (c)  Provide for a system of analyzing those factors

 5  which have an effect on performance at the local level;

 6         (d)  Provide for a system of reporting the results of

 7  quality assurance reviews; and

 8         (e)  Incorporate best practice models for use in

 9  improving performance in those areas which are deficient.

10         (9)  The quality assurance program shall incorporate a

11  peer review process into its protocol, to include:

12         (a)  Reviews of providers by departmental district

13  staff and other providers.

14         (b)  Reviews of individual districts by other

15  districts.

16         (10)  Contingent upon specific appropriation, a quality

17  assurance coordinator position shall be established within

18  each service district to oversee the implementation and

19  operation of the quality assurance program.

20         Section 7.  Part X of chapter 397, Florida Statutes, is

21  retitled to read:

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23                              PART X

24                JUVENILE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND

25               CHILDREN'S SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES

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27         Section 8.  Section 397.92, Florida Statutes, is

28  created to read:

29         397.92  Children's substance abuse services system;

30  goals.--

31         (1)  It is the intent of the Legislature that the

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 1  children's substance abuse services system achieve the

 2  following performance outcomes for children who are eligible

 3  for services:

 4         (a)  Identification of the presenting problems and

 5  conditions of substance abuse through the use of valid

 6  assessment.

 7         (b)  Improvement in the child's ability to function in

 8  the family with minimum supports.

 9         (c)  Improvement in the child's ability to function in

10  school with minimum supports.

11         (d)  Improvement in the child's ability to function in

12  the community with minimum supports.

13         (e)  Improvement in the child's ability to live

14  drug-free.

15         (f)  Reduction of behaviors and conditions that may be

16  linked to substance abuse, such as unintended pregnancy,

17  delinquency, sexually transmitted diseases, and smoking, and

18  other negative behaviors.

19         (g)  Increased return of children in state custody,

20  drug-free, to their homes, or the placement of such children,

21  drug-free, in an appropriate setting.

22         (2)  Pursuant to s. 216.0166, the department shall

23  annually develop performance outcomes and performance measures

24  to assess the performance of the children's substance abuse

25  services system in achieving the intent of this section.

26         Section 9.  Section 397.93, Florida Statutes, is

27  created to read:

28         397.93  Children's substance abuse services; target

29  populations.--The target populations for children's substance

30  abuse services are children at risk for substance abuse and

31  children with substance abuse problems.

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 1         (1)  Children at risk for substance abuse include:

 2         (a)  Children who are at risk due to regular or

 3  periodic exposure to negative factors related to family,

 4  community, school, self, or peers.  Children in this category

 5  are typically placed in special prevention programs which are

 6  often school-based and which emphasize the importance of

 7  protective factors to reduce risk.

 8         (b)  Children who are at risk due to experimental and

 9  social use of substances.  Children in this category are

10  typically placed in early intervention programs which may

11  occur in the community or school.

12         (2)  Children with substance abuse problems include:

13         (a)  Children who use substances on a daily, weekly, or

14  monthly basis.  Children in this category typically need

15  outpatient counseling and in some cases more structured day or

16  night treatment.

17         (b)  Children with a substance dependency or addiction.

18  Children in this category typically need structured day or

19  night treatment or more intensive and longer term residential

20  treatment, with some severe cases initially in need of

21  detoxification and stabilization.

22         Section 10.  Section 397.94, Florida Statutes, is

23  created to read:

24         397.94  Children's substance abuse services;

25  information and referral network.--

26         (1)  Each service district of the department shall

27  develop a plan for and implement a districtwide comprehensive

28  children's substance abuse information and referral network to

29  be operational by July 1, 2000.

30         (2)  In order to ensure access and appropriate

31  referral, the network shall be incorporated into the

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 1  district's child and adolescent mental health information and

 2  referral network provided for under s. 394.4985 and, by July

 3  1, 2000, renamed the referral network the children's substance

 4  abuse and mental health information and referral network.

