Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability
Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability

Progress Report: DOAE Should Study the Pros and Cons of Changing Planning and Service Areas

Report 98-81, June 1999




Report Summary

  • Subsequent to our prior report, both the 1998 and 1999 Legislature considered but did not take action to address reconfiguring Florida's planning and service areas for providing services to elders. The 1998 Legislature considered a Senate bill that recommended reducing the number of planning and service areas. The 1999 Legislature considered proviso language directing the Department of Elder Affairs to conduct a study of the current configuration.
  • The Department of Elder Affairs does not plan to address reconfiguring the state's planning and service areas in the immediate future. However, if the department should decide to address this issue in the future, we continue to recommend that it assess and report to the Legislature the potential advantages and disadvantages of changing the planning and service areas.


Related Reports
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    Report 01-66 December 2001
  2. High-Risk Elder Victims of Abuse, Neglect, or Exploitation Quickly Served; Data Problems Remain
    Report 01-04 January 2001
  3. Progress Report: Other Initiatives to Decrease Long-Term Care Costs Should Accompany Medicaid Waiver Expansion
    Report 99-51 May 2000
  4. Progress Report: Elder Affairs Takes Steps to Separate Case Management From Other Services
    Report 98-83 June 1999
Copies of this report in print or alternate accessible format may be obtained by email OPPAGA@oppaga.fl.gov, telephone (850) 488-0021, or mail 111 W. Madison St., Room 312 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1475.
Copies of this report in print or alternate accessible format may be obtained by email OPPAGA@oppaga.fl.gov, telephone (850) 488-0021, or mail 111 W. Madison St., Room 312 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1475.
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