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 (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 172 and 173
    4  insert:
    5         Section 2. 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 lines 2 - 6
   26  and insert:
   27         An act relating to mental health; amending s.
   28         394.4574, F.S.; revising the duties of the case
   29         manager for, and the community living support plan of,
   30         a mental health resident of an assisted living
   31         facility; amending s. 394.875, F.S.; requiring that
   32         the Department of Children and Family Services modify
   33         the method of expending funds for crisis stabilization
   34         services; prohibiting the department from contracting
   35         for bed availability; providing that available funds
   36         be used to reimburse a variety of specified providers;
   37         providing that reimbursement is limited to
   38         appropriated funds; providing for implementation of
   39         the new payment system by a specified date; amending
   40         s. 400.0078, F.S.; requiring