 5  Districts shall submit a plan to the secretary of the

 6  department regarding the integration of the substance abuse

 7  services information and referral network with the child and

 8  adolescent mental health information and referral network no

 9  later than December 1, 1999.

10         (3)  The district shall determine the most

11  cost-effective method for delivering this service and may

12  select a new provider or utilize an existing provider or

13  providers with a record of success in providing information

14  and referral services.

15         (a)  Districts shall submit the plan to the secretary

16  of the department no later than October 1, 1999.

17         (b)  The plan must provide assurances that the

18  information and referral network will include a resource

19  directory that contains information regarding the children's

20  substance abuse services available, including, but not limited

21  to:

22         1.  Public and private resources by service component,

23  including resources for involuntary admissions under s.

24  397.675.

25         2.  Hours of operation and hours during which services

26  are provided.

27         3.  Ages of persons served.

28         4.  Description of services.

29         5.  Eligibility requirements.

30         6.  Fee schedules.

31         (c)  Maintain and annually update information regarding

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 1  private practitioners in the community who provide substance

 2  abuse services to children.

 3         (d)  Develop and implement procedures for documenting

 4  requests for services, including, but not limited to:

 5         1.  Number of calls by type of service requested, if

 6  any;

 7         2.  Ages of children for whom services are requested;

 8  and

 9         3.  Disposition on all referrals, including location of

10  resource if referred for face-to-face screening.

11         (e)  Develop and implement procedures for sharing

12  information with participating community agencies and

13  resources.

14         (4)  In planning the information and referral network,

15  the district shall consider the establishment of a 24-hour

16  toll-free telephone number to call for information and a

17  public service campaign to inform the public about the

18  information and referral service.

19         Section 11.  Section 397.95, Florida Statutes, is

20  created to read:

21         397.95  Children's substance abuse services; services

22  provided by licensed providers.--Each service district of the

23  department shall ensure that all screening, intake,

24  assessment, enrollment, service planning, and case management

25  services provided under this part are provided by children's

26  substance abuse services providers licensed under part II and

27  in accordance with standards set forth in department rules.

28         Section 12.  Section 397.951, Florida Statutes, is

29  created to read:

30         397.951  Treatment and sanctions.--The Legislature

31  recognizes that the integration of treatment and sanctions

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 1  greatly increases the effectiveness of substance abuse

 2  treatment. It is the responsibility of the department and the

 3  substance abuse treatment provider to employ the full measure

 4  of sanctions available to require participation and completion

 5  of treatment to ensure successful outcomes for children in

 6  substance abuse treatment.

 7         (1)  Pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the

 8  department shall ensure that substance abuse treatment

 9  providers develop and manage treatment plans that are

10  appropriate to the severity of the substance abuse problem and

11  tailored to the individual needs of the child.

12         (2)  The department shall ensure that substance abuse

13  treatment providers employ any and all appropriate available

14  sanctions necessary to engage, motivate, and maintain a child

15  in treatment, including, but not limited to, provisions in law

16  that:

17         (a)  Provide for parental participation in treatment

18  for involuntary admission to treatment, as provided in part IV

19  of this chapter.

20         (b)  Provide for law enforcement authorities to assume

21  custody of a child who is substance abuse impaired and allow

22  placement of a child into the care of a hospital, substance

23  abuse detoxification facility, or addiction receiving

24  facility, as specified in part V of this chapter.

25         (c)  Provide parental authority to involuntarily admit

26  a child for assessment to an addiction receiving facility, as

27  specified in part V of this chapter.

28         (d)  Provide parents and substance abuse providers with

29  civil involuntary procedures to secure court-ordered

30  assessment and treatment for children, as specified in part V

31  of this chapter.

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 1         (e)  Authorize the court or any criminal justice

 2  authority with jurisdiction over a child charged or convicted

 3  of a crime to require that the delinquent or offender receive

 4  substance abuse services under part VII of this chapter.

