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11 Senator Wise moved the following amendment to amendment
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 80. Subsection (3) of section 394.4574,
19 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
20 394.4574 Department responsibilities for a mental
21 health resident who resides in an assisted living facility
22 that holds a limited mental health license.--
23 (3) The Secretary of Children and Family Services, in
24 consultation with the Agency for Health Care Administration,
25 shall annually require each district administrator to develop
26 and implement, with community input, detailed plans that
27 demonstrate how the district will ensure the provision of
28 state-funded mental health and substance abuse treatment
29 services to residents of assisted living facilities that hold
30 a limited mental health license. Each district will hold a
31 publicly announced meeting for input from assisted living
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1 facilities that hold a limited mental health license. The
2 district will record minutes of the meeting. These plans must
3 be consistent with the substance abuse and mental health
4 district plan developed pursuant to s. 394.75 and must address
5 case management services; access to consumer-operated drop-in
6 centers; access to services during evenings, weekends, and
7 holidays; supervision of the clinical needs of the residents;
8 and access to emergency psychiatric care. The state
9 headquarters office will hold an annual meeting to review the
10 district plans and will invite the Florida Assisted Living
11 Association, the Florida Council for Behavioral Healthcare,
12 the Florida Psychiatric Society, and the Alliance for the
13 Mentally Ill.
14 Section 81. Subsection (2) of section 394.74, Florida
15 Statutes, is amended, present subsections (4) and (5) of that
16 section are renumbered as subsections (5) and (6),
17 respectively, and a new subsection (4) is added to that
18 section to read:
19 394.74 Contracts for provision of local substance
20 abuse and mental health programs.--
21 (2)(a) Contracts for service shall be consistent with
22 the approved district plan.
23 (b) Notwithstanding s. 394.76(3)(a) and (c), the
24 department may use unit cost methods of payment in contracts
25 for purchasing mental health and substance abuse services. The
26 unit cost contracting system must account for those patient
27 fees that are paid on behalf of a specific client and those
28 that are earned and used by the provider for those services
29 funded in whole or in part by the department.
30 (c) The department may reimburse actual expenditures
31 for startup contracts and fixed capital outlay contracts in
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1 accordance with contract specifications. The department is
2 authorized to use case rates or per-capita contracts. The
3 contract provider must report persons served and services
4 provided.
5 (4) Within existing statewide or district resources,
6 the department shall:
7 (a) Require that contract funds support individual
8 client treatment or service plans and clinical status.
9 (b) Develop proposed eligibility criteria and
10 associated benefits packages as a part of the 2004 state
11 master plan submitted pursuant to s. 394.75.
12 (c) Promote the use of electronic formats for contract
13 materials, including electronic signatures.
14 (d) Promote the use of web-enabled application
15 software products to simplify and expedite contract data
16 collection and billing.
17 (e) Ensure consumer choice among providers as provider
18 networks are created pursuant to s. 394.9082.
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24 And the title is amended as follows:
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28 amending s. 394.4574, F.S.; requiring publicly
29 announced meetings; specifying additional
30 requirements for district plans; amending s.
31 394.74, F.S.; authorizing the Department of
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1 Children and Family Services to use case rates
2 or per capita contracts in contracting for the
3 provision of services for local substance abuse
4 and mental health programs; specifying
5 additional requirements relating to such
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