H1503: Children's Medical Services Program

Legislative Summary

Revises and provides requirements related to newborn testing & screening requirements; revises requirements related to certain assessment for hospitals & birth centers; provides requirements for health care practitioners & health care providers; revises purposes & functions of Children's Medical Services program; transfers operation of Children's Medical Services Managed Care Plan from department to AHCA; provides construction as to certain judicial & administrative actions; requires agency to competitively procure one or more vendors to provide certain services.