 5         (f)  Provide authority of the court and contempt powers

 6  to require parental participation in the treatment of a

 7  delinquent or offender pursuant to s. 397.706.

 8         (g)  Authorize the court to mandate services for

 9  children and their families in dependency proceedings under

10  chapter 39, and children and families in need of services

11  under chapter 984.

12         (h)  Provide that the use, possession, or sale of

13  controlled substances, as defined in chapter 893, or

14  possession of electronic telephone pagers, by any student

15  while such student is upon school property or in attendance at

16  a school function is grounds for disciplinary action by the

17  school and may also result in criminal penalties being imposed

18  pursuant to s. 232.26.

19         (i)  Provide that, pursuant to s. 322.056, for any

20  person under 18 years of age who is found guilty of or

21  delinquent for a violation of s. 562.11(2), s. 562.111, or

22  chapter 893, and is eligible by reason of age for a driver's

23  license or driving privilege, the court shall direct the

24  Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to revoke or

25  to withhold issuance of his or her driver's license or driving

26  privilege for a period of:

27         1.  Not less than 6 months and not more than 1 year for

28  the first violation.

29         2.  Two years, for a subsequent violation.

30         Section 13.  Section 397.96, Florida Statutes, is

31  created to read:

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 1         397.96  Case management for complex substance abuse

 2  cases.--

 3         (1)  Contingent upon specific appropriations, it is the

 4  intent of the Legislature to provide for a more intensive

 5  level of case management for complex cases involving children

 6  who need substance abuse services.  Such services shall be

 7  directed toward children receiving services from several

 8  agencies or programs to address the complex problems created

 9  by substance abuse, dependency, or addiction.

10         (2)  The department shall determine when a child

11  receiving children's substance abuse services under this part

12  shall have a case manager.

13         (3)  For the purposes of this section, "case

14  management" means those activities aimed at:

15         (a)  Implementing a treatment plan;

16         (b)  Advocacy;

17         (c)  Linking services providers to a child and family;

18         (d)  Monitoring services delivery; and

19         (e)  Collecting information to determine the effect of

20  services and treatment.

21         (4)  The case manager shall periodically review

22  services utilization to ascertain compliance with plans

23  approved by the planning team.

24         (5)  The department shall establish by rule standards

25  to coordinate case management activities from various referral

26  points, in order to minimize fragmentation and duplication and

27  promote stability of case managers assigned to a child and

28  family.  In the attempt to minimize duplication, it is the

29  intent of the Legislature that a child have no more than one

30  case manager.

31         Section 14.  Section 397.97, Florida Statutes, is

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 1  created to read:

 2         397.97  Children's substance abuse services;

 3  demonstration models.--

 4         (1)  CREATION; PURPOSE.--There is created the

 5  Children's Network of Care Demonstration Models to operate,

 6  for 4 years, for children who are at risk of substance abuse

 7  or who have substance abuse problems.  The purpose of the

 8  demonstration models is to encourage collaboration among the

 9  department, the Agency for Health Care Administration, the

10  Department of Education, the Department of Health, the

11  Department of Juvenile Justice, local government agencies, and

12  any other interested party, through a partnership agreement

13  entered into to provide a locally organized network of care

14  for children and their families.  The demonstration models

15  must:

16         (a)  Be implemented using existing funds;

17         (b)  Center on the child and his or her family;

18         (c)  Promote integration and coordination of services;

19         (d)  Provide for accountable outcomes; and

20         (e)  Emphasize the provision of services in the least

21  restrictive, most appropriate setting, utilizing uniform

22  placement criteria established in rule of the department.

