Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2-B
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11  The Committee on Health Care (Dawson) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 37, between lines 9 and 10,
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18         (9)  The managed care pilot programs may not be
19  increased in number or expanded into new areas of the state
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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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2-B Barcode 671012 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. 11 12 13 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 14 And the title is amended as follows: 15 On page 3, line 2, after the semicolon, 16 17 insert: 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 2 9:27 AM 12/05/05 s0002B.he29.00a
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2-B Barcode 671012 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; 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 9:27 AM 12/05/05 s0002B.he29.00a