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11 Senator Sullivan moved the following amendment:
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17 Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 394.4574, Florida
18 Statutes, is amended to read:
19 394.4574 Department responsibilities for a mental
20 health resident who resides in an assisted living facility
21 that holds a limited mental health license.--
22 (3) The Secretary of Children and Family Services, in
23 consultation with the Agency for Health Care Administration,
24 shall annually require each district administrator to develop
25 and implement, with community input, detailed plans that
26 demonstrate how the district will ensure the provision of
27 state-funded mental health and substance abuse treatment
28 services to residents of assisted living facilities that hold
29 a limited mental health license. Each district will hold a
30 publicly announced meeting for input from assisted living
31 facilities that hold a limited mental health license. The
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1 district will record minutes of the meeting. These plans must
2 be consistent with the substance abuse and mental health
3 district plan developed pursuant to s. 394.75 and must address
4 case management services; access to consumer-operated drop-in
5 centers; access to services during evenings, weekends, and
6 holidays; supervision of the clinical needs of the residents;
7 and access to emergency psychiatric care. The state
8 headquarters office will hold an annual meeting to review the
9 district plans and will invite the Florida Assisted Living
10 Association, the Florida Council for Behavioral Healthcare,
11 the Florida Psychiatric Society, and the Alliance for the
12 Mentally Ill.
13 Section 3. Subsection (2) of section 394.74, Florida
14 Statutes, is amended, present subsections (4) and (5) of that
15 section are renumbered as subsections (5) and (6),
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17 section to read:
18 394.74 Contracts for provision of local substance
19 abuse and mental health programs.--
20 (2)(a) Contracts for service shall be consistent with
21 the approved district plan.
22 (b) Notwithstanding s. 394.76(3)(a) and (c), the
23 department may use unit cost methods of payment in contracts
24 for purchasing mental health and substance abuse services. The
25 unit cost contracting system must account for those patient
26 fees that are paid on behalf of a specific client and those
27 that are earned and used by the provider for those services
28 funded in whole or in part by the department.
29 (c) The department may reimburse actual expenditures
30 for startup contracts and fixed capital outlay contracts in
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1 authorized to use case rates or per-capita contracts. The
2 contract provider must report persons served and services
3 provided.
4 (4) Within existing statewide or district resources,
5 the department shall:
6 (a) Require that contract funds support individual
7 client treatment or service plans and clinical status.
8 (b) Develop proposed eligibility criteria and
9 associated benefits packages as a part of the 2004 state
10 master plan submitted pursuant to s. 394.75.
11 (c) Promote the use of electronic formats for contract
12 materials, including electronic signatures.
13 (d) Promote the use of web-enabled application
14 software products to simplify and expedite contract data
15 collection and billing.
16 (e) Ensure consumer choice among providers as provider
17 networks are created pursuant to s. 394.9082.
18 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.
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24 And the title is amended as follows:
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28 An act relating to the Department of Children
29 and Family Services; directing the Secretary
30 of Children and Family Services to establish a
31 workgroup to review issues associated with
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1 services and supports provided through
2 state-funded supportive housing; providing for
3 membership and staff of the workgroup;
4 requiring the workgroup to prepare
5 recommendations; requiring inclusion of
6 recommendations in the state plan; amending s.
7 394.4574, F.S.; requiring publicly announced
8 meetings; specifying additional requirements
9 for district plans; amending s. 394.74, F.S.;
10 authorizing the Department of Children and
11 Family Services to use case rates or per capita
12 contracts in contracting for the provision of
13 services for local substance abuse and mental
14 health programs; specifying additional
15 requirements relating to such contracts;
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