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An act relating to children's mental health; amending s. 394.493, F.S.; requiring the Department of Children and Families and the Agency for Health Care Administration to identify certain children and adolescents who use crisis stabilization services during specified fiscal years; requiring the department and agency to collaboratively meet the behavioral health needs of such children and adolescents and submit a quarterly report to the Legislature; amending s. 394.495, F.S.; including crisis response services provided through mobile response teams in the array of services available to children and adolescents; requiring the department to contract with managing entities for mobile response teams to provide certain services to certain children, adolescents, and young adults; providing requirements for such mobile response teams; providing requirements for managing entities when procuring mobile response teams; creating s. 394.4955, F.S.; requiring managing entities to lead the development of a plan promoting the development of a coordinated system of care for certain services; providing requirements for the planning process; requiring state agencies to provide reasonable staff support for such planning process if hb0945-04-er ENROLLED , Engrossed 1 2020 Legislature requested by the managing entity; requiring each managing entity to submit such plan by a specified date; requiring the entities involved in the planning process to implement such plan by a specified date; requiring that such plan be reviewed and updated periodically; amending s. 394.9082, F.S.; revising the duties of the department relating to priority populations that will benefit from care coordination; requiring that a managing entity's behavioral health care needs assessment include certain information regarding gaps in certain services; requiring a managing entity to promote the use of available crisis intervention services; amending s. 409.175, F.S.; revising requirements relating to preservice training for foster parents; amending s. 409.967, F.S.; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to conduct, or contract for, the testing of provider network databases maintained by Medicaid managed care plans for specified purposes; amending s. 409.988, F.S.; revising the duties of a lead agency relating to individuals providing care for dependent children; amending s. 985.601, F.S.; requiring the Department of Juvenile Justice to participate in the planning process for promoting a coordinated system of care for children and adolescents; amending s. 1003.02, F.S.; hb0945-04-er ENROLLED , Engrossed 1 2020 Legislature requiring each district school board to participate in the planning process for promoting a coordinated system of care; amending s. 1004.44, F.S.; requiring the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute to develop, in consultation with other entities, a model response protocol for schools; amending s. 1006.04, F.S.; requiring the educational multiagency network to participate in the planning process for promoting a coordinated system of care; amending ss. 1002.20 and 1002.33, F.S.; requiring verification that certain strategies have been utilized and certain outreach has been initiated before law enforcement is contacted by a school principal or his or her designee under specified circumstances; providing an exception; requiring the Department of Children and Families and Agency for Health Care Administration to assess the quality of care provided in crisis stabilization units to certain children and adolescents; requiring the department and agency to review current standards of care for certain settings and make recommendations; requiring the department and agency to jointly submit a report to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date; providing an effective date.

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David Silvers (D)*,  James Bush (D),  Fentrice Driskell (D),  Nicholas Duran (D),  Anna Eskamani (D),  Delores Hogan Johnson (D),  Dotie Joseph (D),  Kionne McGhee (D),  Cindy Polo (D),  Emily Slosberg-King (D),  Jennifer Webb (D),  Matt Willhite (D), 

Other Sponsors (2)

Chapter No. 2020-107 (on 06/29/2020)

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