23         (2)  GOAL.--The goal of the Children's Network of Care

24  Demonstration Models is to create an effective interagency

25  strategy for delivering substance abuse services to the target

26  populations through a local network of service providers.  The

27  specific objectives of this strategy are to:

28         (a)  Develop standardized forms and uniform procedures

29  which shall be used for screening, intake, assessment,

30  enrollment, service planning, case management, and utilization

31  management;

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 1         (b)  Eliminate duplication of services;

 2         (c)  Employ natural supports in the family and the

 3  community to help meet the service needs of the child who is

 4  at risk of substance abuse or has a substance abuse problem;

 5         (d)  Improve interagency planning efforts through

 6  greater collaboration between public and private

 7  community-based agencies;

 8         (e)  Test creative and flexible strategies for

 9  financing the care of children who are at risk of substance

10  abuse or have a substance abuse problem; and

11         (f)  Share information about the child with appropriate

12  community agencies.

13         (3)  PURCHASE OF SERVICES; OPERATION CRITERIA.--

14         (a)  Each demonstration model shall be governed by a

15  multiagency consortium of state and county agencies or other

16  public agencies, or a community-based, not-for-profit

17  substance abuse or behavioral health network designated by the

18  department, hereafter referred to as the purchasing agent,

19  which shall purchase individualized services for children who

20  are at risk of substance abuse or have a substance abuse

21  problem. Services shall be based on client need rather than on

22  traditional services limited to narrowly defined cost centers

23  or appropriations categories. Approval to operate as a

24  Children's Network of Care Demonstration Model shall be given

25  by the secretary of the department and shall be based on

26  criteria developed by the department.

27         (b)  The local purchasing agent is responsible for

28  designing a well-defined network of experienced substance

29  abuse services providers. At a minimum, the consortium shall:

30         1.  Specify the capacity and composition of the

31  provider network;

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 1         2.  Approve providers for the network;

 2         3.  Ensure enrollees' access to network services;

 3         4.  Subcontract with providers;

 4         5.  Establish qualification standards for provider

 5  staff; and

 6         6.  Monitor providers' performance.

 7         (4)  COLLABORATION.--Demonstration models established

 8  under this section may enter into collaborative partnership

 9  with demonstration models established pursuant to s. 394.498.

10         Section 15.  Section 397.98, Florida Statutes, is

11  created to read:

12         397.98  Children's substance abuse services;

13  utilization management.--

14         (1)  Utilization management shall be an integral part

15  of each Children's Network of Care Demonstration Model as

16  described under s. 397.97. The utilization management process

17  shall include procedures for analyzing the allocation and use

18  of resources by the purchasing agent. Such procedures shall

19  include:

20         (a)  Monitoring the appropriateness of admissions to

21  residential services or other levels of care as determined by

22  the department.

23         (b)  Monitoring the duration of care.

24         (c)  Developing profiles of network providers which

25  describe their patterns of delivering care.

26         (d)  Authorizing care for high-cost services.

27         (2)  The procedures shall be established by the

28  purchasing agent in consultation with the department and are

29  subject to approval by the secretary of the department. The

30  implementation of utilization management within the

31  demonstration models shall be contingent upon the availability

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 1  of funds.

 2         Section 16.  Section 397.99, Florida Statutes, is

 3  created to read:

 4         397.99  School substance abuse prevention partnership

 5  grants.--

 6         (1)  GRANT PROGRAM.--

 7         (a)  In order to encourage the development of effective

 8  substance abuse prevention and early intervention strategies

 9  for school-age populations, the school substance abuse

10  prevention partnership grant program is established.

11         (b)  The department shall administer the program in

12  cooperation with the Department of Education and the

13  Department of Juvenile Justice.

14         (2)  APPLICATION PROCEDURES; FUNDING REQUIREMENTS.--

15         (a)  Schools, or community-based organizations in

16  partnership with schools, may submit a grant proposal for

17  funding or continued funding to the department by March 1 of

18  each year. The department shall establish grant application

19  procedures which ensure that grant recipients implement

20  programs and practices that are effective. The department

21  shall include the grant application document on an Internet

22  website.

23         (b)  Grants may fund programs to conduct prevention

24  activities serving students who are not involved in substance

25  use, intervention activities serving students who are

26  experimenting with substance use, or both prevention and

27  intervention activities, if a comprehensive approach is

28  indicated as a result of a needs assessment.

