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