Florida 2022 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0541 Compare Versions

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10	10	F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to a state nutrition assistance 2
16	16	reimbursement program; creating s. 402.88, F.S.; 3
17	17	requiring the Department of Children and Families to 4
18	18	develop and implement a nutrition assistance 5
19	19	reimbursement program to reimburse eligible community -6
20	20	based nonprofit organizations and nonprofit religious 7
21	21	organizations providing certain enrollment assistance 8
22	22	services; requiring the department to determine 9
23	23	eligibility criteria and application procedures for 10
24	24	the program; authorizing community -based nonprofit 11
25	25	organizations and nonprofit religious organizations to 12
26	26	apply for reimbursement under the program if a certain 13
27	27	condition is met; requiring the submission of an 14
28	28	application on a form prescribed by the department for 15
29	29	reimbursement under the program; requiring the 16
30	30	department to establish a funding mechanism to support 17
31	31	the authorization of reimbursements under the program; 18
32	32	requiring the department to adopt rules; providing an 19
33	33	effective date. 20
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35	35	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 22
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37	37	Section 1. Section 402.88, Florida Statutes, is created to 24
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51	51	402.88 State nutrition assistance reimbursement program. — 26
52	52	(1) The department shall develop and impl ement a state 27
53	53	nutrition assistance reimbursement program for the purpose of 28
54	54	reimbursing eligible community -based nonprofit organizations or 29
55	55	nonprofit religious organizations operating under s. 501(c)(3) 30
56	56	of the Internal Revenue Code for administrative costs directly 31
57	57	incurred in providing enrollment assistance services for food 32
58	58	assistance programs, such as the Supplemental Nutrition 33
59	59	Assistance Program and the Special Supplemental Nutrition 34
60	60	Program for Women, Infants, and Children. 35
61	61	(2) The department shall d etermine eligibility criteria 36
62	62	and application procedures for the program. A community -based 37
63	63	nonprofit organization or nonprofit religious organization may 38
64	64	apply for reimbursement under the program if it has been 39
65	65	providing enrollment assistance services as described in 40
66	66	subsection (1) for at least 2 years. A community -based nonprofit 41
67	67	organization or nonprofit religious organization must submit to 42
68	68	the department an application on a form prescribed by the 43
69	69	department for reimbursement under the program. 44
70	70	(3) The department shall establish a funding mechanism to 45
71	71	support the authorization of reimbursements under the program. 46
72	72	(4) The department shall adopt rules to implement this 47
73	73	section. 48
74	74	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 49