29         (c)  Grants may target youth, parents, and teachers and

30  other school staff, coaches, social workers, case managers,

31  and other prevention stakeholders.

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 1         (d)  Performance measures for grant program activities

 2  shall measure improvements in student attitudes or behaviors

 3  as determined by the department.

 4         (e)  At least 50 percent of the grant funds available

 5  for local projects must be allocated to support the

 6  replication of prevention programs and practices that are

 7  based on research and have been evaluated and proven

 8  effective. The department shall develop related qualifying

 9  criteria.

10         (f)  In order to be considered for funding, the grant

11  application shall include the following assurances and

12  information:

13         1.  A letter from the administrators of the programs

14  collaborating on the project, such as the school principal,

15  community-based organization executive director, or recreation

16  department director, confirming that the grant application has

17  been reviewed and that each partner is committed to supporting

18  implementation of the activities described in the grant

19  proposal.

20         2.  A rationale and description of the program and the

21  services to be provided, including:

22         a.  An analysis of prevention issues related to the

23  substance abuse prevention profile of the target population.

24         b.  A description of other primary substance use and

25  related risk factors.

26         c.  Goals and objectives based on the findings of the

27  needs assessment.

28         d.  The selection of programs or strategies that have

29  been shown to be effective in addressing the findings of the

30  needs assessment.

31         e.  A method of identifying the target group for

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 1  universal prevention strategies, and a method for identifying

 2  the individual student participants in selected and indicated

 3  prevention strategies.

 4         f.  A description of how students will be targeted.

 5         g.  Provisions for the participation of parents and

 6  guardians in the program.

 7         h.  An evaluation component to measure the

 8  effectiveness of the program in accordance with

 9  performance-based program budgeting effectiveness measures.

10         i.  A program budget, which includes the amount and

11  sources of local cash and in-kind resources committed to the

12  budget and which establishes, to the satisfaction of the

13  department, that the entity will make a cash or in-kind

14  contribution to the program of a value that is at least 25

15  percent of the amount of the grant.

16         (g)  The department shall consider the following in

17  awarding such grants:

18         1.  The number of youths that will be targeted.

19         2.  The validity of the program design to achieve

20  project goals and objectives that are clearly related to

21  performance-based program budgeting effectiveness measures.

22         3.  The desirability of funding at least one approved

23  project in each of the department's service districts.

24         (3)  The department shall coordinate the review of

25  grant applications with the Department of Education and the

26  Department of Juvenile Justice and shall make award

27  determinations no later than June 30 of each year. All

28  applicants shall be notified by the department of its final

29  action.

30         (4)  Each entity that is awarded a grant as provided

31  for in this section shall submit performance and output

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 1  information as determined by the department.

 2         (5)  The department shall establish rules as necessary

 3  to implement this section.

 4         Section 17.  Section 397.997, Florida Statutes, is

 5  created to read:

 6         397.997  Prevention resources; Internet website.--

 7         (1)  The department shall develop a publicly available

 8  substance abuse prevention Internet website. The information

 9  on the Internet website shall target youth and their parents,

10  teachers, and other stakeholders.

11         (2)  The Internet website shall incorporate, at a

12  minimum, the following components:

13         (a)  The nature of Florida's current youth alcohol,

14  tobacco, and other drug use concerns;

15         (b)  The health, social, and legal effects of alcohol,

16  tobacco, and other drug use on individuals, families, schools,

17  and the economy;

18         (c)  National, state, and local substance abuse

19  prevention and treatment resources; and

20         (d)  Classroom, home, and individual instructional

21  activities and games geared to teach targeted youth about the

22  harmful effects of alcohol, tobacco, or other drug use,

23  refusal and other prevention skills, and how to get help for

24  someone using drugs.

