SB 330 — Behavioral Health Teaching Hospitals

395.901,395.901 395.902, and 395.903,395.902, Florida Statutes, is created and entitled “Behavioral Health Teaching Hospitals.” Section 2.

395.901 Definitions;Behavioral health teaching hospitals.— (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this part, the term:

legislative findings and intent.— (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this part, the term:

(b)Page “Behavioral2 health”of means14 theCODING: prevention and treatment of, and recovery from, any substance use disorder, mental health disorder, or co-occurring disorder.

(c) “Behavioral health professions” means licensed or certified professionals serving the needs of patients with behavioral health disorders, including, but not limited to, psychiatrists licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459, psychologists licensed under chapter 490, psychiatric nurses licensed under chapter 464, and social workers, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors licensed under chapter 491.

(d) “Behavioral health teaching hospital” means a hospital Page 3 of 18 CODING:

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(e) “Department” means the Department of Children and Families.

(b) The Legislature finds that there is a specific need to support a behavioral health education system that not only trains the next generation of professionals in innovative and integrated care for those with behavioral health needs, but also works to modernize the state’s overall behavioral health system of care.

(c) TheTherefore, the Legislature intends to identify and designate multiple behavioral health teaching hospitals that work to provide the necessary research, education, and services to not only enhance thethis state’s behavioral health workforceworkforce, andbut to make that workforce and system of care the national standard.

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(e)(d) The Legislature further intends to create the Florida Center for designatedBehavioral behavioralHealth Workforce within the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute to address issues of Page 43 of 1814 CODING:

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(e) The Legislature intends for designated behavioral health teaching hospitals to:

ConductFocus on state-of-the-art behavioral health research.

Provide leading-edge education and training infor innovativethis andstate’s integratedbehavioral carehealth forworkforce thein state’sinnovative behavioraland healthintegrated workforce.care.

Collaborate with other university colleges and schools of medicine, nursing, psychology, social work, pharmacy, public health, and other relevant disciplines to promote and enhance a modernized behavioral health system of care.

Partner with the state to provide inpatient and outpatient behavioral health care, address regional and systemwide behavioral health needs, and support the state in providing treatment and care for those whose need and acuity has resulted in the need for long-term voluntary services or involuntary civil commitment.

395.902 BehavioralDesignated behavioral health teaching hospitals.— (1) BeginningTo Julybe 1,designated 2025, a licensed hospital may apply to the agency for designation as a behavioral health teaching hospitalhospital, bya submittinghospital amust formmeet furnishedall byof the agencyfollowing andcriteria: providing documentation establishing eligibility.

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(c) ProvideDevelop behavioraland healthmaintain services.a consultation agreement with the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute as established in s.

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(3)1. A designated behavioral health teaching hospital must:

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(b)2. Collaborate with the department and managing entities as defined in s.

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Coordinates and promotes innovative partnerships that integrate colleges and schools of nursing, psychology, social work, pharmacy, public health, and other relevant disciplines with existing local and regional programs, clinics, and resources.

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Develops processes to identify local gaps in access to inpatient care.

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Partners with the Department of Children and Families and managing entities to build capacity in safety net inpatient Page 5 of 14 CODING:

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(d)6. Provide data related to the hospital’s integrated workforce development programs and the services provided by the hospital to the agency, the department, and the Office of Reimagining Education and Career Help created under s.

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(4)(2) Notwithstanding subsectionssubsection (1)(1), andto (2),accomplish withinthe 30stated daysintent afterof this actsection becomesto develop and implement a law,statewide themodel agencyof shalla designatebehavioral health teaching hospital, the following hospitalspartnerships are designated as pilot behavioral health teaching hospitals:hospitals for a period of 3 years without meeting the required criteria of this section, with the expectation that they meet all criteria and requirements of subsection (1) by July 1, 2027:

(a) TampaThe GeneralUniversity Hospital,of inSouth affiliationFlorida withMorsani theCollege University of SouthMedicine Florida.and Tampa General Hospital.

