Bill > H7097

This bill makes several changes to Florida's mental health and substance abuse laws, including requiring that information about a child's suitability for residential treatment be shared with their Medicaid managed care plan, and prohibiting courts from ordering involuntary placement in state treatment facilities for individuals with traumatic brain injury or dementia who do not also have a co-occurring mental illness. It also establishes a grant review and selection committee for the Criminal Justice, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Reinvestment Grant Program, and allows designated not-for-profit community providers or managing entities to apply for certain grants. The bill directs the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) and the Department of Children and Families (DCF) to develop a plan to increase federal Medicaid funding for behavioral health care, and outlines requirements for a coordinated behavioral health system of care, including phased enhancements. Additionally, it mandates that DCF develop standards for collecting utilization data for addiction receiving and detoxification services, and removes fees for filing petitions for involuntary assessment, stabilization, and treatment. The bill also revises definitions, clarifies notification requirements for patients in treatment facilities, and makes various other amendments to statutes concerning involuntary examinations, outpatient services, inpatient placement, and transportation related to mental health and substance abuse treatment.