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11 The Committee on Child & Family Security offered the
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19 (1)(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the
20 Department of Children and Family Services shall privatize the
21 provision of foster care and related services statewide. It is
22 further the Legislature's intent to encourage communities and
23 other stakeholders in the well-being of children to
24 participate in assuring that children are safe and
25 well-nurtured. However, while recognizing that some local
26 governments are presently funding portions of certain foster
27 care and related services programs and may choose to expand
28 such funding in the future, the Legislature does not intend by
29 its privatization of foster care and related services that any
30 county, municipality, or special district be required to
31 assist in funding programs that previously have been funded by
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1 the state. Nothing in this paragraph prohibits any county,
2 municipality, or special district from future voluntary
3 funding participation in foster care and related services. As
4 used in this section, the term "privatize" means to contract
5 with competent, community-based agencies. The department shall
6 submit a plan to accomplish privatization statewide, through a
7 competitive process, phased in over a 3-year period beginning
8 January 1, 2000. This plan must be developed with local
9 community participation, including, but not limited to, input
10 from community-based providers that are currently under
11 contract with the department to furnish community-based foster
12 care and related services, and must include a methodology for
13 determining and transferring all available funds, including
14 federal funds that the provider is eligible for and agrees to
15 earn and that portion of general revenue funds which is
16 currently associated with the services that are being
17 furnished under contract. The methodology must provide for the
18 transfer of funds appropriated and budgeted for all services
19 and programs that have been incorporated into the project,
20 including all management, capital (including current furniture
21 and equipment), and administrative funds to accomplish the
22 transfer of these programs. This methodology must address
23 expected workload and at least the 3 previous years'
24 experience in expenses and workload. With respect to any
25 district or portion of a district in which privatization
26 cannot be accomplished within the 3-year timeframe, the
27 department must clearly state in its plan the reasons the
28 timeframe cannot be met and the efforts that should be made to
29 remediate the obstacles, which may include alternatives to
30 total privatization, such as public-private partnerships. As
31 used in this section, the term "related services" includes,
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1 but is not limited to, family preservation, independent
2 living, emergency shelter, residential group care, foster
3 care, therapeutic foster care, intensive residential
4 treatment, foster care supervision, case management,
5 postplacement supervision, permanent foster care, and family
6 reunification. Unless otherwise provided for, beginning in
7 fiscal year 1999-2000, either the state attorney or the Office
8 of the Attorney General shall provide child welfare legal
9 services, pursuant to chapter 39 and other relevant
10 provisions, in Sarasota, Pinellas, Pasco, Broward, and Manatee
11 Counties. Such legal services shall commence and be
12 effective, as soon as determined reasonably feasible by the
13 respective state attorney or the Office of the Attorney
14 General, after the privatization of associated programs and
15 child protective investigations has occurred. When a private
16 nonprofit agency has received case management
17 responsibilities, transferred from the state under this
18 section, for a child who is sheltered or found to be dependent
19 and who is assigned to the care of the privatization project,
20 the agency may act as the child's guardian for the purpose of
21 registering the child in school if a parent or guardian of the
22 child is unavailable and his or her whereabouts cannot
23 reasonably be ascertained. The private nonprofit agency may
24 also seek emergency medical attention for such a child, but
25 only if a parent or guardian of the child is unavailable, his
26 or her whereabouts cannot reasonably be ascertained, and a
27 court order for such emergency medical services cannot be
28 obtained because of the severity of the emergency or because
29 it is after normal working hours. However, the provider may
30 not consent to sterilization, abortion, or termination of life
31 support. If a child's parents' rights have been terminated,
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1 the nonprofit agency shall act as guardian of the child in all
2 circumstances.
3 (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the
4 department will continue to work towards full privatization by
5 initiating the competitive-procurement process in each county
6 by January 1, 2003. In order to provide for an adequate
7 transition period to develop the necessary administrative and
8 service-delivery capacity in each community, the full transfer
9 of all foster care and related services must be completed
10 statewide by December 31, 2004.
