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20.42  Agency for Health Care Administration.--There is created the Agency for Health Care Administration within the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. The agency shall be a separate budget entity, and the director of the agency shall be the agency head for all purposes. The agency shall not be subject to control, supervision, or direction by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation in any manner, including, but not limited to, personnel, purchasing, transactions involving real or personal property, and budgetary matters.

(1)  DIRECTOR OF HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION.--The head of the agency is the Director of Health Care Administration, who shall be appointed by the Governor. The director shall serve at the pleasure of and report to the Governor.

(2)  ORGANIZATION OF THE AGENCY.--The agency shall be organized as follows:

(a)  The Division of Health Quality Assurance, which shall be responsible for health facility licensure and inspection.

(b)  The Division of Health Policy and Cost Control, which shall be responsible for health policy, the State Center for Health Statistics, the development of The Florida Health Plan, certificate of need, state and local health planning under s. 408.033, and research and analysis.

(c)  The Division of State Health Purchasing shall be responsible for the Medicaid program. The division shall also administer the contracts with the Florida Health Access Corporation program and the Florida Health Care Purchasing Cooperative and the Florida Healthy Kids Corporation.

(d)  The Division of Administrative Services, which shall be responsible for revenue management, budget, personnel, and general services.

(3)  DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR HEALTH QUALITY ASSURANCE.--The director shall appoint a Deputy Director for Health Quality Assurance who shall serve at the pleasure of, and be directly responsible to, the director. The Deputy Director for Health Quality Assurance shall be responsible for the Division of Health Quality Assurance.

(4)  DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR HEALTH POLICY AND COST CONTROL.--The director shall appoint a Deputy Director for Health Policy and Cost Control who shall serve at the pleasure of, and be directly responsible to, the director. The Deputy Director for Health Policy and Cost Control shall be responsible for the Division of Health Policy and Cost Control.

(5)  DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR STATE HEALTH PURCHASING.--The director shall appoint a Deputy Director for State Health Purchasing who shall serve at the pleasure of, and be directly responsible to, the director. The Deputy Director for State Health Purchasing shall be responsible for the Division of State Health Purchasing.

(6)  DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.--The director shall appoint a Deputy Director of Administrative Services who shall serve at the pleasure of, and be directly responsible to, the director. The deputy director shall be responsible for the Division of Administrative Services.

History.--s. 1, ch. 92-33; s. 2, ch. 93-129; s. 3, ch. 94-218; s. 10, ch. 96-403; s. 2, ch. 97-92; s. 1, ch. 98-89.