Bill Amendment: FL S0330 | 2024 | Regular Session

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Bill Title: Behavioral Health Teaching Hospitals

Status: 2024-03-22 - Chapter No. 2024-12 [S0330 Detail]

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       Florida Senate - 2024                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 330
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Boyd moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Part VI of chapter 395, Florida Statutes,
    6  consisting of ss. 395.901, 395.902, and 395.903, Florida
    7  Statutes, is created and entitled Behavioral Health Teaching
    8  Hospitals.
    9         Section 2. Section 395.901, Florida Statutes, is created to
   10  read:
   11         395.901 Definitions; legislative findings and intent.—
   12         (1)DEFINITIONS.—As used in this part, the term:
   13         (a) “Agency” means the Agency for Health Care
   14  Administration.
   15         (b) “Behavioral health” means the prevention and treatment
   16  of, and recovery from, any substance use disorder, mental health
   17  disorder, or co-occurring disorder.
   18         (c) “Behavioral health professions” means licensed or
   19  certified professionals serving the needs of patients with
   20  behavioral health disorders, including, but not limited to,
   21  psychiatrists licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459,
   22  psychologists licensed under chapter 490, psychiatric nurses
   23  licensed under chapter 464, and social workers, marriage and
   24  family therapists, and mental health counselors licensed under
   25  chapter 491.
   26         (d) “Behavioral health teaching hospital” means a hospital
   27  licensed under this chapter and designated as a behavioral
   28  health teaching hospital by the agency under s. 395.902.
   29         (e) “Department” means the Department of Children and
   30  Families.
   31         (2)LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.—
   32         (a)The Legislature finds that there is a critical shortage
   33  of behavioral health professionals and recognizes the urgent
   34  need to expand the existing behavioral health workforce, prepare
   35  for an aging workforce, incentivize entry into behavioral health
   36  professions, and train a modernized workforce in innovative
   37  integrated care.
   38         (b)The Legislature finds that there is a specific need to
   39  support a behavioral health education system that not only
   40  trains the next generation of professionals in innovative and
   41  integrated care for those with behavioral health needs, but also
   42  works to modernize the state’s overall behavioral health system
   43  of care.
   44         (c)The Legislature intends to identify and designate
   45  multiple behavioral health teaching hospitals that work to
   46  provide the necessary research, education, and services to
   47  enhance the state’s behavioral health workforce and make that
   48  workforce and system of care the national standard.
   49         (d)The Legislature intends to create the Florida Center
   50  for Behavioral Health Workforce within the Louis de la Parte
   51  Florida Mental Health Institute at the University of South
   52  Florida to address issues of workforce supply and demand in
   53  behavioral health professions, including issues of recruitment,
   54  retention, and workforce resources.
   55         (e)The Legislature intends for designated behavioral
   56  health teaching hospitals to:
   57         1.Conduct state-of-the-art behavioral health research.
   58         2.Provide leading-edge education and training in
   59  innovative and integrated care for the state’s behavioral health
   60  workforce.
   61         3.Collaborate with other university colleges and schools
   62  of medicine, nursing, psychology, social work, public health,
   63  and other relevant disciplines to promote and enhance a
   64  modernized behavioral health system of care.
   65         4.Develop, implement, and promote public-private
   66  partnerships throughout this state to support and enhance the
   67  intent of this part.
   68         5.Partner with the state to provide behavioral health
   69  care, address regional and systemwide behavioral health needs,
   70  and support the state in providing treatment and care for those
   71  whose need and acuity has resulted in the need for long-term
   72  voluntary services or involuntary civil commitment.
   73         Section 3. Section 395.902, Florida Statutes, is created to
   74  read:
   75         395.902Behavioral health teaching hospitals.—
   76         (1) Beginning July 1, 2025, a licensed hospital may apply
   77  to the agency for designation as a behavioral health teaching
   78  hospital by submitting a form furnished by the agency and
   79  providing documentation establishing eligibility.
   80         (2) To be designated as a behavioral health teaching
   81  hospital, a hospital must meet all of the following criteria:
   82         (a) Operate as a teaching hospital as defined in s. 408.07.
   83         (b) Offer a psychiatric residency program accredited
   84  through the Residency Review Committee of the Accreditation
   85  Council of Graduate Medical Education and an accredited
   86  postdoctoral clinical psychology fellowship program.
