Florida 2022 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1069 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 community -based care lead agency 2
16	16	funding; amending s. 409.991, F.S.; providing and 3
17	17	revising definitions; revising provisions relating to 4
18	18	the allocation of funding for community -based care 5
19	19	lead agencies; requiring that certain factors be 6
20	20	considered in allocating core services funds to 7
21	21	community-based care lead agencies; providing for the 8
22	22	calculation of such allocation of core services funds; 9
23	23	requiring the Department of Children and Families to 10
24	24	adopt rules; providing an effective date. 11
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26	26	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13
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28	28	Section 1. Section 409.991, Florida Statutes, is amended 15
29	29	to read: 16
30	30	409.991 Allocation of funds for community-based care lead 17
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32	32	(1) As used in this section, the term: 19
33	33	(a) "Annual licensed care caseload" means a community -20
34	34	based care lead agency's average number of children in licensed 21
35	35	care during the most recent 12 months. 22
36	36	(b) "Average board rate" means the most recent statewide 23
37	37	total amount of full month payments for all items charged for 24
38	38	room and board, divided by the number of children for which 25
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53	53	(c) "Caseload" means the average caseload size of a 28
54	54	community-based care lead agency which is determined by summing 29
55	55	the most recent month -end average of children in in -home and 30
56	56	out-of-home care during the most recent 24 months and the 31
57	57	average annual number of finalized adop tions based on the most 32
58	58	recent 24 months. 33
59	59	(d)(a) "Core services funds" means all funds allocated to 34
60	60	community-based care lead agencies operating under contract with 35
61	61	the department pursuant to s. 409.987, with the following 36
62	62	exceptions: 37
63	63	1. Funds appropriated for independent living; 38
64	64	2. Funds appropriated for maintenance adoption subsidies; 39
65	65	3. Funds allocated by the department for protective 40
66	66	investigations training; 41
67	67	4. Nonrecurring funds; 42
68	68	5. Designated mental health wrap -around services funds; 43
69	69	6. Funds for special projects for a designated community -44
70	70	based care lead agency; and 45
71	71	7. Funds appropriated for the Guardianship Assistance 46
72	72	Program under s. 39.6225. 47
73	73	(2) The factors to be considered in allocating core 48
74	74	services funds to each community -based care lead agency must 49
75	75	include all of the following: 50
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88	88	(a) The amount spent on prevention services by the 51
89	89	community-based care lead agency to prevent children from 52
90	90	entering or reentering foster care, based on the most recent 53
91	91	fiscal year of such spending by the community-based care lead 54
92	92	agency. Such amount may be increased based on a community -based 55
93	93	care lead agency's performance in reducing the number of 56
94	94	children in out-of-home care. 57
95	95	(b) The statewide average cost per child for client 58
96	96	services as determin ed by the department, multiplied by the 59
97	97	number of children in a caseload. Such product must be adjusted 60
98	98	based on the average district cost differential provided in s. 61
99	99	1011.62 for the counties served, weighted by child population. 62
100	100	(c) The projected cost o f board costs, determined by 63
101	101	summing the totals of: 64
102	102	1. The annual licensed care caseload, multiplied by the 65
103	103	average board rate; and 66
104	104	2. The number of annual removals, multiplied by the 67
105	105	initial clothing allowance as determined by the department. 68
106	106	(d) The projected cost of staffing needs for the 69
107	107	community-based care lead agency, determined by summing the 70
108	108	totals of: 71
109	109	1. The statewide average cost per position, as determined 72
110	110	by the department, for all case managers and direct support 73
111	111	positions; foster home recruitment, licensing, and out -of-home 74
112	112	care placement positions; and adoption support positions for the 75
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127	127	manager per 14 children by the 2 023-2024 fiscal year; and 78
128	128	2. The average district cost differential for the counties 79
129	129	served by the community -based care lead agency as provided in s. 80
130	130	1011.62, weighted by the child population of each county served. 81
131	131	(e) Program support and operations co sts determined by 82
132	132	multiplying 0.1 by the projected cost of staffing needs as 83
133	133	determined in paragraph (d). 84
134	134	(3) The allocation of core services funds shall be 85
135	135	calculated based on all of the following: 86
136	136	(a) The projected core services funding is determined by 87
137	137	summing the amounts determined in paragraphs (2)(a) -(e). 88
138	138	(b) The actual allocated funding for the most recent 89
139	139	fiscal year for a community -based care lead agency shall be 90
140	140	divided by the projected core services funding to determine the 91
141	141	percent of projected core services funding for that community -92
