| 16 | | - | children; creating s. 1006.05, F.S.; defining the term 3 |
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| 17 | | - | "care coordinator"; requiring certain school districts 4 |
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| 18 | | - | to be guided by and adhere to a specified mental 5 |
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| 19 | | - | health and treatment support system for certain 6 |
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| 20 | | - | children; requiring school districts to contract with 7 |
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| 21 | | - | managing entities to provide care coordinators for 8 |
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| 22 | | - | certain students; requiring that a care coordinator 9 |
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| 23 | | - | provided by the managing entity be placed in certain 10 |
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| 24 | | - | school districts for specified purposes; requiring 11 |
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| 25 | | - | school districts to address certain recommendations 12 |
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| 26 | | - | and meet specified performance outcomes; requiring 13 |
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| 27 | | - | each school district to report annually to the 14 |
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| 28 | | - | Department of Education on certain performance 15 |
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| 29 | | - | outcomes and the allocation and expenditure of certain 16 |
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| 30 | | - | funding; providing an effective date. 17 |
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| 31 | | - | 18 |
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| 32 | | - | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 19 |
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| 33 | | - | 20 |
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| 34 | | - | Section 1. Section 1006.05, Florida Statutes, is cre ated 21 |
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| 35 | | - | to read: 22 |
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| 36 | | - | 1006.05 Mental health coordinated system of care. — 23 |
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| 37 | | - | (1) For purposes of this section, the term "care 24 |
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| 38 | | - | coordinator" means a person who is responsible for participating 25 |
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| 16 | + | children; creating s. 1006.05, F.S.; requiring certain 3 |
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| 17 | + | school districts to adhere to a specified mental 4 |
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| 18 | + | health and treatment support system for certain 5 |
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| 19 | + | children and meet specified performance outcomes; 6 |
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| 20 | + | requiring each school district to report annually to 7 |
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| 21 | + | the Department of Education on certain outcomes and 8 |
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| 22 | + | funding; providing an effective date. 9 |
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| 23 | + | 10 |
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| 24 | + | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 |
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| 25 | + | 12 |
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| 26 | + | Section 1. Section 1006.05, Florida Statutes, is created 13 |
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| 27 | + | to read: 14 |
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| 28 | + | 1006.05 Mental health coordinated system of care. — 15 |
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| 29 | + | (1) Pursuant to s. 394.491 and to further promote the 16 |
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| 30 | + | effective implementation of a coordinated system of care 17 |
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| 31 | + | pursuant to ss. 394.4573 and 394.495, each school district that 18 |
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| 32 | + | provides mental health assessment, diagnosis, intervention, 19 |
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| 33 | + | treatment, and recovery services to students diagnosed with one 20 |
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| 34 | + | or more mental health or any co -occurring substance use disorder 21 |
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| 35 | + | and students at high risk of such diagnoses shall be guided by 22 |
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| 36 | + | and adhere to the guiding principles of the mental health 23 |
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| 37 | + | treatment and support system as provided under s. 394.491. 24 |
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| 38 | + | (2)(a) Pursuant to s. 394.494, each school distr ict shall 25 |
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| 51 | | - | in the development and implementation of a services plan, 26 |
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| 52 | | - | linking service providers to a child or adolescent and his or 27 |
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| 53 | | - | her family, monitoring the delivery of services, providing 28 |
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| 54 | | - | advocacy, collecting information to determine the effect of 29 |
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| 55 | | - | services and treatment, and performing care coordination as 30 |
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| 56 | | - | defined in s. 394.4573(1). 31 |
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| 57 | | - | (2) Pursuant to s. 394.491 and to further promote the 32 |
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| 58 | | - | effective implementation of a coordinated system of care 33 |
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| 59 | | - | pursuant to ss. 394.4573 and 394.495, each school district that 34 |
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| 60 | | - | provides mental health assessment, diagnosis, intervention, 35 |
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| 61 | | - | treatment, and recover y services to students diagnosed with one 36 |
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| 62 | | - | or more mental health or any co -occurring substance use disorder 37 |
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| 63 | | - | and students at high risk of such diagnoses must be guided by 38 |
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| 64 | | - | and adhere to the guiding principles of the mental health 39 |
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| 65 | | - | treatment and support system as provided under s. 394.491. 40 |
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| 66 | | - | (3)(a) School districts shall contract with managing 41 |
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| 67 | | - | entities to provide care coordinators for students with complex 42 |
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| 68 | | - | behavioral health needs who continue to experience adverse 43 |
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| 69 | | - | outcomes due to unmet needs or an inability to e ngage. 44 |
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| 70 | | - | (b) A care coordinator provided by the managing entity 45 |
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| 71 | | - | must be placed in each school district implementing a 46 |
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| 72 | | - | coordinated system of care to ensure that students are receiving 47 |
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| 73 | | - | necessary services and that appropriate funds are being used to 48 |
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| 74 | | - | support the cost of treatment, including all available public 49 |
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| 75 | | - | and private health insurance funds, before school -based mental 50 |
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| 84 | | - | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 88 | | - | health treatment and support system funding is accessed to 51 |
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| 89 | | - | purchase community-based services. 52 |
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| 90 | | - | (c) When a student is identified as having e xperienced an 53 |
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| 91 | | - | involuntary admission to an acute psychiatric care facility, 54 |
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| 92 | | - | school districts must address recommendations from the care 55 |
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| 93 | | - | coordinator provided by the managing entity upon the return of 56 |
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| 94 | | - | the student to the school setting. 57 |
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| 95 | | - | (4)(a) Pursuant to s. 394.494, each school district shall 58 |
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| 96 | | - | meet the general performance outcomes for the child and 59 |
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| 97 | | - | adolescent mental health treatment and support system. 60 |
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| 98 | | - | (b) Each school district shall report annually to the 61 |
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| 99 | | - | department on the general performance outcomes for t he child and 62 |
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| 100 | | - | adolescent mental health treatment and support system and how 63 |
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| 101 | | - | the support system funding is allocated and spent. 64 |
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| 102 | | - | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 65 |
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| 51 | + | meet the general performance outcomes for the child and 26 |
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| 52 | + | adolescent mental health treatment and support system. 27 |
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| 53 | + | (b) Each school district shall report annually to the 28 |
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| 54 | + | department on the general performance outcomes for the child and 29 |
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| 55 | + | adolescent mental health treatment and support system and how 30 |
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| 56 | + | the support system funding is allocated and spent. 31 |
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| 57 | + | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 32 |
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