   87         (c) Provide behavioral health services.
   88         (d) Establish an affiliation with a university in this
   89  state to create and maintain integrated workforce development
   90  programs for students of the university’s colleges or schools of
   91  medicine, nursing, psychology, social work, and public health
   92  related to the entire continuum of behavioral health care,
   93  including, at a minimum, screening, therapeutic and supportive
   94  services, community outpatient care, crisis stabilization,
   95  short-term residential treatment, and long-term care.
   96         (e) Develop a plan to create and maintain integrated
   97  workforce development programs with the affiliated university’s
   98  colleges or schools and to supervise clinical care provided by
   99  students participating in such programs.
  100         (3) A designated behavioral health teaching hospital must:
  101         (a) Within 90 days after receiving the designation, develop
  102  and maintain a consultation agreement with the Florida Center
  103  for Behavioral Health Workforce within the Louis de la Parte
  104  Florida Mental Health Institute to establish best practices
  105  related to integrated workforce development programs for the
  106  behavioral health professions.
  107         (b) Collaborate with the department and managing entities
  108  as defined in s. 394.9082(2) to identify gaps in the regional
  109  continuum of behavioral health care which are appropriate for
  110  the behavioral health teaching hospital to address, either
  111  independently or in collaboration with other organizations
  112  providing behavioral health services, and which will facilitate
  113  implementation of the plan developed under paragraph (2)(e).
  114         (c) Within 90 days after receiving the designation, enter
  115  into an agreement with the department to provide state treatment
  116  facility beds when determined necessary by the department.
  117         (d) Provide data related to the hospital’s integrated
  118  workforce development programs and the services provided by the
  119  hospital to the agency, the department, and the Office of
  120  Reimagining Education and Career Help created under s. 14.36, as
  121  determined by the agency, department, or the office.
  122         (4)Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), within 30 days
  123  after this act becomes a law, the agency shall designate the
  124  following hospitals as behavioral health teaching hospitals:
  125         (a) Tampa General Hospital, in affiliation with the
  126  University of South Florida.
  127         (b) UF Health Shands Hospital, in affiliation with the
  128  University of Florida.
  129         (c) UF Health Jacksonville, in affiliation with the
  130  University of Florida.
  131         (d) Jackson Memorial Hospital, in affiliation with the
  132  University of Miami.
  133  
  134  Within 90 days after receiving the designation, each behavioral
  135  health teaching hospital designated under this subsection shall
  136  submit documentation to the agency establishing compliance with
  137  the requirements of paragraphs (2)(a)-(d) and submit the plan
  138  required by paragraph (2)(e).
  139         (5)The agency may designate up to four additional
  140  behavioral health teaching hospitals by July 1, 2027, taking
  141  into account equitable distribution of such hospitals by
  142  geographical service area and behavioral health services access.
  143         (6) Upon designating a behavioral health teaching hospital
  144  under this section, the agency shall award the hospital funds as
  145  follows:
  146         (a) For up to 10 resident positions through the Slots for
  147  Doctors Program established in s. 409.909. Notwithstanding that
  148  section, the agency shall allocate $150,000 for each such
  149  position.
  150         (b) Through the Training, Education, and Clinicals in
  151  Health Funding Program established in s. 409.91256 to offset the
  152  costs of maintaining integrated workforce development programs.
  153         (7) By December 1 of each year, a designated behavioral
  154  health teaching hospital must submit a report to the agency and
  155  the department on the designated behavioral health teaching
  156  hospital program, including, but not limited to, all of the
  157  following:
  158         (a) The number of psychiatric residents.
  159         (b) The number of postdoctoral clinical psychology fellows.
  160         (c) The status and details of the consultation agreement
  161  with the Florida Center for Behavioral Health Workforce within
  162  the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute.
  163         (d) The implementation status of the plan required by
  164  paragraph (2)(e).
  165         (e) Activities, agreements, and accomplishments of the
  166  collaboration required by paragraph (3)(b).
  167         (f) The number of any facility beds and patients served
  168  under paragraph (3)(c).
