Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 7068
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  04/03/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Garcia)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 594 - 623
    4  and insert:
    5         (a) As of December 31, 2015, the department shall verify
    6  that each a managing entity’s governing board meets the
    7  requirements of this section. governance structure shall be
    8  representative and shall, at a minimum, include consumers and
    9  family members, appropriate community stakeholders and
   10  organizations, and providers of substance abuse and mental
   11  health services as defined in this chapter and chapter 397. If
   12  there are one or more private-receiving facilities in the
   13  geographic coverage area of a managing entity, the managing
   14  entity shall have one representative for the private-receiving
   15  facilities as an ex officio member of its board of directors.
   16         1. The composition of the board shall be broadly
   17  representative of the community and include consumers and family
   18  members, community organizations that do not contract with the
   19  managing entity, local governments, area law enforcement
   20  agencies, business leaders, local providers of child welfare
   21  services, health care professionals, and representatives of
   22  health care facilities.
   23         2. The managing entity must establish a technical advisory
   24  panel consisting of providers of mental health and substance
   25  abuse services that selects at least one member to serve as an
   26  ex officio member of the governing board.
   27