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A bill to be entitled 1
An act implementing the 2024 -2025 General 2
Appropriations Act; providing legislative intent; 3
incorporating by reference certain calculations of the 4
Florida Education Finance Program; requiring a 5
specified school district to use a taxable value 6
provided by the Department of Revenue; requiring such 7
value be used for certain remaining calculations for a 8
specified fiscal year; providing an expiration date; 9
authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration, 10
in consultation with the Department of Health, to 11
submit a budget amendment to realign funding for 12
specified purposes; specifying requirements for such 13
realignment; authorizing the Agency for Health Care 14
Administration to request nonoperating budget 15
authority for transferring certain federal funds to 16
the Department of Health; authorizing the Agency for 17
Health Care Administration to submit a budget 18
amendment to realign Medicaid funding for specified 19
purposes, subject to certain limitations; authorizing 20
the Agency for Health Care Administration to submit a 21
budget amendment to realign funding for a specified 22
purpose within a specified fiscal year; specifying 23
requirements for such realignment; authorizing the 24
Agency for Health Care Administration and the 25
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Department of Health to each submit a budget amendment 26
to realign funding within the Florida Kidcare program 27
appropriation categories or increase budget authority 28
for certain purposes; specifying the time period 29
within which each budget amendment must be submitted; 30
amending s. 381.986, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year 31
the exemption of certain rules pertaining to the 32
medical use of marijuana from certain rulemaking 33
requirements; amending s. 14(1), ch. 2017 -232, Laws of 34
Florida; exempting certain rules pertaining to medical 35
marijuana adopted to replace emergency rul es from 36
specified rulemaking requirements; providing for the 37
future expiration and reversion of specified law; 38
authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration 39
to submit budget amendments seeking additional 40
spending authority to implement specified pr ograms and 41
payments; requiring institutions participating in a 42
specified workforce expansion and education program to 43
provide quarterly reports to the agency; authorizing 44
the Agency for Health Care Administration to submit 45
budget amendments for a specified purpose; requiring 46
such amendment include executed Letters of Agreement 47
from a specified fiscal year providing certain 48
information; authorizing the Agency for Health Care 49
Administration to submit a budget amendment seeking 50
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additional spending authority to implement the Low 51
Income Pool component of the Florida Managed Medical 52
Assistance Demonstration; requiring a signed 53
attestation and acknowledgment for entities relating 54
to the Low Income Pool; authorizing the Agency for 55
Health Care Administration to submi t a budget 56
amendment to implement certain payments and specified 57
programs; requiring such amendment include executed 58
Letters of Agreement from a specified fiscal year 59
providing certain information; authorizing the Agency 60
for Health Care Administration to s ubmit a budget 61
amendment requesting additional spending authority to 62
implement a specified program; authorizing the Agency 63
for Health Care Administration to submit a budget 64
amendment for implement a specified program; requiring 65
such amendment include speci fied information; 66
authorizing the Department of Children and Families to 67
submit a budget amendment to realign funding within 68
the specified areas of the department based on 69
implementation of the Guardianship Assistance Program; 70
authorizing the Department of Children and Families, 71
Department of Health, and Agency for Health Care 72
Administration to submit budget amendments to increase 73
budget authority to support certain refugee programs; 74
requiring the Department of Children and Families to 75
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submit quarterly repo rts to the Executive Office of 76
the Governor and the Legislature; authorizing the 77
Department of Children and Families to submit budget 78
amendments to increase budget authority to support 79
specified federal grant programs; authorizing the 80
Department of Health to submit a budget amendment to 81
increase budget authority for the Supplemental 82
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children 83
(WIC) and the Child Care Food Program if a certain 84
condition is met; authorizing the Department of Health 85
to submit a budget a mendment to increase budget 86
authority for the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment 87
Program if a certain condition is met; authorizing the 88
Department of Health to submit a budget amendment to 89
increase budget authority for the department if 90
additional federal r evenues specific to COVID -19 91
relief funds become available; requiring the Agency 92
for Health Care Administration to replace the Florida 93
Medicaid Management Information System (FMMIS) and 94
fiscal agent operations with a specified new system; 95
specifying items that may not be included in the new 96
system; providing directives to the Agency for Health 97
Care Administration related to the new system, the 98
Florida Health Care Connection (FX) system; requiring 99
the Agency for Health Care Administration to meet 100
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certain requirements in replacing FMMIS and the 101
current Medicaid fiscal agent; requiring the Agency 102
for Health Care Administration to implement a project 103
governance structure that includes an executive 104
steering committee; providing procedures for use by 105
the executive steering committee; providing 106
responsibilities of the executive steering committee; 107
requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration, 108
in consultation with the Department of Health, the 109
Agency for Persons with Disabilities, the Department 110
of Children and Families, and the Department of 111
Corrections, to competitively procure a contract with 112
a vendor to negotiate prices for certain prescribed 113
drugs and biological products; providing requirements 114
for such contract; authorizing the Agency for Persons 115
with Disabilities to submit budget amendments to 116
transfer funding from the Salaries and Benefits 117
appropriation categories for a specified purpose; 118
authorizing the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, 119
in consultation with the Agency for Health Care 120
Administration, to submit a budget amendment for a 121
specified purpose; amending s. 216.262, F.S.; 122
extending for 1 fiscal year the authority of the 123
Department of Corrections to submit a budget amendment 124
for additional positions and appropriations under 125
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certain circumstance s; requiring review and approval 126
by the Legislative Budget Commission; amending s. 127
215.18, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the 128
authority and related repayment requirements for 129
temporary trust fund loans to the state court system 130
which are sufficient to m eet the system's 131
appropriation; requiring the Department of Juvenile 132
Justice to review county juvenile detention payments 133
to determine whether a county has met specified 134
financial responsibilities; requiring amounts owed by 135
the county for such financial re sponsibilities to be 136
deducted from certain county funds; requiring the 137
Department of Revenue to transfer withheld funds to a 138
specified trust fund; requiring the Department of 139
Revenue to ensure that such reductions in amounts 140
distributed do not reduce distr ibutions below amounts 141
necessary for certain payments due on bonds and to 142
comply with bond covenants; requiring the Department 143
of Revenue to notify the Department of Juvenile 144
Justice if bond payment requirements mandate a 145
reduction in deductions for amount s owed by a county; 146
reenacting s. 27.40(1), (2)(a), (3)(a), (5), (6), and 147
(7), F.S., relating to court -appointed counsel; 148
extending for 1 fiscal year provisions governing the 149
appointment of court -appointed counsel; providing for 150
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the future expiration and r eversion of specified 151
statutory text; reenacting and amending s. 27.5304, 152
F.S.; revising compensation limits for representation 153
pursuant to a court appointment for specified 154
proceedings; extending for 1 fiscal year limitations 155
on compensation for represent ation in criminal 156
proceedings; providing for the future expiration and 157
reversion of specified statutory text; requiring the 158
Department of Management Services to use tenant broker 159
services to renegotiate or reprocure certain private 160
lease agreements for off ice or storage space; 161
requiring the Department of Management Services to 162
provide a report to the Governor and the Legislature 163
by a specified date; prohibiting an agency from 164
transferring funds from a data processing category to 165
another category that is not a data processing 166
category; authorizing the Executive Office of the 167
Governor to transfer funds between departments for 168
purposes of aligning amounts paid for risk management 169
insurance and for human resources services purchased 170
per statewide contract; autho rizing the Department of 171
Management Services to use certain facility 172
disposition funds from the Architects Incidental Trust 173
Fund to pay for certain relocation expenses; 174
authorizing the Department of Management Services to 175
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submit budget amendments for certa in purposes related 176
to the relocation; authorizing the Department of 177
Management Services to acquire additional state -owned 178
office buildings or property for inclusion in the 179
Florida Facilities Pool; requiring the Department of 180
Financial Services to replace specified components of 181
the Florida Accounting Information Resource Subsystem 182
(FLAIR) and the Cash Management Subsystem (CMS); 183
specifying certain actions to be taken by the 184
Department of Financial Services regarding FLAIR and 185
CMS replacement; providing for the composition of an 186
executive steering committee to oversee FLAIR and CMS 187
replacement; prescribing duties and responsibilities 188
of the executive steering committee; reenacting s. 189
282.709(3), F.S., relating to the state agency law 190
enforcement radio system and interoperability network; 191
providing for future expiration and reversion of 192
specified statutory text; authorizing state agencies 193
and other eligible users of the Statewide Law 194
Enforcement Radio System to use the Department of 195
Management Services contrac t to purchase equipment and 196
services; requiring a specified transaction fee 197
percentage for use of the online procurement system; 198
amending s. 24.105, F.S.; specifying how Department of 199
the Lottery rules are to be adopted, except certain 200
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rules for 1 fiscal y ear regarding the commission for 201
lottery ticket sales; limiting additional retailer 202
compensation in a specified manner; providing for the 203
future expiration and reversion of specified statutory 204
text; amending s. 627.351, F.S.; extending for 1 year 205
the specified authority of Citizens Property Insurance 206
Corporation; amending s. 110.116, F.S.; directing the 207
Department of Management Services to renew a specified 208
contract with a current vendor for a specified period 209
of time with certain conditions; requiting the 210
Department of Management Services submit a specified 211
planning and cost estimate to specified parties by a 212
certain date; authorizing the Executive Office of the 213
Governor to transfer certain funds between departments 214
to align costs; prohibiting certain contr act 215
management services from exceeding a certain amount; 216
creating s. 284.51, F.S.; creating a specified pilot 217
program for a certain purpose; providing definitions; 218
directing the Division of Risk Management at the 219
Department of Financial Services to select a provider 220
for such program; providing program eligibility; 221
providing requirements for choosing a provider; 222
requiring rulemaking; amending s. 215.18, F.S.; 223
extending for 1 fiscal year the authority of the 224
Governor, if there is a specified temporary deficie ncy 225
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in a land acquisition trust fund in the Department of 226
Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department of 227
Environmental Protection, the Department of State, or 228
the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, to 229
transfer funds from other trust funds in the State 230
Treasury as a temporary loan to such trust fund; 231
providing a deadline for the repayment of a temporary 232
loan; requiring the Department of Environmental 233
Protection to transfer designated proportions of the 234
revenues deposited in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund 235
within the department to land acquisition trust funds 236
in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer 237
Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and 238
Wildlife Conservation Commission according to 239
specified parameters and calculations; definin g the 240
term "department"; requiring the Department of 241
Environmental Protection to make transfers to land 242
acquisition trust funds monthly; specifying the method 243
of determining transfer amounts; authorizing the 244
Department of Environmental Protection to advanc e 245
funds from its land acquisition trust fund to the Fish 246
and Wildlife Conservation Commission's land 247
acquisition trust fund for specified purposes; 248
reenacting s. 376.3071(15)(g), F.S., relating to the 249
Inland Protection Trust Fund; exempting specified 250
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costs incurred by certain petroleum storage system 251
owners or operators during a specified period from the 252
prohibition against making payments in excess of 253
amounts approved by the Department of Environmental 254
Protection; providing for the future expiration and 255
reversion of specified statutory text; amending s. 256
259.105, F.S.; providing that proceeds from a 257
specified trust fund shall be distributed as provided 258
in the General Appropriations Act; amending s. 10, ch. 259
2022-272, Laws of Florida; extending the Hurricane 260
Restoration Reimbursement Grant Program for 1 fiscal 261
year; revising reimbursement and cost sharing for 262
specified projects; authorizing specified entities to 263
apply for certain funds that meet specified 264
requirements; providing purpose of such funding; 265
requiring funding to be distributed in a specified 266
manner; providing applicability; revising the 267
expiration date for certain emergency rules; 268
authorizing the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 269
Commission to use specified funds to provide grants 270
for a specified purpos e; amending s. 321.04, F.S.; 271
extending for 1 fiscal year the requirement that the 272
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles assign 273
one or more patrol officers to the office of 274
Lieutenant Governor for security purposes, upon 275
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request of the Governor; e xtending for 1 fiscal year 276
the requirement that the Department of Highway Safety 277
and Motor Vehicles assign a patrol officer to a 278
Cabinet member under certain circumstances; amending 279
s. 288.80125, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year a 280
requirement that funds i n the Triumph Gulf Coast Trust 281
Fund be related to Hurricane Michael recovery; 282
reenacting s. 288.8013, F.S., relating to the Triumph 283
Gulf Coast, Inc. Trust Fund; providing for the future 284
expiration and reversion of specified statutory text; 285
amending s. 339.08, F.S.; extending 1 fiscal year the 286
appropriations of certain funds to the State 287
Transportation Trust Fund from the General Revenue 288
Fund as provided in the General Appropriations Act; 289
amending s. 339.135, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year 290
the authority for the chair and vice chair of the 291
Legislative Budget Commission to approve certain work 292
program amendments under specified circumstances; 293
amending s. 250.245, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year 294
the Florida National Guard Joint Enlistment 295
Enhancement Program within the Department of Military 296
Affairs; amending s. 288.0655, F.S.; extending for 1 297
fiscal year a requirement that certain appropriated 298
funds relating to the Rural Infrastructure Fund be 299
distributed in a specified manner; authorizing the 300
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Division of Emergency Management to submit budget 301
amendments to increase budget authority for certain 302
project expenditures; amending s. 112.061, F.S.; 303
extending for 1 fiscal year the authorization for the 304
Lieutenant Governor to designate an alternative 305
official headquarters under certain conditions; 306
specifying restrictions, limitations, eligibility for 307
the subsistence allowance, reimbursement of 308
transportation expenses, and payment thereof; 309
requiring the Department of Management Services to 310
maintain and offer the same health insurance options 311
for participants of the State Group Health Insurance 312
Program for the 2024 -2025 fiscal year as applied in 313
the preceding fiscal year; requiring the Department of 314
Management Services to assess an administrative health 315
insurance assessment on each state agency; providing 316
the rate of such assessment; defining the term "state 317
agency"; providing how a state agency shall remit 318
certain funds; requiring the Department of Management 319
Services to take certain actions in case of 320
delinquencies; requiring the Chief Financial Officer 321
to transfer funds under specified circumstances; 322
providing an exception; requiring state agencies to 323
provide a list of positions that qualify for such 324
exception by a specified date and to update the list 325
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monthly thereafter; requiring state agencies to 326
include the administrative health insurance assessment 327
in their indirect cost plan; requiring agencies to 328
notify the Department of Management Services regarding 329
the approval of their updated indirect cost plans; 330
authorizing the Executive Office of the Governor to 331
transfer budget authority between agencies in 332
specified circumstances; providing that the annual 333
salaries of the members of the Legislature be 334
maintained at a specified level; providing an 335
exception; reenacting s. 21 5.32(2)(b), F.S., relating 336
to the authorization for transferring unappropriated 337
cash balances from selected trust funds to the Budget 338
Stabilization Fund and General Revenue Fund; providing 339
for future expiration and reversion of specific 340
statutory text; specifying the type of travel which 341
may be used with state employee travel funds; 342
providing exceptions; providing a monetary cap on 343
lodging costs for state employee travel to certain 344
meetings organized or sponsored by a state agency or 345
the judicial branch; au thorizing employees to expend 346
their own funds for lodging expenses that exceed the 347
monetary caps; amending s. 216.181, F.S.; extending 348
for 1 fiscal year the authority of the Legislative 349
Budget Commission to approve budget amendments for 350
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certain fixed capital outlay projects; amending s. 351
216.292, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the 352
requirements for certain transfers; a authorizing 353
state agencies to purchase vehicles from nonstate term 354
contract vendors without prior approval from the 355
Department of Managemen t Services under certain 356
circumstances; authorizing the Department of 357
Management Services, the Executive Office of the 358
Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Chief 359
Financial Officer, the Legislature, and the Attorney 360
