Page 1, lines 5 and 6, strike ", behavioral health"
Line 17, strike "beginning"
insert "on or before";
strike "2014"
insert "2015";
strike ", by rule"
insert "of economic security, in
COLLABORATION with the department of health services and the Arizona health
care cost containment system administration"; after "shall" insert "determine the most efficient and effective
way to"; after "provide"
insert "comprehensive medical,
dental and behavioral health services, including"
Line 19, after "section"
insert "and shall submit a report
of its recommendations for providing integrated services pursuant to this
subsection to the GOVERNOR, the speaker of the house of representatives and the
president of the senate and shall provide a copy of its report to the secretary
of state. THE COLLABORATIVE DETERMINATION SHALL CONSIDER AN ADMINISTRATIVELY
INTEGRATED SYSTEM"
Lines 26 and 27, strike ", behavioral health"
Page 5, line 33, after the period strike remainder of line
Line 34, strike "health
services pursuant to section 8-512,"
Line 45, strike "beginning"
insert "On or before";
strike "2014"
insert "2015"
Page 6, line 1, after "administration" insert ", in collaboration with the department of
health services and the department of economic security,";
after "shall"
strike remainder of line
Line 2, strike "the
delivery of" insert "determine the most efficient and effective way
to deliver"; after
"necessary"
insert "medical, dental and"
Line 4, after "(a)" strike remainder of line insert
".THE COLLABORATIVE
DETERMINATION SHALL CONSIDER AN ADMINISTRATIVELY INTEGRATED SYSTEM."
Page 7, strike lines 18 through
25, insert:
"Sec. 3. Behavioral health services;
accountability measures
A. Beginning on the
last day of the month following the effective date of this act through December
31, 2015, the department of health services shall prepare and issue a monthly
financial and program accountability trends report to the governor, the
chairpersons of the house of representatives health and reform and human
services committees, the chairperson of the senate health and human services
committee, the director of the joint legislative budget committee and the
director of the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting. The
department shall provide a copy of each report to the secretary of state. The
report shall use the following accountability factors by county and by regional
behavioral health authority:
1. The number and per cent of children in foster
care who are enrolled to receive behavioral health services as of the end of
the month.
2. The number of new cases opened in that month, the
total number of cases that remain open from the current and previous months and
the total number of cases that have been closed in that month.
3. The type of services the children received and
the costs of each of those services.
4. The number of notices of action received and for
what reason and the outcome of those notices.
5. The number of notice of appeals filed and for
what reason, the outcomes of those appeals by the administrative law judge and
the final decisions reached by the director of the Arizona health care cost
containment system administration.
B. Beginning on the last day of the month following
the effective date of this act through December 31, 2015, the department of
economic security shall issue a monthly financial and program accountability
trend report to the governor, the chairpersons of the house of representatives
health and reform and human services committees, the chairperson of the senate
health and human services committee, the director of the joint legislative
budget committee and the director of the governor's office of strategic
planning and budgeting. The department shall submit a copy of each
report to the secretary of state. Each report shall use the
following accountability factors by county:
1. The number and per cent of children who are in
foster care and who are title XIX eligible as of the end of that month.
2. The number of new title XIX eligible children
opened in that month, the total number of children that remain open from the
current and previous months and the total number of children who have been
closed in that month.
3. The number and per cent of title XIX eligible
children who have received behavioral health services through the regional
behavioral health authorities.
4. The amount of nontitle XIX expenditures by
service type used by the department to supplement the behavioral health
services received through the regional behavioral health authorities.
5. The number of disruptions of placements in foster
care by age of child due to behavioral health management issues of the child in
the placement.
6. The number of adopted children who have entered
foster care due to the adoptive parents' inability to receive behavioral health
services to adequately meet the needs of the child and parents."
Amend title to conform
Bill
Number: S.B. 1375