FL H0079

Department of Children and Families must develop standards and protocols for collection, storage, transmission, and analysis of utilization data from public receiving facilities by August 1, 2015.

Managing entities must require public receiving facilities to submit real-time or daily data on admissions, discharges of indigent clients, licensed bed census, department-purchased beds, and unoccupied beds.

Managing entities must reconcile monthly and annual aggregate data submissions from public receiving facilities to ensure accuracy and consistency with daily data.

Department must create a statewide database using submitted data to analyze crisis stabilization service payments and usage funded by the Baker Act on both statewide and individual facility bases.

Department must adopt administrative rules and submit annual reports to the Governor and Legislature beginning January 31, 2016, detailing implementation status and analysis of collected data; $175,000 appropriated for fiscal year 2015-2016.