General to enter into specified leases as a lessee 361
without having to advertise or receive competitive 362
solicitations; amending s. 110.12315, F.S.; revising 363
the plan year during which the Department of 364
Management Services must implement formulary 365
management; revising an exception for drug s excluded 366
from such formulary; revising the date after which 367
drugs may not be covered by the prescription drug 368
program until a certain event occurs; providing for 369
future expiration and reversion of specific statutory 370
text; authorizing the Executive Office of the 371
Governor's Office of Policy and Budget to submit a 372
budget amendment to the Legislative Budget Commission 373
to realign certain funding for specified categories by 374
a specified date; providing requirements for such 375
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realignment; authorizing the annual sa lary rate for 376
certain entities be controlled at the budget entity 377
level; providing conditions under which the veto of 378
certain appropriations or proviso language in the 379
General Appropriations Act voids language that 380
implements such appropriation; providing for the 381
continued operation of certain provisions 382
notwithstanding a future repeal or expiration provided 383
by the act; providing severability; providing for 384
contingent retroactivity; providing effective dates. 385
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the Sta te of Florida: 387
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Section 1. It is the intent of the Legislature that the 389
implementing and administering provisions of this act apply to 390
the General Appropriations Act for the 2024 -2025 fiscal year. 391
Section 2. In order to implement Specific Appropria tions 392
5, 6, 84, and 85 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 393
the calculations of the Florida Education Finance Program for 394
the 2024-2025 fiscal year included in the document titled 395
"Public School Funding: The Florida Education Finance Program 396
(FEFP) Fiscal Year 2024-2025," dated January 26, 2024, and filed 397
with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, are incorporated 398
by reference for the purpose of displaying the calculations used 399
by the Legislature, consistent with the requirements of state 400
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law, in making appropriations for the Florida Education Finance 401
Program. This section expires July 1, 2025. 402
Section 3. Effective upon this act becoming a law, and in 403
order to implement Specific Appropriations 5, 6, 80, and 81 of 404
the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding 405
ss. 1011.60(6) and 1011.62(4)(a) and (4)(e), Florida Statutes, 406
the 2023 taxable value for the Wakulla County School District as 407
provided by the Department of Revenue must be utilized for the 408
remaining calculations of the F iscal Year 2023-2024 Florida 409
Education Finance Program and for use in the Prior Period 410
Funding Adjustment Millage calculation. This section expires 411
July 1, 2025. 412
Section 4. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 413
202 through 229 and 546 of the 20 24-2025 General Appropriations 414
Act, and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida 415
Statutes, the Agency for Health Care Administration, in 416
consultation with the Department of Health, may submit a budget 417
amendment, subject to the notice, review, and o bjection 418
procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to realign funding 419
within and between agencies based on implementation of the 420
managed medical assistance component of the Statewide Medicaid 421
Managed Care program for the Children's Medical Services progr am 422
of the Department of Health. The funding realignment shall 423
reflect the actual enrollment changes due to the transfer of 424
beneficiaries from fee -for-service to the capitated Children's 425
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Medical Services network. The Agency for Health Care 426
Administration may submit a request for nonoperating budget 427
authority to transfer the federal funds to the Department of 428
Health pursuant to s. 216.181(12), Florida Statutes. This 429
section expires July 1, 2025. 430
Section 5. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 431
202 through 229 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, and 432
notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 433
Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 434
amendment, subject to the notice, review, and objection 435
procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to realign funding 436
within the Medicaid program appropriation categories to address 437
projected surpluses and deficits within the program and to 438
maximize the use of state trust funds. A single budget amendment 439
shall be submitted in the last quarter of the 2024 -2025 fiscal 440
year only. This section expires July 1, 2025. 441
Section 6. Effective upon this act becoming a law, and in 442
order to implement section 71 of the 2024 -2025 General 443
Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding section 8 of chapter 444
2023-240, Laws of Florida, the Agency for Health Care 445
Administration is authorized to submit a budget amendment, 446
subject to the notice, review and objection procedures of s. 447
216.177, Florida Statutes, to realign funding within the 448
Medicaid program appropriation categories to address projected 449
surpluses and deficits within the program for the 2023 -2024 450
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fiscal year. The Agency for Health Care Administration may not 451
realign funds to provide Medicaid reimbursements at rates above 452
the amounts adopted at the January 8, 2024, Social Services 453
Estimating Conference. This section expires July 1, 2024. 454
Section 7. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 455
181 through 186 and 546 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations 456
Act, and notwithstanding ss. 216.18 1 and 216.292, Florida 457
Statutes, the Agency for Health Care Administration and the 458
Department of Health may each submit a budget amendment, subject 459
to the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, 460
Florida Statutes, to realign funding within t he Florida Kidcare 461
program appropriation categories, or to increase budget 462
authority in the Children's Medical Services network category, 463
to address projected surpluses and deficits within the program 464
or to maximize the use of state trust funds. A single b udget 465
amendment must be submitted by each agency in the last quarter 466
of the 2024-2025 fiscal year only. This section expires July 1, 467
2025. 468
Section 8. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 469
484 through 492 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 470
subsection (17) of section 381.986, Florida Statutes, is amended 471
to read: 472
381.986 Medical use of marijuana. — 473
(17) Rules adopted pursuant to this section before July 1, 474
2025 2024, are not subject to ss. 120.54(3)(b) and 120.541. This 475
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subsection expires July 1, 2025 2024. 476
Section 9. Effective July 1, 2024, upon the expiration and 477
reversion of the amendments made to subsection (1) of section 14 478
of chapter 2017-232, Laws of Florida, pursuant to section 18 of 479
chapter 2022-157, Laws of Florida, and i n order to implement 480
Specific Appropriations 484 through 492 of the 2024 -2025 General 481
Appropriations Act, subsection (1) of section 14 of chapter 482
2017-232, Laws of Florida, is amended to read: 483
Section 14. Department of Health; authority to adopt 484
rules; cause of action.— 485
(1) EMERGENCY RULEMAKING. — 486
(a) The Department of Health and the applicable boards 487
shall adopt emergency rules pursuant to s. 120.54(4), Florida 488
Statutes, and this section necessary to implement s. 381.986 ss. 489
381.986 and 381.988, Florida Statutes. If an emergency rule 490
adopted under this section is held to be unconstitutional or an 491
invalid exercise of delegated legislative authority, and becomes 492
void, the department or the applicable boards may adopt an 493
emergency rule pursuant to th is section to replace the rule that 494
has become void. If the emergency rule adopted to replace the 495
void emergency rule is also held to be unconstitutional or an 496
invalid exercise of delegated legislative authority and becomes 497
void, the department and the app licable boards must follow the 498
nonemergency rulemaking procedures of the Administrative 499
Procedures Act to replace the rule that has become void. 500
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(b) For emergency rules adopted under this section, the 501
department and the applicable boards need not make th e findings 502
required by s. 120.54(4)(a), Florida Statutes. Emergency rules 503
adopted under this section are exempt from ss. 120.54(3)(b) and 504
120.541, Florida Statutes. The department and the applicable 505
boards shall meet the procedural requirements in s. 120.54(4)(a) 506
s. 120.54(a), Florida Statutes, if the department or the 507
applicable boards have, before July 1, 2019 the effective date 508
of this act, held any public workshops or hearings on the 509
subject matter of the emergency rules adopted under this 510
subsection. Challenges to emergency rules adopted under this 511
subsection are subject to the time schedules provided in s. 512
120.56(5), Florida Statutes. 513
(c) Emergency rules adopted under this section are exempt 514
from s. 120.54(4)(c), Florida Statutes, and shall remain in 515
effect until replaced by rules adopted under the nonemergency 516
rulemaking procedures of the Administrative Procedures Act. 517
Rules adopted under the nonemergency rulemaking procedures of 518
the Administrative Procedures Act to replace emergency rules 519
adopted under this section are exempt from ss. 120.54(3)(b) and 520
120.541, Florida Statutes. By July 1, 2025 January 1, 2018, the 521
department and the applicable boards shall initiate nonemergency 522
rulemaking pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act to 523
replace all emergency rules adopted under this section by 524
publishing a notice of rule development in the Florida 525
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Administrative Register. Except as provided in paragraph (a), 526
after July 1, 2025 January 1, 2018, the department and 527
applicable boards may not adopt rules p ursuant to the emergency 528
rulemaking procedures provided in this section. 529
Section 10. The amendments to subsection (1) of section 14 530
of chapter 2017-232, Laws of Florida, made by this act expire 531
July 1, 2025, and the text of that subsection shall revert to 532
that in existence on June 30, 2019, except that any amendments 533
to such text enacted other than by this act shall be preserved 534
and continue to operate to the extent that such amendments are 535
not dependent upon the portions of text which expire pursuant t o 536
this section. 537
Section 11. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 538
207, 208, 211, and 215 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations 539
Act, the Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a 540
budget amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statu tes, 541
requesting additional spending authority to implement the 542
federally approved Directed Payment Program for hospitals 543
statewide providing inpatient and outpatient services to 544
Medicaid managed care enrollees, the Indirect Medical Education 545
(IME) Program, and a nursing workforce expansion and education 546
program for certain institutions participating in a graduate 547
medical education or nursing education program. For institutions 548
participating in the nursing workforce expansion and education 549
program, the budget amendment must identify the educational 550
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institutions partnering with the teaching hospital. Institutions 551
participating in the nursing workforce expansion and education 552
program shall provide quarterly reports to the agency detailing 553
the number of nurses p articipating in the program. This section 554
expires July 1, 2025. 555
Section 12. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 556
208, 211, and 215 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 557
the Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 558
amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, requesting 559
additional spending authority to implement the federally 560
approved Directed Payment Program and fee -for-service 561
supplemental payments for cancer hospitals that meet the 562
criteria in 42 U.S.C. s. 1395 ww(d)(1)(B)(v). The budget 563
amendment must include the executed Letters of Agreement for 564
Fiscal Year 2024-2025 that support the Grants and Donations 565
Trust Fund appropriation that provides a minimum fee schedule 566
calculated as a supplemental per member per mo nth payment 567
through prepaid health plans for services provided by qualifying 568
Florida cancer hospitals that meet the criteria in 42 U.S.C. s. 569
1395ww(d)(1)(B)(v). This section expires July 1, 2025. 570
Section 13. In order to implement Specific Appropriation s 571
202 through 229 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, the 572
Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 573
amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, requesting 574
additional spending authority to implement the Low Income Pool 575
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component of the Florida Managed Medical Assistance 576
Demonstration up to the total computable funds authorized by the 577
federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The budget 578
amendment must include the final terms and conditions of the Low 579
Income Pool, a proposed distribution model by entity, and a 580
listing of entities contributing intergovernmental transfers to 581
support the state match required. In addition, for each entity 582
included in the distribution model, a signed attestation must be 583
provided that includes the charity care cost upon which the Low 584
Income Pool payment is based and an acknowledgment that should 585
the distribution result in an overpayment based on the Low 586
Income Pool cost limit audit, the entity is responsible for 587
returning that overpayment to the agency for return to the 588
federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This section 589
expires July 1, 2025. 590
Section 14. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 591
214 and 215 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, the 592
Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 593
amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, requesting 594
additional spending authority to implement fee -for-service 595
supplemental payments and a directed payment program for 596
physicians and subordinate license d health care practitioners 597
employed by or under contract with a Florida medical or dental 598
school, or a public hospital. The budget amendment must include 599
the executed Letters of Agreement for Fiscal Year 2024 -2025 that 600
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support the Grants and Donations Tru st Fund appropriation that 601
provides a differential fee schedule paid as supplemental 602
payments or a minimum fee schedule calculated as supplemental 603
per member per month payment through prepaid health plans for 604
services provided by doctors of medicine, osteo pathy, and 605
dentistry as well as other licensed health care practitioners 606
acting under the supervision of those doctors pursuant to 607
existing statutes and written protocols employed by or under 608
contract with a medical or dental school or a public hospital in 609
Florida. This section expires July 1, 2025. 610
Section 15. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 611
212, 215, and 227 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 612
the Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 613
amendment pursuant to ch apter 216, Florida Statutes, requesting 614
additional spending authority to implement a certified 615
expenditure program for emergency medical transportation 616
services. This section expires July 1, 2025. 617
Section 16. In order to implement Specific Appropriatio n 618
209 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, the Agency for 619
Health Care Administration may submit a budget amendment 620
pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, requesting additional 621
spending authority to implement the Disproportionate Share 622
Hospital Program. The budget amendment must include a proposed 623
distribution model by entity and a listing of entities 624
contributing intergovernmental transfers and certified public 625
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expenditures to support the state match required. This section 626
expires July 1, 2025. 627
Section 17. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 628
330, 332, 362, and 363 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations 629
Act, and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida 630
Statutes, the Department of Children and Families may submit a 631
budget amendment, subject to the notice, review, and objection 632
procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to realign funding 633
within the department based on the implementation of the 634
Guardianship Assistance Program, between the specific 635
appropriations for guardia nship assistance payments, foster care 636
Level 1 room and board payments, relative caregiver payments, 637
and nonrelative caregiver payments. This section expires July 1, 638
2025. 639
Section 18. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 640
202 through 204, 208, 211, 212, 214 through 216, 356, 366, 474, 641
493 through 495, 501, and 506 of the 2024 -2025 General 642
Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, 643
Florida Statutes, the Department of Children and Families, 644
Department of Health, and Agency fo r Health Care Administration 645
may submit budget amendments, subject to the notice, review, and 646
objection procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to 647
increase budget authority to support refugee programs 648
administered by the federal Office of Refugee Reset tlement due 649
to the ongoing instability of federal immigration policy and the 650
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resulting inability of the state to reasonably predict, with 651
certainty, the budgetary needs of this state with respect to the 652
number of refugees relocated to the state as part of those 653
federal programs. The Department of Children and Families shall 654
submit quarterly reports to the Executive Office of the 655
Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the 656
House of Representatives on the number of refugees entering the 657
state, the nations of origin of such refugees, and current 658
expenditure projections. This section expires July 1, 2025. 659
Section 19. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 660
347 through 384 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, and 661
notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 662
Department of Children and Families may submit budget 663
amendments, subject to the notice, review, and objection 664
procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to increase budget 665
authority to support the followin g federal grant programs: the 666
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Grant Program, the Pandemic 667
Electronic Benefit Transfer, the American Rescue Plan Grant, the 668
State Opioid Response Grant, the Substance Abuse Prevention and 669
Treatment Block Grant, and the Ment al Health Block Grant. This 670
section expires July 1, 2025. 671
Section 20. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 672
458 and 460 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, and 673
notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 674
Department of Health may submit a budget amendment, subject to 675
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the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, 676
Florida Statutes, to increase budget authority for the 677
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children 678
(WIC) and the Child Care F ood Program if additional federal 679
revenues will be expended in the 2024 -2025 fiscal year. This 680
section expires July 1, 2025. 681
