How SB 1490 changes current law

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The bill transfers the operation of the Children's Medical Services Managed Care Plan from the Department of Health to the Agency for Health Care Administration and amends several relevant statutes to reflect this change.

• Section 1

  the Department of Health’s Children’s Medical Services Managed Care Plan → the Agency for Health Care Administration

  This change delegates the management of the plan to a different agency.

• s. 409.974(4)

  The Department of Health’s Children’s Medical Services program shall do all of the following: → The Agency for Health Care Administration shall establish specific measures of access, quality, and costs of providing health care services.

  This updates responsibilities relating to service quality measures.

• s. 391.016(1)

  Provide to children and youth with special health care needs a family-centered, comprehensive, and coordinated statewide managed system of care → The program is established for the following purposes and authorized to perform the following functions: Provide a family-centered, comprehensive, and coordinated statewide managed system of care that links community-based health care with multidisciplinary, regional, and tertiary pediatric specialty care.

  This clarifies the purpose of the program while maintaining its core mission.

• s. 391.021

  “Children’s Medical Services Managed Care Plan network” or “plan network” means a statewide managed care service system that includes health care providers. → “Children’s Medical Services Managed Care Plan network” means a statewide managed care service system that includes health care providers, as defined in this section.

  This adjusts the definition to remove redundancy.

• s. 391.025(1)

  The Children’s Medical Services Managed Care Plan through the end of June 30, 2025 network. → The Children’s Medical Services Managed Care Plan.

  This updates the applicability and scope of the program to reflect the new structural changes.

• s. 391.026

  the department’s oversight and administration of the CMS program; → the Agency for Health Care Administration’s oversight and administration of the CMS program;

  This changes the oversight authority of the program.

• s. 391.028

  relating to administration of the program;

  This repeal removes the prior oversight structure from statute.

• s. 391.029

  program eligibility requirements;

  This modifies eligibility requirements to conform with new revisions.

• s. 391.0315

  conforming provisions to changes made by the act;

  This updates the act to reflect operational changes.

• s. 391.035, 391.037, 391.045, 391.047, 391.055, and 391.071

  relating to provider qualifications, physicians and private sector services, provider reimbursements, third-party payments, service delivery systems under the program, and quality of care requirements, respectively;

  These repeals simplify the structure of the CMS program by eliminating outdated provisions.

• s. 391.097

  conforming a provision to changes made by the act;

  This updates provisions in line with the new administrative structure.

• s. 409.166, 409.811, 409.813, 409.8134, 409.814, 409.815, 409.8177, 409.818, 409.912, 409.9126, 409.9131, 409.920, and 409.962

  conforming provisions to changes made by the act;

  This ensures alignment with the new operational authority of the program.