(b) The University of Florida School of Medicine and UF Health Shands Hospital,Hospitals in affiliationGainesville withand theJacksonville. University of Florida.

(c) UFThe HealthUniversity Jacksonville,of inMiami affiliationMiller withSchool theof UniversityMedicine ofand Florida.Jackson Memorial Hospital.

(d)(3)(a) JacksonA Memorialdesignated Hospital,behavioral inhealth affiliationteaching withhospital must annually report to the UniversityDepartment of Miami.Children and Families by December 1, the current status of the designated behavioral health teaching hospital program, including, but not limited to the:

Within1. 90 days after receiving the designation, each behavioral health teaching hospital designated under this subsection shall submit documentation to the agency establishing compliance with the requirements of paragraphs (2)(a)-(d) and submit the plan required by paragraph (2)(e).

(5)Number The agency may designate up to four additional behavioral health teaching hospitals by July 1, 2027, taking into account equitable distribution of suchpsychiatric hospitalsresidents. by geographical service area and behavioral health services access.

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Number of postdoctoral clinical psychology fellows.

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Status and details of the consultation agreement with the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute and Florida Center for Behavioral Health Workforce.

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Status and implementation details of the plan required under paragraph (1)(d).

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Florida Senate - 2024 CS for SB 330 First603-03302-24 Engrossed2024330c1 2024330e1(b) (6) Upon designatingcompletion aof the 3-year pilot period on July 1, 2027, the Department of Children and Families, in collaboration with the Florida Center for Behavioral Health Workforce, the pilot behavioral health teaching hospitalhospitals, underand thisother section,relevant stakeholders must submit a report to the agencyGovernor, shallthe awardPresident of the hospitalSenate, fundsand asthe follows:Speaker of the House of Representatives by July 1, 2028.

(a)This Forreport upmust, toat 10a residentminimum: positions through the Slots for Doctors Program established in s.

409.909.1.

NotwithstandingEvaluate that section, the agencyeffectiveness shallof allocatethe $150,000behavioral forhealth eachteaching suchhospital position.model.

(b) Through the Training, Education, and Clinicals in Health Funding Program established in s.

409.91256 to offset the costs of maintaining integrated workforce development programs.

(7) By December 1 of each year, a designated behavioral health teaching hospital must submit a report to the agency and the department on the designated behavioral health teaching hospital program, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(a) The number of psychiatric residents.

(b) The number of postdoctoral clinical psychology fellows.

(c) The status and details of the consultation agreement with the Florida Center for Behavioral Health Workforce within the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute.

(d) The implementation status of the plan required by paragraph (2)(e).

(e) Activities, agreements, and accomplishments of the collaboration required by paragraph (3)(b).

(f) The number of any facility beds and patients served under paragraph (3)(c).

(8) A behavioral health teaching hospital designation is valid for 2 years.

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The renewal process is subject to the time periods and tolling provisions of s.

120.60.

The agency may deny, revoke, or suspend a designation at any time if a behavioral health teaching hospital is not in compliance with the requirements of this section.

(9) The agency may adopt rules necessary to implement this section.

Section 4.

Section 395.903, Florida Statutes, is created to read:

395.903 Behavioral Health Teaching Hospital grant program.— (1) There is established within the agency a grant program for the purpose of funding designated behavioral health teaching hospitals, subject to legislative appropriation.

Grant funding may be used for operations and expenses and fixed capital outlay, including, but not limited to, facility renovation and upgrades.

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For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the agency shall hold a 30-day, open application period beginning November 1, 2024, to accept applications from the behavioral health teaching hospitals designated under s.

395.902(4), in a manner determined by the agency.

Applicants must include a detailed spending plan with the application.

ForDiscuss thebarriers 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 fiscal years, subject to the availabilityimplementation ofand funds,operation the agency shall hold a 30-day, open application period beginning October 1 of eachthe yearmodel. to accept applications from behavioral health teaching hospitals designated under s.

395.902,3. in a manner determined by the agency.