  169         (8) A behavioral health teaching hospital designation is
  170  valid for 2 years. To renew the designation, a hospital must
  171  submit an application for renewal to the agency on a form
  172  established by the agency at least 90 days before the expiration
  173  of the designation. The renewal process is subject to the time
  174  periods and tolling provisions of s. 120.60. The agency may
  175  deny, revoke, or suspend a designation at any time if a
  176  behavioral health teaching hospital is not in compliance with
  177  the requirements of this section.
  178         (9) The agency may adopt rules necessary to implement this
  179  section.
  180         Section 4. Section 395.903, Florida Statutes, is created to
  181  read:
  182         395.903 Behavioral Health Teaching Hospital grant program.—
  183         (1) There is established within the agency a grant program
  184  for the purpose of funding designated behavioral health teaching
  185  hospitals, subject to legislative appropriation. Grant funding
  186  may be used for operations and expenses and fixed capital
  187  outlay, including, but not limited to, facility renovation and
  188  upgrades.
  189         (a)1.For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the agency shall hold
  190  a 30-day, open application period beginning November 1, 2024, to
  191  accept applications from the behavioral health teaching
  192  hospitals designated under s. 395.902(4), in a manner determined
  193  by the agency. Applicants must include a detailed spending plan
  194  with the application.
  195         2.For the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 fiscal years, subject to
  196  the availability of funds, the agency shall hold a 30-day, open
  197  application period beginning October 1 of each year to accept
  198  applications from behavioral health teaching hospitals
  199  designated under s. 395.902, in a manner determined by the
  200  agency. Applicants must include a detailed spending plan with
  201  the application.
  202         (b) The agency, in consultation with the department, shall
  203  evaluate and rank grant applications based on compliance with s.
  204  395.902(2) and the quality of the plan submitted under s.
  205  395.902(2)(e) or plan implementation, as applicable, related to
  206  achieving the purposes of the behavioral health teaching
  207  hospital program. The agency, in consultation with the
  208  department, shall make recommendations for grant awards and
  209  distribution of available funding for such awards. The agency
  210  shall submit the evaluation and grant award recommendations to
  211  the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
  212  Representatives within 90 days after the open application period
  213  closes.
  214         (c) Notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, the agency may
  215  submit budget amendments, subject to the notice, review, and
  216  objection procedures under s. 216.177, requesting the release of
  217  the funds to make awards. The agency is authorized to submit
  218  budget amendments relating to expenses under subsection (1)
  219  under the grant program only within the 90 days after the open
  220  application period closes.
  221         (2) Notwithstanding s. 216.301 and pursuant to s. 216.351,
  222  the balance of any appropriation from the General Revenue Fund
  223  for the program which is not disbursed but which is obligated
  224  pursuant to contract or committed to be expended by June 30 of
  225  the fiscal year for which the funds are appropriated may be
  226  carried forward for up to 8 years after the effective date of
  227  the original appropriation.
  228         (3) The agency may adopt rules necessary to implement this
  229  section.
  230         Section 5. Subsections (6) and (7) are added to section
  231  1004.44, Florida Statutes, to read:
  232         1004.44 Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute.
  233  There is established the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health
  234  Institute within the University of South Florida.
  235         (6)(a)There is established within the institute the
  236  Florida Center for Behavioral Health Workforce. The purpose of
  237  the center is to support an adequate, highly skilled, resilient,
  238  and innovative workforce that meets the current and future human
  239  resources needs of the state’s behavioral health system in order
  240  to provide high-quality care, services, and supports to
  241  Floridians with, or at risk of developing, behavioral health
  242  conditions through original research, policy analysis,
  243  evaluation, and development and dissemination of best practices.
  244  The goals of the center are, at a minimum, to research the
  245  state’s current behavioral health workforce and future needs;
  246  expand the number of clinicians, professionals, and other
  247  workers involved in the behavioral health workforce; and enhance
  248  the skill level and innovativeness of the workforce. The center
  249  shall, at a minimum, do all of the following:
  250         1. Describe and analyze the current workforce and project
  251  possible future workforce demand, especially in critical roles,
  252  and develop strategies for addressing any gaps. The center’s
  253  efforts may include, but need not be limited to, producing a
  254  statistically valid biennial analysis of the supply and demand
  255  of the behavioral health workforce.
  256         2. Expand pathways to behavioral health professions through
  257  enhanced educational opportunities and improved faculty
  258  development and retention. The center’s efforts may include, but
  259  need not be limited to:
  260         a. Identifying best practices in the academic preparation
  261  and continuing education of behavioral health professionals.
