| 15 | 15 | | An act implementing the 2024 -2025 General 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Appropriations Act; providing legislative intent; 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | incorporating by reference certain calculations; 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | providing an expiration date; amending s. 1004.6495, 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | F.S.; requiring specified entities to establish a 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | certain code for a specified purpose; providing an 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | expiration date; authorizing the Agency for Health 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Care Administration, in consultation with the 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Department of Health, to submit a budget amendment to 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | realign funding for specified purposes; specifying 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | requirements for such realignment; authorizing the 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Agency for Health Care Administration to request 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | nonoperating budget authority for transferring certain 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | federal funds to the Department of Health; authorizing 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | the Agency for Health Care Administration to submit a 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | budget amendment to realign Medicaid funding for 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | specified purposes, subject to certain limitations; 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | to submit a budget amendment to realign funding for a 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | specified purpose within a specified fiscal year; 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | specifying requirements for such realignment; 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | and the Department of Health to each submit a budget 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | amendment to realign funding within the Florida 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Kidcare program appropriation categories and to 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | increase budget authority for certain purposes; 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | specifying the time period within which each budget 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | amendment must be submitted; amending s. 381.986, 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the exemption of 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | certain rules pertaining to the medical use of 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | marijuana from certain rulemaking requirements; 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | amending s. 14(1), ch. 2017 -232, Laws of Florida; 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | exempting certain rules pertaining to medical 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | marijuana adopted to replace emergency rules from 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | specified rulemaking requirements; providing for the 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | future expiration and revers ion of specified law; 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | to submit budget amendments seeking additional 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | spending authority to implement specified programs and 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | payments; requiring institutions participating in a 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | specified workforce expans ion and education program to 42 |
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| 68 | 68 | | provide quarterly reports to the agency; authorizing 43 |
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| 69 | 69 | | the Agency for Health Care Administration to submit 44 |
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| 70 | 70 | | budget amendments for a specified purpose; authorizing 45 |
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| 71 | 71 | | specified spending authority; authorizing the Agency 46 |
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| 72 | 72 | | for Health Care Administration to submit a budget 47 |
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| 73 | 73 | | amendment seeking additional spending authority to 48 |
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| 74 | 74 | | implement the Low Income Pool component of the Florida 49 |
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| 75 | 75 | | Managed Medical Assistance Demonstration; requiring a 50 |
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| 84 | 84 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 88 | 88 | | signed attestation and acknowledgment for entities 51 |
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| 89 | 89 | | relating to the Low Income Pool; authorizing the 52 |
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| 90 | 90 | | Agency for Health Care Administration to submit a 53 |
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| 91 | 91 | | budget amendment to implement certain payments and 54 |
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| 92 | 92 | | specified programs; authorizing the Agency for Health 55 |
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| 93 | 93 | | Care Administration to submit a budget amendment 56 |
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| 94 | 94 | | requesting additional spending authority to implement 57 |
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| 95 | 95 | | a specified program; authorizing the Agency for Health 58 |
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| 96 | 96 | | Care Administration to submit a budget amendment to 59 |
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| 97 | 97 | | implement a specified program; requiring such 60 |
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| 98 | 98 | | amendment to include specified information; 61 |
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| 99 | 99 | | authorizing the Department of Children and Families to 62 |
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| 100 | 100 | | submit a budget amendment to realign funding within 63 |
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| 101 | 101 | | the specified areas of the department based on 64 |
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| 102 | 102 | | implementation of the Guardianship Assistance Program; 65 |
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| 103 | 103 | | authorizing the Department of Children and Families, 66 |
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| 104 | 104 | | the Department of Health, and the Agency for Health 67 |
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| 105 | 105 | | Care Administration to submit budget amendments to 68 |
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| 106 | 106 | | increase budget authority to support certain refugee 69 |