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Evaluate and recommend whether the state should maintain the original designated pilot behavioral teaching hospital locations or detail the necessity for and recommend the expansion of the model to new partnership sites.

Section 4.

Subsection (1) and paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section 409.91256, Florida Statutes, as created by SB 7016, Regular Session 2024, are amended to read:

409.91256 Training, Education, and Clinicals in Health (TEACH) Funding Program.— (1) PURPOSE AND INTENT.—The Training, Education, and Clinicals in Health (TEACH) Funding Program is created to provide a high-quality educational experience while supporting participating federally qualified health centers, community mental health centers, rural health clinics, behavioral health teaching hospitals, and certified community behavioral health clinics by offsetting administrative costs and loss of revenue Page 7 of 14 CODING:

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(b)Further, Theit agency,is inthe consultationintent withof the department,Legislature shallto evaluateuse the program to support the state Medicaid program and rankunderserved grantpopulations applicationsby basedexpanding onthe complianceavailable withhealth s.care workforce.

395.902(2)(2) andDEFINITIONS.—As theused qualityin ofthis section, the planterm: submitted under s.

395.902(2)(e)(d) or“Qualified planfacility” implementation,means asa applicable,federally relatedqualified tohealth achievingcenter, thea purposescommunity ofmental thehealth center, rural health clinic, behavioral health teaching hospitalhospital, program.or a certified community behavioral health clinic.

TheSection agency,5. in consultation with the department, shall make recommendations for grant awards and distribution of available funding for such awards.

TheSubsections agency(6), shall(7), submit the evaluation and grant(8) awardare recommendationsadded to thesection President1004.44, ofFlorida theStatutes, Senateto andread: the Speaker of the House of Representatives within 90 days after the open application period closes.

(c) Notwithstanding ss.

216.181 and 216.292, the agency may submit budget amendments, subject to the notice, review, and objection procedures under s.

216.177, requesting the release of the funds to make awards.

The agency is authorized to submit budget amendments relating to expenses under subsection (1) under the grant program only within the 90 days after the open application period closes.

(2) Notwithstanding s.

216.301 and pursuant to s.

216.351, the balance of any appropriation from the General Revenue Fund for the program which is not disbursed but which is obligated pursuant to contract or committed to be expended by June 30 of the fiscal year for which the funds are appropriated may be carried forward for up to 8 years after the effective date of the original appropriation.

(3) The agency may adopt rules necessary to implement this section.

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Subsections (6) and (7) are added to section 1004.44, Florida Statutes, to read:

(6)(a) There is establishedestablished, within the instituteinstitute, the Florida Center for Behavioral Health Workforce.Workforce to address issues of workforce supply and demand in behavioral health professions, including issues of recruitment, retention, and workforce resources.

(b) The purposeprimary ofgoals for the center isare toto: support an adequate, highly skilled, resilient, and innovative workforce that meets the current and future human resources needs of the state’s behavioral health system in order to provide high-quality care, services, and supports to Floridians with, or at risk of developing, behavioral health conditions through original research, policy analysis, evaluation, and development and dissemination of best practices.

The goals of the center are, at a minimum, to research the state’s current behavioral health workforce and future needs;

expand the number of clinicians, professionals, and other workers involved in the behavioral health workforce;

and enhance the skill level and innovativeness of the workforce.

The center shall, at a minimum, do all of the following:

DescribeDesign and analyzeimplement thea currentlongitudinal workforcestudy andof projectthe possiblestate’s futurebehavioral health workforce demand,that, especiallyat ina criticalminimum: roles, and develop strategies for addressing any gaps.

Thea. center’s efforts may include, but need not be limited to, producing a statistically valid biennial analysis of the supply and demand of the behavioral health workforce.

2.Produces a statistically valid biennial data-driven analysis of the supply and demand of the behavioral health workforce.

ExpandTo pathwaysachieve tosuch behavioralgoal, healththe professionscenter throughmust: enhanced educational opportunities and improved faculty development and retention.

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(II) Establish and maintain a database on the supply and Page 8 of 14 CODING:

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(III) Analyze the current and future supply and demand in this state.

