Senate Bill 2388

    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2388

    By Senator Mitchell





    4-1599-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to alcohol, drug abuse, and

  3         mental health programs; amending s. 394.74,

  4         F.S.; providing for the Department of Children

  5         and Family Services to use unit-cost

  6         contracting; amending s. 394.78, F.S.;

  7         providing rulemaking authority; providing an

  8         effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 394.74, Florida

13  Statutes, is amended to read:

14         394.74  Contracts for provision of local alcohol, drug

15  abuse, and mental health programs.--

16         (2)  Contracts for service shall be consistent with the

17  approved district plan and the service priorities established

18  in s. 394.75(4).

19         (a)  Notwithstanding s. 394.76(3)(a) and (c), the

20  department may use unit-cost contracting, including case rates

21  methods of payment in its contracts, for purchasing mental

22  health and substance-abuse client services through June 30,

23  2002. The department's unit-cost contracting system must

24  account for patient fees that are paid for on behalf of a

25  specific client and that are earned and used by the provider

26  for those services funded in whole or in part by the

27  department.

28         (b)  The department may reimburse actual expenditures

29  for start-up contracts and fixed capital outlay contracts in

30  accordance with contract specifications.

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2388
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  1         Section 2.  Subsection (6) is added to section 394.78,

  2  Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, to read:

  3         394.78  Operation and administration; personnel

  4  standards; procedures for audit and monitoring of service

  5  providers; resolution of disputes.--

  6         (6)  The department shall adopt by rule standards for

  7  contracting, budgeting, methods of payment, and the accounting

  8  of patient fees that are earned on behalf of a specific

  9  client.

10         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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14    Authorizes the Department of Children and Family Services
      to use unit-cost contracting for alcohol, drug abuse, and
15    mental health programs.

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