Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
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11 The Committee on Health Care (Dawson) recommended the
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 (9) The managed care pilot programs may not be
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20 without the express permission of the Legislature.
21 (10) The Office of Program Policy Analysis and
22 Government Accountability, in consultation with the Auditor
23 General, shall comprehensively evaluate the two managed care
24 pilot programs created under this section. The evaluation
25 shall begin when the office, in consultation with the Auditor
26 General, deems there is sufficient, reliable data available
27 following implementation of the two managed care pilot
28 programs. The evaluation shall continue for 24 months after
29 the office has deemed that sufficient, reliable data is
30 available. The evaluation must include assessments of cost
31 savings; consumer education, choice, and access to services;
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1 coordination of care; number of encounters; and quality of
2 care by each eligibility category and managed care plan in
3 each pilot site. The evaluation must describe administrative
4 or legal barriers to the implementation and operation of each
5 pilot program and include recommendations regarding statewide
6 expansion of the managed care pilot programs. The office shall
7 submit an evaluation report to the Governor, the President of
8 the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives no
9 later than 6 months after the office has completed its
10 evaluation.
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14 And the title is amended as follows:
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18 providing that the managed care pilot programs
19 may not be increased in number or expanded into
20 new areas of the state without the express
21 permission of the Legislature; requiring the
22 Office of Program Policy Analysis and
23 Government Accountability, in consultation with
24 the Auditor General, shall comprehensively
25 evaluate the two managed care pilot programs
26 created under the act; providing that the
27 evaluation begin when there is sufficient,
28 reliable data available after implementing the
29 managed care pilot programs; providing the
30 evaluation continue for 30 months after the
31 office has deemed that sufficient, reliable
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1 data is available; providing the issues that
2 the office must consider in its evaluation;
3 requiring the office to submit an evaluation
4 report to the Governor and the Legislature no
5 later than 6 months after the office has
6 completed its evaluation;
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