Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 838
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CHAMBER ACTION
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11 The Committee on Ways and Means (Fasano) recommended the
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 14. In addition to other quality assurance
19 standards required by law or rule or in an approved federal
20 waiver, and in consultation with the Department of Elderly
21 Affairs and area agencies on aging, the Agency for Health Care
22 Administration must develop quality assurance standards that
23 are specific to the care needs of elderly individuals. The
24 quality assurance standards must measure enrollee outcomes and
25 satisfaction with care management, nursing home services, and
26 other services that are provided by managed care plans to
27 recipients who are 60 years of age or older. The agency shall
28 contract with area agencies on aging to perform initial and
29 ongoing measurement of the appropriateness, effectiveness, and
30 quality of services that are provided to the recipients and to
31 collect and report the resolution of enrollee grievances and
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1 complaints. The agency and the department must coordinate the
2 quality measurement activities performed by area agencies on
3 aging with other quality assurance activities required by this
4 section in a manner that promotes efficiency and avoids
5 duplication.
6 Section 15. In demonstration areas, the area agency on
7 aging shall serve as the aging resource center. Except as
8 otherwise provided in this section, the aging resource center,
9 if available, must be the entry point for eligibility
10 determination for persons who are 60 years of age or older,
11 and must provide choice counseling to assist recipients in
12 choosing a plan. If an aging resource center is not operating
13 in an area, the Agency for Health Care Administration may, in
14 consultation with the Department of Elderly Affairs, designate
15 other entities to perform these functions until an aging
16 resource center is established and has the capacity to perform
17 these functions.
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23 And the title is amended as follows:
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27 requiring that the Agency for Health Care
28 Administration, in consultation with the
29 Department of Elderly Affairs, develop quality
30 assurance standards that are specific to the
31 care needs of elderly individuals; requiring
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1 the agency to contract with area agencies on
2 aging to perform initial and ongoing
3 measurement of the appropriateness,
4 effectiveness, and quality of services and to
5 collect and report the resolution of enrollee
6 grievances and complaints; requiring the agency
7 and the department to coordinate the quality
8 measurement activities; requiring the area
9 agency on aging to serve as the aging resource
10 center in demonstration areas, if available;
11 requiring the aging resource center to be the
12 entry point for eligibility determination for
13 persons 60 years of age or older; providing
14 duties; authorizing the agency, in consultation
15 with the Department of Elderly Affairs, to
16 designate other entities to perform as the
17 aging resource center under certain
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