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| 107 | 107 | | programs; requiring the Department of Children and 70 |
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| 108 | 108 | | Families to submit quarterly reports to the Executive 71 |
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| 109 | 109 | | Office of the Governor and the Legislature; 72 |
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| 110 | 110 | | authorizing the Department of Children and Families to 73 |
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| 111 | 111 | | submit budget amendments to increase budget authority 74 |
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| 112 | 112 | | to support specified federal grant programs; 75 |
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| 125 | 125 | | authorizing the Department of Health to submit a 76 |
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| 126 | 126 | | budget amendment to increase budget authority for the 77 |
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| 127 | 127 | | Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and 78 |
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| 128 | 128 | | Children (WIC) and the Child Care Food Program if a 79 |
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| 129 | 129 | | certain condition is met; authorizing the Department 80 |
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| 130 | 130 | | of Health to submit a budget amendment to increase 81 |
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| 131 | 131 | | budget authority for the HIV/AIDS Prevention and 82 |
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| 132 | 132 | | Treatment Program if a certain condition is met; 83 |
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| 133 | 133 | | authorizing the Department of Health to submit a 84 |
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| 134 | 134 | | budget amendment to increase budget authority for the 85 |
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| 135 | 135 | | department if additional federal revenues specific to 86 |
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| 136 | 136 | | COVID-19 relief funds become available; authorizing 87 |
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| 137 | 137 | | the balance of certain funds for the Pediatric Rare 88 |
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| 138 | 138 | | Disease Research Grant Program to be carried forward 89 |
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| 139 | 139 | | for a certain amount of time; requiring the Agency for 90 |
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| 140 | 140 | | Health Care Administration to replace the Florida 91 |
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| 141 | 141 | | Medicaid Management Information System (FMMIS) and 92 |
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| 142 | 142 | | fiscal agent operations with a specified new system; 93 |
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| 143 | 143 | | specifying items that may not be included in the new 94 |
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| 144 | 144 | | system; providing directives to the Agency for Health 95 |
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| 145 | 145 | | Care Administration related to the new system, the 96 |
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| 146 | 146 | | Florida Health Care Connection (FX) system; requiring 97 |
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| 147 | 147 | | the Agency for Health Care Administration to meet 98 |
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| 148 | 148 | | certain requirements in replacing FMMIS and the 99 |
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| 149 | 149 | | current Medicaid fiscal agent; requiring the Agency 100 |
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| 161 | 161 | | |
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| 162 | 162 | | for Health Care Administration to implement a 101 |
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| 163 | 163 | | specified program governance structure that includes 102 |
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| 164 | 164 | | an executive steering committee; providing procedures 103 |
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| 165 | 165 | | for use by the executive steering committee; providing 104 |
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| 166 | 166 | | responsibilities of the executive steering committee; 105 |
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| 167 | 167 | | requiring the establishment of a state ag ency 106 |
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| 168 | 168 | | stakeholder working group; providing composition of 107 |
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| 169 | 169 | | such group; providing requirements for such group; 108 |
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| 170 | 170 | | requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration, 109 |
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| 171 | 171 | | in consultation with the Department of Health, the 110 |
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| 172 | 172 | | Agency for Persons with Disabilities, the De partment 111 |
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| 173 | 173 | | of Children and Families, and the Department of 112 |
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| 174 | 174 | | Corrections, to competitively procure a contract with 113 |
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| 175 | 175 | | a vendor to negotiate prices for certain prescribed 114 |
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| 176 | 176 | | drugs and biological products; providing requirements 115 |
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| 177 | 177 | | for such contract; authorizing the Agen cy for Persons 116 |
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| 178 | 178 | | with Disabilities to submit budget amendments to 117 |
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| 179 | 179 | | transfer funding from the Salaries and Benefits 118 |
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| 180 | 180 | | appropriation categories for a specified purpose; 119 |
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| 181 | 181 | | authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration, 120 |
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| 182 | 182 | | to submit a budget amendment for a spec ified purpose; 121 |
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| 183 | 183 | | authorizing the Department of Veterans' Affairs to 122 |
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| 184 | 184 | | submit a budget amendment, subject to Legislative 123 |
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| 185 | 185 | | Budget Commission approval, requesting certain 124 |
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| 186 | 186 | | authority; amending s. 409.915, F.S.; extending for 1 125 |
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| 198 | 198 | | |
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| 199 | 199 | | year the expiration of an exception for certain funds 126 |