11 (c)(b) As used in this section, the term "eligible
12 lead community-based provider" means a single agency with
13 which the department shall contract for the provision of child
14 protective services in a community that is no smaller than a
15 county. The secretary of the department may authorize more
16 than one eligible lead community-based provider within a
17 single county when to do so will result in more effective
18 delivery of foster care and related services. To compete for a
19 privatization project, such agency must have:
20 1. The ability to coordinate, integrate, and manage
21 all child protective services in the designated community in
22 cooperation with child protective investigations.
23 2. The ability to ensure continuity of care from entry
24 to exit for all children referred from the protective
25 investigation and court systems.
26 3. The ability to provide directly, or contract for
27 through a local network of providers, all necessary child
28 protective services.
29 4. The willingness to accept accountability for
30 meeting the outcomes and performance standards related to
31 child protective services established by the Legislature and
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1 the Federal Government.
2 5. The capability and the willingness to serve all
3 children referred to it from the protective investigation and
4 court systems, regardless of the level of funding allocated to
5 the community by the state, provided all related funding is
6 transferred.
7 6. The willingness to ensure that each individual who
8 provides child protective services completes the training
9 required of child protective service workers by the Department
10 of Children and Family Services.
11 7. The ability to maintain eligibility to receive all
12 federal child welfare funds, including Title IV-E and IV-A
13 funds, currently being used by the Department of Children and
14 Family Services.
15 (d)(c)1. If attempts to competitively procure services
16 through an eligible lead community-based provider as defined
17 in paragraph (c)(b) do not produce a capable and willing
18 agency, the department shall develop a plan in collaboration
19 with the local community alliance. The plan must detail how
20 the community will continue to implement privatization through
21 competitively procuring either the specific components of
22 foster care and related services or comprehensive services for
23 defined eligible populations of children and families from
24 qualified licensed agencies as part of its efforts to develop
25 the local capacity for a community-based system of coordinated
26 care. The plan must ensure local control over the management
27 and administration of the service provision in accordance with
28 the intent of this section and may include recognized best
29 business practices, including some form of public or private
30 partnerships. In the absence of a community alliance, the plan
31 must be submitted to the President of the Senate and the
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1 Speaker of the House of Representatives for their comments.
2 (e) In any county in which a service contract has not
3 been executed by December 31, 2004, the department shall
4 ensure access to a model comprehensive residential services
5 program as described in s. 409.1677 that, without imposing
6 undo financial, geographic, or other barriers, ensures
7 reasonable and appropriate participation by the family in the
8 child's program.
9 1. In order to assure that the program is operational
10 by December 31, 2004, the department must, by December 31,
11 2003, begin the process of establishing access to a program in
12 any county in which the department has not either entered into
13 a transition contract or approved a community plan, as
14 described in (d), that assures full privatization by the
15 statutory deadline.
16 2. The program must be procured through a competitive
17 process.
18 3. The Legislature does not intend for the provisions
19 of this paragraph to substitute for the requirement that full
20 conversion to community-based care be accomplished.
21 (f) 1.2. The Legislature finds that the state has
22 traditionally provided foster care services to children who
23 have been the responsibility of the state. As such, foster
24 children have not had the right to recover for injuries beyond
25 the limitations specified in s. 768.28. The Legislature has
26 determined that foster care and related services need to be
27 privatized pursuant to this section and that the provision of
28 such services is of paramount importance to the state. The
29 purpose for such privatization is to increase the level of
30 safety, security, and stability of children who are or become
31 the responsibility of the state. One of the components
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1 necessary to secure a safe and stable environment for such
2 children is that private providers maintain liability
3 insurance. As such, insurance needs to be available and remain
4 available to nongovernmental foster care and related services
5 providers without the resources of such providers being
6 significantly reduced by the cost of maintaining such
7 insurance.
8 2.3. The Legislature further finds that, by requiring
9 the following minimum levels of insurance, children in
10 privatized foster care and related services will gain
11 increased protection and rights of recovery in the event of
12 injury than provided for in s. 768.28.