Section 21. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 682
470 and 522 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, and 683
notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 684
Department of Health may submit a budget amendment, subject to 685
the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, 686
Florida Statutes, to increase budget authority for the HIV/AIDS 687
Prevention and Treatment Program if additional federal revenues 688
specific to HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment become available 689
in the 2024-2025 fiscal year. This section expires July 1, 2025. 690
Section 22. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 691
427 through 578 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 692
notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 693
Department of Health may submit a budget amendment, subject to 694
the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, 695
Florida Statutes, to increase budget authority for the 696
department if additional federal revenues specific to COVID -19 697
relief funds become available in the 2024 -2025 fiscal year. This 698
section expires July 1, 2025. 699
Section 23. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 700
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196 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act: 701
(1) The Agency for Health Care Administration shall 702
replace the current Florida Medicaid Management Information 703
System (FMMIS) and fiscal agent operations with a system that is 704
modular, interoperable, and sca lable for the Florida Medicaid 705
program that complies with all applicable federal and state laws 706
and requirements. The agency may not include in the project to 707
replace the current FMMIS and fiscal agent contract any of the 708
following: 709
(a) Functionality tha t duplicates any of the information 710
systems of the other health and human services state agencies; 711
(b) Procurement for agency requirements external to 712
Medicaid programs with the intent to leverage the Medicaid 713
technology infrastructure for other purposes without legislative 714
appropriation or legislative authorization to procure these 715
requirements. The new system, the Florida Health Care Connection 716
(FX) system, must provide better integration with subsystems 717
supporting Florida's Medicaid program; uniformity , consistency, 718
and improved access to data; and compatibility with the Centers 719
for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Medicaid Information 720
Technology Architecture (MITA) as the system matures and expands 721
its functionality; or 722
(c) Any contract executed after July 1, 2022, not 723
including staff augmentation services purchased off the 724
Department of Management Services Information Technology staff 725
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augmentation state term contract that are not deliverables based 726
fixed price contracts. 727
(2) For purposes of replacin g FMMIS and the current 728
Medicaid fiscal agent, the Agency for Health Care Administration 729
shall: 730
(a) Prioritize procurements for the replacement of the 731
current functions of FMMIS and the responsibilities of the 732
current Medicaid fiscal agent, to minimize t he need to extend 733
all or portions of the current fiscal agent contract. 734
(b) Comply with and not exceed the Centers for Medicare 735
and Medicaid Services funding authorizations for the FX system. 736
(c) Ensure compliance and uniformity with the published 737
MITA framework and guidelines. 738
(d) Ensure that all business requirements and technical 739
specifications have been provided to all affected state agencies 740
for their review and input and approved by the executive 741
steering committee established in paragraph (g). 742
(e) Consult with the Executive Office of the Governor's 743
working group for interagency information technology integration 744
for the development of competitive solicitations that provide 745
for data interoperability and shared information technology 746
services across the state's health and human services agencies. 747
(f) Implement a data governance structure for the project 748
to coordinate data sharing and interoperability across state 749
health care entities. 750
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(g) Implement a project governance structure that includes 751
an executive steering committee composed of: 752
1. The Secretary of Health Care Administration, or the 753
executive sponsor of the project. 754
2. A representative of the Division of Health Care Finance 755
and Data of the Agency for Health Care Administration, app ointed 756
by the Secretary of Health Care Administration. 757
3. Two representatives from the Division of Medicaid 758
Policy, Quality, and Operations of the Agency for Health Care 759
Administration, appointed by the Secretary of Health Care 760
Administration. 761
4. A representative of the Division of Health Care Policy 762
and Oversight of the Agency for Health Care Administration, 763
appointed by the Secretary of Health Care Administration. 764
5. A representative of the Florida Center for Health 765
Information and Transparency of t he Agency for Health Care 766
Administration, appointed by the Secretary of Health Care 767
Administration. 768
6. The Chief Information Officer of the Agency for Health 769
Care Administration, or his or her designee. 770
7. The state chief information officer, or his or her 771
designee. 772
8. Two representatives of the Department of Children and 773
Families, appointed by the Secretary of Children and Families. 774
9. A representative of the Department of Health, appointed 775
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by the State Surgeon General. 776
10. A representative of th e Agency for Persons with 777
Disabilities, appointed by the director of the Agency for 778
Persons with Disabilities. 779
11. A representative from the Florida Healthy Kids 780
Corporation. 781
12. A representative from the Department of Elderly 782
Affairs, appointed by the Secretary of Elderly Affairs. 783
13. A representative of the Department of Financial 784
Services who has experience with the state's financial 785
processes, including development of the PALM system, appointed 786
by the Chief Financial Officer. 787
(3) The Secretary o f Health Care Administration or the 788
executive sponsor of the project shall serve as chair of the 789
executive steering committee, and the committee shall take 790
action by a vote of at least 10 affirmative votes with the chair 791
voting on the prevailing side. A qu orum of the executive 792
steering committee consists of at least 11 members. 793
(4) The executive steering committee has the overall 794
responsibility for ensuring that the project to replace FMMIS 795
and the Medicaid fiscal agent meets its primary business 796
objectives and shall: 797
(a) Identify and recommend to the Executive Office of the 798
Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the 799
House of Representatives any statutory changes needed to 800
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implement the modular replacement to standardize, to the fulles t 801
extent possible, the state's health care data and business 802
processes. 803
(b) Review and approve any changes to the project's scope, 804
schedule, and budget which do not conflict with the requirements 805
of subsections (1) and (2). 806
(c) Ensure that adequate res ources are provided throughout 807
all phases of the project. 808
(d) Approve all major project deliverables. 809
(e) Review and verify that all procurement and contractual 810
documents associated with the replacement of the current FMMIS 811
and Medicaid fiscal agent al ign with the scope, schedule, and 812
anticipated budget for the project. 813
(5) This section expires July 1, 2025. 814
Section 24. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 815
215, 216, 270, 282, 342, 497, and 522 of the 2024 -2025 General 816
Appropriations Act, the Agency for Health Care Administration, 817
in consultation with the Department of Health, the Agency for 818
Persons with Disabilities, the Department of Children and 819
Families, and the Department of Corrections, shall competitively 820
procure a contract with a ve ndor to negotiate, for these 821
agencies, prices for prescribed drugs and biological products 822
excluded from the programs established under s. 381.02035, 823
Florida Statutes, and ineligible under 21 U.S.C. s. 384, 824
including, but not limited to, insulin and epinep hrine. The 825
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contract may allow the vendor to directly purchase these 826
products for participating agencies when feasible and 827
advantageous. The contracted vendor will be compensated on a 828
contingency basis, paid from a portion of the savings achieved 829
by its price negotiation or purchase of the prescription drugs 830
and products. This section expires July 1, 2025. 831
Section 25. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 832
262, 268, 269, 280, and 281 of the 2024 -2025 General 833
Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, 834
Florida Statutes, the Agency for Persons with Disabilities may 835
submit budget amendments, subject to the notice, review, and 836
objection procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to 837
transfer funding from the Salaries and Benefits a ppropriation 838
categories to categories used for contractual services in order 839
to support additional staff augmentation resources needed at the 840
Developmental Disability Centers. This section expires July 1, 841
2025. 842
Section 26. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 843
223 and 247 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, and 844
notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 845
Agency for Persons with Disabilities, in consultation with the 846
Agency for Health Care Administration, may submit a budget 847
amendment, subject to the notice, review, and objection 848
procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to realign funding 849
between agencies based on the implementation of the Medicaid 850
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Home and Community-Based Services Progra m of the Agency for 851
Persons with Disabilities. This section expires July 1, 2025. 852
Section 27. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 853
608 through 719 and 733 through 768 of the 2024 -2025 General 854
Appropriations Act, subsection (4) of section 216.2 62, Florida 855
Statutes, is amended to read: 856
216.262 Authorized positions. — 857
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter 858
relating to increasing the number of authorized positions, and 859
for the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal year only, if the actual 860
inmate population of the Department of Corrections exceeds the 861
inmate population projections of the December 15, February 13, 862
2023, Criminal Justice Estimating Conference by 1 percent for 2 863
consecutive months or 2 percent for any month, the Executive 864
Office of the Governor, with the approval of the Legislative 865
Budget Commission, shall immediately notify the Criminal Justice 866
Estimating Conference, which shall convene as soon as possible 867
to revise the estimates. The Department of Corrections may then 868
submit a budget amendment requesting the establishment of 869
positions in excess of the number authorized by the Legislature 870
and additional appropriations from unallocated general revenue 871
sufficient to provide for essential staff, fixed capital 872
improvements, and other res ources to provide classification, 873
security, food services, health services, and other variable 874
expenses within the institutions to accommodate the estimated 875
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increase in the inmate population. All actions taken pursuant to 876
this subsection are subject to rev iew and approval by the 877
Legislative Budget Commission. This subsection expires July 1, 878
2025 2024. 879
Section 28. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 880
3267 through 3334 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 881
subsection (2) of section 215.18, Florida Statutes, is amended 882
to read: 883
215.18 Transfers between funds; limitation. — 884
(2) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may receive one 885
or more trust fund loans to ensure that the state court system 886
has funds sufficient to meet its appropriations in the 2024-2025 887
2023-2024 General Appropriations Act. If the Chief Justice 888
accesses the loan, he or she must notify the Governor and the 889
chairs of the legislative appropriations committees in writing. 890
The loan must come from other funds in the State Treasury which 891
are for the time being or otherwise in excess of the amounts 892
necessary to meet the just requirements of such last -mentioned 893
funds. The Governor shall order the transfer of funds within 5 894
days after the written notification from the Chief Justice. If 895
the Governor does not order the transfer, the Chief Financial 896
Officer shall transfer the requested funds. The loan of funds 897
from which any money is temporarily transferred must be repaid 898
by the end of the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal year. This 899
subsection expires July 1, 2025 2024. 900
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Section 29. In order to implement Specific Appropria tions 901
1150 through 1161 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act: 902
(1) The Department of Juvenile Justice is required to 903
review county juvenile detention payments to ensure that 904
counties fulfill their financial responsibilities required in s. 905
985.6865, Florida Statutes. If the Department of Juvenile 906
Justice determines that a county has not met its obligations, 907
the department shall direct the Department of Revenue to deduct 908
the amount owed to the Department of Juvenile Justice from the 909
funds provided to the county under s. 218.23, Florida Statutes. 910
The Department of Revenue shall transfer the funds withheld to 911
the Shared County/State Juvenile Detention Trust Fund. 912
(2) As an assurance to holders of bonds issued by counties 913
before July 1, 2024, for which distributions made pursuant to s. 914
218.23, Florida Statutes, are pledged, or bonds issued to refund 915
such bonds which mature no later than the bonds they refunded 916
and which result in a reduction of debt service payable in each 917
fiscal year, the amount availab le for distribution to a county 918
shall remain as provided by law and continue to be subject to 919
any lien or claim on behalf of the bondholders. The Department 920
of Revenue must ensure, based on information provided by an 921
affected county, that any reduction in amounts distributed 922
pursuant to subsection (1) does not reduce the amount of 923
distribution to a county below the amount necessary for the 924
timely payment of principal and interest when due on the bonds 925
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and the amount necessary to comply with any covenant und er the 926
bond resolution or other documents relating to the issuance of 927
the bonds. If a reduction to a county's monthly distribution 928
must be decreased in order to comply with this section, the 929
Department of Revenue must notify the Department of Juvenile 930
Justice of the amount of the decrease, and the Department of 931
Juvenile Justice must send a bill for payment of such amount to 932
the affected county. 933
(3) This section expires July 1, 2025. 934
Section 30. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 935
779 through 801, 950 through 1093, and 1114 through 1149 of the 936
2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding the 937
expiration date in section 36 of chapter 2022 -157, Laws of 938
Florida, subsection (1), paragraph (a) of subsection (2), 939
paragraph (a) of subsect ion (3), and subsections (5), (6), and 940
(7) of section 27.40, Florida Statutes, are reenacted to read: 941
27.40 Court-appointed counsel; circuit registries; minimum 942
requirements; appointment by court. — 943
(1) Counsel shall be appointed to represent any indivi dual 944
in a criminal or civil proceeding entitled to court -appointed 945
counsel under the Federal or State Constitution or as authorized 946
by general law. The court shall appoint a public defender to 947
represent indigent persons as authorized in s. 27.51. The offic e 948
of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel shall be 949
appointed to represent persons in those cases in which provision 950
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is made for court-appointed counsel, but only after the public 951
defender has certified to the court in writing that the public 952
defender is unable to provide representation due to a conflict 953
of interest or is not authorized to provide representation. The 954
public defender shall report, in the aggregate, the specific 955
basis of all conflicts of interest certified to the court. On a 956
quarterly basis, the public defender shall submit this 957
information to the Justice Administrative Commission. 958
(2)(a) Private counsel shall be appointed to represent 959
persons in those cases in which provision is made for court -960
appointed counsel but only after the off ice of criminal conflict 961
and civil regional counsel has been appointed and has certified 962
to the court in writing that the criminal conflict and civil 963
regional counsel is unable to provide representation due to a 964
conflict of interest. The criminal conflict and civil regional 965
counsel shall report, in the aggregate, the specific basis of 966
all conflicts of interest certified to the court. On a quarterly 967
basis, the criminal conflict and civil regional counsel shall 968
submit this information to the Justice Administr ative 969
Commission. 970
(3) In using a registry: 971
(a) The chief judge of the circuit shall compile a list of 972
attorneys in private practice, by county and by category of 973
cases, and provide the list to the clerk of court in each 974
county. The chief judge of the c ircuit may restrict the number 975
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of attorneys on the general registry list. To be included on a 976
registry, an attorney must certify that he or she: 977
1. Meets any minimum requirements established by the chief 978
judge and by general law for court appointment; 979
2. Is available to represent indigent defendants in cases 980
requiring court appointment of private counsel; and 981
3. Is willing to abide by the terms of the contract for 982
services, s. 27.5304, and this section. 983
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To be included on a registry, an attorney must enter into a 985
contract for services with the Justice Administrative 986
Commission. Failure to comply with the terms of the contract for 987
services may result in termination of the contract and removal 988
from the registry. Each attorney on the registry is responsib le 989
for notifying the clerk of the court and the Justice 990
Administrative Commission of any change in his or her status. 991
Failure to comply with this requirement is cause for termination 992
of the contract for services and removal from the registry until 993
the requirement is fulfilled. 994
(5) The Justice Administrative Commission shall approve 995
uniform contract forms for use in procuring the services of 996
private court-appointed counsel and uniform procedures and forms 997
for use by a court-appointed attorney in support of billing for 998
attorney's fees, costs, and related expenses to demonstrate the 999
attorney's completion of specified duties. Such uniform 1000
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contracts and forms for use in billing must be consistent with 1001
s. 27.5304, s. 216.311, and the General Appropriations Act a nd 1002
must contain the following statement: "The State of Florida's 1003
performance and obligation to pay under this contract is 1004
contingent upon an annual appropriation by the Legislature." 1005
(6) After court appointment, the attorney must immediately 1006
file a notice of appearance with the court indicating acceptance 1007
of the appointment to represent the defendant and of the terms 1008
of the uniform contract as specified in subsection (5). 1009
(7)(a) A private attorney appointed by the court from the 1010
registry to represent a client is entitled to payment as 1011
provided in s. 27.5304 so long as the requirements of subsection 1012
