Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. PCS for SB 838 (394008)
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11  The Committee on Health Care (Peaden) recommended the
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
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18         Section 4.  The Office of Program Policy Analysis and
19  Government Accountability, in consultation with the Auditor
20  General, shall comprehensively evaluate the two managed care
21  pilot programs created under section 409.91211, Florida
22  Statutes. The evaluation shall begin with the implementation
23  of the managed care model in the pilot areas and continue for
24  24 months after the two pilot programs have enrolled Medicaid
25  recipients and started providing health care services. The
26  evaluation must include assessments of cost savings; consumer
27  education, choice, and access to services; coordination of
28  care; and quality of care by each eligibility category and
29  managed care plan in each pilot site. The evaluation must
30  describe administrative or legal barriers to the
31  implementation and operation of each pilot program and include
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    Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. PCS for SB 838 (394008)
                        Barcode 464562
 1  recommendations regarding statewide expansion of the managed
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