Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 2-B
                        Barcode 895336
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11  Senator Wilson moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 38, between lines 24 and 25,
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17         (10)  The Office of Program Policy Analysis and
18  Government Accountability, in consultation with the Auditor
19  General, shall comprehensively evaluate the two managed care
20  pilot programs created under this section. The evaluation
21  shall begin when the office, in consultation with the Auditor
22  General, deems there is sufficient, reliable data available
23  following implementation of the two managed care pilot
24  programs. The evaluation shall continue for 24 months after
25  the office has deemed that sufficient, reliable data is
26  available. The evaluation must include assessments of cost
27  savings; consumer education, choice, and access to services;
28  coordination of care; number of encounters; and quality of
29  care by each eligibility category and managed care plan in
30  each pilot program site. The evaluation must describe
31  administrative or legal barriers to the implementation and
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    Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 2-B
                        Barcode 895336
 1  operation of each pilot program and include recommendations
 2  regarding statewide expansion of the managed care pilot
 3  programs. The office shall submit an evaluation report to the
 4  Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
 5  House of Representatives no later than 6 months after the
 6  office has completed its evaluation.
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10  And the title is amended as follows:
11         On page 3, line 6, after the semicolon,
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14         requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis
15         and Government Accountability, in consultation
16         with the Auditor General, to comprehensively
17         evaluate the two managed care pilot programs
18         created under the act; requiring that the
19         evaluation begin when there is sufficient,
20         reliable data available after implementing the
21         managed care pilot programs; providing for the
22         evaluation continue for 30 months after the
23         office has deemed that sufficient, reliable
24         data is available; specifying the issues that
25         the office must consider in its evaluation;
26         requiring the office to submit a report to the
27         Governor and the Legislature no later than 6
28         months after the office has completed its
29         evaluation;
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