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By the Committee on Children and Families; and Senator Cowin
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to substance abuse and mental
3 health programs; amending s. 394.4574, F.S.;
4 requiring districts within the Department of
5 Children and Family Services to hold publicly
6 announced meetings to solicit input from
7 assisted living facilities; specifying
8 additional requirements for district plans;
9 amending s. 394.74, F.S.; authorizing the
10 department to use case rates or per capita
11 contracts in contracting for the provision of
12 services for local substance abuse and mental
13 health programs; specifying additional
14 requirements relating to such contracts;
15 providing an effective date.
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17 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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19 Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 394.4574, Florida
20 Statutes, is amended to read:
21 394.4574 Department responsibilities for a mental
22 health resident who resides in an assisted living facility
23 that holds a limited mental health license.--
24 (3) The Secretary of Children and Family Services, in
25 consultation with the Agency for Health Care Administration,
26 shall annually require each district administrator to develop,
27 with community input, detailed plans that demonstrate how the
28 district will ensure the provision of state-funded mental
29 health and substance abuse treatment services to residents of
30 assisted living facilities that hold a limited mental health
31 license. Each district shall hold a publicly announced meeting
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1 for input from assisted living facilities that hold a limited
2 mental health license. The district shall record minutes of
3 the meeting. These plans must be consistent with the substance
4 abuse and mental health district plan developed pursuant to s.
5 394.75 and must address case management services; access to
6 consumer-operated drop-in centers; access to services during
7 evenings, weekends, and holidays; supervision of the clinical
8 needs of the residents; and access to emergency psychiatric
9 care. The state headquarters office shall hold an annual
10 meeting to review the district plans and shall invite the
11 Florida Assisted Living Association, the Florida Council for
12 Behavioral Health Care, the Florida Mental Health Counselor's
13 Association, the Florida Psychiatric Society, and the Alliance
14 for the Mentally Ill, and may also invite other similar
15 organizations.
16 Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 394.74, Florida
17 Statutes, is amended, present subsections (4) and (5) of that
18 section are renumbered as subsections (5) and (6),
19 respectively, and a new subsection (4) is added to that
20 section, to read:
21 394.74 Contracts for provision of local substance
22 abuse and mental health programs.--
23 (2)(a) Contracts for service shall be consistent with
24 the approved district plan.
25 (b) Notwithstanding s. 394.76(3)(a) and (c), the
26 department may use unit cost methods of payment in contracts
27 for purchasing mental health and substance abuse services. The
28 unit cost contracting system must account for those patient
29 fees that are paid on behalf of a specific client and those
30 that are earned and used by the provider for those services
31 funded in whole or in part by the department.
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1 (c) The department may reimburse actual expenditures
2 for startup contracts and fixed capital outlay contracts in
3 accordance with contract specifications. The department may
4 use case rates or per-capita contracts. The contract provider
5 must report persons served and services provided.
6 (4) Within existing statewide or district resources,
7 the department shall:
8 (a) Require that contract funds support individual
9 client treatment or service plans and clinical status.
10 (b) Develop proposed eligibility criteria and
11 associated benefits packages as a part of the 2004 state
12 master plan submitted pursuant to s. 394.75.
13 (c) Promote the use of electronic formats for contract
14 materials, including electronic signatures.
15 (d) Promote the use of web-enabled application
16 software products to simplify and expedite contract data
17 collection and billing.
18 (e) Ensure consumer choice among providers within
19 provider networks as created pursuant to s. 394.9082.
20 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.
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1 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
2 Senate Bill 1686
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4 Requires that each district administrator of the Department of
Children and Family Services hold a public meeting each year,
5 as part of the district planning process for mental health and
substance abuse services, to receive input from assisted
6 living facilities that hold a limited mental health license.
7 Requires that the state headquarters of the Department of
Children and Family Services invite the Florida Assisted
8 Living Association, the Florida Council for Behavioral
Healthcare, the Florida Mental Health Counselor's Association,
9 the Florida Psychiatric Society, the Alliance for the Mentally
Ill, and other similar organizations to attend a meeting each
10 year to review the district plans for mental health and
substance abuse services.
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Restores the statutory provisions for unit cost methods of
12 payments in contracts for mental health and substance abuse
services.
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Specifies that the Department of Children and Family Services
14 may use case rates or per-capita contracts.
15 States that within existing statewide or district resources,
the Department of Children and Family Services must:
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require that contract funds support individual client
17 treatment or service plans;
18 develop proposed eligibility criteria and associated
benefits as a part of the 2004 state master plan for
19 mental health and substance abuse services;
20 promote the use of electronic formats for contract
materials;
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promote the use of web-enabled application software for
22 data collection and billing; and
23 ensure consumer choice among providers within provider
networks.
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