  262         b. Facilitating and coordinating the development of
  263  academic-practice partnerships that support behavioral health
  264  faculty employment and advancement.
  265         c. Developing and implementing innovative projects to
  266  support the recruitment, development, and retention of
  267  behavioral health educators, faculty, and clinical preceptors.
  268         d. Developing distance learning infrastructure for
  269  behavioral health education and the evidence-based use of
  270  technology, simulation, and distance learning techniques.
  271         3. Promote behavioral health professions. The center’s
  272  efforts may include, but need not be limited to:
  273         a. Conducting original research on the factors affecting
  274  recruitment, retention, and advancement of the behavioral health
  275  workforce, such as designing and implementing a longitudinal
  276  study of the state’s behavioral health workforce.
  277         b. Developing and implementing innovative projects to
  278  support the recruitment, development, and retention of
  279  behavioral health workers.
  280         (b) The center may:
  281         1. Convene groups, including, but not limited to,
  282  behavioral health clinicians, professionals, and workers, and
  283  employers of such individuals; other health care providers;
  284  individuals with behavioral health conditions and their
  285  families; business and industry leaders, policymakers, and
  286  educators to assist the center in its work; and
  287         2. Request from any board as defined in s. 456.001 any
  288  information held by the board regarding a behavioral health
  289  professional licensed in this state or holding a multistate
  290  license pursuant to a professional multistate licensure compact
  291  or information reported to the board by employers of such
  292  behavioral health professionals, other than personal identifying
  293  information. The boards must provide such information to the
  294  center upon request.
  295         (c) By January 10 of each year, the center shall submit a
  296  report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the
  297  Speaker of the House of Representatives providing details of its
  298  activities during the preceding calendar year in pursuit of its
  299  goals and in the execution of its duties under paragraph (a).
  300  The report submitted in 2025 must include an initial statewide
  301  strategic plan for meeting the goals in subsection (6), which
  302  must be updated in each subsequent report.
  303         (7) The Board of Governors and the State Board of
  304  Education, in consultation with the center, shall expeditiously
  305  adopt any necessary regulations and rules, as applicable, to
  306  allow the center to perform its responsibilities under
  307  subsection (6) as soon as practicable.
  308         Section 6. Effective upon this act becoming a law, the
  309  Department of Children and Families must contract for a detailed
  310  study of capacity for inpatient treatment services for adults
  311  with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional
  312  disturbance or psychosis in this state’s forensic inpatient,
  313  safety-net voluntary and involuntary civil inpatient placement,
  314  and Medicaid statewide inpatient psychiatric programs. The study
  315  must include analyses of current capacity, current and projected
  316  future demand, and the state’s current and projected future
  317  ability to meet that demand, and must include recommendations
  318  for enhancing the availability of inpatient treatment services
  319  and for providing alternatives to such services. The study must
  320  be completed by January 31, 2025, and must include, at a
  321  minimum, all of the following:
  322         (1) By facility and by program type, the current number and
  323  allocation of beds for inpatient treatment, the number of
  324  individuals admitted and discharged annually, and the lengths of
  325  stays.
  326         (2) By department region, the current number and allocation
  327  of beds in receiving, treatment, and state treatment facilities
  328  and residential treatment centers for children and adolescents
  329  for inpatient treatment between forensic and civil placements,
  330  the number of individuals admitted and discharged annually, the
  331  types and frequency of diagnoses, and the lengths of stays.
  332         (3) By department region, the current and projected future
  333  demand for civil and forensic inpatient placements at receiving,
  334  treatment, and state treatment facilities and residential
  335  treatment centers for children and adolescents, any gaps in
  336  current and projected future availability of these services
  337  compared to current and projected future service demand, and the
  338  number of inpatient beds needed by facility type and placement
  339  type to meet current and projected future demand.
  340         (4) By agency region, the number of individuals admitted
  341  and discharged annually, the types and frequency of diagnoses,
  342  and the lengths of stays for Medicaid statewide inpatient
  343  psychiatric program services, the current and projected future
  344  demand for these services, any gaps in current and projected
  345  future availability of these services compared to current and
  346  projected future service demand, and the number of inpatient
  347  beds needed by facility type to meet current and projected
  348  future demand.
