Florida Senate - 2024                                     SB 792
       
       
        
       By Senator Harrell
       
       
       
       
       
       31-00915-24                                            2024792__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to community-based mobile crisis
    3         intervention services; creating s. 409.90637, F.S.;
    4         requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to
    5         provide coverage for community-based mobile crisis
    6         intervention services for Medicaid recipients, subject
    7         to the availability of funds and specified limitations
    8         or directions; requiring the agency to perform certain
    9         duties by a specified date, including seeking federal
   10         approval and waivers for such coverage; requiring the
   11         agency to adopt rules; providing an effective date.
   12          
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Section 409.90637, Florida Statutes, is created
   16  to read:
   17         409.90637 Coverage of community-based mobile crisis
   18  intervention services for Medicaid recipients.—
   19         (1) Subject to the availability of funds and subject to any
   20  limitations or directions provided in the General Appropriations
   21  Act, the agency shall provide coverage for community-based
   22  mobile crisis intervention services for Medicaid recipients.
   23         (2) By January 1, 2025, the agency shall:
   24         (a) Develop a plan to provide coverage for community-based
   25  mobile crisis intervention services for Medicaid recipients.
   26         (b) Before seeking the federal approval and federal waivers
   27  required under paragraph (c), consult with entities and other
   28  state and local agencies that fund, or that have an interest in
   29  funding, community-based mobile crisis intervention services,
   30  including, but not limited to, the Department of Children and
   31  Families, the Department of Education, local governments, law
   32  enforcement agencies, school districts, managing entities, and
   33  managed care plans as defined in s. 409.962.
   34         (c) Seek:
   35         1. Federal approval for a Medicaid state plan amendment for
   36  the plan to provide coverage for community-based mobile crisis
   37  intervention services for Medicaid recipients.
   38         2. Any federal waivers necessary for the implementation of
   39  such plan, including any waivers necessary to obtain federal
   40  finances to secure Title XIX matching funds for the plan. The
   41  federal waiver application must seek Medicaid matching funds for
   42  all general revenue, family contributions, and local
   43  contributions.
   44         (3) The agency shall adopt rules to implement and
   45  administer this section.
   46         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.