Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 2002
       
       
       
       By Senator Lynn
       
       
       
       
       7-01253-10                                            20102002__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to behavioral health services;
    3         amending s. 394.9082, F.S.; exempting certain
    4         providers from participating in a community-based
    5         managing entity for purposes of providing mental
    6         health services or substance abuse prevention and
    7         treatment services; providing an effective date.
    8  
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section
   12  394.9082, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         394.9082 Behavioral health managing entities.—
   14         (4) CONTRACT FOR SERVICES.—
   15         (a) The department may contract for the purchase and
   16  management of behavioral health services with community-based
   17  managing entities. The department may require a managing entity
   18  to contract for specialized services that are not currently part
   19  of the managing entity’s network if the department determines
   20  that it to do so is in the best interests of consumers of
   21  services. The secretary shall determine the schedule for phasing
   22  in contracts with managing entities. The managing entities
   23  shall, at a minimum, be accountable for the operational
   24  oversight of the delivery of behavioral health services funded
   25  by the department and for the collection and submission of the
   26  required data pertaining to these contracted services. A
   27  managing entity shall serve a geographic area designated by the
   28  department. The geographic area must have be of sufficient size
   29  in population and have enough public funds for behavioral health
   30  services to allow for flexibility and maximum efficiency.
   31  Providers within a judicial circuit or other designated
   32  geographic area which demonstrate the capacity to fulfill the
   33  goals and essential elements set forth in subsections (5) and
   34  (6) are exempt from participating in and providing services
   35  through a managing entity.
   36         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.