  349         (5) Policy recommendations for ensuring sufficient bed
  350  capacity for inpatient treatment at treatment facilities, state
  351  treatment facilities, or receiving facilities, or at residential
  352  treatment centers for children and adolescents, and for
  353  enhancing services that could prevent the need for involuntary
  354  inpatient placements.
  355         (6)A gap analysis as recommended by the Commission on
  356  Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder in the annual interim
  357  report dated January 1, 2024.
  358         Section 7. For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the sum of $5
  359  million in recurring funds from the General Revenue Fund is
  360  appropriated to the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health
  361  Institute for the operation of the Florida Center for Behavioral
  362  Health Workforce as created by this act.
  363         Section 8. (1)For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the sums of
  364  $2,557,800 in recurring funds from the General Revenue Fund and
  365  $3,442,200 in recurring funds from the Medical Care Trust Fund
  366  are appropriated to the Agency for Health Care Administration
  367  for the Slots for Doctors Program established in s. 409.909,
  368  Florida Statutes, for up to 10 newly created resident positions
  369  for each designated behavioral health teaching hospital
  370  designated under s. 395.902(4), Florida Statutes, as created by
  371  this act. Notwithstanding s. 409.909, Florida Statutes, the
  372  agency shall allocate $150,000 for each newly created position.
  373         (2)For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the sums of $2,557,800
  374  in recurring funds from the General Revenue Fund and $3,442,200
  375  in recurring funds from the Medical Care Trust Fund are
  376  appropriated to the Agency for Health Care Administration for
  377  the Slots for Doctors Program established in s. 409.909, Florida
  378  Statutes, for up to 10 newly created resident positions for each
  379  designated behavioral health teaching hospital designated under
  380  s. 395.902, Florida Statutes, other than those designated under
  381  s. 395.902(4), Florida Statutes, if any, as created by this act.
  382  Notwithstanding s. 409.909, Florida Statutes, the agency shall
  383  allocate $150,000 for each newly created position. The funds
  384  shall be held in reserve. Upon designation of a behavioral
  385  health teaching hospital, the Agency for Health Care
  386  Administration shall submit budget amendments to request release
  387  of the funds pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes.
  388         Section 9. (1)For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the sum of $2
  389  million in recurring funds from the General Revenue Fund is
  390  appropriated to the Agency for Health Care Administration to
  391  implement the Training, Education, and Clinicals in Health
  392  (TEACH) Funding Program established in s. 409.91256, Florida
  393  Statutes, as created by SB 7016, 2024 Regular Session.
  394  Notwithstanding s. 409.91256(5)(b), Florida Statutes, as created
  395  by SB 7016, 2024 Regular Session, the funds appropriated under
  396  this section shall be equally distributed to the behavioral
  397  health teaching hospitals designated under s. 395.902(4),
  398  Florida Statutes, as created by this act.
  399         (2)For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the sum of $2 million in
  400  recurring funds from the General Revenue Fund is appropriated to
  401  the Agency for Health Care Administration to implement TEACH
  402  Funding Program established in s. 409.91256, Florida Statutes,
  403  as created by SB 7016, 2024 Regular Session. Notwithstanding s.
  404  409.91256(5)(b), Florida Statutes, as created by SB 7016, 2024
  405  Regular Session, the funds appropriated pursuant to this section
  406  shall be equally distributed to the behavioral health teaching
  407  hospitals designated under section 395.902, Florida Statutes,
  408  other than those designated under s. 395.902(4), Florida
  409  Statutes, as created by this act. The funds shall be held in
  410  reserve. Upon designation of a behavioral health teaching
  411  hospital, the Agency for Health Care Administration shall submit
  412  budget amendments to request release of the funds pursuant to
  413  chapter 216, Florida Statutes. The agency is authorized to
  414  submit a final budget amendment in the last quarter of the
  415  fiscal year to provide an adjustment in the amount of funds
  416  provided to behavioral health teaching hospitals based upon the
  417  number of designations finalized during the fiscal year.