13 (g)(d) Other than an entity to which s. 768.28
14 applies, any eligible lead community-based provider, as
15 defined in paragraph (c)(b), or its employees or officers,
16 except as otherwise provided in paragraph (h)(e), must, as a
17 part of its contract, obtain a minimum of $1 million per
18 claim/$3 million per incident in general liability insurance
19 coverage. The eligible lead community-based provider must also
20 require that staff who transport client children and families
21 in their personal automobiles in order to carry out their job
22 responsibilities obtain minimum bodily injury liability
23 insurance in the amount of $100,000 per claim, $300,000 per
24 incident on their personal automobiles. In any tort action
25 brought against such an eligible lead community-based provider
26 or employee, net economic damages shall be limited to $1
27 million per liability claim and $100,000 per automobile claim,
28 including, but not limited to, past and future medical
29 expenses, wage loss, and loss of earning capacity, offset by
30 any collateral source payment paid or payable. In any tort
31 action brought against such an eligible lead community-based
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1 provider, noneconomic damages shall be limited to $200,000 per
2 claim. A claims bill may be brought on behalf of a claimant
3 pursuant to s. 768.28 for any amount exceeding the limits
4 specified in this paragraph. Any offset of collateral source
5 payments made as of the date of the settlement or judgment
6 shall be in accordance with s. 768.76. The lead
7 community-based provider shall not be liable in tort for the
8 acts or omissions of its subcontractors or the officers,
9 agents, or employees of its subcontractors.
10 (h)(e) The liability of an eligible lead
11 community-based provider described in this section shall be
12 exclusive and in place of all other liability of such
13 provider. The same immunities from liability enjoyed by such
14 providers shall extend as well to each employee of the
15 provider when such employee is acting in furtherance of the
16 provider's business, including the transportation of clients
17 served, as described in this subsection, in privately owned
18 vehicles. Such immunities shall not be applicable to a
19 provider or an employee who acts in a culpably negligent
20 manner or with willful and wanton disregard or unprovoked
21 physical aggression when such acts result in injury or death
22 or such acts proximately cause such injury or death; nor shall
23 such immunities be applicable to employees of the same
24 provider when each is operating in the furtherance of the
25 provider's business, but they are assigned primarily to
26 unrelated works within private or public employment. The same
27 immunity provisions enjoyed by a provider shall also apply to
28 any sole proprietor, partner, corporate officer or director,
29 supervisor, or other person who in the course and scope of his
30 or her duties acts in a managerial or policymaking capacity
31 and the conduct that caused the alleged injury arose within
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1 the course and scope of those managerial or policymaking
2 duties. Culpable negligence is defined as reckless
3 indifference or grossly careless disregard of human life.
4 (i)(f) Any subcontractor of an eligible lead
5 community-based provider, as defined in paragraph (c)(b),
6 which is a direct provider of foster care and related services
7 to children and families, and its employees or officers,
8 except as otherwise provided in paragraph (h)(e), must, as a
9 part of its contract, obtain a minimum of $1 million per
10 claim/$3 million per incident in general liability insurance
11 coverage. The subcontractor of an eligible lead
12 community-based provider must also require that staff who
13 transport client children and families in their personal
14 automobiles in order to carry out their job responsibilities
15 obtain minimum bodily injury liability insurance in the amount
16 of $100,000 per claim, $300,000 per incident on their personal
17 automobiles. In any tort action brought against such
18 subcontractor or employee, net economic damages shall be
19 limited to $1 million per liability claim and $100,000 per
20 automobile claim, including, but not limited to, past and
21 future medical expenses, wage loss, and loss of earning
22 capacity, offset by any collateral source payment paid or
23 payable. In any tort action brought against such
24 subcontractor, noneconomic damages shall be limited to
25 $200,000 per claim. A claims bill may be brought on behalf of
26 a claimant pursuant to s. 768.28 for any amount exceeding the
27 limits specified in this paragraph. Any offset of collateral
28 source payments made as of the date of the settlement or
29 judgment shall be in accordance with s. 768.76.
