SB 1354 Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Behavioral Health Managing Entities

Summary

Behavioral Health Managing Entities; Requiring the Department of Children and Families to contract biennially for specified functions; requiring the department to contract for recommendations for certain transparency improvements; requiring the department to prepare and present to the Governor and Legislature a specified final report by a specified date; requiring managing entities to report required data to the department in a standardized electronic format, etc.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 10, 2025 Last action Apr 29, 2025

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What changed between versions

S 1354 Filed → S 1354 c1 · 6 edits

MODERATE

This bill was amended from a filed draft to a committee substitute version, adding significant new requirements for behavioral health managing entities in Florida. The changes include making audits biennial rather than annual, adding specific performance metrics that must be publicly posted monthly, and clarifying audit requirements to assess Medicaid funding overlap. These changes aim to improve transparency, accountability, and data-driven oversight of behavioral health services.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include more detailed performance measurement requirements and public reporting obligations for managing entities.

REQUIREMENT

Changed audit frequency from unspecified to biennial for operational and financial audits of managing entities

Added requirement for managing entities to submit specific outcome measures to the department

Added requirement for department to post performance measures on website by the 15th of each month

Added 11 specific performance metrics that must be reported including crisis utilization, wait times, medication errors, and readmission rates

Modified audit requirements to include analysis of services funded by managing entities that are also available under Medicaid

Added requirement to stratify reported measures by whether individuals are children/adults and Medicaid recipients

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Committee

Apr 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0

upper

Apr 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/22/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building

upper

Apr 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 8 NAYS 0

upper

Apr 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 04/10/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building

upper

Mar 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

upper

Mar 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

upper

Mar 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/25/25, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building

upper

Mar 10, 2025

Introduced

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors