Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. PCS for SB 390 (483940)
                        Barcode 870784
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11  The Committee on Health and Human Services Appropriations
12  (Bennett) recommended the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 12, between lines 29 and 30,
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18         Section 5.  The Office of Program Policy Analysis and
19  Government Accountability (OPPAGA) shall review the functions
20  currently performed by the Comprehensive Assessment and Review
21  for Long-Term Care Services (CARES) Program within the
22  Department of Elderly Affairs. OPPAGA shall identify the
23  factors affecting the time currently required for CARES staff
24  to assess an individual's eligibility for long-term care
25  services. As part of this study, OPPAGA shall also examine
26  circumstances that could delay an individual's placement into
27  the Long-Term Care Community Diversion pilot project. OPPAGA
28  shall report its findings to the President of the Senate and
29  the Speaker of the House of Representatives by February 1,
30  2007.
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    Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. PCS for SB 390 (483940)
                        Barcode 870784
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 5  And the title is amended as follows:
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 9         requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis
10         and Government Accountability to review the
11         Comprehensive Assessment and Review for
12         Long-Term Care Services (CARES) Program within
13         the Department of Elderly Affairs and report to
14         the President of the Senate and the Speaker of
15         the House of Representatives by a specified
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