(1) and paragraph (2)(a) are met. An attorney appointed by the 1013
court who is not on the registry list may be compensated under 1014
s. 27.5304 only if the court fin ds in the order of appointment 1015
that there were no registry attorneys available for 1016
representation for that case and only if the requirements of 1017
subsection (1) and paragraph (2)(a) are met. 1018
(b)1. The flat fee established in s. 27.5304 and the 1019
General Appropriations Act shall be presumed by the court to be 1020
sufficient compensation. The attorney shall maintain appropriate 1021
documentation, including contemporaneous and detailed hourly 1022
accounting of time spent representing the client. If the 1023
attorney fails to mai ntain such contemporaneous and detailed 1024
hourly records, the attorney waives the right to seek 1025
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compensation in excess of the flat fee established in s. 27.5304 1026
and the General Appropriations Act. These records and documents 1027
are subject to review by the Just ice Administrative Commission 1028
and audit by the Auditor General, subject to the attorney -client 1029
privilege and work-product privilege. The attorney shall 1030
maintain the records and documents in a manner that enables the 1031
attorney to redact any information subje ct to a privilege in 1032
order to facilitate the commission's review of the records and 1033
documents and not to impede such review. The attorney may redact 1034
information from the records and documents only to the extent 1035
necessary to comply with the privilege. The J ustice 1036
Administrative Commission shall review such records and shall 1037
contemporaneously document such review before authorizing 1038
payment to an attorney. Objections by or on behalf of the 1039
Justice Administrative Commission to records or documents or to 1040
claims for payment by the attorney shall be presumed correct by 1041
the court unless the court determines, in writing, that 1042
competent and substantial evidence exists to justify overcoming 1043
the presumption. 1044
2. If an attorney fails, refuses, or declines to permit 1045
the commission or the Auditor General to review documentation 1046
for a case as provided in this paragraph, the attorney waives 1047
the right to seek, and the commission may not pay, compensation 1048
in excess of the flat fee established in s. 27.5304 and the 1049
General Appropriations Act for that case. 1050
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3. A finding by the commission that an attorney has waived 1051
the right to seek compensation in excess of the flat fee 1052
established in s. 27.5304 and the General Appropriations Act, as 1053
provided in this paragraph, shall be presum ed to be correct, 1054
unless the court determines, in writing, that competent and 1055
substantial evidence exists to justify overcoming the 1056
presumption. 1057
Section 31. The text of s. 27.40(1), (2)(a), (3)(a), (5), 1058
(6), and (7), Florida Statutes, as carried forwar d from chapter 1059
2019-116, Laws of Florida, by this act, expires July 1, 2025, 1060
and the text of those subsections and paragraphs, as applicable, 1061
shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2019, except that 1062
any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall 1063
be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such 1064
amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which 1065
expire pursuant to this section. 1066
Section 32. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1067
779 through 801, 950 thr ough 1093, and 1114 through 1149 of the 1068
2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding the 1069
expiration date in section 38 of chapter 2022 -157, Laws of 1070
Florida, subsections (6) and (13) of section 27.5304, Florida 1071
Statutes, are amended, and subsec tions (1), (3), (7), and (11), 1072
and paragraphs (a) through (e) of subsection (12) of that 1073
section are reenacted, to read: 1074
27.5304 Private court -appointed counsel; compensation; 1075
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notice.— 1076
(1) Private court-appointed counsel appointed in the 1077
manner prescribed in s. 27.40(1) and (2)(a) shall be compensated 1078
by the Justice Administrative Commission only as provided in 1079
this section and the General Appropriations Act. The flat fees 1080
prescribed in this section are limitations on compensation. The 1081
specific flat fee amounts for compensation shall be established 1082
annually in the General Appropriations Act. The attorney also 1083
shall be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses in 1084
accordance with s. 29.007. If the attorney is representing a 1085
defendant charged with mo re than one offense in the same case, 1086
the attorney shall be compensated at the rate provided for the 1087
most serious offense for which he or she represented the 1088
defendant. This section does not allow stacking of the fee 1089
limits established by this section. 1090
(3) The court retains primary authority and responsibility 1091
for determining the reasonableness of all billings for attorney 1092
fees, costs, and related expenses, subject to statutory 1093
limitations and the requirements of s. 27.40(7). Private court -1094
appointed counsel is entitled to compensation upon final 1095
disposition of a case. 1096
(6) For compensation for representation pursuant to a 1097
court appointment in a proceeding under chapter 39: 1098
(a) At the trial level, compensation for representation 1099
for dependency proceedings shall not exceed $1,450 $1,000 for 1100
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the first year following the date of appointment and shall not 1101
exceed $700 $200 each year thereafter. Compensation shall be 1102
paid based upon representation of a parent irrespective of the 1103
number of case numbers that may be assigned or the number of 1104
children involved, including any children born during the 1105
pendency of the proceeding. Any appeal, except for an appeal 1106
from an adjudication of de pendency, shall be completed by the 1107
trial attorney and is considered compensated by the flat fee for 1108
dependency proceedings. 1109
1. Counsel may bill the flat fee not exceeding $1,450 1110
$1,000 following disposition or upon dismissal of the petition. 1111
2. Counsel may bill the annual flat fee not exceeding $700 1112
$200 following the first judicial review in the second year 1113
following the date of appointment and each year thereafter as 1114
long as the case remains under protective supervision. 1115
3. If the court grants a mo tion to reactivate protective 1116
supervision, the attorney shall receive the annual flat fee not 1117
exceeding $700 $200 following the first judicial review and up 1118
to an additional $700 $200 each year thereafter. 1119
4. If, during the course of dependency proceedin gs, a 1120
proceeding to terminate parental rights is initiated, 1121
compensation shall be as set forth in paragraph (b). If counsel 1122
handling the dependency proceeding is not authorized to handle 1123
proceedings to terminate parental rights, the counsel must 1124
withdraw and new counsel must be appointed. 1125
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(b) At the trial level, compensation for representation in 1126
termination of parental rights proceedings shall not exceed 1127
$1,800 $1,000 for the first year following the date of 1128
appointment and shall not exceed $700 $200 each year thereafter. 1129
Compensation shall be paid based upon representation of a parent 1130
irrespective of the number of case numbers that may be assigned 1131
or the number of children involved, including any children born 1132
during the pendency of the proceeding. Any a ppeal, except for an 1133
appeal from an order granting or denying termination of parental 1134
rights, shall be completed by trial counsel and is considered 1135
compensated by the flat fee for termination of parental rights 1136
proceedings. If the individual has dependency proceedings 1137
ongoing as to other children, those proceedings are considered 1138
part of the termination of parental rights proceedings as long 1139
as that termination of parental rights proceeding is ongoing. 1140
1. Counsel may bill the flat fee not exceeding $1,800 1141
$1,000 30 days after rendition of the final order. Each request 1142
for payment submitted to the Justice Administrative Commission 1143
must include the trial counsel's certification that: 1144
a. Counsel discussed grounds for appeal with the parent or 1145
that counsel attempted and was unable to contact the parent; and 1146
b. No appeal will be filed or that a notice of appeal and 1147
a motion for appointment of appellate counsel, containing the 1148
signature of the parent, have been filed. 1149
2. Counsel may bill the annual flat fee not exceeding $700 1150
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$200 following the first judicial review in the second year 1151
after the date of appointment and each year thereafter as long 1152
as the termination of parental rights proceedings are still 1153
ongoing. 1154
(c) For appeals from an adjudication of de pendency, 1155
compensation may not exceed $1,800 $1,000. 1156
1. Counsel may bill a flat fee not exceeding $1,200 $750 1157
upon filing the initial brief or the granting of a motion to 1158
withdraw. 1159
2. If a brief is filed, counsel may bill an additional 1160
flat fee not exceeding $600 $250 upon rendition of the mandate. 1161
(d) For an appeal from an adjudication of termination of 1162
parental rights, compensation may not exceed $3,500 $2,000. 1163
1. Counsel may bill a flat fee not exceeding $1,750 $1,000 1164
upon filing the initial brief or the granting of a motion to 1165
withdraw. 1166
2. If a brief is filed, counsel may bill an additional 1167
flat fee not exceeding $1,750 $1,000 upon rendition of the 1168
mandate. 1169
(7) Counsel eligible to receive compensation from the 1170
state for representation pursuant to court appointment made in 1171
accordance with the requirements of s. 27.40(1) and (2)(a) in a 1172
proceeding under chapter 384, chapter 390, chapter 392, chapter 1173
393, chapter 394, chapter 397, chapter 415, chapter 743, chapter 1174
744, or chapter 984 shall receive compensation not to exceed the 1175
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limits prescribed in the General Appropriations Act. Any such 1176
compensation must be determined as provided in s. 27.40(7). 1177
(11) It is the intent of th e Legislature that the flat 1178
fees prescribed under this section and the General 1179
Appropriations Act comprise the full and complete compensation 1180
for private court-appointed counsel. It is further the intent of 1181
the Legislature that the fees in this section are prescribed for 1182
the purpose of providing counsel with notice of the limit on the 1183
amount of compensation for representation in particular 1184
proceedings and the sole procedure and requirements for 1185
obtaining payment for the same. 1186
(a) If court-appointed counsel moves to withdraw prior to 1187
the full performance of his or her duties through the completion 1188
of the case, the court shall presume that the attorney is not 1189
entitled to the payment of the full flat fee established under 1190
this section and the General Appropri ations Act. 1191
(b) If court-appointed counsel is allowed to withdraw from 1192
representation prior to the full performance of his or her 1193
duties through the completion of the case and the court appoints 1194
a subsequent attorney, the total compensation for the initi al 1195
and any and all subsequent attorneys may not exceed the flat fee 1196
established under this section and the General Appropriations 1197
Act, except as provided in subsection (12). 1198
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attorney that he or she will not be compensated the full flat 1201
fee. 1202
(12) The Legislature recognizes that on rare occasions an 1203
attorney may receive a case that requires extraordinary and 1204
unusual effort. 1205
(a) If counsel seeks compensation that exceeds the limits 1206
prescribed by law, he or she must file a motion with the chief 1207
judge for an order approving payment of attorney fees in excess 1208
of these limits. 1209
1. Before filing the motion, the counsel shall deliver a 1210
copy of the intended billing, together with supporting 1211
affidavits and all other necessary documentation, to the Justice 1212
Administrative Commission. 1213
2. The Justice Administrative Commission shall review the 1214
billings, affidavit, and documentation for completeness and 1215
compliance with contractual and statutory requireme nts and shall 1216
contemporaneously document such review before authorizing 1217
payment to an attorney. If the Justice Administrative Commission 1218
objects to any portion of the proposed billing, the objection 1219
and supporting reasons must be communicated in writing to the 1220
private court-appointed counsel. The counsel may thereafter file 1221
his or her motion, which must specify whether the commission 1222
objects to any portion of the billing or the sufficiency of 1223
documentation, and shall attach the commission's letter stating 1224
its objection. 1225
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(b) Following receipt of the motion to exceed the fee 1226
limits, the chief judge or a single designee shall hold an 1227
evidentiary hearing. The chief judge may select only one judge 1228
per circuit to hear and determine motions pursuant to this 1229
subsection, except multicounty circuits and the eleventh circuit 1230
may have up to two designees. 1231
1. At the hearing, the attorney seeking compensation must 1232
prove by competent and substantial evidence that the case 1233
required extraordinary and unusual efforts. The chief judge or 1234
single designee shall consider criteria such as the number of 1235
witnesses, the complexity of the factual and legal issues, and 1236
the length of trial. The fact that a trial was conducted in a 1237
case does not, by itself, constitute competent substan tial 1238
evidence of an extraordinary and unusual effort. In a criminal 1239
case, relief under this section may not be granted if the number 1240
of work hours does not exceed 75 or the number of the state's 1241
witnesses deposed does not exceed 20. 1242
2. Objections by or o n behalf of the Justice 1243
Administrative Commission to records or documents or to claims 1244
for payment by the attorney shall be presumed correct by the 1245
court unless the court determines, in writing, that competent 1246
and substantial evidence exists to justify ove rcoming the 1247
presumption. The chief judge or single designee shall enter a 1248
written order detailing his or her findings and identifying the 1249
extraordinary nature of the time and efforts of the attorney in 1250
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the case which warrant exceeding the flat fee establis hed by 1251
this section and the General Appropriations Act. 1252
(c) A copy of the motion and attachments shall be served 1253
on the Justice Administrative Commission at least 20 business 1254
days before the date of a hearing. The Justice Administrative 1255
Commission has standing to appear before the court, and may 1256
appear in person or telephonically, including at the hearing 1257
under paragraph (b), to contest any motion for an order 1258
approving payment of attorney fees, costs, or related expenses 1259
and may participate in a hearin g on the motion by use of 1260
telephonic or other communication equipment. The Justice 1261
Administrative Commission may contract with other public or 1262
private entities or individuals to appear before the court for 1263
the purpose of contesting any motion for an order approving 1264
payment of attorney fees, costs, or related expenses. The fact 1265
that the Justice Administrative Commission has not objected to 1266
any portion of the billing or to the sufficiency of the 1267
documentation is not binding on the court. 1268
(d) If the chief ju dge or a single designee finds that 1269
counsel has proved by competent and substantial evidence that 1270
the case required extraordinary and unusual efforts, the chief 1271
judge or single designee shall order the compensation to be paid 1272
to the attorney at a percentag e above the flat fee rate, 1273
depending on the extent of the unusual and extraordinary effort 1274
required. The percentage must be only the rate necessary to 1275
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ensure that the fees paid are not confiscatory under common law. 1276
The percentage may not exceed 200 percen t of the established 1277
flat fee, absent a specific finding that 200 percent of the flat 1278
fee in the case would be confiscatory. If the chief judge or 1279
single designee determines that 200 percent of the flat fee 1280
would be confiscatory, he or she shall order the amount of 1281
compensation using an hourly rate not to exceed $75 per hour for 1282
a noncapital case and $100 per hour for a capital case. However, 1283
the compensation calculated by using the hourly rate shall be 1284
only that amount necessary to ensure that the total fe es paid 1285
are not confiscatory, subject to the requirements of s. 1286
27.40(7). 1287
(e) Any order granting relief under this subsection must 1288
be attached to the final request for a payment submitted to the 1289
Justice Administrative Commission and must satisfy the 1290
requirements of subparagraph (b)2. 1291
(13) Notwithstanding the limitation set forth in 1292
subsection (5) and for the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal year only, 1293
the compensation for representation in a criminal proceeding may 1294
not exceed the following: 1295
(a) For misdemeanors and juveniles represented at the 1296
trial level: $1,000. 1297
(b) For noncapital, nonlife felonies represented at the 1298
trial level: $15,000. 1299
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$15,000. 1301
(d) For capital cases represented at the trial lev el: 1302
$25,000. For purposes of this paragraph, a "capital case" is any 1303
offense for which the potential sentence is death and the state 1304
has not waived seeking the death penalty. 1305
(e) For representation on appeal: $9,000. 1306
(f) This subsection expires July 1, 2025 2024. 1307
Section 33. The amendments made to s. 27.5304(6), Florida 1308
Statutes, by this act, and the text of s. 27.5304(1), (3), (7), 1309
(11), and (12)(a)-(e), Florida Statutes, as carried forward from 1310
chapter 2019-116, Laws of Florida, by this act, expir e July 1, 1311
2025, and the text of those subsections and paragraphs, as 1312
applicable, shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2019, 1313
except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by 1314
this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the 1315
extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions 1316
of text which expire pursuant to this section. 1317
Section 34. In order to implement appropriations used to 1318
pay existing lease contracts for private lease space in excess 1319
of 2,000 square feet in the 2024-2025 General Appropriations 1320
Act, the Department of Management Services, with the cooperation 1321
of the agencies having the existing lease contracts for office 1322
or storage space, shall use tenant broker services to 1323
renegotiate or reprocure all private lease agreements for office 1324
or storage space expiring between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 1325
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2027, in order to reduce costs in future years. The department 1326
shall incorporate this initiative into its 2024 master leasing 1327
report required under s. 255.249(7), Flo rida Statutes, and may 1328
use tenant broker services to explore the possibilities of 1329
collocating office or storage space, to review the space needs 1330
of each agency, and to review the length and terms of potential 1331
renewals or renegotiations. The department shal l provide a 1332
report to the Executive Office of the Governor, the President of 1333
the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by 1334
November 1, 2024, which lists each lease contract for private 1335
office or storage space, the status of renegotiations, and the 1336
savings achieved. This section expires July 1, 2025. 1337
Section 35. In order to implement appropriations 1338
authorized in the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act for data 1339
center services, and notwithstanding s. 216.292(2)(a), Florida 1340
