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11 The Committee on Children and Families (Campbell) recommended
12 the following amendment to amendment (422942):
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 1. Section 20.197, Florida Statutes, is
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20 20.197 Agency for Persons with Disabilities.--There is
21 created the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, housed
22 within the Department of Children and Family Services for
23 administrative purposes only. The agency shall be a separate
24 budget entity not subject to control, supervision, or
25 direction by the Department of Children and Family Services in
26 any manner, including, but not limited to, personnel,
27 purchasing, transactions involving real or personal property,
28 and budgetary matters.
29 (1) The director of the agency shall be the agency
30 head for all purposes and shall be appointed by the Governor,
31 subject to confirmation by the Senate, and shall serve at the
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1 pleasure of the Governor. The director shall administer the
2 affairs of the agency and establish administrative units as
3 needed and may, within available resources, employ assistants,
4 professional staff, and other employees as necessary to
5 discharge the powers and duties of the agency.
6 (2) The agency shall include a Division of Budget and
7 Planning and a Division of Operations. In addition, and in
8 accordance with s. 20.04, the director of the agency may
9 recommend establishing additional divisions, bureaus,
10 sections, and subsections of the agency in order to promote
11 efficient and effective operation of the agency.
12 (3)(2) The agency is shall be responsible for
13 providing the provision of all services provided to persons
14 with developmental disabilities under pursuant to chapter 393,
15 including the operation of all state institutional programs
16 and the programmatic management of Medicaid waivers
17 established to provide services to persons with developmental
18 disabilities.
19 (4)(3) The agency shall engage in such other
20 administrative activities as are deemed necessary to
21 effectively and efficiently address the needs of the agency's
22 clients.
23 (5)(4) The agency shall enter into an interagency
24 agreement that delineates the responsibilities of the Agency
25 for Health Care Administration for the following:
26 (a) The terms and execution of contracts with Medicaid
27 providers for the provision of services provided through
28 Medicaid, including federally approved waiver programs.
29 (b) The billing, payment, and reconciliation of claims
30 for Medicaid services reimbursed by the agency.
31 (c) The implementation of utilization management
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1 measures, including the prior authorization of services plans
2 and the streamlining and consolidation of waivers services, to
3 ensure the cost-effective provision of needed Medicaid
4 services and to maximize the number of persons with access to
5 such services.
6 (d) A system of approving each client's plan of care
7 to ensure that the services on the plan of care are those that
8 without which the client would require the services of an
9 intermediate care facility for the developmentally disabled.
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15 And the title is amended as follows:
16 On page 132, lines 3 and 4, delete those lines
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19 An act relating to persons with disabilities;
20 amending s. 20.197, F.S.; requiring the
21 director of the Agency for Persons with
22 Disabilities to be subject to conformation by
23 the Senate; requiring the agency to create a
24 Division of Budget and Planning and a Division
25 of Operations; authorizing the director to
26 recommend creating additional subdivisions
27 agency in order to promote efficient and
28 effective operation of the agency; amending s.
29 39.001, F.S.,
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