Florida Senate - 2012 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SPB 7164 Barcode 423934 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: FAV . 01/21/2012 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Latvala) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 52 - 77 4 and insert: 5 6 private, nonprofit entity at the local level will promote 7 improved access to care, promote service continuity, and provide 8 for more efficient and effective delivery of substance abuse and 9 mental health services. The Legislature finds that streamlining 10 administrative processes will create cost efficiencies and 11 provide flexibility to better match available services to 12 consumers’ identified needs. 13 (2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 14 (a) “Behavioral health services” means mental health 15 services and substance abuse prevention and treatment services 16 as defined in this chapter and chapter 397 which are provided 17 using state and federal funds. 18 (b) “Decisionmaking model” means a comprehensive management 19 information system needed to answer the following management 20 questions at the federal, state, regional, circuit, and local 21 provider levels: who receives what services from which providers 22 with what outcomes and at what costs? 23 (c) “Geographic area” means a county, circuit, regional, or 24 multiregional area in this state. 25 (d) “Managing entity” means a corporation that is organized 26 in this state, is designated or filed as a nonprofit 27 organization under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, 28 and is under contract to the department to manage the day-to-day 29 operational delivery of behavioral health services through an 30 organized system of care. 31 32 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 33 And the title is amended as follows: 34 Delete lines 3 - 7 35 and insert: 36 37 services; amending s. 394.9082, F.S.; redefining the term 38 “provider networks”;