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Develops recommendations and strategies to increase the state’s behavioral health workforce, behavioral health profession training and education programs, and behavioral health profession faculty development.

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Develops best practices in the academic preparation and continuing education needs of behavioral health professionals.

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Collects data on behavioral health professions, employment, distribution, and retention.

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Develop a strategic statewide plan for the state’s behavioral health workforce that:

IdentifyingPilots bestinnovative practicesprojects into support the academicrecruitment, preparationdevelopment, and continuingretention education of qualified behavioral health professionals.professionals, to include behavioral health educators, faculty, and clinical preceptors.

FacilitatingEncourages and coordinatingcoordinates the development of academic-practiceacademic- practice partnerships that support behavioral health faculty employment and advancement.

DevelopingDevelops anddistance implementinglearning innovativeinfrastructure projectsfor tobehavioral supporthealth theeducation recruitment,and development,the andevidence-based retentionuse of behavioraltechnology, healthsimulation, educators, faculty, and clinicaldistance preceptors.learning techniques.

DevelopingEnhances distanceand learningpromotes infrastructure for behavioral health educationprofessions and theprofessionals evidence-basedin usethis ofstate technology,by simulation,developing and distancepromoting: learning techniques.

3.(I) Behavioral health excellence programs.

Promote(II) behavioralReward, healthrecognition, professions.and renewal activities.

The(III) center’sMedia effortsand mayimage-building include,efforts. but need not be limited to:

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Convene various groups representative of behavioral health professions, other health care providers, business and industry, consumers, lawmakers, educators, and the Commission on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder to:

ConductingReview originaland researchcomment on the factorscenter’s affecting recruitment, retention, and advancement of the behavioral health workforce,workforce suchdata asanalysis. designing and implementing a longitudinal study of the state’s behavioral health workforce.

DevelopingProvide an overview of the state’s behavioral health infrastructure and implementingperform innovativea projectsgap analysis to supportrecommend thesystemic recruitment,changes, development,including andstrategies retentionfor implementation of behavioralrecommended healthchanges. workers.

(b)c. The center may:

1.Develop a strategic plan to implement the recommendations of the Commission on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder to:

Convene(I) groups,Strengthen including,community butnetworks not limited to, behavioral health clinicians, professionals, and workers,cross-agency andcollaboration. employers of such individuals;

other(II) healthEnhance the state’s crisis care providers;continuum.

individuals(III) withImprove behavioraldata healthcollection conditions and theirmanagement families;processes.

business(IV) andOptimize industryfinancial leaders,management policymakers,of and educators to assist the centerbehavioral inhealth itssystem work;of care.

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Evaluate and report the results of these efforts to the Legislature and other entities.

(c) The center may request from any board as defined in s.

456.001, and the board must provide to the center upon its request, any information held by the board regarding a behavioral health professional licensed in this state or holding a multistate license pursuant to a professional multistate Page 10 of 14 CODING:

Florida Senate - 2024 CS for SB 330 First603-03302-24 Engrossed2024330c1 2024330e1 information held by the board regarding a behavioral health professional licensed in this state or holding a multistate license pursuant to a professional multistate licensure compact or information reported to the board by employers of such behavioral health professionals, other than personal identifying information.

The(d) boardsBy mustJanuary provide10 suchof informationeach toyear, the center uponshall request.submit a report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives providing details of its activities during the preceding calendar year in pursuit of its goals and in the execution of its duties under paragraph (b).

(c)(7) ByThe JanuaryBoard 10 of eachGovernors year,and the centerState shallBoard submitof aEducation, reportin toconsultation thewith Governor, the Presidentcenter, ofshall theexpeditiously Senate,adopt andany thenecessary Speakerregulations ofand therules, Houseas ofapplicable, Representativesto providingallow details of its activities during the precedingcenter calendarto yearperform in pursuit of its goalsresponsibilities andas insoon theas executionpracticable. of its duties under paragraph (a).

