Florida Senate - 2012                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 2074
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             03/09/2012 03:47 PM       .                                
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       Senator Negron moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (296574) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Between lines 110 and 111
    5  insert:
    6         Section 2. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (1) of
    7  section 394.875, Florida Statutes, to read:
    8         394.875 Crisis stabilization units, residential treatment
    9  facilities, and residential treatment centers for children and
   10  adolescents; authorized services; license required.—
   11         (1)
   12         (e) The department shall modify the method of expending
   13  funds for crisis stabilization services to establish per diem
   14  reimbursement for covered services to ensure that state funding
   15  is exclusively used for payment of services actually provided to
   16  qualified patients. The department may not contract for bed
   17  availability. Available funds shall be used to reimburse a
   18  variety of providers, including public receiving facilities,
   19  community mental health programs, licensed acute care hospitals,
   20  or other approved facilities. Reimbursement shall be limited to
   21  appropriated funds and the new payment system shall be
   22  implemented by July 1, 2013.
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   24  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   25         And the title is amended as follows:
   26         Delete line 1417
   27  and insert:
   28         procedures related thereto; amending s. 394.875, F.S.;
   29         requiring that the Department of Children and Family
   30         Services modify the method of expending funds for
   31         crisis stabilization services; prohibiting the
   32         department from contracting for bed availability;
   33         providing that available funds be used to reimburse a
   34         variety of specified providers; providing that
   35         reimbursement is limited to appropriated funds;
   36         providing for implementation of the new payment system
   37         by a specified date; amending s. 395.002, F.S.;