Florida Senate - 2022 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for HB 5
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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The Committee on Appropriations (Pizzo) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Before line 45
4 insert:
5 Section 1. Section 381.00515, Florida Statutes, is created
6 to read:
7 381.00515 Hormonal Long-acting Reversible Contraception
8 Program.—The Hormonal Long-acting Reversible Contraception
9 (HLARC) Program is established within the Department of Health
10 to improve the provision of HLARC services to women statewide
11 and to reduce the number of abortions.
12 (1) As used in this section, the term:
13 (a) “Department” means the Department of Health.
14 (b) “HLARC Program” means the Hormonal Long-Acting
15 Reversible Contraception Program.
16 (2) The department shall contract with eligible family
17 planning providers to implement the HLARC Program throughout
18 this state. A contract to provide HLARC services must provide
19 for all of the following:
20 (a) The provision of hormonal intrauterine devices and
21 implants to participants.
22 (b) Training for providers and their staff regarding the
23 provision of HLARC devices, counseling strategies, and the
24 management of side effects.
25 (c) Technical assistance regarding issues such as coding,
26 billing, pharmacy rules, and clinic management associated with
27 the increased use of HLARC devices.
28 (d) General support to expand the capacity of family
29 planning providers in response to increased demand for HLARC
30 services.
31 (e) Marketing and outreach regarding the availability of
32 HLARC services among other currently available contraceptive
33 services.
34 (f) Other services the department considers necessary to
35 ensure the health and safety of participants who receive HLARC
36 devices.
37 (3) The Legislature shall annually appropriate funds from
38 the General Revenue Fund to the department to operate the HLARC
39 Program. Funds appropriated pursuant to this subsection may not
40 supplant or reduce any other appropriation of state funds to
41 family planning providers or to the department for family
42 planning services.
43 (4) The department shall seek grants from federal agencies
44 and other sources to supplement state funds provided for the
45 HLARC Program.
46 (5) By January 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the
47 department shall submit a report to the Governor, the President
48 of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
49 on the effectiveness of the HLARC Program. The department shall
50 publish the report on its website. The report must include, but
51 need not be limited to, all of the following for the previous
52 calendar year:
53 (a) An assessment of the operation of the program,
54 including any progress made in reducing the number of abortions,
55 especially among teenagers.
56 (b) An assessment of the effectiveness of the program in
57 increasing the availability of HLARC services.
58 (c) The number and location of family planning providers
59 that participated in the program.
60 (d) The number of clients served by participating family
61 planning providers.
62 (e) The number of times HLARC services were provided by
63 participating family providers.
64 (f) The average cost per client served.
65 (g) The demographic characteristics of clients served.
66 (h) The sources and amounts of funding used for the
67 program.
68 (i) A description of federal and other grants the
69 department applied for in order to provide HLARC services,
70 including the outcomes of the grant applications.
71 (j) An analysis of the return on investment for the
72 provision of HLARC services with regard to tax dollars saved in
73 the provision of health and social services.
74 (k) A description and analysis of marketing and outreach
75 activities conducted to promote the availability of HLARC
76 services.
77 (l) Recommendations for improving the program.
78 (6) The department may adopt rules to implement this
79 section.
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82 And the title is amended as follows:
83 Delete line 3
84 and insert:
85 mortality; creating s. 381.00515, F.S.; establishing
86 the Hormonal Long-acting Reversible Contraception
87 (HLARC) Program within the Department of Health for
88 specified purposes; defining terms; requiring the
89 department to contract with eligible family planning
90 providers to implement the program and provide HLARC
91 services throughout this state; providing requirements
92 for such contracts; providing for an annual
93 appropriation; providing that such appropriations do
94 not supplant or reduce certain other appropriations;
95 requiring the department to apply for grants for
96 additional funding; requiring the department to submit
97 an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature
98 by a specified date; requiring the department to
99 publish the report on its website; providing
100 requirements for such reports; authorizing the
101 department to adopt rules; amending s. 381.84, F.S.;
102 revising the