Florida 2022 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0541 Compare Versions

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1010 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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1414 A bill to be entitled 1
1515 An act relating to a state nutrition assistance 2
1616 reimbursement program; creating s. 402.88, F.S.; 3
1717 requiring the Department of Children and Families to 4
1818 develop and implement a nutrition assistance 5
1919 reimbursement program to reimburse eligible community -6
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2121 organizations providing certain enrollment assistance 8
2222 services; requiring the department to determine 9
2323 eligibility criteria and application procedures for 10
2424 the program; authorizing community -based nonprofit 11
2525 organizations and nonprofit religious organizations to 12
2626 apply for reimbursement under the program if a certain 13
2727 condition is met; requiring the submission of an 14
2828 application on a form prescribed by the department for 15
2929 reimbursement under the program; requiring the 16
3030 department to establish a funding mechanism to support 17
3131 the authorization of reimbursements under the program; 18
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3535 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 22
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3737 Section 1. Section 402.88, Florida Statutes, is created to 24
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5151 402.88 State nutrition assistance reimbursement program. — 26
5252 (1) The department shall develop and impl ement a state 27
5353 nutrition assistance reimbursement program for the purpose of 28
5454 reimbursing eligible community -based nonprofit organizations or 29
5555 nonprofit religious organizations operating under s. 501(c)(3) 30
5656 of the Internal Revenue Code for administrative costs directly 31
5757 incurred in providing enrollment assistance services for food 32
5858 assistance programs, such as the Supplemental Nutrition 33
5959 Assistance Program and the Special Supplemental Nutrition 34
6060 Program for Women, Infants, and Children. 35
6161 (2) The department shall d etermine eligibility criteria 36
6262 and application procedures for the program. A community -based 37
6363 nonprofit organization or nonprofit religious organization may 38
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6565 providing enrollment assistance services as described in 40
6666 subsection (1) for at least 2 years. A community -based nonprofit 41
6767 organization or nonprofit religious organization must submit to 42
6868 the department an application on a form prescribed by the 43
6969 department for reimbursement under the program. 44
7070 (3) The department shall establish a funding mechanism to 45
7171 support the authorization of reimbursements under the program. 46
7272 (4) The department shall adopt rules to implement this 47
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7474 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 49