Florida Senate - 2025 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1310
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
04/02/2025 .
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The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Bradley)
recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Section 394.4575, Florida Statutes, is created
6 to read:
7 394.4575 Student mental health assistance program
8 evaluation.—
9 (1) The Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
10 Accountability (OPPAGA), in consultation with the Department of
11 Children and Families, the Department of Education, the Louis de
12 la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, and any other
13 identified relevant stakeholder must evaluate school district
14 compliance with ss. 1001.212(11), 1006.041, and 1012.584(4), and
15 the mental health services and supports provided to students
16 pursuant to those sections. The OPPAGA must:
17 (a) By December 31, 2025, provide an initial evaluation of
18 the expenditure plans and program outcome reports submitted by
19 school districts as required in s. 1006.041 to the Governor,
20 President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of
21 Representatives. This evaluation must include, but is not
22 limited to:
23 1. An assessment of school district compliance with the
24 requirements of ss. 1001.212(11), 1006.041, and 1012.584(4).
25 2. An assessment of treatment outcomes, system capacity,
26 and performance of mental health services provided pursuant to
27 s. 1006.041(2)(a) and (b).
28 3. An assessment of the policies, procedures, and data
29 collection that inform the reporting by school districts as
30 required pursuant to s. 1006.041.
31 4. An assessment of the mental health assistance programs'
32 integration into the coordinated system of behavioral health
33 care required under s. 394.4573.
34 5. Identification of, and recommendations for, other
35 relevant data and information needed from the mental health
36 assistance programs to perform an effective annual evaluation of
37 treatment outcomes, system capacity, performance, and level of
38 integration with community coordinated systems of care.
39 (b) By December 1, 2026, provide a final review and
40 evaluation of the mental health assistance programs within the
41 school districts to the Governor, the President of the Senate,
42 and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. This evaluation
43 must include, but is not limited to:
44 1. An assessment of school district compliance with the
45 requirements of ss. 1001.212(11), 1006.041, and 1012.584(4).
46 2. An assessment of the treatment outcomes, system
47 capacity, and performance of mental health services provided
48 pursuant to s. 1006.041(2)(a) and (b).
49 3. An assessment of the mental health assistance programs'
50 ongoing level of integration with the coordinated system of
51 behavioral health care required under s. 394.4573.
52 4. Recommendations to enhance treatment outcomes, system
53 capacity, and performance of school-based mental health
54 assistance programs and increase the integration of those
55 programs into the coordinated system of behavioral health care.
56 (2) The Department of Education, school district threat
57 management coordinators, and mental health coordinators as
58 described in s. 1006.07 must coordinate with the OPPAGA and
59 provide requested information, reports, and data for evaluation
60 and inclusion in the report, to include, but need not be limited
61 to:
62 (a) Referrals to mental health services originating from
63 the behavioral threat process or assessment instrument, in the
64 aggregate.
65 (b) OPPAGA identified:
66 1. Performance metrics.
67 2. Treatment outcome metrics.
68 3. System capacity metrics.
69 (3) The department and the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental
70 Health Institute must coordinate with the OPPAGA and provide
71 requested information and data related to outcomes and
72 performance of integrated and coordinated behavioral health
73 systems of care pursuant to ch. 394 for evaluation and inclusion
74 in the report.
75 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming law.
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77 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
78 And the title is amended as follows:
79 Delete everything before the enacting clause
80 and insert:
81 A bill to be entitled
82 An act relating to the reporting of student mental
83 health outcomes; creating s. 394.4575, F.S.; requiring
84 the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
85 Accountability to submit an initial specified
86 evaluation to the Governor and Legislature by a
87 specified date; providing evaluation requirements;
88 requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and
89 Government Accountability to submit a final specified
90 evaluation to the Governor and Legislature by a
91 specified date; providing evaluation requirements;
92 providing an effective date.