HB 541 2022 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb0541-00 Page 1 of 2 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 21 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 22 23 Section 1. Section 402.88, Florida Statutes, is created to 24 read: 25 HB 541 2022 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb0541-00 Page 2 of 2 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 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