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By the Committee on Children and Families; and Senator Lynn
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to behavioral health service
3 delivery; amending s. 394.9082, F.S.;
4 authorizing the Department of Children and
5 Family Services to expand its pilot program to
6 establish a single managing entity for
7 districts 2, 3, 4, 12, and 13, to deliver
8 substance abuse services to recipients of child
9 protective services in the five districts;
10 requiring the department to initiate
11 implementation of the substance abuse delivery
12 component of this program without delay in the
13 expansion districts and furnish status reports
14 to the appropriate substantive committees of
15 the Senate and the House of Representatives by
16 specified dates; requiring the department to
17 monitor and evaluate the expansion project;
18 providing an effective date.
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20 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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22 Section 1. Subsection (8) of section 394.9082, Florida
23 Statutes, is amended to read:
24 394.9082 Behavioral health service delivery
25 strategies.--
26 (8) EXPANSION IN DISTRICTS 2, 3, 4, AND 12, AND
27 13.--The department may expand its pilot program shall work
28 with community agencies to establish a single managing entity
29 for districts 2, 3, 4, and 12, and 13 accountable for the
30 delivery of substance abuse services to child protective
31 services recipients in the five two districts. The purpose of
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1 this strategy is to enhance the coordination of substance
2 abuse services with community-based care agencies and the
3 department. The department shall work with affected
4 stakeholders to develop and implement a plan that allows the
5 phase-in of services beginning with the delivery of substance
6 abuse services, with phase-in of subsequent substance abuse
7 services agreed upon by the managing entity and authorized by
8 the department, providing the necessary technical assistance
9 to assure provider and district readiness for implementation.
10 When a single managing entity is established and meets
11 readiness requirements, The department may enter into a
12 noncompetitive contract with the entity. The department shall
13 maintain detailed information on the methodology used for
14 selection and a justification for the selection. Performance
15 objectives shall be developed which ensure that services that
16 are delivered directly affect and complement the child's
17 permanency plan. During the initial planning and
18 implementation phase of this expansion project, the
19 requirements in subsections (6) and (7) are waived.
20 Considering the critical substance abuse problems experienced
21 by many families in the child protection system, the
22 department shall initiate the implementation of the substance
23 abuse delivery component of this program without delay and
24 furnish status reports to the appropriate substantive
25 committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives no
26 later than February 29, 2004, and February 28, 2005, and
27 February 27, 2006. The integration of all services agreed upon
28 by the managing entity and authorized by the department must
29 be completed within 2 years after initiation of the expansion
30 project initiation. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation of this
31 strategy shall be conducted in accordance with subsection (9).
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1 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.
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3 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
4 Senate Bill 2612
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6 Authorizes rather than directs the Department of Children and
Families to expand its behavioral healthcare pilot program in
7 Districts 4 and 12 to include Districts 2, 3, and 13.
8 Removes language identifying North East Florida Addictions
Network as the single managing entity to provide substance
9 abuse service to child protective services recipients.
10 Deletes authorization for the Department of Children and
Families to enter into a non-competitive contract with North
11 East Florida Addictions Network.
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