Senate Bill sb0832

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 832

    By Senator Wilson





    33-28-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Medicaid; amending s. 3 of

  3         chapter 2005-133, Laws of Florida; revising

  4         certain requirements of an evaluation being

  5         conducted by the Office of Program Policy

  6         Analysis and Government Accountability of the

  7         health care services provided for Medicaid

  8         recipients under a managed care model;

  9         requiring that the evaluation include

10         assessments of culturally competent quality of

11         care by each eligibility category and managed

12         care plan in the pilot area sites; providing an

13         effective date.

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

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17         Section 1.  Section 3 of chapter 2005-133, Laws of

18  Florida, is amended to read:

19         Section 3.  The Office of Program Policy Analysis and

20  Government Accountability, in consultation with the Auditor

21  General, shall comprehensively evaluate the two managed care

22  pilot areas programs created under section 409.91211, Florida

23  Statutes. The evaluation shall begin with the implementation

24  of the managed care model in the pilot areas and continue for

25  24 months after the two pilot areas programs have enrolled

26  Medicaid recipients and started providing health care

27  services. The evaluation must include assessments of cost

28  savings; consumer education, choice, and access to services;

29  coordination of care; and culturally competent quality of care

30  by each eligibility category and managed care plan in each

31  pilot site. The evaluation must describe administrative or

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 832
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 1  legal barriers to the implementation and operation of each

 2  pilot program and include recommendations regarding statewide

 3  expansion of the managed care pilot programs. The office shall

 4  submit an evaluation report to the Governor, the President of

 5  the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives no

 6  later than June 30, 2008.

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

 8  law.

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12    Requires that the evaluation of the pilot areas where
      services are provided to Medicaid recipients under
13    managed care plans include assessments of culturally
      competent quality of care by each eligibility category
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