Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
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11 The Committee on Children and Families (Lynn) recommended the
12 following amendment:
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
15 Delete everything after the enacting clause
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18 Section 1. Subsection (8) of section 394.9082, Florida
19 Statutes, is amended to read:
20 394.9082 Behavioral health service delivery
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22 (8) EXPANSION IN DISTRICTS 2, 3, 4, AND 12, AND
23 13.--The department may expand its pilot program shall work
24 with community agencies to establish a single managing entity
25 for districts 2, 3, 4, and 12, and 13 accountable for the
26 delivery of substance abuse services to child protective
27 services recipients in the five two districts. The purpose of
28 this strategy is to enhance the coordination of substance
29 abuse services with community-based care agencies and the
30 department. The department shall work with affected
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1 phase-in of services beginning with the delivery of substance
2 abuse services, with phase-in of subsequent substance abuse
3 services agreed upon by the managing entity and authorized by
4 the department, providing the necessary technical assistance
5 to assure provider and district readiness for implementation.
6 When a single managing entity is established and meets
7 readiness requirements, The department may enter into a
8 noncompetitive contract with the entity. The department shall
9 maintain detailed information on the methodology used for
10 selection and a justification for the selection. Performance
11 objectives shall be developed which ensure that services that
12 are delivered directly affect and complement the child's
13 permanency plan. During the initial planning and
14 implementation phase of this expansion project, the
15 requirements in subsections (6) and (7) are waived.
16 Considering the critical substance abuse problems experienced
17 by many families in the child protection system, the
18 department shall initiate the implementation of the substance
19 abuse delivery component of this program without delay and
20 furnish status reports to the appropriate substantive
21 committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives no
22 later than February 29, 2004, and February 28, 2005, and
23 February 27, 2006. The integration of all services agreed upon
24 by the managing entity and authorized by the department must
25 be completed within 2 years after initiation of the expansion
26 project initiation. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation of this
27 strategy shall be conducted in accordance with subsection (9).
28 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.
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2 And the title is amended as follows:
3 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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5 and insert:
6 A bill to be entitled
7 An act relating to behavioral health service
8 delivery; amending s. 394.9082, F.S.;
9 authorizing the Department of Children and
10 Family Services to expand its pilot program to
11 establish a single managing entity for
12 districts 2, 3, 4, 12, and 13, to deliver
13 substance abuse services to recipients of child
14 protective services in the five districts;
15 requiring the department to initiate
16 implementation of the substance abuse delivery
17 component of this program without delay in the
18 expansion districts and furnish status reports
19 to the appropriate substantive committees of
20 the Senate and the House of Representatives by
21 specified dates; requiring the department to
22 monitor and evaluate the expansion project;
23 providing an effective date.
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