The report submitted in 2025 must include an initial statewide strategic plan for meeting the goals in subsection (6), which must be updated in each subsequent report.

(7) The Board of Governors and the State Board of Education, in consultation with the center, shall expeditiously adopt any necessary regulations and rules, as applicable, to allow the center to perform its responsibilities under subsection (6) as soon as practicable.

Effective upon this act becoming a law, the Department of Children and Families must contract for a detailed study of bed capacity for inpatient treatment services for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbance or psychosis in this state’s forensicforensic, inpatient, safety-net voluntary and involuntary civil inpatientcommitment, placement, and Medicaid statewide inpatient psychiatric programs.

The study must includebe analysescompleted ofby currentJanuary capacity,31, current2025, and projectedmust, futureat demand,a andminimum, theinclude state’sall current and projected future Page 13 of 18the CODING:following:

(1) An analysis of bed capacity in forensic, voluntary and involuntary civil commitment, and statewide inpatient psychiatric programs.

(2) Policy recommendations for ensuring sufficient bed capacity in these settings.

(3) An evaluation of maintaining civil commitment beds as a requirement for designation as a behavioral health teaching hospital, to include potential costs related to capital outlay, enhanced bed rate, and staffing requirements.

(4) Recommendations for promoting coordination between this Page 11 of 14 CODING:

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(1) By facility and by program type, the current number and allocation of beds for inpatient treatment, the number of individuals admitted and discharged annually, and the lengths of stays.

(2) By department region, the current number and allocation of beds in receiving, treatment, and state treatment facilities and residential treatment centers for children and adolescents for inpatient treatment between forensic and civil placements, the number of individuals admitted and discharged annually, the types and frequency of diagnoses, and the lengths of stays.

(3) By department region, the current and projected future demand for civil and forensic inpatient placements at receiving, treatment, and state treatment facilities and residential treatment centers for children and adolescents, any gaps in current and projected future availability of these services compared to current and projected future service demand, and the number of inpatient beds needed by facility type and placement type to meet current and projected future demand.

(4) By agency region, the number of individuals admitted and discharged annually, the types and frequency of diagnoses, and the lengths of stays for Medicaid statewide inpatient psychiatric program services, the current and projected future demand for these services, any gaps in current and projected future availability of these services compared to current and Page 14 of 18 CODING:

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(5) Policy recommendations for ensuring sufficient bed capacity for inpatient treatment at treatment facilities, state treatment facilities, or receiving facilities, or at residential treatment centers for children and adolescents, and for enhancing services that could prevent the need for involuntary inpatient placements.

(6) A gap analysis as recommended by the Commission on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder in the annual interim report dated January 1, 2024.

For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the sum of $5$1 million in recurringnonrecurring funds from the General Revenue Fund is appropriated to the LouisDepartment deof laChildren Parteand FloridaFamilies Mentalto Healthcontract Institute for thea operationdetailed study of thebed Floridacapacity Centerof forthis Behavioralstate’s Healthforensic, Workforcevoluntary and involuntary civil commitment, and state inpatient psychiatric programs as createdrequired bypursuant to section 6 of this act.

In order to solicit the expertise of and leverage the partnerships developed between state universities and behavioral health teaching hospitals, the study must include an evaluation of the feasibility of increasing bed capacity for civil commitments within nonstate entities.

(1) For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the sumssum of $2,557,800$5 million in recurring funds from the General Revenue Fund andis $3,442,200appropriated into recurringthe fundsLouis fromde thela MedicalParte CareFlorida TrustMental FundHealth areInstitute appropriatedfor to the Agencyoperation forof Healththe CareFlorida AdministrationCenter for theBehavioral SlotsHealth forWorkforce Doctorsas Programcreated establishedby inthis s.act.

409.909,Section Florida9. Statutes, for up to 10 newly created resident positions for each designated behavioral health teaching hospital designated under s.

395.902(4),For Floridathe Statutes,2024-2025 asfiscal createdyear, bythe thissums act.of $2,557,800 in recurring funds from the General Revenue Fund and $3,442,200 in recurring funds from the Medical Care Trust Fund are appropriated to the Agency for Health Care Administration for the Slots for Doctors Program established in s.

