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