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| 200 | 200 | | used for the hospital directed payment program; 127 |
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| 201 | 201 | | amending s. 394.9082, F.S.; authorizing a managing 128 |
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| 202 | 202 | | entity to carry forward certain unexpended funds; 129 |
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| 203 | 203 | | providing construction; providing an expiration date; 130 |
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| 204 | 204 | | authorizing the Department of Elderly Affairs to 131 |
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| 205 | 205 | | submit a budget amendment for a specified purpose; 132 |
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| 206 | 206 | | requiring certain Letters of Agreement for a specified 133 |
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| 207 | 207 | | fiscal year be provided to the Agency for Health Care 134 |
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| 208 | 208 | | Administration by a certain date for a specified 135 |
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| 209 | 209 | | purpose; authorizing the Department of Veterans' 136 |
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| 210 | 210 | | Affairs to submit budget amendments, subject to 137 |
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| 211 | 211 | | certain approval, for a specified purpose; amending s. 138 |
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| 212 | 212 | | 409.912, F.S.; authorizing certain contracts to be 139 |
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| 213 | 213 | | extended through a specified date; providing for the 140 |
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| 214 | 214 | | future expiration and reversion of s pecified statutory 141 |
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| 215 | 215 | | text; amending s. 216.262, F.S.; extending for 1 142 |
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| 216 | 216 | | fiscal year the authority of the Department of 143 |
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| 217 | 217 | | Corrections to submit a budget amendment for 144 |
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| 218 | 218 | | additional positions and appropriations under certain 145 |
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| 219 | 219 | | circumstances; amending s. 215.18, F.S.; e xtending for 146 |
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| 220 | 220 | | 1 fiscal year the authority and related repayment 147 |
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| 221 | 221 | | requirements for temporary trust fund loans to the 148 |
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| 222 | 222 | | state court system which are sufficient to meet the 149 |
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| 223 | 223 | | system's appropriation; requiring the Department of 150 |
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| 232 | 232 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 235 | 235 | | |
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| 236 | 236 | | Juvenile Justice to review county juve nile detention 151 |
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| 237 | 237 | | payments to determine whether a county has met 152 |
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| 238 | 238 | | specified financial responsibilities; requiring 153 |
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| 239 | 239 | | amounts owed by the county for such financial 154 |
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| 240 | 240 | | responsibilities to be deducted from certain county 155 |
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| 241 | 241 | | funds; requiring the Department of Revenue to tr ansfer 156 |
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| 242 | 242 | | withheld funds to a specified trust fund; requiring 157 |
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| 243 | 243 | | the Department of Revenue to ensure that such 158 |
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| 244 | 244 | | reductions in amounts distributed do not reduce 159 |
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| 245 | 245 | | distributions below amounts necessary for certain 160 |
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| 246 | 246 | | payments due on bonds and to comply with bond 161 |
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| 247 | 247 | | covenants; requiring the Department of Revenue to 162 |
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| 248 | 248 | | notify the Department of Juvenile Justice if bond 163 |
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| 249 | 249 | | payment requirements mandate a reduction in deductions 164 |
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| 250 | 250 | | for amounts owed by a county; reenacting s. 27.40(1), 165 |
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| 251 | 251 | | (2)(a), (3)(a), (5), (6), and (7), F.S., relating to 166 |
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| 252 | 252 | | court-appointed counsel; extending for 1 fiscal year 167 |
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| 253 | 253 | | provisions governing the appointment of court -168 |
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| 254 | 254 | | appointed counsel; providing for the future expiration 169 |
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| 255 | 255 | | and reversion of specified statutory text; reenacting 170 |
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| 256 | 256 | | and amending s. 27.5304, F.S., relating to the 171 |
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| 257 | 257 | | extension for 1 fiscal year limitations on 172 |
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| 258 | 258 | | compensation for representation in criminal 173 |
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| 259 | 259 | | proceedings; revising the maximum compensation for 174 |
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| 260 | 260 | | certain proceedings; providing for the future 175 |
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| 269 | 269 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 273 | 273 | | expiration and reversion of specified statutory text; 176 |
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| 274 | 274 | | amending s. 934.50, F.S.; revising entities eligible 177 |
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| 275 | 275 | | for a certain grant; revising the basis for funds 178 |
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| 276 | 276 | | granted; requiring certain drones be provided to the 179 |
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| 277 | 277 | | Florida Center for Cybersecurity for a specified 180 |
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| 278 | 278 | | purpose; requiring such center submit a report to 181 |
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| 279 | 279 | | specified persons; pr oviding for the return and 182 |
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| 280 | 280 | | destruction of certain drones; providing how certain 183 |
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| 281 | 281 | | appropriated funds may be used; extending for 1 year 184 |
