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GA SB350
Bill
Status
Engrossed
2/18/2014
Primary Sponsor
Renee Unterman
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AI Summary
- Division of Family and Children Services must submit a plan by January 1, 2015, to competitively bid child welfare services — including foster care, adoption, case management, and family reunification — through fixed-price contracts with faith-based or community-based "lead agencies," each covering one or more service regions, phased in over two years beginning July 1, 2015
- Lead agencies may directly provide no more than 35% of child welfare services in their region and must subcontract the remainder through a local provider network; contracts are for five years with a possible three-year extension
- Payment structure includes a monthly administrative rate and a per-child case rate (calculated from prior-year average children served divided by total appropriated funds), paid in equal monthly installments over no more than six months; children returning to care within 12 months of achieving permanency are not eligible for the per-child reimbursement
- Department of Audits and Accounts must review the division's readiness assessment process and submit semi-annual reports to the General Assembly beginning January 1, 2016, until statewide transition is complete; the division must also publicly report monthly on each lead agency's performance on federal and state outcome measures
- The article's operative provisions take effect only if the federal Administration for Children and Families approves a Title IV-E waiver demonstration project and the resulting fixed funding is received; the division must apply for this waiver no later than April 1, 2014
Legislative Description
Human Services, Dept.of; bidding out of child welfare services state wide through contracts with community based providers
Last Action
Senate Agrees House Amend or Sub As Amended
3/20/2014
Full Bill Text
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