Senate Bill sb2334

    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 2334

    By Senator Wilson





    33-1617-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Kidcare outreach program

  3         for uninsured children; requiring the Office of

  4         Program Policy Analysis and Government

  5         Accountability to perform a study of the

  6         outreach efforts of the Kidcare program;

  7         providing requirements for the study; requiring

  8         a report to the Legislature by a specified

  9         date; 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.  The Office of Program Policy Analysis and

14  Government Accountability shall perform a study of the

15  effectiveness of the Kidcare outreach program for uninsured

16  children. As part of determining the effectiveness of the

17  program, OPPAGA shall examine the current practices of the

18  Social Services Estimating Conference, the Department of

19  Health, the Children's Medical Services, the Agency for Health

20  Care Administration, the Department of Children and Family

21  Services, the Florida Healthy Kids Corporation, and the

22  Department of Education as they relate to determining

23  expenditures, coordinating with other related health programs

24  at the state and local levels to avoid duplication of effort

25  and promote consistency, providing services to children

26  participating in the Florida Kidcare program, making program

27  information available to all Florida parents of eligible

28  children, offering the services of the program to the target

29  population, determining eligibility, providing medical

30  assistance, and increasing enrollment in the Kidcare program.

31  In addition to determining the effectiveness of the Kidcare

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 2334
    33-1617-07




 1  outreach program, the report shall focus on local outreach in

 2  counties where the program enrollment is atypically low. The

 3  report shall examine how counties having higher enrollment

 4  levels reach the intended population. If the report finds

 5  deficiencies in the outreach process, the report shall provide

 6  options for correcting those deficiencies and shall include

 7  the projected cost of implementing those options. In

 8  conducting the study, the Office of Program Policy Analysis

 9  and Government Accountability shall consult with the

10  Department of Health and the Department of Children and Family

11  Services in addition to other interested entities that may

12  offer experiences and perspectives unique to this area of

13  research. The report shall be submitted to the President of

14  the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by

15  January 1, 2008.

16         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

17  law.

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20                          SENATE SUMMARY

21    Requires the Office of Program Policy Analysis and
      Government Accountability to perform a study of the
22    outreach efforts of the Kidcare program and report to the
      Legislature.
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