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409.909, Florida Statutes, for up to 10 newly created resident positions for each designated behavioral health teaching hospital designated under s.

395.902, Florida Statutes, other than those designated under s.

395.902(4), Florida Statutes, if any, as created by this act.

TheSection funds10. shall be held in reserve.

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SectionThe 9.funds shall be provided to the pilot behavioral health teaching hospitals designated under part VI of chapter 395, Florida Statutes, as created by this act, to help meet the criteria and requirements necessary for designation and may be used for fixed capital outlay, such as facility upgrades, or operations and expenses.

(1)The For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the sum of $2 million in recurring funds fromshall thebe Generalplaced Revenue Fund is appropriated to the Agency for Health Care Administration to implement the Training, Education, and Clinicals in Healthreserve. (TEACH) Funding Program established in s.

The department is authorized pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, to submit budget amendments requesting the release of the funds.

The release of the funds is contingent upon the submission of an equitable allocation and detailed spending plan, developed in consultation with the pilot behavioral health teaching hospitals, which details the manner in which the funds requested for release will be expended.

Section 11.

For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the sum of $2 million in recurring funds from the General Revenue Fund is appropriated to the Agency for Health Care Administration to implement the Training, Education, and Clinicals in Health (TEACH) Funding Program established in s.

409.91256(5)(b), Florida Statutes, as created byPage SB13 7016,of 202414 RegularCODING: Session, the funds appropriated under this section shall be equally distributed to the behavioral health teaching hospitals designated under s.

395.902(4), Florida Statutes, as created by this act.

(2) For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the sum of $2 million in recurring funds from the General Revenue Fund is appropriated to the Agency for Health Care Administration to implement TEACH Funding Program established in s.

409.91256, Florida Statutes, as created by SB 7016, 2024 Regular Session.

Notwithstanding s.

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Florida Senate - 2024 CS for SB 330 First603-03302-24 Engrossed2024330c1 2024330e1 409.91256(5)(b), Florida Statutes, as created by SB 7016, 2024 Regular Session, the funds appropriated pursuant to this section shall be equallyequitably distributed to the pilot behavioral health teaching hospitals designated under s.part VI of chapter 395, Florida Statutes, as created by this act.

395.902,Section Florida12. Statutes, other than those designated under s.

395.902(4), Florida Statutes, as created by this act.

The funds shall be held in reserve.

Upon designation of a behavioral health teaching hospital, the Agency for Health Care Administration shall submit budget amendments to request release of the funds pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes.

The agency is authorized to submit a final budget amendment in the last quarter of the fiscal year to provide an adjustment in the amount of funds provided to behavioral health teaching hospitals based upon the number of designations finalized during the fiscal year.

Section 10.

For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the nonrecurring sum of $300 million from the General Revenue Fund is appropriated to the Agency for Health Care Administration for the behavioral health teaching hospital grant program as created in s.

395.902(7), Florida Statutes.

Grant funds shall be awarded over a 3-year period.

Notwithstanding s.

216.301, Florida Statutes, and pursuant to s.

216.351, Florida Statutes, funds appropriated for this purpose which are not disbursed by June 30 shall be carried forward for up to 8 years after the effective date of the original appropriation.

(1) For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the Agency for Health Care Administration is authorized to award grants in an amount not to exceed $100 million to the behavioral health teaching hospitals designated under s.

395.902(4), Florida Statutes, as created by this act.

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CS for SB 330 First Engrossed 2024330e1 (2) For the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the Agency for Health Care Administration is authorized to award grants in an amount not to exceed $100 million to behavioral health teaching hospitals designated under s.

395.902, Florida Statutes, as created by this act.

(3) For the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the Agency for Health Care Administration is authorized to award grants up to the amount of the original appropriation which has not yet been awarded as of June 30, 2026, to behavioral health teaching hospitals designated under s.

395.902, Florida Statutes, as created by this act.

Section 11.

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