25         Section 18.  Section 397.998, Florida Statutes, is

26  created to read:

27         397.998  Drug-free communities support match grants.--

28         (1)  PURPOSE.--The purposes of drug-free communities

29  match grants are to:

30         (a)  Assist community coalitions in an effort to secure

31  federal drug-free communities support program grants under

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 1  Pub. L. No. 105-20.

 2         (b)  Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time,

 3  to reduce substance abuse among adults.

 4         (c)  Enable community coalitions to strengthen

 5  collaboration efforts among public and private agencies to

 6  reduce substance abuse among youth.

 7         (2)  APPLICATION PROCESS.--

 8         (a)  Contingent upon specific appropriations, the

 9  department shall establish a program to provide drug-free

10  communities match grants.

11         (b)  The grants shall be used for all or part of the

12  match required for community coalitions to secure a federal

13  drug-free communities support program grant.

14         (3)  ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.--

15         (a)  Community coalitions whose members have worked

16  together on substance abuse reduction initiatives for a period

17  of not less than 6 months are eligible to apply for match

18  grant funds.

19         (b)  The coalition must represent the targeted

20  community and include at least one representative of each of

21  the following groups: local Department of Children and Family

22  Services official; youth; parents; business community; media;

23  schools; organizations serving youth; law enforcement

24  agencies; religious or fraternal organizations; civic and

25  volunteer groups; health care professionals; other local or

26  tribal governmental agencies with an expertise in the field of

27  substance abuse, including, if applicable, the state authority

28  with primary authority for substance abuse; and other

29  organizations involved in reducing substance abuse.

30         (c)  To demonstrate that the coalition meets the stated

31  criteria, the applicant must submit examples or formal

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 1  agreements, such as memorandums of understanding, previous

 2  newsletters or publications, or other examples of print media

 3  coverage that are dated within 6 months prior to submittal of

 4  the application.

 5         (4)  RELEASE OF FUNDS.--Match grant funds shall be

 6  released as required by federal regulations to community

 7  coalitions upon documentation that a community coalition has

 8  been awarded a drug-free communities support program grant.

 9         (5)  IN-KIND MATCH.--The department may provide other

10  in-kind services or goods allowed by federal regulations in

11  lieu of money, to achieve the purpose of this section.

12         (6)  RULES.--The department is authorized to adopt

13  rules specifically to address procedures necessary to

14  administer the drug-free communities match grants as provided

15  in this section.

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21  And the title is amended as follows:

22         On page 1, line 15, following the semicolon

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24  insert:

25         amending s. 397.419, F.S.; providing quality

26         assurance program requirements for substance

27         abuse services; providing for district quality

28         assurance coordinators, contingent upon

29         specific appropriation; creating s. 397.92,

30         F.S.; providing goals of the children's

31         substance abuse services system; creating s.

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 1         397.93, F.S.; specifying target populations;

 2         creating s. 397.94, F.S.; requiring each

 3         district of the Department of Children and

 4         Family Services to develop a children's

 5         substance abuse information and referral

 6         network by a specified date; creating s.

 7         397.95, F.S.; requiring certain service

 8         providers to comply with licensure requirements

 9         and department rules; creating s. 397.951,

10         F.S.; providing for the integration of

11         treatment and sanctions; creating s. 397.96,

12         F.S.; providing for intensive case management

13         for certain complex cases; creating s. 397.97,

14         F.S.; creating the Children's Network of Care

15         Demonstration Models for local delivery of

16         substance abuse services; providing a time

17         limitation; providing for purchase of services;

18         providing criteria for operation; creating s.

19         397.98, F.S.; providing for utilization

20         management under the demonstration models;

21         creating s. 397.99, F.S.; providing for award

22         of school substance abuse prevention

23         partnership grants; providing procedures for

24         application and review; providing criteria for

25         funding and requirements for operation of

26         programs funded; providing for rules; creating

27         s. 397.997, F.S.; providing for a prevention

28         website; creating s. 397.998, F.S.; directing

29         the department to establish a program to

30         provide drug-free communities support match

31         grants, contingent upon specific

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