  418         Section 10. For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the nonrecurring
  419  sum of $300 million from the General Revenue Fund is
  420  appropriated to the Agency for Health Care Administration for
  421  the behavioral health teaching hospital grant program as created
  422  in s. 395.902(7), Florida Statutes. Grant funds shall be awarded
  423  over a 3-year period. Notwithstanding s. 216.301, Florida
  424  Statutes, and pursuant to s. 216.351, Florida Statutes, funds
  425  appropriated for this purpose which are not disbursed by June 30
  426  shall be carried forward for up to 8 years after the effective
  427  date of the original appropriation.
  428         (1)For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the Agency for Health
  429  Care Administration is authorized to award grants in an amount
  430  not to exceed $100 million to the behavioral health teaching
  431  hospitals designated under s. 395.902(4), Florida Statutes, as
  432  created by this act.
  433         (2)For the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the Agency for Health
  434  Care Administration is authorized to award grants in an amount
  435  not to exceed $100 million to behavioral health teaching
  436  hospitals designated under s. 395.902, Florida Statutes, as
  437  created by this act.
  438         (3)For the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the Agency for Health
  439  Care Administration is authorized to award grants up to the
  440  amount of the original appropriation which has not yet been
  441  awarded as of June 30, 2026, to behavioral health teaching
  442  hospitals designated under s. 395.902, Florida Statutes, as
  443  created by this act.
  444         Section 11. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
  445  act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon
  446  this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1,
  447  2024.
  448  
  449  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
  450  And the title is amended as follows:
  451         Delete everything before the enacting clause
  452  and insert:
  453                        A bill to be entitled                      
  454         An act relating to behavioral health teaching
  455         hospitals; creating part VI of ch. 395, F.S., entitled
  456         “Behavioral Health Teaching Hospitals”; creating s.
  457         395.901, F.S.; defining terms; providing legislative
  458         findings and intent; creating s. 395.902, F.S.;
  459         authorizing hospitals to apply for a behavioral health
  460         teaching hospital designation beginning on a specified
  461         date; specifying criteria a hospital must meet to
  462         receive such designation; notwithstanding such
  463         criteria, requiring the Agency for Health Care
  464         Administration to designate specified existing
  465         hospitals as behavioral health teaching hospitals;
  466         requiring such hospitals to meet the designation
  467         criteria within a specified timeframe; authorizing the
  468         agency to designate a specified number of additional
  469         behavioral health teaching hospitals by a specified
  470         date, taking into account specified factors; requiring
  471         the agency to award behavioral health teaching
  472         hospitals certain funds upon their designation;
  473         requiring designated behavioral health teaching
  474         hospitals to submit an annual report to the agency and
  475         the Department of Children and Families; specifying
  476         requirements for the report; providing for expiration
  477         and renewal of behavioral health teaching hospital
  478         designations; authorizing the agency to deny, revoke,
  479         or suspend a designation at any time under certain
  480         circumstances; authorizing the agency to adopt rules;
  481         creating s. 395.903, F.S.; establishing a grant
  482         program within the agency for the purpose of funding
  483         designated behavioral health teaching hospitals;
  484         providing an administrative process to receive,
  485         evaluate, and rank applications that request grant
  486         funds; authorizing the agency to submit a budget
  487         amendment to the Legislature requesting the release of
  488         grant funds to make awards; providing a carry forward
  489         for a specified period for obligated funds not
  490         disbursed in the same year in which the funds were
  491         appropriated; authorizing the agency to adopt rules;
  492         amending s. 1004.44, F.S.; establishing the Florida
  493         Center for Behavioral Health Workforce within the
  494         Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute for
  495         a specified purpose; specifying the goals and duties
  496         of the center; authorizing the center to convene
  497         groups to assist in its work; authorizing the center
  498         to request, and requiring certain boards to provide,
  499         certain information regarding behavioral health
  500         professionals licensed or practicing in this state;
  501         requiring the center to submit an annual report of
  502         certain information to the Governor and the
  503         Legislature; requiring the Board of Governors of the
  504         State University System and the State Board of
  505         Education, in consultation with the center, to adopt
  506         certain regulations and rules, as applicable;
  507         requiring the Department of Children and Families to
  508         contract for a specified study of the state’s
  509         forensic, voluntary and involuntary civil commitment,
  510         and statewide inpatient psychiatric programs;
  511         requiring that the study be completed by a specified
  512         date and include specified information and
  513         recommendations; providing appropriations; providing
  514         effective dates.

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