Statutes, an agency may not transfer funds from a data 1341
processing category to a category other than another data 1342
processing category. This section expires July 1, 2025. 1343
Section 36. In order to implement the appropriation of 1344
funds in the appropriation category "Speci al Categories-Risk 1345
Management Insurance" in the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations 1346
Act, and pursuant to the notice, review, and objection 1347
procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the Executive Office 1348
of the Governor may transfer funds appropriated in that category 1349
between departments in order to align the budget authority 1350
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granted with the premiums paid by each department for risk 1351
management insurance. This section expires July 1, 2025. 1352
Section 37. In order to implement the appropriation of 1353
funds in the appropriation category "Special Categories -Transfer 1354
to Department of Management Services -Human Resources Services 1355
Purchased per Statewide Contract" in the 2024 -2025 General 1356
Appropriations Act, and pursuant to the notice, review, and 1357
objection procedures o f s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the 1358
Executive Office of the Governor may transfer funds appropriated 1359
in that category between departments in order to align the 1360
budget authority granted with the assessments that must be paid 1361
by each agency to the Department of Management Services for 1362
human resource management services. This section expires July 1, 1363
2025. 1364
Section 38. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1365
2880 in the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act in the Building 1366
Relocation appropriation catego ry from the Architects Incidental 1367
Trust Fund of the Department of Management Services, and in 1368
accordance with s. 215.196, Florida Statutes: 1369
(1) Upon the final disposition of a state -owned building, 1370
the Department of Management Services may use up to 5 pe rcent of 1371
facility disposition funds from the Architects Incidental Trust 1372
Fund to defer, offset, or otherwise pay for all or a portion of 1373
relocation expenses, including furniture, fixtures, and 1374
equipment for state agencies impacted by the disposition of the 1375
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department's managed facilities in the Florida Facilities Pool. 1376
The extent of the financial assistance provided to impacted 1377
state agencies shall be determined by the department. 1378
(2) The Department of Management Services may submit 1379
budget amendments for an increase in appropriation if necessary 1380
for the implementation of this section pursuant to the 1381
provisions of chapter 216, Florida Statutes. Budget amendments 1382
for an increase in appropriation shall include a detailed plan 1383
providing all estimated costs and relocation proposals. 1384
(3) This section expires July 1, 2025. 1385
Section 39. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1386
2875 through 2882 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act 1387
from the Architects Incidental Trust Fund of the Department of 1388
Management Services, notwithstanding s. 253.025(4), Florida 1389
Statutes, and in accordance with s. 215.196, Florida Statutes, 1390
the Department of Management Services may acquire additional 1391
state-owned office buildings as defined in s. 255.248, Florida 1392
Statutes, or property for inclusion in the Florida Facilities 1393
Pool as created in s. 255.505, Florida Statutes. This section 1394
expires July 1, 2025. 1395
Section 40. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1396
2456 through 2462 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act: 1397
(1) The Department of Financial Services shall replace the 1398
four main components of the Florida Accounting Information 1399
Resource Subsystem (FLAIR), which include central FLAIR, 1400
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departmental FLAIR, payroll, and information warehouse, and 1401
shall replace the cash management and accounting management 1402
components of the Cash Management Subsystem (CMS) with an 1403
integrated enterprise system that allows the state to organize, 1404
define, and standardize its financial management business 1405
processes and that complies with s s. 215.90-215.96, Florida 1406
Statutes. The department may not include in the replacement of 1407
FLAIR and CMS: 1408
(a) Functionality that duplicates any of the other 1409
information subsystems of the Florida Financial Management 1410
Information System; or 1411
(b) Agency business processes related to any of the 1412
functions included in the Personnel Information System, the 1413
Purchasing Subsystem, or the Legislative Appropriations 1414
System/Planning and Budgeting Subsystem. 1415
(2) For purposes of replacing FLAIR and CMS, the 1416
Department of Financial Services shall: 1417
(a) Take into consideration the cost and implementation 1418
data identified for Option 3 as recommended in the March 31, 1419
2014, Florida Department of Financial Services FLAIR Study, 1420
version 031. 1421
(b) Ensure that all business requ irements and technical 1422
specifications have been provided to all state agencies for 1423
their review and input and approved by the executive steering 1424
committee established in paragraph (c), including any updates to 1425
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these documents. 1426
(c) Implement a project gov ernance structure that includes 1427
an executive steering committee composed of: 1428
1. The Chief Financial Officer or the executive sponsor of 1429
the project. 1430
2. A representative of the Division of Treasury of the 1431
Department of Financial Services, appointed by the Chief 1432
Financial Officer. 1433
3. The Chief Information Officers of the Department of 1434
Financial Services and the Department of Environmental 1435
Protection. 1436
4. Two employees from the Division of Accounting and 1437
Auditing of the Department of Financial Services , appointed by 1438
the Chief Financial Officer. Each employee must have experience 1439
relating to at least one of the four main components that 1440
compose FLAIR. 1441
5. Two employees from the Executive Office of the 1442
Governor, appointed by the Governor. One employee mu st have 1443
experience relating to the Legislative Appropriations 1444
System/Planning and Budgeting Subsystem. 1445
6. One employee from the Department of Revenue, appointed 1446
by the executive director, who has experience using or 1447
maintaining the department's finance a nd accounting systems. 1448
7. Two employees from the Department of Management 1449
Services, appointed by the Secretary of Management Services. One 1450
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employee must have experience relating to the department's 1451
personnel information subsystem and one employee must ha ve 1452
experience relating to the department's purchasing subsystem. 1453
8. A state agency administrative services director, 1454
appointed by the Governor. 1455
9. The executive sponsor of the Florida Health Care 1456
Connection (FX) System or his or her designee, appointed by the 1457
Secretary of Health Care Administration. 1458
10. The State Chief Information Officer, or his or her 1459
designee, as a nonvoting member. The State Chief Information 1460
Officer, or his or her designee, shall provide monthly status 1461
reports to the executive st eering committee pursuant to the 1462
oversight responsibilities in s. 282.0051, Florida Statutes. 1463
11. One employee from the Department of Business and 1464
Professional Regulation who has experience in finance and 1465
accounting and FLAIR, appointed by the Secretary of Business and 1466
Professional Regulation. 1467
12. One employee from the Florida Fish and Wildlife 1468
Conservation Commission who has experience using or maintaining 1469
the commission's finance and accounting systems, appointed by 1470
the Chair of the Florida Fish and W ildlife Conservation 1471
Commission. 1472
13. The budget director of the Department of Education, or 1473
his or her designee. 1474
(3)(a) The Chief Financial Officer or the executive 1475
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sponsor of the project shall serve as chair of the executive 1476
steering committee, and th e committee shall take action by a 1477
vote of at least eight affirmative votes with the Chief 1478
Financial Officer or the executive sponsor of the project voting 1479
on the prevailing side. A quorum of the executive steering 1480
committee consists of at least 10 members . 1481
(b) No later than 14 days before a meeting of the 1482
executive steering committee, the chair shall request input from 1483
committee members on agenda items for the next scheduled 1484
meeting. 1485
(c) The chair shall establish a working group consisting 1486
of FLAIR users, state agency technical staff who maintain 1487
applications that integrate with FLAIR, and no less than four 1488
state agency finance and accounting or budget directors. The 1489
working group shall meet at least monthly to review PALM 1490
functionality, assess project impacts to state financial 1491
business processes and agency staff, and develop recommendations 1492
to the executive steering committee for improvements. The chair 1493
shall request input from the working group on agenda items for 1494
each scheduled meeting. The PALM proj ect team shall dedicate a 1495
staff member to the group and provide system demonstrations and 1496
any project documentation, as needed, for the group to fulfill 1497
its duties. 1498
(d) The chair shall request all agency project sponsors to 1499
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committee. The form and format of the bimonthly status reports 1501
shall be developed by the Florida PALM project and provided to 1502
the executive steering committee meeting for approval. Such 1503
agency status reports shall provide infor mation to the executive 1504
steering committee on the activities and ongoing work within the 1505
agency to prepare their systems and impacted employees for the 1506
deployment of the Florida PALM System. The first bimonthly 1507
status report is due September 1, 2024, and b imonthly 1508
thereafter. 1509
(4) The executive steering committee has the overall 1510
responsibility for ensuring that the project to replace FLAIR 1511
and CMS meets its primary business objectives and shall: 1512
(a) Identify and recommend to the Executive Office of the 1513
Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the 1514
House of Representatives any statutory changes needed to 1515
implement the replacement subsystem that will standardize, to 1516
the fullest extent possible, the state's financial management 1517
business processes. 1518
(b) Review and approve any changes to the project's scope, 1519
schedule, and budget which do not conflict with the requirements 1520
of subsection (1). 1521
(c) Ensure that adequate resources are provided throughout 1522
all phases of the project. 1523
(d) Approve all major project deliverables and any cost 1524
changes to each deliverable over $250,000. 1525
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(e) Approve contract amendments and changes to all 1526
contract-related documents associated with the replacement of 1527
FLAIR and CMS. 1528
(f) Review, and approve as warranted, th e format of the 1529
bimonthly agency status reports to include meaningful 1530
information on each agency's progress in planning for the 1531
Florida PALM Major Implementation, covering the agency's people, 1532
processes, technology, and data transformation activities. 1533
(g) Ensure compliance with ss. 216.181(16), 216.311, 1534
216.313, 282.318(4)(h), and 287.058, Florida Statutes. 1535
(5) This section expires July 1, 2025. 1536
Section 41. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1537
2991 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act , and 1538
notwithstanding the expiration date in section 42 of chapter 1539
2023-240, Laws of Florida, subsection (3) of section 282.709, 1540
Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 1541
282.709 State agency law enforcement radio system and 1542
interoperability network. — 1543
(3) In recognition of the critical nature of the statewide 1544
law enforcement radio communications system, the Legislature 1545
finds that there is an immediate danger to the public health, 1546
safety, and welfare, and that it is in the best interest of the 1547
state to continue partnering with the system's current operator. 1548
The Legislature finds that continuity of coverage is critical to 1549
supporting law enforcement, first responders, and other public 1550
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safety users. The potential for a loss in coverage or a lack of 1551
interoperability between users requires emergency action and is 1552
a serious concern for officers' safety and their ability to 1553
communicate and respond to various disasters and events. 1554
(a) The department, pursuant to s. 287.057(10), shall 1555
enter into a 15-year contract with the entity that was operating 1556
the statewide radio communications system on January 1, 2021. 1557
The contract must include: 1558
1. The purchase of radios; 1559
2. The upgrade to the Project 25 communications standard; 1560
3. Increased system capacity and enhanced coverage for 1561
system users; 1562
4. Operations, maintenance, and support at a fixed annual 1563
rate; 1564
5. The conveyance of communications towers to the 1565
department; and 1566
6. The assignment of communications tower leases to the 1567
department. 1568
(b) The State Agency L aw Enforcement Radio System Trust 1569
Fund is established in the department and funded from surcharges 1570
collected under ss. 318.18, 320.0802, and 328.72. Upon 1571
appropriation, moneys in the trust fund may be used by the 1572
department to acquire the equipment, softwa re, and engineering, 1573
administrative, and maintenance services it needs to construct, 1574
operate, and maintain the statewide radio system. Moneys in the 1575
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trust fund from surcharges shall be used to help fund the costs 1576
of the system. Upon completion of the syste m, moneys in the 1577
trust fund may also be used by the department for payment of the 1578
recurring maintenance costs of the system. 1579
Section 42. The text of s. 282.709(3), Florida Statutes, 1580
as carried forward from chapter 2021 -37, Laws of Florida, by 1581
this act, expires July 1, 2025, and the text of that subsection 1582
shall revert to that in existence on June 1, 2021, except that 1583
any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall 1584
be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such 1585
amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which 1586
expire pursuant to this section. 1587
Section 43. In order to implement appropriations relating 1588
to the purchase of equipment and services related to the 1589
Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) as autho rized in 1590
the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding s. 1591
287.057, Florida Statutes, state agencies and other eligible 1592
users of the SLERS network may use the Department of Management 1593
Services SLERS contract for purchase of equipment and ser vices. 1594
This section expires July 1, 2025. 1595
Section 44. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1596
2898 through 2909 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 1597
and notwithstanding rule 60A -1.031, Florida Administrative Code, 1598
the transaction fee as i dentified in s. 287.057(24)(c), Florida 1599
Statutes, shall be collected for use of the online procurement 1600
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system and is 0.7 percent for the 2024 -2025 fiscal year only. 1601
This section expires July 1, 2025. 1602
Section 45. In order to implement Specific Appropria tions 1603
2813 through 2838 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 1604
and upon the expiration and reversion of the amendments made by 1605
section 46 of chapter 2023 -240, Laws of Florida, paragraph (i) 1606
of subsection (9) of section 24.105, Florida Statutes, is 1607
amended to read: 1608
24.105 Powers and duties of department. —The department 1609
shall: 1610
(9) Adopt rules governing the establishment and operation 1611
of the state lottery, including: 1612
(i) The manner and amount of compensation of retailers , 1613
except for the 2024-2025 fiscal year only, effective July 1, 1614
2024, the commission for lottery ticket sales shall be 6 percent 1615
of the purchase price of each ticket sold or issued as a prize 1616
by a retailer. Any additional retailer compensation is limited 1617
to the Florida Lottery Retaile r Bonus Commission program 1618
appropriated in Specific Appropriation 2834 of the 2024 -2025 1619
General Appropriations Act . 1620
Section 46. The amendment to s. 24.105(9)(i), Florida 1621
Statutes, made by this act expires July 1, 2025, and the text of 1622
that paragraph shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 1623
2022, except that any amendments to such text enacted other than 1624
by this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the 1625
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extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions 1626
of text which expire pursuant to this section. 1627
Section 47. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1628
3027 through 3035 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 1629
paragraph (ll) of subsection (6) of section 627.351, Florida 1630
Statutes, is amended to read: 1631
627.351 Insurance risk apportionment plans. — 1632
(6) CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION. — 1633
(ll)1. In addition to any other method of alternative 1634
dispute resolution authorized by state law, the corporation may 1635
adopt policy forms that provide for the resolution of d isputes 1636
regarding its claim determinations, including disputes regarding 1637
coverage for, or the scope and value of, a claim, in a 1638
proceeding before the Division of Administrative Hearings. Any 1639
such policies are not subject to s. 627.70154. All proceedings 1640
in the Division of Administrative Hearings pursuant to such 1641
policies are subject to ss. 57.105 and 768.79 as if filed in the 1642
courts of this state and are not considered chapter 120 1643
administrative proceedings. Rule 1.442, Florida Rules of Civil 1644
Procedure, applies to any offer served pursuant to s. 768.79, 1645
except that, notwithstanding any provision in Rule 1.442, 1646
Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, to the contrary, an offer 1647
shall not be served earlier than 10 days after filing the 1648
request for hearing with the Div ision of Administrative Hearings 1649
and shall not be served later than 10 days before the date set 1650
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for the final hearing. The administrative law judge in such 1651
proceedings shall award attorney fees and other relief pursuant 1652
to ss. 57.105 and 768.79. The corpor ation may not seek, and the 1653
office may not approve, a maximum hourly rate for attorney fees. 1654
2. The corporation may contract with the division to 1655
conduct proceedings to resolve disputes regarding its claim 1656
determinations as may be provided for in the app licable policies 1657
of insurance. 1658
3. This paragraph expires July 1, 2025. 1659
Section 48. Effective upon this act becoming law, and in 1660
order to implement Specific Appropriations 2955 through 2964 of 1661
the Fiscal Year 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 1662
notwithstanding the proviso language for Specific Appropriation 1663
2966 in chapter 2023 -239, Laws of Florida, section 110.116, 1664
Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1665
110.116 Personnel information system; payroll procedures. —1666
(1) The Department of Management Ser vices shall establish 1667
and maintain, in coordination with the payroll system of the 1668
Department of Financial Services, a complete personnel 1669
information system for all authorized and established positions 1670
in the state service, with the exception of employees of the 1671
Legislature, unless the Legislature chooses to participate. The 1672
department may contract with a vendor to provide the personnel 1673
information system. The specifications shall be developed in 1674
conjunction with the payroll system of the Department of 1675
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Financial Services and in coordination with the Auditor General. 1676
The Department of Financial Services shall determine that the 1677
position occupied by each employee has been authorized and 1678
established in accordance with the provisions of s. 216.251. The 1679
Department of Management Services shall develop and maintain a 1680
position numbering system that will identify each established 1681
position, and such information shall be a part of the payroll 1682
system of the Department of Financial Services. With the 1683
exception of employee s of the Legislature, unless the 1684
Legislature chooses to participate, this system shall include 1685
all career service positions and those positions exempted from 1686
career service provisions, notwithstanding the funding source of 1687
the salary payments, and informat ion regarding persons receiving 1688
payments from other sources. Necessary revisions shall be made 1689
in the personnel and payroll procedures of the state to avoid 1690
duplication insofar as is feasible. A list shall be organized by 1691
budget entity to show the employee s or vacant positions within 1692
each budget entity. This list shall be available to the Speaker 1693
of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate 1694
upon request. 1695
(2) In recognition of the critical nature of the statewide 1696
personnel and payroll sy stem commonly known as People First, the 1697
Legislature finds that it is in the best interest of the state 1698
to continue partnering with the current People First third -party 1699
operator. The People First System annually processes 500,000 1700
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employment applications, 4 55,000 personnel actions, and the 1701
state's $9.5-billion payroll. The Legislature finds that the 1702
continuity of operations of the People First System and the 1703
critical functions it provides such as payroll, employee health 1704
insurance benefit records, and other critical services must not 1705
be interrupted. Presently, the Chief Financial Officer is 1706
undertaking the development of a new statewide accounting and 1707
financial management system, commonly known as the Planning, 1708
Accounting, and Ledger, Management System (PALM) , scheduled to 1709
be operational in the year 2026. The procurement and 1710
implementation of an entire replacement of the People First 1711
System will impede the timeframe needed to successfully 1712
integrate the state's payroll system with the PALM System. In 1713
order to maintain continuity of operations and to ensure the 1714
successful completion of the PALM System, the Legislature 1715
directs that: 1716
(a) The department, pursuant to s. 287.057(11), shall 1717
enter into a 5-year contract extension with the entity operating 1718
the People First System on January 1, 2024. The contract 1719
extension must: 1720
1. Provide for the integration of the current People First 1721
System with PALM. 1722
2. Exclude major functionality updates or changes to the 1723
People First System prior to completion of the PALM Sys tem. This 1724
does not include: 1725
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a. Routine system maintenance such as code updates 1726
following open enrollment; or 1727
b. The technical remediation necessary to integrate the 1728
system with PALM within the PALM project's planned 1729
implementation schedule. 1730
3. Include project planning and analysis deliverables 1731
necessary to: 1732
a. Detail and document the state's functional 1733
requirements. 1734
b. Estimate the cost of transitioning the current People 1735
First System to a cloud computing infrastructure within the 1736
contract extension and after the successful integration with 1737
PALM. The project cost evaluation shall estimate the annual cost 1738
and capacity growth required to host the system in a cloud 1739
environment. 1740
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The department shall develop these system specifications in 1742
conjunction with the Department of Financial Services and the 1743
Auditor General. 1744
4. Include technical support for state agencies that may 1745
need assistance in remediating or integrating current financial 1746
shadow systems with People First in order to integrate with PALM 1747
or the cloud version of People First. 1748
5. Include organizational change management and training 1749
deliverables needed to support the implementation of PALM 1750
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payroll functionality and the People First System cloud upgrade. 1751
Responsibilities of the op erator and the department shall be 1752
outlined in a project role and responsibility assignment chart 1753
within the contract. 1754
(b) The department shall submit, no later than June 30, 1755
2026, its project planning and detailed cost estimate to upgrade 1756
the current People First System to the chair of the Senate 1757
Committee on Appropriations, the chair of the House of 1758
Representatives Appropriations Committee, and the Executive 1759
Office of the Governor's Office of Policy and Budget, for 1760
preliminary review and consideration o f funding the department's 1761
Fiscal Year 2026-2027 legislative budget request to update the 1762
system. 1763
Section 49. In order to implement the appropriation of 1764
funds in the appropriation category "Northwest Regional Data 1765
Center" in the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 1766
pursuant to the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 1767
216.177, Florida Statutes, the Executive Office of the Governor 1768
may transfer funds appropriated in that category between 1769
departments in order to align the budget authority gr anted based 1770
on the estimated costs for data processing services for the 1771
2024-2025 fiscal year. This section expires July 1, 2025. 1772
Section 50. In order to implement appropriations 1773
authorized in the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act for state 1774
data center services, auxiliary assessments charged to state 1775
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agencies related to contract management services provided to 1776
Northwest Regional Data Center shall not exceed 3 percent. This 1777
section expires July 1, 2025. 1778
Section 51. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1779
2506A of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, section 1780
284.51, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 1781
284.51 Electroencephalogram combined transcranial magnetic 1782
stimulation treatment pilot program. — 1783
(1) As used in this section the term : 1784
(a) "Division" means the Division of Risk Management at 1785
the Department of Financial Services. 1786
(b) "Electroencephalogram combined Transcranial Magnetic 1787
Stimulation" or "eTMS" means treatment in which transcranial 1788
magnetic stimulation frequency pulses are tuned to the patient's 1789
physiology and biometric data. 1790
(c) "First Responder" has the same meaning as provided in 1791
s. 112.1815(1). 1792
(d) "Veteran" means: 1793
1. A veteran as defined in 38 U.S.C. s. 101(2); 1794
2. A person who served in a reserve component a s defined 1795
in 38 U.S.C. s. 101(27); or 1796
3. A person who served in the National Guard of any state. 1797
(2) The division shall select a provider to establish a 1798
statewide pilot program to make eTMS available for veterans, 1799
first responders, and immediate family members of veterans and 1800
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first responders with: 1801
(a) Substance use disorders. 1802
(b) Mental illness. 1803
(c) Sleep disorders. 1804
(d) Traumatic brain injuries. 1805
(e) Sexual trauma. 1806
(f) Post-traumatic stress disorder and accompanying 1807
comorbidities. 1808
(g) Concussions. 1809
(h) Other brain trauma. 1810
(i) Quality of life issues affecting human performance, 1811
including issues related to or resulting from problems with 1812
cognition and problems maintaining attention, concentration, or 1813
focus. 1814
(3) The provider must display a history of serving veteran 1815
and first responder populations at a statewide level. The 1816
provider shall establish a network for in person and offsite 1817
care with the goal of providing statewide access. Consideration 1818
shall be provided to locations with a large population of first 1819
responders and veterans. In addition to traditional eTMS 1820
devices, the provider may utilize non -medical Portable Magnetic 1821
Stimulation devices to improve access to underserved populations 1822
in remote areas or to be used to serve as a pre -post treatment 1823
or a stand-alone device. The provider shall be required to 1824
establish and operate a clinical practice and to evaluate 1825
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outcomes of such clinical practice. 1826
(4) The division shall adopt rules for the pilot program 1827
which shall include: 1828
(a) The establishment of a peer -to-peer support network 1829
by the provider made available to all individuals receiving 1830
treatment under the program. 1831
(b) The requirement that each individual who receives 1832
treatment under the program a lso must receive neurophysiological 1833
monitoring, monitoring for symptoms of substance use and other 1834
mental health disorders, and access to counseling and wellness 1835
programming. Each individual who receives treatment must also 1836
participate in the peer -to-peer support network established by 1837
the provider. 1838
(c) The establishment of protocols which include the use 1839
of adopted stimulation frequency and intensity modulation based 1840
on EEGs done on days 0, 10, and 20 and motor threshold testing, 1841
as well as clinical sym ptoms, signs, and biometrics. 1842
(d) The requirement that protocols and outcomes of any 1843
treatment provided by the clinical practice shall be collected 1844
and reported by the provider quarterly to the division, the 1845
President of the Senate, and the Speaker of th e House of 1846
Representatives. Such report shall include the bio -data metrics 1847
and all expenditures and accounting of the use of funds received 1848
from the department. 1849
(e) The requirement that protocols and outcomes of any 1850
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treatment provided by the clinical pra ctice shall be collected 1851
and reported to the University of South Florida and may be 1852
provided by the provider to any relevant Food and Drug 1853
Administration studies or trials. 1854
(5) This section expires July 1, 2025. 1855
Section 52. In order to implement spec ific appropriations 1856
from the land acquisition trust funds within the Department of 1857
Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department of 1858
Environmental Protection, the Department of State, and the Fish 1859
and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which are containe d in the 1860
2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, subsection (3) of section 1861
215.18, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1862
215.18 Transfers between funds; limitation. — 1863
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) and only with respect 1864
to a land acquisition trust fun d in the Department of 1865
Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department of 1866
Environmental Protection, the Department of State, or the Fish 1867
and Wildlife Conservation Commission, whenever there is a 1868
deficiency in a land acquisition trust fund which would ren der 1869
that trust fund temporarily insufficient to meet its just 1870
requirements, including the timely payment of appropriations 1871
from that trust fund, and other trust funds in the State 1872
Treasury have moneys that are for the time being or otherwise in 1873
excess of the amounts necessary to meet the just requirements, 1874
including appropriated obligations, of those other trust funds, 1875
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the Governor may order a temporary transfer of moneys from one 1876
or more of the other trust funds to a land acquisition trust 1877
fund in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the 1878
Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of State, 1879
or the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Any action 1880
proposed pursuant to this subsection is subject to the notice, 1881
review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, and the Governor 1882
shall provide notice of such action at least 7 days before the 1883
effective date of the transfer of trust funds, except that 1884
during July 2024 2023, notice of such action shall be provided 1885
at least 3 days before t he effective date of a transfer unless 1886
such 3-day notice is waived by the chair and vice chair of the 1887
Legislative Budget Commission. Any transfer of trust funds to a 1888
land acquisition trust fund in the Department of Agriculture and 1889
Consumer Services, the De partment of Environmental Protection, 1890
the Department of State, or the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 1891
Commission must be repaid to the trust funds from which the 1892
moneys were loaned by the end of the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal 1893
year. The Legislature has deter mined that the repayment of the 1894
other trust fund moneys temporarily loaned to a land acquisition 1895
trust fund in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer 1896
Services, the Department of Environmental Protection, the 1897
Department of State, or the Fish and Wildlif e Conservation 1898
Commission pursuant to this subsection is an allowable use of 1899
the moneys in a land acquisition trust fund because the moneys 1900
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from other trust funds temporarily loaned to a land acquisition 1901
trust fund shall be expended solely and exclusively in 1902
accordance with s. 28, Art. X of the State Constitution. This 1903
subsection expires July 1, 2025 2024. 1904
Section 53. (1) In order to implement specific 1905
appropriations from the land acquisition trust funds within the 1906
Department of Agriculture and Consume r Services, the Department 1907
of Environmental Protection, the Department of State, and the 1908
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission which are contained in 1909
the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, the Department of 1910
Environmental Protection shall transfer re venues from the Land 1911
Acquisition Trust Fund within the department to the land 1912
acquisition trust funds within the Department of Agriculture and 1913
Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and 1914
Wildlife Conservation Commission as provided in this section. As 1915
used in this section, the term "department" means the Department 1916
of Environmental Protection. 1917
(2) After subtracting any required debt service payments, 1918
the proportionate share of revenues to be transferred to each 1919
land acquisition trust fund shall be calculated by dividing the 1920
appropriations from each of the land acquisition trust funds for 1921
the fiscal year by the total appropriations from the Land 1922
Acquisition Trust Fund within the department and the land 1923
acquisition trust funds within the Dep artment of Agriculture and 1924
Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and 1925
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Wildlife Conservation Commission for the fiscal year. The 1926
department shall transfer the proportionate share of the 1927
revenues in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund within th e 1928
department on a monthly basis to the appropriate land 1929
acquisition trust funds within the Department of Agriculture and 1930
Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and 1931
Wildlife Conservation Commission and shall retain its 1932
proportionate share of the revenues in the Land Acquisition 1933
Trust Fund within the department. Total distributions to a land 1934
acquisition trust fund within the Department of Agriculture and 1935
Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and 1936
Wildlife Conservation Commi ssion may not exceed the total 1937
appropriations from such trust fund for the fiscal year. 1938
(3) In addition, the department shall transfer from the 1939
Land Acquisition Trust Fund to land acquisition trust funds 1940
within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the 1941
Department of State, and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 1942
Commission amounts equal to the difference between the amounts 1943
appropriated in chapter 2023 -240, Laws of Florida, to the 1944
department's Land Acquisition Trust Fund and the other land 1945
acquisition trust funds, and the amounts actually transferred 1946
between those trust funds during the 2023 -2024 fiscal year. 1947
(4) The department may advance funds from the beginning 1948
unobligated fund balance in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund to 1949
the Land Acquisition Trust Fund within the Fish and Wildlife 1950
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Conservation Commission needed for cash flow purposes based on a 1951
detailed expenditure plan. The department shall prorate amounts 1952
transferred quarterly to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 1953
Commission to recoup the amount of funds advanced by June 30, 1954
2025. 1955
(5) This section expires July 1, 2025. 1956
Section 54. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1957
1804 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 1958
notwithstanding the expiration date in section 57 of chapter 1959
2023-240, Laws of Florida, paragraph (g) of subsection (15) of 1960
section 376.3071, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 1961
376.3071 Inland Protection Trust Fund; creation; purposes; 1962
funding.— 1963
(15) ETHANOL OR BIODIESEL DAMAGE; PREVENTIVE MEASURES .—The 1964
department shall pay, pursuant to this subsection, up to $10 1965
million each fiscal year from the fund for the costs of labor 1966
and equipment to repair or replace petroleum storage systems 1967
that may have been damaged due to the storage of fuels blended 1968
with ethanol or biodiesel, or for preventive measures to reduce 1969
the potential for such damage. 1970
(g) Payments may not be made for the following: 1971
1. Proposal costs or costs related to preparation of the 1972
application and required documentation; 1973
2. Certified public accountant costs; 1974
3. Except as provided in paragraph (j), any costs in 1975
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excess of the amount approved by the department under paragraph 1976
(b) or which are not in substantial compliance with the purchase 1977
order; 1978
4. Costs associated with storage tanks , piping, or 1979
ancillary equipment that has previously been repaired or 1980
replaced for which costs have been paid under this section; 1981
5. Facilities that are not in compliance with department 1982
storage tank rules, until the noncompliance issues have been 1983
resolved; or 1984
6. Costs associated with damage to petroleum storage 1985
systems caused in whole or in part by causes other than the 1986
storage of fuels blended with ethanol or biodiesel. 1987
Section 55. The text of s. 376.3071(15)(g), Florida 1988
Statutes, as carried forwa rd from chapter 2020 -114, Laws of 1989
Florida, by this act, expires July 1, 2025, and the text of that 1990
paragraph shall revert to that in existence on July 1, 2020, but 1991
not including, any amendments made by this act or chapter 2020 -1992
114, Laws of Florida, and any amendments to such text enacted 1993
other than by this act shall be preserved and continue to 1994
operate to the extent that such amendments are not dependent 1995
upon the portion of text which expires pursuant to this section. 1996
Section 56. In order to implement s pecific appropriations 1997
from the Florida Forever Trust Fund within the Department of 1998
Environmental Protection, which are contained in the 2024 -2025 1999
General Appropriations Act, paragraph (m) of subsection (3) of 2000
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section 259.105, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2001
259.105 The Florida Forever Act. — 2002
(3) Less the costs of issuing and the costs of funding 2003
reserve accounts and other costs associated with bonds, the 2004
proceeds of cash payments or bonds issued pursuant to this 2005
section shall be deposited into the Florida Forever Trust Fund 2006
created by s. 259.1051. The proceeds shall be distributed by the 2007
Department of Environmental Protection in the following manner: 2008
(m) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) -(j) and for the 2024-2009
2025 2023-2024 fiscal year, the proceeds shall be distributed as 2010
provided in the General Appropriations Act. This paragraph 2011
expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2012
Section 57. In order to implement section 118 of the 2024 -2013
2025 General Appropriations Act, section 10 of chapter 20 22-272, 2014
Laws of Florida, as amended by section 61 of chapter 2023 -240, 2015
Laws of Florida is amended to read: 2016
Hurricane Restoration Reimbursement Grant Program. — 2017
(1) There is hereby created within the Department of 2018
Environmental Protection the Hurricane Re storation Reimbursement 2019
Grant Program for the purpose of providing financial assistance 2020
to mitigate coastal beach erosion for coastal homeowners whose 2021
property was significantly impacted by Hurricane Ian or 2022
Hurricane Nicole in 2022. The department is autho rized to 2023
provide financial assistance grants to eligible recipients 2024
located in Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Duval, Flagler, 2025
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Indian River, Lee, Manatee, Martin, Nassau, Palm Beach, Saint 2026
Johns, Saint Lucie, Sarasota, and Volusia Counties. 2027
(2) The department may provide grants to property owners 2028
to mitigate for coastal beach erosion caused by Hurricane Ian or 2029
Hurricane Nicole during 2022. Grant funding may only be used to 2030
reimburse a property owner for construction costs: 2031
(a) Related to sand plac ement and temporary or permanent 2032
coastal armoring construction projects to mitigate coastal beach 2033
erosion and may not be used for the repair of residential 2034
structures. 2035
(b) Incurred as a result of preparation for or damage 2036
sustained from Hurricane Ian or Hurricane Nicole in 2022. 2037
(c) Incurred after September 23, 2022. 2038
(d) Related to a project that has been permitted, is 2039
exempt from permitting requirements, or is otherwise authorized 2040
by law. 2041
(3) Financial assistance grants may only be provided to 2042
mitigate damage to property located in Brevard, Broward, 2043
Charlotte, Collier, Duval, Flagler, Indian River, Lee, Manatee, 2044
Martin, Nassau, Palm Beach, Saint Johns, Saint Lucie, Sarasota, 2045
and Volusia Counties that is a: 2046
(a) Residential property that meets the f ollowing 2047
requirements: 2048
1. The parcel must be a single -family, site-built, 2049
residential property or a multi -family, site-built, residential 2050
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property not to exceed four units; and 2051
2. The homeowner must have been granted a homestead 2052
exemption on the home u nder chapter 196, Florida Statutes; 2053
(b) Residential condominium, as defined in chapter 718, 2054
Florida Statutes; or 2055
(c) Cooperative, as defined in chapter 719, Florida 2056
Statutes. 2057
(4)(a) The department shall reimburse 100 percent of the 2058
cost of eligible sand placement projects. For armoring projects 2059
on residential properties eligible under paragraph (3)(a), the 2060
department shall cost-share with $1 provided by the property 2061
owner for every $1 provided by the state with a maximum of 2062
$300,000 in state funding t oward the actual cost of an eligible 2063
project. For armoring projects on properties eligible under 2064
paragraphs (3)(b) and (c), the department shall cost -share with 2065
$1 provided by the property owner for every $1 provided by the 2066
state with a maximum of $600,000 in state funding toward the 2067
actual cost of an eligible project. The department shall 2068
prioritize applicants who are low -income or moderate-income 2069
persons, as defined in s. 420.0004, Florida Statutes. Grants 2070
will be awarded to property owners for eligible p rojects 2071
following the receipt of a completed application on a first -2072
come, first-served basis until funding is exhausted. 2073
1. Applications may be submitted beginning February 1, 2074
2023. 2075
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2. Applicants must include evidence that the project meets 2076
the criteria in subsections (2) and (3). 2077
(b) If the department determines that an application meets 2078
the requirements of this section, the department shall enter 2079
into a cost-share grant agreement with the applicant consistent 2080
with this section. 2081
(c) The department shall disburse grant funds on a 2082
reimbursement basis. In order to receive reimbursement, property 2083
owners must submit, at a minimum: 2084
1. If applicable, the permit issued under chapter 161, 2085
Florida Statutes, or applicable statute, and evidence that the 2086
project complies with all permitting requirements. 2087
2. All invoices and payment receipts for eligible 2088
projects. 2089
3. If applicable, documentation that the eligible project 2090
was completed by a licensed professional or contractor. 2091
(5) Beginning July 1, 2024, lo cal governments and 2092
municipalities may apply for program funds to implement large 2093
scale sand placement projects located in a county listed in 2094
subsection (1). Impacted counties and municipalities may request 2095
funding for such projects that protect upland str uctures and 2096
provide benefits to property owners at large. Funding will be 2097
distributed on a first -come, first-served basis. Up to 100 2098
percent of costs are eligible. Projects must be able to be 2099
completed by July 1, 2025. No more than 50 percent of remaining 2100
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funds will be used for this purpose. 2101
(6)(5) No later than January 31, 2023, the department 2102
shall adopt emergency rules prescribing the procedures, 2103
administration, and criteria for approving the applications for 2104
the Hurricane Restoration Reimbursement Gra nt Program. The 2105
department is authorized, and all conditions are deemed met, to 2106
adopt emergency rules under ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54(4), 2107
Florida Statutes, to implement this section. The Legislature 2108
finds that such emergency rulemaking authority is necessa ry to 2109
address critical shoreline erosion which may result in the loss 2110
of property by homeowners in those areas of the state that 2111
sustained damage due to Hurricane Ian or Hurricane Nicole during 2112
2022. Such rules shall remain effective until the funding in t he 2113
grant program is exhausted or this section expires for 6 months 2114
after the date of adoption . 2115
(7)(6) This section expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2116
Section 58. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2117
1919 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act an d 2118
notwithstanding s. 823.11(4)(c), Florida Statutes, the Fish and 2119
Wildlife Conservation Commission may use funds appropriated for 2120
the derelict vessel removal program for grants to local 2121
governments or to remove, store, destroy, and dispose of, or to 2122
pay private contractors to remove, store, destroy, and dispose 2123
of, derelict vessels or vessels declared a public nuisance 2124
pursuant to s. 327.73(1)(aa), Florida Statutes. This section 2125
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expires July 1, 2025. 2126
Section 59. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2127
2736 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (b) 2128
of subsection (3) and subsection (5) of section 321.04, Florida 2129
Statutes, are amended to read: 2130
321.04 Personnel of the highway patrol; rank 2131
classifications; probationary status of new patrol officers; 2132
subsistence; special assignments. — 2133
(3) 2134
(b) For the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal year only, upon the 2135
request of the Governor, the Department of Highway Safety and 2136
Motor Vehicles shall assign one or more patrol officers to the 2137
office of the Lieutenant Governor for security services. This 2138
paragraph expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2139
(5) For the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal year only, the 2140
assignment of a patrol officer by the department shall include a 2141
Cabinet member specified in s. 4, Art. IV of the State 2142
Constitution if deemed appropriate by the department or in 2143
response to a threat and upon written request of such Cabinet 2144
member. This subsection expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2145
Section 60. In order to implement section 148 of the 2024 -2146
2025 General Appropriations Act, subsection (3) of section 2147
288.80125, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2148
288.80125 Triumph Gulf Coast Trust Fund. — 2149
(3) For the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal year, funds shall 2150
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be used for the Rebuild Florida Revolving Loan Fund p rogram to 2151
provide assistance to businesses impacted by Hurricane Michael 2152
as provided in the General Appropriations Act. This subsection 2153
expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2154
Section 61. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 2155
2284 through 2291 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 2156
subsection (3) of section 288.8013, Florida Statutes, is 2157
reenacted to read: 2158
288.8013 Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc.; creation; funding; 2159
investment.— 2160
(3) Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc., shall establish a trust 2161
account at a federally insured financial institution to hold 2162
funds received from the Triumph Gulf Coast Trust Fund and make 2163
deposits and payments. Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc., may invest 2164
surplus funds in the Local Government Surplus Funds Trust Fund, 2165
pursuant to s. 218.407. Earning s generated by investments and 2166
interest of the fund may be retained and used to make awards 2167
pursuant to this act or, notwithstanding paragraph (2)(d), for 2168
administrative costs, including costs in excess of the cap. 2169
Administrative costs may include payment of travel and per diem 2170
expenses of board members, audits, salary or other costs for 2171
employed or contracted staff, including required staff under s. 2172
288.8014(9), and other allowable costs. The annual salary for 2173
any employee or contracted staff may not excee d $130,000, and 2174
associated benefits may not exceed 35 percent of salary. 2175
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Section 62. The text of s. 288.8013(3), Florida Statutes, 2176
as carried forward from chapter 2023 -240, Laws of Florida, by 2177
this act expires July 1, 2025, and the text of that subsect ion 2178
shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2023, except that 2179
any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall 2180
be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such 2181
amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which 2182
expire pursuant to this section. 2183
Section 63. In order to implement section 175 of the 2024 -2184
2025 General Appropriations Act, subsection (4) of section 2185
339.08, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2186
339.08 Use of moneys in State Transportation Trust Fund .— 2187
(4) Notwithstanding any other law, and for the 2024-2025 2188
2023-2024 fiscal year only, funds are appropriated to the State 2189
Transportation Trust Fund from the General Revenue Fund as 2190
provided in the General Appropriations Act. The department is 2191
not required to deplete the resources transferred from the 2192
General Revenue Fund for the fiscal year as required in s. 2193
339.135(3)(b), and the funds may not be used in calculating the 2194
required quarterly cash balance of the trust fund as required in 2195
s. 339.135(6)(b). This subsection expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2196
Section 64. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 2197
2024 through 2037, 2037F, 2037G, 2049 through 2055, 2058 through 2198
2062, 2064 through 2072, and 2104 through 2116 of the 2024 -2025 2199
General Appropriations Act, paragraph (h) of subsection (7) of 2200
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section 339.135, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2201
339.135 Work program; legislative budget request; 2202
definitions; preparation, adoption, execution, and amendment. — 2203
(7) AMENDMENT OF THE ADOPTED WORK PROGRAM. — 2204
(h)1. Any work program amendment that also adds a new 2205
project, or phase thereof, to the adopted work program in excess 2206
of $3 million is subject to approval by the Legislative Budget 2207
Commission. Any work program amendment submitted under this 2208
paragraph must include, as supplemental information, a list of 2209
projects, or phases thereof, in the current 5 -year adopted work 2210
program which are eligible for the funds within the 2211
appropriation category being used for the proposed amendment. 2212
The department shall provi de a narrative with the rationale for 2213
not advancing an existing project, or phase thereof, in lieu of 2214
the proposed amendment. 2215
2. If the department submits an amendment to the 2216
Legislative Budget Commission and the commission does not meet 2217
or consider the amendment within 30 days after its submittal, 2218
the chair and vice chair of the commission may authorize the 2219
amendment to be approved pursuant to s. 216.177. This 2220
subparagraph expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2221
Section 65. In order to implement Specific Appropri ation 2222
3056 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, section 2223
250.245, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2224
250.245 Florida National Guard Joint Enlistment 2225
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Enhancement Program. — 2226
(1) The Florida National Guard Joint Enlistment 2227
Enhancement Program (JE EP) is established within the Department 2228
of Military Affairs. The purpose of the program is to motivate 2229
soldiers, airmen, and retirees of the Florida National Guard to 2230
bolster recruitment efforts and increase the force structure of 2231
the Florida National Gua rd. 2232
(2) As used in this section, the term "recruiting 2233
assistant" means a member of the Florida National Guard or a 2234
retiree of the Florida National Guard who assists in the 2235
recruitment of a new member and who provides motivation, 2236
encouragement, and moral support until the enlistment of such 2237
new member. 2238
(3) A current member in pay grade E -1 to O-3 or a retiree 2239
in any pay grade is eligible for participation in JEEP as a 2240
recruiting assistant. 2241
(4) The Adjutant General shall provide compensation to 2242
recruiting assistants participating in JEEP. A recruiting 2243
assistant shall receive $1,000 for each new member referred by 2244
them to the Florida National Guard upon the enlistment of such 2245
referred member. 2246
(5) The Department of Military Affairs, in cooperation 2247
with the Florida National Guard, shall adopt rules to administer 2248
the program. 2249
(6) This section expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2250
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Section 66. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2251
2348 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, subsection (6) 2252
of section 288.0655, Florida Statutes, as amended, by 2023 -349, 2253
Laws of Florida, is amended to read: 2254
288.0655 Rural Infrastructure Fund. — 2255
(6) For the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal year, the funds 2256
appropriated for the grant program for Florida Panhandle 2257
counties shall be distributed pursuant to and for the purposes 2258
described in the proviso language associated with Specific 2259
Appropriation 2348 2342 of the 2024-2025 2023-2024 General 2260
Appropriations Act. This subsection expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2261
Section 67. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 2262
2705 through 2714 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 2263
and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, 2264
the Division of Emergency Management may submit budget 2265
amendments, subject to the notice, review, and objection 2266
procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to increase budget 2267
authority for projected expenditures due to reimbursements from 2268
federally declared disasters. This section expires July 1, 2025. 2269
Section 68. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2270
2671 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (d) 2271
of subsection (4) of section 112.061, Florida Statutes, is 2272
amended to read: 2273
112.061 Per diem and travel expenses of public officers, 2274
employees, and authorized persons; statewide travel management 2275
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system.— 2276
(4) OFFICIAL HEADQUARTERS. —The official headquarters of an 2277
officer or employee assigned to an office shall be the city or 2278
town in which the office is located except that: 2279
(d) A Lieutenant Governor who permanently resides outside 2280
of Leon County, may, if he or she so requests, have an 2281
appropriate facility in his or her county designated as his or 2282
her official headquarters for purpos es of this section. This 2283
official headquarters may only serve as the Lieutenant 2284
Governor's personal office. The Lieutenant Governor may not use 2285
state funds to lease space in any facility for his or her 2286
official headquarters. 2287
1. A Lieutenant Governor for whom an official headquarters 2288
is established in his or her county of residence pursuant to 2289
this paragraph is eligible for subsistence at a rate to be 2290
established by the Governor for each day or partial day that the 2291
Lieutenant Governor is at the State Capit ol to conduct official 2292
state business. In addition to the subsistence allowance, a 2293
Lieutenant Governor is eligible for reimbursement for 2294
transportation expenses as provided in subsection (7) for travel 2295
between the Lieutenant Governor's official headquarter s and the 2296
State Capitol to conduct state business. 2297
2. Payment of subsistence and reimbursement for 2298
transportation between a Lieutenant Governor's official 2299
headquarters and the State Capitol shall be made to the extent 2300
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appropriated funds are available, as determined by the Governor. 2301
3. This paragraph expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2302
Section 69. (1) In order to implement section 8 of the 2303
2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, beginning July 1, 2024, 2304
and on the first day of each month thereafter, the Departm ent of 2305
Management Services shall assess an administrative health 2306
insurance assessment to each state agency equal to the 2307
employer's cost of individual employee health care coverage for 2308
each vacant position within such agency eligible for coverage 2309
through the Division of State Group Insurance. As used in this 2310
section, the term "state agency" means an agency within the 2311
State Personnel System, the Department of the Lottery, the 2312
Justice Administrative Commission and all entities 2313
administratively housed in the Ju stice Administrative 2314
Commission, and the state courts system. 2315
(2) Each state agency shall remit the assessed 2316
administrative health insurance assessment under subsection (1) 2317
to the State Employees Health Insurance Trust Fund, for the 2318
State Group Insurance Program, as provided in ss. 110.123 and 2319
110.1239, Florida Statutes, from currently allocated monies for 2320
salaries and benefits, within 30 days after receipt of the 2321
assessment from the Department of Management Services. Should 2322
any state agency become more t han 60 days delinquent in payment 2323
of this obligation, the Department of Management Services shall 2324
certify to the Chief Financial Officer the amount due and the 2325
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Chief Financial Officer shall transfer the amount due to the 2326
Department of Management Services. 2327
(3) The administrative health insurance assessment shall 2328
apply to all vacant positions funded with state funds whether 2329
fully or partially funded with state funds. Vacant positions 2330
partially funded with state funds shall pay a percentage of the 2331
assessment imposed in subsection (1) equal to the percentage 2332
