2. The Opioid Crisis
Press Conference to raise awareness; propose policy, funding, and other recommendations
Legislation filed, promoted, and passed
Statewide Targeted Response (STR) Grant
Promoted Funding Issues
Governor/Attorney General Press Conference; highlighting legislation, announcing community forums

3. The Opioid Crisis
State agencies host community forums; FBHA presents list of recommendations
Governor declares Public Health Emergency on opioid crisis; authorizes spending of $27.1 million STR Grant issues standing order for naloxone
Legislature funds local projects (Palm Beach and Manatee)
Legislation to Governor for approval
Budget to Governor for approval

4. Legislative Highlights: Policy (Opioid Crisis)
HB 249 Better Data. Best Practices.
HB 557 Strengthens the PDMP
HB 807 “Ethical Marketing”
HB 477 Fentanyl Trafficking
Requires certain data to be reported on drug overdoses
Requires hospitals to develop best practices for patients treated in emergency departments for drug overdoses
Condenses reporting time to PDMP from 7 days to end of next business day
Authorizes access to PDMP by VA
Includes in Schedule I of the controlled substance schedules a class of fentanyl derivatives
Subjects trafficking to minimum mandatory sentences
Aims to curb cycling patients through drug treatment, marketing abuses, prevent and ensure the treatment industry utilize ethical practices

5. Legislative Highlights: Policy Ethical Marketing Practices
Marketing Practices, Prohibiting
False or misleading information about business
Requires disclosure by telemarketing companies, holding them to same standards
Patient Brokering
Adds the term “benefit” to list of prohibitions
Prohibits referring to or from uncertified recovery residences (exceptions provided)
Adds new offenses, with graduated penalties

6. Legislative Highlights: Policy Ethical Marketing Practices
Facility Licensure
Provides DCF greater authority to suspend, deny, revoke a license
Classifies violations in scope and nature using a tier system
Facility Accreditation
Requires providers of clinical services to attain accreditation
Staff Qualifications
Requires DCF to adopt by rule minimum staff qualifications
Requires DCF to gather data and report to legislature

7. Legislative Highlights: Policy Ethical Marketing Practices
Patient Records
Authorizes disclosure of patient records without consent based on court order showing good cause
Creates statutes adopting federal standards on patient notice
Jurisdiction
Expands jurisdiction of Statewide Prosecutor to extend to investigation and prosecution of patient brokering
Background Screening
Adds “clinical directors” to employees subject to Level 2 Background Screening

8. Legislative Highlights: Funding Vivitrol
Vivitrol Funding FY FY
OSCA
$5 million R
$2.5 million NR
DCF
$1.5 million R
DOC
$500,000 R
STR Grant $0
$3.5 million

9. Legislative Highlights: Funding
Base Funding and Service Enhancements to
Mental health and Substance Abuse Safety Net
Funding Initiative
FBHA “ASK”
SB 2500
Family Intensive Treatment
Fund existing FIT teams - $10.2 million (R)
Add four new teams - $1.8 million (R) (Seminole, St. Lucie, Broward, and Dade)
Funded: $10.2 million (R)
Created grant process for new teaming approaches - $10.0 ($6.0 million, R; $4.0 million, NR)
Community Action Teams
Fund existing CATs - $ million (R)
Add four new CATs - $3.0 million (R)
(Leon, Pasco, Volusia, Flagler)
Funded: $ million (R)
Added new teams (Charlotte, Leon, Volusia) - $2.25 million (NR)
Total = $19.5 million R/NR
Eligible for grant program
described above

10. Legislative Highlights: Funding
Base Funding and Service Enhancements to
Mental health and Substance Abuse Safety Net
Funding Initiative
FBHA “ASK”
SB 2500
Regnant/Post- Partum Women
Maintain funding level at $10.0 million (R)
Funded: $10.0 million (R)
Central Receiving Facilities
Maintain funding level at $20.0 million (R)
Funded: $11,885,083 R/TF
($10,114,918 R, $1,771,165 TF)
Reinvestment Grant
Maintain funding level at $9.0 million (R)
Funded: $9.0 million (R)
Governor’s Executive Orders
Fund three integrated care pilots
Broward Reentry Initiative - $500,000
Pinellas Reentry Initiative - $1.5 million
Alachua HATS - $750,000
Did not fund;
Would be eligible for grant program described on previous slide