Florida Senate - 2013                                     SB 748
       
       
       
       By Senator Bean
       
       
       
       
       4-00850-13                                             2013748__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Program of All-inclusive Care
    3         for the Elderly; requiring the Agency for Health Care
    4         Administration to contract with a certain organization
    5         to provide services under the federal Program of All
    6         inclusive Care for the Elderly in Duval, St. Johns,
    7         Baker, and Nassau Counties; providing an exemption
    8         from ch. 641, Florida Statutes, for the organization;
    9         requiring the organization, subject to an
   10         appropriation, to enroll a specified number of persons
   11         to participate in the program in the named counties;
   12         providing an effective date.
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   14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   16         Section 1. Notwithstanding s. 430.707, Florida Statutes,
   17  and subject to federal approval of the application to be a site
   18  for the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
   19  program, the Agency for Health Care Administration shall
   20  contract with a not-for-profit organization that has been
   21  jointly formed by a lead agency that has been designated
   22  pursuant to s. 430.205, Florida Statutes, and that is licensed
   23  as a nursing home diversion program provider, and by a not-for
   24  profit hospice provider that has been licensed for more than 30
   25  years to serve individuals and families in Duval, St. Johns,
   26  Baker, and Nassau Counties. The not-for-profit organization
   27  shall leverage existing community-based care providers and
   28  healthcare organizations to provide PACE services to frail
   29  elders who reside in Duval, St. Johns, Baker, and Nassau
   30  Counties. The organization is exempt from the requirements of
   31  chapter 641, Florida Statutes. The agency, in consultation with
   32  the Department of Elderly Affairs, and subject to an
   33  appropriation, shall approve up to 300 initial enrollees in the
   34  PACE established by this organization to serve frail elders who
   35  reside in Duval, St. Johns, Baker, and Nassau Counties.
   36         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.