Senate Bill sb1732

    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 1732

    By Senators Webster and Fasano





    9-653A-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Primary Care Access

  3         Network; creating a pilot program to provide

  4         extended operating hours for the purpose of

  5         offering health care services at overcrowded

  6         clinics in the Primary Care Access Network in

  7         Orange and Pasco Counties; directing the Agency

  8         for Health Care Administration to establish the

  9         pilot program in Orange and Pasco Counties;

10         requiring the agency to develop procedures for

11         operating the pilot program; requiring the

12         agency to submit a report with recommendations

13         to the Governor and the Legislature by a

14         specified date; providing an appropriation;

15         providing an effective date.

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

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19         Section 1.  (1)  The Legislature finds that the Primary

20  Care Access Network (PCAN) was founded to address the needs of

21  the uninsured and those who are medically needy by providing a

22  system of service delivery that builds upon the strengths of

23  its current health provider partners. There has been an

24  average 32-percent decrease in nonurgent emergency room

25  services used by the uninsured in areas where one of the

26  clinics is in operation. In accordance with these findings,

27  the Agency for Health Care Administration shall establish a

28  2-year pilot program in Orange and Pasco Counties to offer

29  health care services during the weekend and after regular

30  business hours during the week.

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 1732
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 1         (2)  To the extent that funding is available, the pilot

 2  program shall provide funds to operate the PCAN clinics during

 3  the extended hours that the clinics are open and to pay the

 4  employees of those clinics accordingly.

 5         (3)  The agency shall develop procedures for operating

 6  the pilot program.

 7         (4)  Each January 1 for the duration of the pilot

 8  program the agency shall submit to the Governor, the President

 9  of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives

10  an annual report on the success and outcomes achieved by the

11  pilot program, which must include a recommendation as to

12  whether the pilot program should be continued, terminated, or

13  expanded.

14         Section 2.  The sum of $2.3 million is appropriated

15  from the General Revenue Fund to the Agency for Health Care

16  Administration for the purpose of implementing this act during

17  the 2007-2008 fiscal year.

18         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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21                          SENATE SUMMARY

22    Creates a pilot program to provide extended operating
      hours for the purpose of offering health care services at
23    overcrowded clinics in the Primary Care Access Network in
      Orange and Pasco Counties. Directs the Agency for Health
24    Care Administration to establish the pilot program in
      Orange and Pasco Counties. Requires the agency to develop
25    procedures for operating the pilot program. Requires the
      agency to submit a report with recommendations to the
26    Governor and the Legislature by specified dates. Provides
      an appropriation.
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