142	142	based care lead agency. 93
143	143	(c)1. Unless otherwise specified in the General 94
144	144	Appropriations Act, any new core service funds shall be 95
145	145	allocated proportionally to community -based care lead agencies 96
146	146	below 90 percent of projected core services funding based on the 97
147	147	degree to which their projected core services funding is below 98
148	148	90 percent, until 90 percent or greater projected core services 99
149	149	funding is achieved for each community -based care lead agency. 100
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162	162	2. Once 90 percent of projected core services funding is 101
163	163	achieved for each community -based care lead agency, any new core 102
164	164	services funds shall be allocated proportionally to community -103
165	165	based care lead agencies below 100 percent of projected core 104
166	166	services funding based on t he degree to which their percent of 105
167	167	projected core services funding is below 100 percent, until 100 106
168	168	percent of projected core services funding is achieved for each 107
169	169	community-based care lead agency. 108
170	170	(4) The department shall adopt rules necessary to 109
171	171	implement this section, which must include, but need not be 110
172	172	limited to, rules that specify qualifying prevention 111
173	173	expenditures and staffing ratios for case managers and direct 112
174	174	support positions; foster home recruitment, licensing, and out -113
175	175	of-home care placement p ositions; and adoption support staff 114
176	176	positions. 115
177	177	(b) "Equity allocation model" means an allocation model 116
178	178	that uses the following factors: 117
179	179	1. Proportion of the child population; 118
180	180	2. Proportion of child abuse hotline workload; and 119
181	181	3. Proportion of chil dren in care. 120
182	182	(c) "Proportion of child population" means the proportion 121
183	183	of children up to 18 years of age during the previous calendar 122
184	184	year in the geographic area served by the community -based care 123
185	185	lead agency. 124
186	186	(d) "Proportion of child abuse hotline wo rkload" means the 125
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200	200	1. The average number of initial and additional child 127
201	201	abuse reports received during the month for the most recent 12 128
202	202	months based on child protective investigations trend reports as 129
203	203	determined by the department. This subcomponent shall be 130
204	204	weighted as 20 percent of the factor. 131
205	205	2. The average count of children in investigations in the 132
206	206	most recent 12 months based on child protective investigations 133
207	207	trend reports as determined by the departme nt. This subcomponent 134
208	208	shall be weighted as 40 percent of the factor. 135
209	209	3. The average count of children in investigations with a 136
210	210	most serious finding of verified abuse in the most recent 12 137
211	211	months based on child protective investigations trend reports as 138
212	212	determined by the department. This subcomponent shall be 139
213	213	weighted as 40 percent of the factor. 140
214	214	(e) "Proportion of children in care" means the proportion 141
215	215	of the number of children in care receiving in -home services 142
216	216	over the most recent 12 -month period, the number of children 143
217	217	whose families are receiving family support services over the 144
218	218	most recent 12-month period, and the number of children who have 145
219	219	entered into out-of-home care with a case management overlay 146
220	220	during the most recent 24 -month period. This sub component shall 147
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222	222	1. Fifteen percent shall be based on children whose 149
223	223	families are receiving family support services. 150
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237	237	of-home care. 152
238	238	3. Thirty percent shall be based on children in in-home 153
239	239	care. 154
240	240	(2) The equity allocation of core services funds shall be 155
241	241	calculated based on the following weights: 156
242	242	(a) Proportion of the child population shall be weighted 157
243	243	as 5 percent of the total. 158
244	244	(b) Proportion of child abuse hotline w orkload shall be 159
245	245	weighted as 35 percent of the total. 160
246	246	(c) Proportion of children in care shall be weighted as 60 161
247	247	percent of the total. 162
248	248	(3) Beginning in the 2015 -2016 state fiscal year, 100 163
249	249	percent of the recurring core services funding for each 164
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251	251	year recurring base of core services funds . 166
252	252	(4) Unless otherwise specified in the General 167
253	253	Appropriations Act, any new core services funds shall be 168
254	254	allocated based on the equity allocation model as follows: 169
255	255	(a) Seventy percent of new funding shall be allocated 170
256	256	among all community-based care lead agencies . 171
257	257	(b) Thirty percent of new funding shall be allocated among 172
258	258	community-based care lead agencies that are funded below their 173
259	259	equitable share. Funds allocated pursuant to this paragraph 174
260	260	shall be weighted based on each community -based care lead 175
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274	274	below the equitable share. 177
275	275	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 178