Bill > H0633

This bill enhances oversight and reporting requirements for Behavioral Health Managing Entities (organizations that coordinate mental health and substance abuse services) in Florida by mandating comprehensive biennial audits, standardized electronic data reporting, and increased transparency. The Department of Children and Families must now contract for detailed operational and financial audits of each managing entity, which will review business practices, service administration, referral patterns, and provider network adequacy. Managing entities will be required to report data in a standardized electronic format that enables efficient data analysis, including detailed information about payments, client services, and healthcare claims. The bill also introduces a new monthly reporting requirement where managing entities must submit specific performance measures to the department, which will then be posted on their website, including metrics such as crisis service utilization, wait times for appointments, emergency department visits, medication errors, and successful service transitions. These measures must be reported using a standard methodology and will be stratified by age and Medicaid status. The department must prepare a final report summarizing these findings by December 1, 2025, and present it to the Governor and Legislature. Implementation of these requirements is contingent on appropriate funding, with the act set to take effect on July 1, 2025.

Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services

Health Care Budget Subcommittee (House), Human Services Subcommittee (House)

https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/633