30 (j)(g) The liability of a subcontractor of an eligible
31 lead community-based provider that is a direct provider of
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1 foster care and related services as described in this section
2 shall be exclusive and in place of all other liability of such
3 provider. The same immunities from liability enjoyed by such
4 subcontractor provider shall extend as well to each employee
5 of the subcontractor when such employee is acting in
6 furtherance of the subcontractor's business, including the
7 transportation of clients served, as described in this
8 subsection, in privately owned vehicles. Such immunities shall
9 not be applicable to a subcontractor or an employee who acts
10 in a culpably negligent manner or with willful and wanton
11 disregard or unprovoked physical aggression when such acts
12 result in injury or death or such acts proximately cause such
13 injury or death; nor shall such immunities be applicable to
14 employees of the same subcontractor when each is operating in
15 the furtherance of the subcontractor's business, but they are
16 assigned primarily to unrelated works within private or public
17 employment. The same immunity provisions enjoyed by a
18 subcontractor shall also apply to any sole proprietor,
19 partner, corporate officer or director, supervisor, or other
20 person who in the course and scope of his or her duties acts
21 in a managerial or policymaking capacity and the conduct that
22 caused the alleged injury arose within the course and scope of
23 those managerial or policymaking duties. Culpable negligence
24 is defined as reckless indifference or grossly careless
25 disregard of human life.
26 (k)(h) The Legislature is cognizant of the increasing
27 costs of goods and services each year and recognizes that
28 fixing a set amount of compensation actually has the effect of
29 a reduction in compensation each year. Accordingly, the
30 conditional limitations on damages in this section shall be
31 increased at the rate of 5 percent each year, prorated from
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1 the effective date of this paragraph to the date at which
2 damages subject to such limitations are awarded by final
3 judgment or settlement.
4 (2)(a) The department may contract for the delivery,
5 administration, or management of protective services, the
6 services specified in subsection (1) relating to foster care,
7 and other related services or programs, as appropriate. The
8 department shall retain responsibility for the quality of
9 contracted services and programs and shall ensure that
10 services are delivered in accordance with applicable federal
11 and state statutes and regulations. The department must adopt
12 written policies and procedures for monitoring the contract
13 for delivery of services by lead community-based providers.
14 These policies and procedures must, at a minimum, address the
15 evaluation of fiscal accountability and program operations,
16 including provider achievement of performance standards,
17 provider monitoring of subcontractors, and timely followup of
18 corrective actions for significant monitoring findings related
19 to providers and subcontractors. These policies and procedures
20 must also include provisions for reducing the duplication of
21 the department's program monitoring activities both internally
22 and with other agencies, to the extent possible. The
23 department's written procedures must assure that the written
24 findings, conclusions, and recommendations from monitoring the
25 contract for services of lead community-based providers are
26 communicated to the director of the provider agency as
27 expeditiously as possible.
28 (b) Persons employed by the department in the
29 provision of foster care and related services whose positions
30 are being privatized pursuant to this statute shall be given
31 hiring preference by the provider, if provider qualifications
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1 are met.
2 (3)(a) In order to help ensure a seamless child
3 protection system, the department shall ensure that contracts
4 entered into with community-based agencies pursuant to this
5 section include provisions for a case-transfer process to
6 determine the date that the community-based agency will
7 initiate the appropriate services for a child and family. This
8 case-transfer process must clearly identify the closure of the
9 protective investigation and the initiation of service
10 provision. At the point of case transfer, and at the
11 conclusion of an investigation, the department must provide a
12 complete summary of the findings of the investigation to the
13 community-based agency.
14 (b) The contracts must also ensure that each
15 community-based agency shall furnish information on its
16 activities in all cases in client case records regular status
17 reports of its cases to the department as specified in the
18 contract. A provider may not discontinue services on any
19 voluntary case without prior written notification to the
20 department 30 days before planned case closure. If the
21 department disagrees with the recommended case closure,
22 written notification to the provider must be provided before
23 the case-closure date. without prior written notification to
24 the department. After discontinuing services to a child or a
25 child and family, the community-based agency must provide a
26 written case summary, including its assessment of the child
27 and family, to the department.
