House Bill 0811

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                 HB 811

        By Representative Brown






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to child protective team

  3         services; amending s. 409.9122, F.S.; requiring

  4         access to and reimbursement for certain

  5         services relating to child abuse, abandonment,

  6         or neglect without preauthorization; amending

  7         s. 641.31, F.S.; proscribing preauthorization

  8         for certain services relating to child abuse,

  9         abandonment, or neglect; providing an effective

10         date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Subsection (13) is added to section

15  409.9122, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, to read:

16         409.9122  Mandatory Medicaid managed care enrollment;

17  programs and procedures.--

18         (13)  The agency shall provide a recipient enrolled in

19  a managed care plan or with a MediPass provider, without

20  preauthorization, direct access and reimbursement for services

21  rendered by a child protection team, established pursuant to

22  s. 39.303, for diagnosis and evaluation services related to

23  alleged child abuse, abandonment, or neglect.

24         Section 2.  Subsection (36) is added to section 641.31,

25  Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, to read:

26         641.31  Health maintenance contracts.--

27         (36)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this

28  section, a health maintenance contract that provides services

29  to a minor child of a subscriber shall not require any

30  preauthorization for services rendered by a child protection

31  team, established pursuant to s. 39.303, for diagnosis and

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                 HB 811

    521-165A-99






  1  evaluation services related to alleged child abuse,

  2  abandonment, or neglect.

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

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  6                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Proscribes managed care plans and health maintenance
  8    contracts from requiring preauthorization for services
      rendered by child protection teams for diagnosis and
  9    evaluation services related to child abuse, abandonment,
      or neglect.
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