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ENROLLED HB 5001, ENGROSSED 1 2024 LEGISLATURE ______________________________________________________________________________ SECTION 3 - HUMAN SERVICES 195 SPECIAL CATEGORIES CANADIAN PRESCRIPTION DRUG IMPORTATION PROGRAM FROM GRANTS AND DONATIONS TRUST FUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,000,000 Funds in Specific Appropriation 195 are provided to purchase prescription drugs pursuant to the parameters of the Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program as authorized by section 381.02035, Florida Statutes, for use in state programs outlined in section 381.02035(3), Florida Statutes. Funds expended by the Agency for Health Care Administration for prescriptions utilized by clients of those state programs will be reimbursed to the agency by the appropriate state program office. Upon federal approval, the agency is authorized to submit a budget amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes. 196 SPECIAL CATEGORIES FLORIDA HEALTH CARE CONNECTION (FX) FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND . . . . . 14,397,843 FROM MEDICAL CARE TRUST FUND . . . . 77,684,981 Funds in Specific Appropriation 196 are provided to the Agency for Health Care Administration for the Florida Health Care Connections (FX) project. The funds are contingent upon HB 5003 becoming a law, which provides for the replacement of the Florida Medicaid Management Information System (FMMIS) and fiscal agent operations. From the funds in Specific Appropriation 196, the following maximum amounts are appropriated solely and exclusively for these project components, of which the agency shall prioritize for the operations of FX components in production or planned for delivery in Fiscal Year 2024-25: FX Enterprise Project Services and Hardware/Software Renewals..............................................$17,828,703 Integration Services/Integration Platform..............$13,694,981 Enterprise Data Warehouse and Data Governance..........$14,427,660 Provider Services.......................................$7,285,601 Unified Operations Center..............................$25,868,222 Strategic Enterprise Advisory Services..................$2,000,000 Independent Verification & Validation Services (IV&V)...$3,230,996 Staff Augmentation Subject Matter Expertise and Support Services.......................................$7,746,661 Of these funds, 75 percent of each project component shall be held in reserve. The agency is authorized to submit quarterly budget amendments to request release of funds held in reserve pursuant to the provisions of chapter 216, Florida Statutes, and based on the agency’s planned quarterly expenditures. Release is contingent upon (1) executed contract amendments that demonstrate detailed long-term planning through the use of fixed price deliverables with no provision for the use of task orders, (2) submission of current monthly project status reports, and (3) approval of a detailed operational work plan and a monthly spend plan that identifies all project work and costs budgeted for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 for each project component. The operational work plan must include project activities needed to address all findings in the 2024 FX Special Assessment Report. IV&V services shall include: (1) oversight of all agency staff and vendor work needed to implement the project; (2) an annual, comprehensive assessment of the project schedule(s); and (3) a thorough review of all project budget requests and monthly and quarterly reporting submitted by the agency to the Legislature. Monthly IV&V reports shall include technical reviews of all project deliverables submitted or accepted within the reporting period and assessments of the agency’s project management and governance. The IV&V contract shall require that all deliverables, including supporting weekly or bi-weekly reports, be simultaneously provided to the agency, the Executive Office of the Governor’s Office of Policy and Budget, the chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and the chair of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee. Within 20 days after each preceding month, the agency shall submit a monthly project status report to the Executive Office of the Governor’s Office of Policy and Budget, the chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and the chair of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee. Each status report must include progress made to date for each project milestone and deliverable, planned and actual deliverable completion dates, planned and actual costs incurred, and any project issues and risks. Advisory 66