Senate Bill sb1210

    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 1210

    By Senator Wise





    5-486-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to rehabilitation of children

  3         who have moderate to severe brain injury;

  4         requiring development of a program to make

  5         available financial support for rehabilitation

  6         of children who have moderate or severe brain

  7         injury; specifying minimum criteria for

  8         inpatient care; authorizing provision of

  9         financial support pending institution of the

10         program; requiring the Office of Trauma in the

11         Department of Health's Division of Emergency

12         Medical Operations to conduct a survey

13         concerning trauma centers designated to care

14         for injured children; requiring the department

15         to estimate the demand for, and a per diem

16         payment for, rehabilitation services for

17         children who have moderate or severe brain

18         injury; requiring the Agency for Health Care

19         Administration to identify and commit certain

20         funds from current Medicaid payments which may

21         be used to support the availability of such

22         rehabilitation services; specifying the manner

23         by which the Department of Health must ensure

24         that certain rehabilitation services and

25         outcomes are recorded in the trauma registry;

26         authorizing rulemaking by the agency and the

27         department; providing an effective date.

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29  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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 1         Section 1.  (1)  The Agency for Health Care

 2  Administration and the Department of Health shall develop and

 3  administer a program to make available financial support for

 4  timely and comprehensive inpatient and outpatient

 5  rehabilitation for each child in this state who has a moderate

 6  to severe traumatic brain injury. The inpatient care shall be

 7  provided for at least 4 weeks to ensure that all potential for

 8  recovery is addressed and to identify and provide for seamless

 9  continuation of the appropriate level of care for the child.

10         (2)  The Office of Trauma in the Department of Health's

11  Division of Emergency Medical Operations shall conduct a

12  survey of all existing trauma centers that are designated to

13  care for injured children in this state. Based on the survey

14  results, the department shall:

15         (a)  Develop an inventory of regionally available

16  rehabilitation facilities and estimate the potential annual

17  volume of the rehabilitation services described in subsection

18  (1); and

19         (b)  Define an acceptable per diem payment for such

20  rehabilitation services which reflects local costs and

21  appropriate economic indicators.

22         (3)  The Agency for Health Care Administration shall

23  identify funds from current Medicaid payments that are

24  designed to enhance the care of children and that may be used

25  to support the availability of the rehabilitation services

26  specified in subsection (1) and, based on the results of the

27  survey, commit any such funds to support the availability of

28  rehabilitation services. The agency may seek additional funds

29  if necessary.

30         (4)  The Department of Health shall ensure that the

31  rehabilitation services required by this section and the

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 1  clinical outcomes of such services are recorded in the trauma

 2  registry in a manner that integrates the management of data

 3  between the rehabilitation facility and designated trauma

 4  center and allows an annual audit of outcome trends and system

 5  performance.

 6         (5)  The Agency for Health Care Administration and the

 7  Department of Health may adopt rules pursuant to ss.

 8  120.536(1) and 120.54 to administer this section.

 9         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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12                          SENATE SUMMARY

13    Provides for the development of a program to make
      available financial support for rehabilitation of
14    children who have moderate or severe brain injury.
      Specifies minimum criteria for inpatient care. Authorizes
15    provision of financial support pending institution of the
      program. Requires the Department of Health to estimate
16    the demand for, and a per diem payment for, such services
      based on a survey by the Office of Trauma in the
17    department's Division of Emergency Medical Operations.
      Requires the Agency for Health Care Administration to
18    identify and commit certain funds from current Medicaid
      payments which may be used to support the availability of
19    such rehabilitation services. Specifies the manner by
      which the Department of Health must ensure that certain
20    rehabilitation services and outcomes are recorded in the
      trauma registry. Authorizes rulemaking by the agency and
21    the department.

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