H97 - 2015 Appropriations Act, Sec. 12F.14: Report on Multiplicative Auditing and Monitoring of Certain Service Providers (SL 2015-241)

Overview: Sec. 12F.14 of S.L. 2015-241 requires the Department of Health and Human Services to report by December 1, 2015, to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services and the Fiscal Research Division on the status of multiplicative auditing and monitoring of specified provider agencies. The report must include all provider agencies under the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services that have been nationally accredited through a recognized national accrediting body and must include the following: (i) all group home facilities licensed under statute, (ii) a complete list of all auditing and monitoring activities to which the services providers are subject, and (iii) recommendations on the removal of all unnecessary regulatory duplication to enhance efficiency.

This section became effective July 1, 2015.