Florida Senate - 2017 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1130
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Book)
recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 95 and 96
4 insert:
5 Section 2. (1) The Office of Program Policy Analysis and
6 Government Accountability (OPPAGA) shall conduct a study of the
7 pregnancy support services program to evaluate the effectiveness
8 and cost efficiency of the program and provide recommendations
9 on whether the program should be continued or eliminated. The
10 report must include information about the Florida Pregnancy Care
11 Network, its affiliated pregnancy support and resource
12 organizations, and any other subcontractors to whom state funds
13 are expended for pregnancy support services. The report must
14 also include the total amount of state funds appropriated and
15 expended by fiscal year for the pregnancy support services
16 program since its inception.
17 (2) As part of the study, OPPAGA must assess the
18 effectiveness of the Department of Health’s financial and
19 administrative oversight and monitoring of the network.
20 (3) As part of determining the effectiveness of the
21 program, the study must include, but need not be limited to,
22 gathering information pertaining to:
23 (a) The use of state funding by the department, the
24 network, and subcontractors, and how expenditures are tracked
25 and accounted for through items such as financial statements or
26 expenditure reports.
27 (b) The percentage of funding used for:
28 1. Direct client services, including the average amount of
29 a voucher provided to eligible clients for services;
30 2. Wellness services;
31 3. Program awareness activities; and
32 4. Communication activities.
33 (c) The performance and outcome measures used by the
34 department and the network to ensure quality of care, client
35 satisfaction, and positive health outcomes for eligible clients,
36 including the most recent results.
37 (d) The methods used by the department and the network to
38 ensure that eligible clients receive accurate medical
39 information.
40 (e) The methods used by the department and the network to
41 resolve complaints and grievances, including information about
42 the number of complaints and grievances received and their
43 disposition.
44 (f) Network adequacy standards used to ensure the
45 availability of pregnancy support and wellness services for
46 eligible clients.
47 (g) Fraud and abuse measures implemented by the department
48 and the network to ensure program accountability and to prevent
49 waste of state funds.
50 (h) For the most recently completed fiscal year, if a
51 corrective action plan or sanction was imposed on the network or
52 its subcontractors, a description, the outcome, and the amount
53 of monetary fines or penalties, if any.
54 (i) The controls used by the department to ensure that
55 services provided by the network and its subcontractors are
56 provided in a noncoercive manner and do not include any
57 religious content. Such services may include client interviews
58 or surveys.
59 (j) The educational and medical qualifications of the
60 network’s staff or the staff of the subcontractors who interact
61 with eligible clients.
62 (k) Citations of any medical statements included in
63 informational materials provided by the network or its
64 subcontractors to an eligible client.
65 (l) Information about the ownership of each subcontractor
66 and any financial or ownership interests with providers who
67 receive vouchers to provide services to eligible clients.
68 (m) Other audits, evaluative reports, or information
69 pertaining to the pregnancy support services program to ensure
70 the delivery of high-quality, cost-effective services to
71 eligible clients.
72 (4) If OPPAGA recommends program continuation, it shall
73 include recommendations for program improvement and methods to
74 ensure that eligible clients have access to the full range of
75 referral information to make reproductive health decisions.
76 (5) OPPAGA shall submit a report with its findings and
77 recommendations to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of
78 the House of Representatives, and the standing legislative
79 committees that have substantive jurisdiction over health care
80 services by January 1, 2018.
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83 And the title is amended as follows:
84 Delete line 16
85 and insert:
86 religious content; requiring the Office of Program
87 Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to
88 conduct a study to evaluate the effectiveness and cost
89 efficiency of the pregnancy support services program
90 and provide recommendations on whether the program
91 should be continued; providing criteria to be included
92 in the study and in a report; requiring the report to
93 be submitted to the Legislature by a specified date;
94 providing an effective date.