| 1 | Representative(s) Gannon offered the following: |
| 2 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 3 | Remove line(s) 1065 and insert: |
| 4 | (24) PROVIDER SERVICE NETWORK PILOT PROJECT.-- |
| 5 | (a) Under s. 409.912, Florida Statutes, the agency may |
| 6 | contract with provider service networks. The agency is |
| 7 | specifically authorized to establish a provider service network |
| 8 | pilot project in the geographically isolated area of western |
| 9 | Palm Beach County known as the Glades. The pilot project area |
| 10 | shall include Palm Beach County residents with geographic |
| 11 | boundaries that extend: |
| 12 | 1. East to State Road 80 at "20 mile bend"; |
| 13 | 2. North to the Palm Beach and Martin County line; |
| 14 | 3. South to the Palm Beach and Broward County line; and |
| 15 | 4. West to the Palm Beach and Hendry County line and Lake |
| 16 | Okeechobee. |
| 17 | (b) The agency shall only grant a contract to an entity |
| 18 | that meets all of the following criteria: |
| 19 | 1. Is a statutorily created health care taxing district; |
| 20 | 2. Is affiliated with an existing local safety net |
| 21 | hospital; |
| 22 | 3. Is affiliated with an existing local federally |
| 23 | qualified health center; and |
| 24 | 4. Is administratively prepared. |
| 25 | (c) Upon implementation of the pilot project, all eligible |
| 26 | Medicaid recipients shall be enrolled in the demonstration |
| 27 | provider service network program. The agency is authorized to |
| 28 | seek federal Medicaid waivers as necessary to implement the |
| 29 | provisions of this section. The demonstration pilot project |
| 30 | awarded pursuant to this subsection shall be for up to 3 years |
| 31 | from the date of implementation and shall expire upon expansion |
| 32 | of the Medicaid waiver program under s. 409.912(11), Florida |
| 33 | Statutes, into Palm Beach County. |
| 34 | (25) REVIEW AND REPEAL.--This section shall stand repealed |