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