| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Florida Substance Abuse and Mental |
| 3 | Health Corporation; amending s. 394.655, F.S.; requiring |
| 4 | that the corporation review and assess the recovery and |
| 5 | resiliency-based system for mental health care; requiring |
| 6 | that the corporation review and assess the activities |
| 7 | relating to the transformation of the substance abuse and |
| 8 | mental health system; revising the expiration date of the |
| 9 | corporation; providing an effective date. |
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 13 | Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) and subsection |
| 14 | (11) of section 394.655, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 15 | 394.655 The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Corporation; |
| 16 | powers and duties; composition; evaluation and reporting |
| 17 | requirements.-- |
| 18 | (3)(a) The Florida Substance Abuse and Mental Health |
| 19 | Corporation shall be responsible for oversight of the publicly |
| 20 | funded substance abuse and mental health systems and for making |
| 21 | policy and resources recommendations which will improve the |
| 22 | coordination, quality, and efficiency of the system. Subject to |
| 23 | and consistent with direction set by the Legislature, the |
| 24 | corporation shall exercise the following responsibilities: |
| 25 | 1. Review and assess the status of the recovery and |
| 26 | resiliency-based system for comprehensive mental health care. |
| 27 | 2. Review and assess the activities relating to the |
| 28 | transformation of the substance abuse and mental health system |
| 29 | to ensure that a recovery and resiliency-based system of care is |
| 30 | maintained. |
| 31 | 3.1. Review and assess the collection and analysis of |
| 32 | needs assessment data as described in s. 394.82. |
| 33 | 4.2. Review and assess the status of the publicly funded |
| 34 | mental health and substance abuse systems and recommend policy |
| 35 | designed to improve coordination and effectiveness. |
| 36 | 5.3. Provide mechanisms for substance abuse and mental |
| 37 | health stakeholders, including consumers, family members, |
| 38 | providers, and advocates to provide input concerning the |
| 39 | management of the overall system. |
| 40 | 6.4. Recommend priorities for service expansion. |
| 41 | 7.5. Prepare budget recommendations to be submitted to the |
| 42 | appropriate departments for consideration in the development of |
| 43 | their legislative budget requests and provide copies to the |
| 44 | Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the |
| 45 | House of Representatives for their consideration. |
| 46 | 8.6. Review data regarding the performance of the publicly |
| 47 | funded substance abuse and mental health systems. |
| 48 | 9.7. Make recommendations concerning strategies for |
| 49 | improving the performance of the systems. |
| 50 | 10.8. Review, assess, and forecast substance abuse and |
| 51 | mental health manpower needs and work with the department and |
| 52 | the educational system to establish policies, consistent with |
| 53 | the direction of the Legislature, which will ensure that the |
| 54 | state has the personnel it needs to continuously implement and |
| 55 | improve its services. |
| 56 | (11) This section expires on October 1, 2011 2006, unless |
| 57 | reviewed and reenacted by the Legislature before that date. |
| 58 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |