HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 2125

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Health & Human Services Appropriations

12  offered the following:

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14         Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 76, between lines 7 and 8  setnum n=48>

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18         Section 1.  Section 394.47866, Florida Statutes, is

19  created to read:

20         394.47866  State Hospital privatization.--

21         (1)  The Department of Children and Family Services

22  shall privatize a state hospital. The department shall plan to

23  begin implementation of this privatization initiative by

24  October 1, 2000.

25         (a)  Notwithstanding s. 287.057(12), the department

26  shall enter into agreements, not to exceed 20 years, with a

27  private provider or coalition of providers, to finance,

28  design, and construct a treatment facility having at least 200

29  beds and to operate all aspects of daily operations within the

30  facility. The department shall enter into contracts with the

31  successful provider to commence full operations of the

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 1  existing hospital by no later than February 1, 2001. The

 2  department may subcontract all components of this procurement

 3  to a statutorily established governmental entity that has

 4  successfully contracted with private companies for designing,

 5  financing, acquiring, leasing, constructing, and operating

 6  major privatized state facilities.

 7         (b)  The selected contractor is authorized to sponsor

 8  the issuance of tax-exempt bonds, certificates of

 9  participation, or other securities to finance the project, and

10  the state is authorized to enter into a lease-purchase

11  agreement for the treatment facility.

12         (2)  The contractor shall operate the state hospital as

13  a mental health treatment facility that serves voluntarily and

14  involuntarily committed indigent adults who reside in the

15  state hospital service area.

16         (a)  The state hospital shall remain a participant in

17  the mental health disproportionate share program so long as

18  the residents receive eligible services.

19         (b)  The department and the contractor shall ensure

20  that the treatment facility is operated as a part of a total

21  continuum of care for persons who are mentally ill. The

22  contractor shall have as its primary goal for the treatment

23  facility to effectively treat and assist residents to return

24  to the community as quickly as possible.

25         (3)(a)  State hospital employees who are affected by

26  the privatization shall be given first preference for

27  continued employment by the contractor. The department shall

28  make reasonable efforts to find suitable job placements for

29  employees who wish to remain within the state Career Service

30  System.

31         (b)  Any savings that result from the privatization of

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 1  the state hospital shall be directed to the department's

 2  service districts in that hospital's catchment area for the

 3  delivery of community mental health services.

 4         Section 2.  Other contracted mental health treatment

 5  facilities at G. Pierce Wood Hospital.--Upon completion of a

 6  sexually violent predator treatment facility on the grounds of

 7  G. Pierce Wood Hospital, the Martin County sexually violent

 8  predator treatment and retaining program shall be phased out,

 9  to be completely closed within 1 year.

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13  And the title is amended as follows:

14         On page 4, line 1 after the semicolon

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17         creating s. 394.47866, F.S.; requiring the

18         privatization of a state hospital; providing

19         procedures; requiring a 20-year agreement

20         between the department and provider; to

21         construct and operate at least a 200-bed

22         facility; requiring state employees be given

23         first preference for employment; requiring

24         savings to be distributed to certain community

25         mental health providers; requiring the phase

26         out of a sexually violent predator facility at

27         G. Pierce Wood;

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