FL S0248

Medicaid managed care plans are responsible for mental health residents enrolled in Medicaid, while managing entities under contract with the Department of Children and Families are responsible for non-enrolled mental health residents in assisted living facilities with limited mental health licenses.

Community living support plans must be completed and provided to facility administrators upon admission and updated when residents experience significant behavioral health changes, with case managers required to maintain dated records of face-to-face interactions for at least 2 years.

Assisted living facilities serving one or more mental health residents (reduced from three) must obtain a limited mental health license, and extended congregate care licenses for facilities licensed less than 2 years are now provisional with specific inspection and admission requirements.

Administrative fines are established at fixed amounts based on violation class and facility bed size, with doubled fines for facilities with previous violations, and facilities must pay fees for additional inspections triggered by class I or multiple class II violations.

The Agency for Health Care Administration must implement a facility rating system by March 1, 2015, and create public website content displaying facility information, violations, inspection reports, and a monitored comment page allowing public feedback on licensed facilities.