28 (c) The contract between the department and
29 community-based agencies must include provisions that specify
30 the procedures to be used by the parties to resolve
31 differences in interpreting the contract or to resolve
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1 disputes as to the adequacy of the parties' compliance with
2 their respective obligations under the contract.
3 (4)(a) The department shall establish a quality
4 assurance program for privatized services. The quality
5 assurance program shall be based on standards established by a
6 national accrediting organization such as the Council on
7 Accreditation of Services for Families and Children, Inc.
8 (COA) or CARF--the Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission.
9 The department may develop a request for proposal for such
10 oversight. This program must be developed and administered at
11 a statewide level. The Legislature intends that the department
12 be permitted to have limited flexibility to use funds for
13 improving quality assurance. To this end, effective January 1,
14 2000, the department may transfer up to 0.125 percent of the
15 total funds from categories used to pay for these
16 contractually provided services, but the total amount of such
17 transferred funds may not exceed $300,000 in any fiscal year.
18 When necessary, the department may establish, in accordance
19 with s. 216.177, additional positions that will be exclusively
20 devoted to these functions. Any positions required under this
21 paragraph may be established, notwithstanding ss.
22 216.262(1)(a) and 216.351. The department, in consultation
23 with the community-based agencies that are undertaking the
24 privatized projects, shall establish minimum thresholds for
25 each component of service, consistent with standards
26 established by the Legislature. Each program operated under
27 contract with a community-based agency must be evaluated
28 annually by the department. The department shall submit an
29 annual report regarding quality performance, outcome measure
30 attainment, and cost efficiency to the President of the
31 Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
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1 minority leader of each house of the Legislature, and the
2 Governor no later than January 31 of each year for each
3 project in operation during the preceding fiscal year.
4 (b) The department shall use these findings in making
5 recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature for future
6 program and funding priorities in the child welfare system.
7 (5)(a) The community-based agency must comply with
8 statutory requirements and agency rules in the provision of
9 contractual services. Each foster home, therapeutic foster
10 home, emergency shelter, or other placement facility operated
11 by the community-based agency or agencies must be licensed by
12 the Department of Children and Family Services under chapter
13 402 or this chapter. Each community-based agency must be
14 licensed as a child-caring or child-placing agency by the
15 department under this chapter. The department, in order to
16 eliminate or reduce the number of duplicate inspections by
17 various program offices, shall coordinate inspections required
18 pursuant to licensure of agencies under this section.
19 (b) Substitute care providers who are licensed under
20 s. 409.175 and have contracted with a lead agency authorized
21 under this section shall also be authorized to provide
22 registered or licensed family day care under s. 402.313, if
23 consistent with federal law and if the home has met:
24 1. tThe requirements of s. 402.313.; and
25 2. The requirements of s. 402.281 and has received
26 Gold Seal Quality Care designation.
27 (c) A dually licensed home under this section shall be
28 eligible to receive both an out-of-home care payment and a
29 subsidized child care payment for the same child pursuant to
30 federal law. The department may adopt administrative rules
31 necessary to administer this paragraph. the foster care board
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1 rate and the subsidized child care rate for the same child
2 only if care is provided 24 hours a day. The subsidized child
3 care rate shall be no more than the approved full-time rate.
4 (6) Beginning January 1, 1999, and continuing at least
5 through June 30, 2000, the Department of Children and Family
6 Services shall privatize all foster care and related services
7 in district 5 while continuing to contract with the current
8 model programs in districts 1, 4, and 13, and in subdistrict
9 8A, and shall expand the subdistrict 8A pilot program to
10 incorporate Manatee County. Planning for the district 5
11 privatization shall be done by providers that are currently
12 under contract with the department for foster care and related
13 services and shall be done in consultation with the
14 department. A lead provider of the district 5 program shall
15 be competitively selected, must demonstrate the ability to
16 provide necessary comprehensive services through a local
17 network of providers, and must meet criteria established in
18 this section. Contracts with organizations responsible for the
19 model programs must include the management and administration
20 of all privatized services specified in subsection (1).
21 However, the department may use funds for contract management
22 only after obtaining written approval from the Executive
23 Office of the Governor. The request for such approval must
24 include, but is not limited to, a statement of the proposed
25 amount of such funds and a description of the manner in which
26 such funds will be used. If the community-based organization
27 selected for a model program under this subsection is not a
28 Medicaid provider, the organization shall be issued a Medicaid
29 provider number pursuant to s. 409.907 for the provision of
30 services currently authorized under the state Medicaid plan to
31 those children encompassed in this model and in a manner not
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1 to exceed the current level of state expenditure.
2 (7) The department, in consultation with existing lead
3 agencies, shall develop a statewide proposal regarding the
4 long-term use and structure of a shared-earnings program which
5 addresses is authorized to establish and administer a risk
6 pool to reduce the financial risk to eligible lead
7 community-based providers resulting from unanticipated
8 caseload growth or from significant changes in client mixes or
9 services eligible for federal reimbursement. The
10 recommendations in the statewide proposal must also be
11 available to entities of the department until the conversion
12 to community-based care takes place. At a minimum, the
13 proposal must allow federal earnings received from child
14 welfare programs that are determined by the department to be
15 in excess of the amount appropriated in the General
16 Appropriations Act. These purposes include, but are not
17 limited to:
18 (a) Significant changes in the number or composition
19 of clients eligible to receive services.
20 (b) Significant changes in the services that are
21 eligible for reimbursement.
22 (c) Significant changes in the availability of federal
23 funds.
24 (d) Shortfalls in state funds available for eligible
25 or ineligible services.
26 (e) Significant changes in the mix of available funds.
27 (f) Scheduled or unanticipated, but necessary,
28 advances to providers or other cash-flow issues.
29 (g) Proposals to participate in optional Medicaid
30 services or other federal grant opportunities.
31 (h) Appropriate incentive structures.
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1 (i) Continuity of care in the event of lead-agency
2 failure, discontinuance of service, or financial misconduct.
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4 The department shall further specify the necessary steps to
5 ensure the financial integrity of these dollars and their
6 continued availability on an ongoing basis. The final proposal
7 shall be submitted to the Legislative Budget Commission for
8 formal adoption before December 31, 2002. If the Legislative
9 Budget Commission refuses to concur with the adoption of the
10 proposal, the department shall present its proposal in the
11 form of recommended legislation to the President of the Senate
12 and the Speaker of the House of Representatives before the
13 commencement of the next legislative session.
14 (8) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 215.425, all
15 documented federal funds earned for the current fiscal year by
16 the department and community-based agencies which exceed the
17 amount appropriated by the Legislature shall be distributed to
18 all entities that contributed to the excess earnings based on
19 a schedule and methodology developed by the department and
20 approved by the Executive Office of the Governor. Distribution
21 shall be pro rata based on total earnings and shall be made
22 only to those entities that contributed to excess earnings.
23 Excess earnings of community-based agencies shall be used only
24 in the service district in which they were earned. Additional
25 state funds appropriated by the Legislature for
26 community-based agencies or made available pursuant to the
27 budgetary amendment process described in s. 216.177 shall be
28 transferred to the community-based agencies. The department
29 shall amend a community-based agency's contract to permit
30 expenditure of the funds. The distribution program applies
31 only to entities that were under privatization contracts as of
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1 July 1, 2002 1999. This program is authorized for a period of
2 3 years beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2002. The
3 Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
4 Accountability shall review this program and report to the
5 President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
6 Representatives by December 31, 2001. The review shall assess
7 the program to determine how the additional resources were
8 used, the number of additional clients served, the
9 improvements in quality of service attained, the performance
10 outcomes associated with the additional resources, and the
11 feasibility of continuing or expanding this program.
12 (9) Each district and subdistrict that participates in
13 the model program effort or any future privatization effort as
14 described in this section must thoroughly analyze and report
15 the complete direct and indirect costs of delivering these
16 services through the department and the full cost of
17 privatization, including the cost of monitoring and evaluating
18 the contracted services.
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27 may close a case; modifying the requirements
28 concerning dual licensure of foster homes;
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