Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SPB 7068
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  03/26/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Garcia) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 272 - 285
    4  and insert:
    5         (3) COORDINATED CARE ORGANIZATIONS SERVICE DELIVERY
    6  STRATEGIES.—The department may work through managing entities
    7  shall to develop and implement a plan to create a coordinated
    8  regional network of behavioral health service providers. The
    9  regional network must offer access to a comprehensive range of
   10  services and continuity of care for service delivery strategies
   11  that will improve the coordination, integration, and management
   12  of the delivery of behavioral health services to people with who
   13  have mental illness or substance use disorders. The plan must be
   14  developed through a collaborative process between the managing
   15  entity and providers in the region. The department shall
   16  designate the regional network as a coordinated care
   17  organization after the relationships, linkages, and interactions
   18  among network providers are formalized through written
   19  agreements that establish common protocols for intake and
   20  assessment, mechanisms for data sharing, joint operational
   21  procedures, and integrated care planning and case management. It
   22  is the intent of the Legislature that a well-managed service
   23  delivery system will increase access for those in need of care,
   24  improve the coordination and continuity of care for vulnerable
   25  and high-risk populations, and redirect service dollars from
   26  restrictive care settings to community-based recovery services.
   27  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   28  And the title is amended as follows:
   29         Between lines 26 and 27
   30  insert:
   31         requiring the regional network to offer access to
   32         certain services; requiring the plan to be developed
   33         in a certain manner; requiring the department to
   34         designate the regional network as a coordinated care
   35         organization after certain conditions are met;