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Introduced
02/24/2025
02/24/2025
In Committee
03/03/2025
03/03/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
06/16/2025
06/16/2025
Introduced Session
2025 Regular Session
Bill Summary
An act relating to services for individuals with developmental disabilities; amending s. 393.0662, F.S.; requiring the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to provide a list of all qualified organizations located within the region in which the client resides and to post its quarterly reconciliation reports on its website within a specified timeframe; amending s. 393.065, F.S.; requiring that online applications include an application for crisis enrollment; requiring the agency to participate in transition planning activities and to post the total number of individuals in each priority category on its website; reordering and amending s. 393.502, F.S.; establishing the Statewide Family Care Council; providing for the purpose, membership, and duties of the council; providing for appointment of local council members; providing for the creation of family-led nominating committees; requiring local family care councils to report to the statewide council policy changes and program recommendations in an annual report; providing duties of the agency relating to the statewide council and local councils; amending s. 409.972, F.S.; requiring certain Medicaid-eligible persons to take certain actions before enrollment; prohibiting the agency from automatically enrolling such persons; amending s. 409.9855, F.S.; revising implementation and eligibility requirements of the pilot program for individuals with developmental disabilities; providing for a method of voluntarily choosing to enroll in the pilot program; requiring the agency to transmit to the Agency for Health Care Administration weekly data files of specified clients; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to provide a call center for specified purposes and to coordinate with the Department of Children and Families and the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to disseminate information about the pilot program; revising pilot program benefits; revising provider qualifications; requiring participating plans to conduct an individualized assessment of each enrollee within a specified timeframe for certain purposes and to offer certain services to such enrollees; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to conduct monitoring and evaluations and require corrective actions or payment of penalties under certain circumstances; deleting coordination requirements for the agency when submitting certain reports, establishing specified measures, and conducting quality assurance monitoring of the pilot program; revising the dates by which the Agency for Persons with Disabilities shall submit progress reports to the Governor and Legislature; requiring the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to contract for a specified study and provide to the Governor and the Legislature a specified report by specified date; providing an effective date.
AI Summary
This bill proposes several significant changes to services for individuals with developmental disabilities in Florida. It establishes a new Statewide Family Care Council to connect local family care councils and facilitate communication between these councils and the Agency for Persons with Disabilities. The bill requires the agency to provide more transparent information, such as posting quarterly reconciliation reports online, publishing the total number of individuals in each priority category, and creating a comprehensive list of qualified organizations for clients. The pilot program for individuals with developmental disabilities will be expanded, with new provisions for voluntary enrollment, expanded eligibility criteria, and more robust reporting requirements. The bill also introduces a mandatory study to review and potentially improve the algorithm used for allocating individual budgets for home and community-based services. Additionally, the bill modifies requirements for Medicaid-eligible individuals with developmental disabilities, emphasizing that they must make an affirmative choice before enrollment and cannot be automatically enrolled in managed care programs. The changes aim to improve service delivery, increase transparency, enhance family involvement in decision-making, and provide more flexible and personalized support for individuals with developmental disabilities.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance
Sponsors (1)
Other Sponsors (2)
Appropriations (Senate), Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Senate)
Last Action
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1103 (Ch. 2025-130) (on 04/30/2025)
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