Florida Senate - 2012                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/HB 1419, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Negron moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 534 and 535
    4  insert:
    5         Section 10. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (1) of
    6  section 394.875, Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         394.875 Crisis stabilization units, residential treatment
    8  facilities, and residential treatment centers for children and
    9  adolescents; authorized services; license required.—
   10         (1)
   11         (e) The department shall modify the method of expending
   12  funds for crisis stabilization services to establish per diem
   13  reimbursement for covered services to ensure that state funding
   14  is exclusively used for payment of services actually provided to
   15  qualified patients. The department may not contract for bed
   16  availability. Available funds shall be used to reimburse a
   17  variety of providers, including public receiving facilities,
   18  community mental health programs, licensed acute care hospitals,
   19  or other approved facilities. Reimbursement shall be limited to
   20  appropriated funds and the new payment system shall be
   21  implemented by July 1, 2013.
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   23  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   24         And the title is amended as follows:
   25         Delete line 37
   26  and insert:
   27         cross-reference; amending s. 394.875, F.S.; requiring
   28         that the Department of Children and Family Services
   29         modify the method of expending funds for crisis
   30         stabilization services; prohibiting the department
   31         from contracting for bed availability; providing that
   32         available funds be used to reimburse a variety of
   33         specified providers; providing that reimbursement is
   34         limited to appropriated funds; providing for
   35         implementation of the new payment system by a
   36         specified date; amending s. 395.002, F.S.; revising