Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT
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11 Senator Fasano moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 14. In addition to other quality assurance
18 standards required by law or rule or in an approved federal
19 waiver, and in consultation with the Department of Elderly
20 Affairs and area agencies on aging, the Agency for Health Care
21 Administration must develop quality assurance standards that
22 are specific to the care needs of elderly individuals. The
23 quality assurance standards must measure enrollee outcomes and
24 satisfaction with care management and home and community-based
25 services that are provided by managed care plans to recipients
26 who are 60 years of age or older. The agency shall contract
27 with area agencies on aging to perform initial and ongoing
28 measurement of the appropriateness, effectiveness, and quality
29 of care management and home and community-based services that
30 are provided to the recipients and to collect and report the
31 resolution of enrollee grievances and complaints. The agency
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1 and the department must coordinate the quality measurement
2 activities performed by area agencies on aging with other
3 quality assurance activities required by this section in a
4 manner that promotes efficiency and avoids duplication.
5 Section 15. In demonstration areas, the area agency on
6 aging shall serve as the aging resource center. Except as
7 otherwise provided in this section, the aging resource center,
8 if available, must be the entry point for eligibility
9 determination for persons who are 60 years of age or older,
10 and must provide choice counseling to assist recipients in
11 choosing a plan. If an aging resource center is not operating
12 in an area, the Agency for Health Care Administration may, in
13 consultation with the Department of Elderly Affairs, designate
14 other entities to perform these functions until an aging
15 resource center is established and has the capacity to perform
16 these functions.
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22 And the title is amended as follows:
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26 requiring that the Agency for Health Care
27 Administration, in consultation with the
28 Department of Elderly Affairs, develop quality
29 assurance standards that are specific to the
30 care needs of elderly individuals; requiring
31 the agency to contract with area agencies on
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1 aging to perform initial and ongoing
2 measurement of the appropriateness,
3 effectiveness, and quality of services and to
4 collect and report the resolution of enrollee
5 grievances and complaints; requiring the agency
6 and the department to coordinate the quality
7 measurement activities; requiring the area
8 agency on aging to serve as the aging resource
9 center in demonstration areas, if available;
10 requiring the aging resource center to be the
11 entry point for eligibility determination for
12 persons 60 years of age or older; providing
13 duties; authorizing the agency, in consultation
14 with the Department of Elderly Affairs, to
15 designate other entities to perform as the
16 aging resource center under certain
17 circumstances;
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