share of state funds provided for such vacant positions. No 2333
assessment shall apply to vacant positions fully funded with 2334
federal funds. Each state agency shall provide the Department of 2335
Management Services with a complete list of vacant position 2336
numbers that are funded, or partially funded, with federal 2337
funding no later than July 31, 2024, and shall update the list 2338
on the last day of each month thereafter. For federally funded 2339
vacant positions, or partially funded vacant positions, each 2340
state agency shall immediately take steps to include the 2341
administrative health insurance assessment in its indirect cost 2342
plan for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and each fiscal year 2343
thereafter. A state agency shall notify the Depa rtment of 2344
Management Services, the Executive Office of the Governor, and 2345
the chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriation and the chair 2346
of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, upon 2347
approval of the updated indirect cost plan. If the stat e agency 2348
is not able to obtain approval from its federal awarding agency, 2349
the state agency must notify the Department of Management 2350
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Services, the Executive Office of the Governor, and the 2351
appropriation chairs no later than January 15, 2025. 2352
(4) Pursuant to the notice, review, and objection 2353
procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the Executive Office 2354
of the Governor may transfer budget authority appropriated in 2355
the Salaries and Benefits appropriation category between 2356
agencies in order to align the appr opriations granted with the 2357
assessments that must be paid by each agency to the Department 2358
of Management Services for the administrative health insurance 2359
assessment. 2360
(5) This section expires July 1, 2025. 2361
Section 70. In order to implement Specific Ap propriations 2362
2800 and 2801 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, and 2363
notwithstanding s. 11.13(1), Florida Statutes, the authorized 2364
salaries for members of the Legislature for the 2024 -2025 fiscal 2365
year shall be set in the General Appropriations Act. This 2366
section expires July 1, 2025. 2367
Section 71. In order to implement the transfer of funds 2368
from the General Revenue Fund from trust funds for the 2024 -2025 2369
General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding the expiration 2370
date in section 76 of chapter 202 3-240, Laws of Florida, 2371
paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 215.32, Florida 2372
Statutes, is reenacted to read: 2373
215.32 State funds; segregation. — 2374
(2) The source and use of each of these funds shall be as 2375
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follows: 2376
(b)1. The trust funds shall consis t of moneys received by 2377
the state which under law or under trust agreement are 2378
segregated for a purpose authorized by law. The state agency or 2379
branch of state government receiving or collecting such moneys 2380
is responsible for their proper expenditure as pro vided by law. 2381
Upon the request of the state agency or branch of state 2382
government responsible for the administration of the trust fund, 2383
the Chief Financial Officer may establish accounts within the 2384
trust fund at a level considered necessary for proper 2385
accountability. Once an account is established, the Chief 2386
Financial Officer may authorize payment from that account only 2387
upon determining that there is sufficient cash and releases at 2388
the level of the account. 2389
2. In addition to other trust funds created by la w, to the 2390
extent possible, each agency shall use the following trust funds 2391
as described in this subparagraph for day -to-day operations: 2392
a. Operations or operating trust fund, for use as a 2393
depository for funds to be used for program operations funded by 2394
program revenues, with the exception of administrative 2395
activities when the operations or operating trust fund is a 2396
proprietary fund. 2397
b. Operations and maintenance trust fund, for use as a 2398
depository for client services funded by third -party payors. 2399
c. Administrative trust fund, for use as a depository for 2400
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funds to be used for management activities that are departmental 2401
in nature and funded by indirect cost earnings and assessments 2402
against trust funds. Proprietary funds are excluded from the 2403
requirement of using an administrative trust fund. 2404
d. Grants and donations trust fund, for use as a 2405
depository for funds to be used for allowable grant or donor 2406
agreement activities funded by restricted contractual revenue 2407
from private and public nonfederal sources. 2408
e. Agency working capital trust fund, for use as a 2409
depository for funds to be used pursuant to s. 216.272. 2410
f. Clearing funds trust fund, for use as a depository for 2411
funds to account for collections pending distribution to lawful 2412
recipients. 2413
g. Federal grant trust fund, for use as a depository for 2414
funds to be used for allowable grant activities funded by 2415
restricted program revenues from federal sources. 2416
2417
To the extent possible, each agency must adjust its internal 2418
accounting to use existing trust funds consistent with the 2419
requirements of this subparagraph. If an agency does not have 2420
trust funds listed in this subparagraph and cannot make such 2421
adjustment, the agency must recommend the creation of the 2422
necessary trust funds to the Legislature no later than the next 2423
scheduled review of the agency's trust funds pursuant to s. 2424
215.3206. 2425
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3. All such moneys are hereby appropriated to be expended 2426
in accordance with the law or trust agreement under which they 2427
were received, subject always to the provisions of ch apter 216 2428
relating to the appropriation of funds and to the applicable 2429
laws relating to the deposit or expenditure of moneys in the 2430
State Treasury. 2431
4.a. Notwithstanding any provision of law restricting the 2432
use of trust funds to specific purposes, unappro priated cash 2433
balances from selected trust funds may be authorized by the 2434
Legislature for transfer to the Budget Stabilization Fund and 2435
General Revenue Fund in the General Appropriations Act. 2436
b. This subparagraph does not apply to trust funds 2437
required by federal programs or mandates; trust funds 2438
established for bond covenants, indentures, or resolutions whose 2439
revenues are legally pledged by the state or public body to meet 2440
debt service or other financial requirements of any debt 2441
obligations of the state or any public body; the Division of 2442
Licensing Trust Fund in the Department of Agriculture and 2443
Consumer Services; the State Transportation Trust Fund; the 2444
trust fund containing the net annual proceeds from the Florida 2445
Education Lotteries; the Florida Retireme nt System Trust Fund; 2446
trust funds under the management of the State Board of Education 2447
or the Board of Governors of the State University System, where 2448
such trust funds are for auxiliary enterprises, self -insurance, 2449
and contracts, grants, and donations, as those terms are defined 2450
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by general law; trust funds that serve as clearing funds or 2451
accounts for the Chief Financial Officer or state agencies; 2452
trust funds that account for assets held by the state in a 2453
trustee capacity as an agent or fiduciary for individ uals, 2454
private organizations, or other governmental units; and other 2455
trust funds authorized by the State Constitution. 2456
Section 72. The text of s. 215.32(2)(b), Florida Statutes, 2457
as carried forward from chapter 2011 -47, Laws of Florida, by 2458
this act, expires July 1, 2025, and the text of that paragraph 2459
shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2011, except that 2460
any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall 2461
be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such 2462
amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which 2463
expire pursuant to this section. 2464
Section 73. In order to implement appropriations in the 2465
2024-2025 General Appropriations Act for state employee travel, 2466
the funds appropriated to each state agency which may b e used 2467
for travel by state employees are limited during the 2024 -2025 2468
fiscal year to travel for activities that are critical to each 2469
state agency's mission. Funds may not be used for travel by 2470
state employees to foreign countries, other states, conferences , 2471
staff training activities, or other administrative functions 2472
unless the agency head has approved, in writing, that such 2473
activities are critical to the agency's mission. The agency head 2474
shall consider using teleconferencing and other forms of 2475
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electronic communication to meet the needs of the proposed 2476
activity before approving mission -critical travel. This section 2477
does not apply to travel for law enforcement purposes, military 2478
purposes, emergency management activities, or public health 2479
activities. This sect ion expires July 1, 2025. 2480
Section 74. In order to implement appropriations in the 2481
2024-2025 General Appropriations Act for state employee travel 2482
and notwithstanding s. 112.061, Florida Statutes, costs for 2483
lodging associated with a meeting, conference, or convention 2484
organized or sponsored in whole or in part by a state agency or 2485
the judicial branch may not exceed $225 per day. An employee may 2486
expend his or her own funds for any lodging expenses in excess 2487
of $225 per day. For purposes of this section, a m eeting does 2488
not include travel activities for conducting an audit, 2489
examination, inspection, or investigation or travel activities 2490
related to a litigation or emergency response. This section 2491
expires July 1, 2025. 2492
Section 75. In order to implement the ap propriations and 2493
reappropriations authorized in the 2024 -2025 General 2494
Appropriations Act, paragraph (d) of subsection (11) of section 2495
216.181, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2496
216.181 Approved budgets for operations and fixed capital 2497
outlay.— 2498
(11) 2499
(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) and paragraph (2)(b), 2500
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and for the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal year only, the 2501
Legislative Budget Commission may approve budget amendments for 2502
new fixed capital outlay projects or increase the amounts 2503
appropriated to state agencies for fixed capital outlay 2504
projects. This paragraph expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2505
2506
The provisions of this subsection are subject to the notice and 2507
objection procedures set forth in s. 216.177. 2508
Section 76. In order to implement the salaries and 2509
benefits, expenses, other personal services, contracted 2510
services, special categories, and operating capital outlay 2511
categories of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 2512
paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 216.292, Florida 2513
Statutes, is amended to read: 2514
216.292 Appropriations nontransferable; exceptions. — 2515
(2) The following transfers are authorized to be made by 2516
the head of each department or the Chief Justice of the Supreme 2517
Court whenever it is deemed necessary by reason of changed 2518
conditions: 2519
(a) The transfer of appropriations funded from identical 2520
funding sources, except appropriations for fixed capital outlay, 2521
and the transfer of amounts included within the total original 2522
approved budget and plans of releases of appropriations as 2523
furnished pursuant to ss. 216.181 and 216.192, as follows: 2524
1. Between categories of appropriations within a budget 2525
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entity, if no category of appropriation is increased or 2526
decreased by more than 5 percent of the original approved budget 2527
or $250,000, whichever is greater, by all action taken under 2528
this subsection. 2529
2. Between budget entities within identical categories of 2530
appropriations, if no category of appropriation is increased or 2531
decreased by more than 5 percent of the original approved budget 2532
or $250,000, whichever is greater, by all action taken under 2533
this subsection. 2534
3. Any agency exceeding salary rate established pursuant 2535
to s. 216.181(8) on June 30th of any fiscal year shall not be 2536
authorized to make transfers pursuant to subparagraphs 1. and 2. 2537
in the subsequent fiscal year. 2538
4. Notice of proposed transfers under subparagraphs 1. and 2539
2. shall be provided to the Executive Office of the Governor and 2540
the chairs of the legislative appropriations committees at least 2541
3 days prior to agency implementation in order to provide an 2542
opportunity for review. The review shall be limited to ensuring 2543
that the transfer is in compliance with the requirements of this 2544
paragraph. 2545
5. For the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal year, the review 2546
shall ensure that transfers proposed pursuant t o this paragraph 2547
comply with this chapter, maximize the use of available and 2548
appropriate trust funds, and are not contrary to legislative 2549
policy and intent. This subparagraph expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2550
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Section 77. In order to implement appropriations i n the 2551
2024-2025 General Appropriations Act for the acquisitions of 2552
motor vehicles, and notwithstanding chapter 287, Florida 2553
Statutes, relating to the purchase of motor vehicles from a 2554
state term contract, state agencies may purchase vehicles from 2555
nonstate term contract vendors without prior approval from the 2556
Department of Management Services, provided the cost of the 2557
motor vehicle is equal to or less than the cost of a similar 2558
class of vehicle found on a state term contract and provided the 2559
funds for the purchase have been specifically appropriated. This 2560
section expires July 1, 2025. 2561
Section 78. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2562
2880 in the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 2563
notwithstanding s. 255.25(3)(a), Florida Statutes, the 2564
Department of Management Services, the Executive Office of the 2565
Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Chief Financial 2566
Officer, the Legislature, and the Attorney General are 2567
authorized to enter into a lease as a lessee for the use of 2568
space in a privately o wned building, even if such space is 5,000 2569
square feet or more, without having to advertise or receive 2570
competitive solicitations. This section expires July 1, 2025. 2571
Section 79. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 2572
2916 through 2933 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 2573
paragraph (a) of subsection (9) of section 110.12315, Florida 2574
Statutes, is amended to read: 2575
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110.12315 Prescription drug program. —The state employees' 2576
prescription drug program is established. This program shall be 2577
administered by the Department of Management Services, according 2578
to the terms and conditions of the plan as established by the 2579
relevant provisions of the annual General Appropriations Act and 2580
implementing legislation, subject to the following conditions: 2581
(9)(a) Beginning with the 2025 2020 plan year, the 2582
department must implement formulary management for prescription 2583
drugs and supplies. Such management practices must require 2584
prescription drugs to be subject to formulary inclusion or 2585
exclusion but may not restri ct access to the most clinically 2586
appropriate, clinically effective, and lowest net -cost 2587
prescription drugs and supplies. Drugs excluded from the 2588
formulary must be available for inclusion if a physician, 2589
advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assi stant 2590
prescribing a pharmaceutical clearly states on the prescription 2591
that the excluded drug is medically necessary. Prescription 2592
drugs and supplies first made available in the marketplace after 2593
January 1, 2025 2020, may not be covered by the prescription 2594
drug program until specifically included in the list of covered 2595
prescription drugs and supplies. 2596
Section 80. The amendments to s. 110.12315(9)(a), Florida 2597
Statutes, made by this act expire July 1, 2025, and the text of 2598
that subsection shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2599
2024, except that any amendments to such text enacted other than 2600
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by this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the 2601
extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions 2602
of text which expire pursuant to this section. 2603
Section 81. In order to implement section 177 of the 2024 -2604
2025 General Appropriations Act, and not withstanding ss. 216.181 2605
and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the Executive Office of the 2606
Governor's Office of Policy and Budget may submit a budget 2607
amendment to the Legislative Budget Commission pursuant to 2608
chapter 216, Florida Statutes, to realign funding, wit hin and 2609
between agencies, in appropriation categories specifically 2610
authorized for the implementation of the state's award from the 2611
federal Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (Public Law 117 -2612
2). The funding realignment shall address projected surpluses 2613
and deficits in existing programs and maximize the state's 2614
utilization of federal funds, which must be fully obligated by 2615
December 31, 2024. The Executive Office of the Governor shall 2616
submit a budget amendment to realign federal funds no later than 2617
August 1, 2024. This section expires July 1, 2025. 2618
Section 82. In order to implement specific appropriations 2619
containing salary rate in the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations 2620
Act, and notwithstanding s. 216.181(8)(b), Florida Statutes, the 2621
annual salary rate for the Department of Corrections and the 2622
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall be 2623
controlled at the budget entity level. This section expires July 2624
1, 2025. 2625
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Section 83. Any section of this act which implements a 2626
specific appropriation or s pecifically identified proviso 2627
language in the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act is void if 2628
the specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso 2629
language is vetoed. Any section of this act which implements 2630
more than one specific appropriation o r more than one portion of 2631
specifically identified proviso language in the 2024 -2025 2632
General Appropriations Act is void if all the specific 2633
appropriations or portions of specifically identified proviso 2634
language are vetoed. 2635
Section 84. If any other act passed during the 2024 2636
Regular Session of the Legislature contains a provision that is 2637
substantively the same as a provision in this act, but that 2638
removes or is otherwise not subject to the future repeal applied 2639
to such provision by this act, the Legislatu re intends that the 2640
provision in the other act takes precedence and continues to 2641
operate, notwithstanding the future repeal provided by this act. 2642
Section 85. If any provision of this act or its 2643
application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the 2644
invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of 2645
the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision 2646
or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are 2647
severable. 2648
Section 86. Except as otherwise expressly prov ided in this 2649
act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon 2650
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this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 2651
2024, or, if this act fails to become a law until after that 2652
date, it shall take effect upon becoming a law and shall o perate 2653
retroactively to July 1, 2024. 2654