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| 282 | 282 | | the expiration of the grant program; requiring the 185 |
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| 283 | 283 | | Department of Management Services to use tenant broker 186 |
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| 284 | 284 | | services to renegotiate or reprocure certain private 187 |
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| 285 | 285 | | lease agreements for office or storage space; 188 |
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| 286 | 286 | | requiring the Department of Management Services to 189 |
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| 287 | 287 | | provide a report to the Governor and the Legislature 190 |
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| 288 | 288 | | by a specified date; prohibiting an agency from 191 |
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| 289 | 289 | | transferring funds fro m a data processing category to 192 |
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| 290 | 290 | | another category that is not a data processing 193 |
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| 291 | 291 | | category; authorizing the Executive Office of the 194 |
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| 292 | 292 | | Governor to transfer funds between departments for 195 |
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| 293 | 293 | | purposes of aligning amounts paid for risk management 196 |
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| 294 | 294 | | insurance and for huma n resources services purchased 197 |
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| 295 | 295 | | per statewide contract; authorizing the Department of 198 |
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| 296 | 296 | | Management Services to use certain facility 199 |
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| 297 | 297 | | disposition funds from the Architects Incidental Trust 200 |
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| 310 | 310 | | Fund to pay for certain relocation expenses; 201 |
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| 311 | 311 | | authorizing the Department of Management Services to 202 |
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| 312 | 312 | | submit budget amendments for certain purposes related 203 |
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| 313 | 313 | | to the relocation; authorizing the Department of 204 |
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| 314 | 314 | | Management Services to acquire additional state -owned 205 |
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| 315 | 315 | | office buildings or property for inclusion in the 206 |
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| 316 | 316 | | Florida Facilities Pool ; requiring the Department of 207 |
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| 317 | 317 | | Financial Services to replace specified components of 208 |
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| 318 | 318 | | the Florida Accounting Information Resource Subsystem 209 |
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| 319 | 319 | | (FLAIR) and the Cash Management Subsystem (CMS); 210 |
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| 320 | 320 | | specifying certain actions to be taken by the 211 |
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| 321 | 321 | | Department of Financial Services regarding FLAIR and 212 |
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| 322 | 322 | | CMS replacement; providing for the composition of an 213 |
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| 323 | 323 | | executive steering committee to oversee FLAIR and CMS 214 |
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| 324 | 324 | | replacement; prescribing duties and responsibilities 215 |
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| 325 | 325 | | of the executive steering committee; reenacting and 216 |
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| 326 | 326 | | amending s. 282.709(3), F.S., relating to the state 217 |
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| 327 | 327 | | agency law enforcement radio system and 218 |
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| 328 | 328 | | interoperability network; conforming a cross -219 |
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| 329 | 329 | | reference; providing for future expiration and 220 |
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| 330 | 330 | | reversion of specified statutory text; authorizing 221 |
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| 331 | 331 | | state agencies and other eligible u sers of the 222 |
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| 332 | 332 | | Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System to use the 223 |
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| 333 | 333 | | Department of Management Services contract to purchase 224 |
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| 334 | 334 | | equipment and services; requiring a specified 225 |
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| 347 | 347 | | transaction fee percentage for use of the online 226 |
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| 348 | 348 | | procurement system; amending s. 24.105, F.S. ; 227 |
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| 349 | 349 | | specifying how the Department of the Lottery's rules 228 |
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| 350 | 350 | | are to be adopted, excluding certain rules for 1 229 |
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| 351 | 351 | | fiscal year regarding the commission for lottery 230 |
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| 352 | 352 | | ticket sales; limiting additional retailer 231 |
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| 353 | 353 | | compensation in a specified manner; providing for the 232 |
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| 354 | 354 | | future expiration and reversion of specified statutory 233 |
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| 355 | 355 | | text; amending s. 627.351, F.S.; extending for 1 year 234 |
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| 356 | 356 | | the specified authority of Citizens Property Insurance 235 |
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| 357 | 357 | | Corporation; amending s. 110.116, F.S.; directing the 236 |
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| 358 | 358 | | Department of Management Services to renew a specified 237 |
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| 359 | 359 | | contract with a current vendor for a specified period 238 |
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| 360 | 360 | | of time with certain conditions; requiring the 239 |
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| 361 | 361 | | Department of Management Services submit a specified 240 |
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| 362 | 362 | | planning and cost estimate to specified parties by a 241 |
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| 363 | 363 | | certain date; authorizing the Executiv e Office of the 242 |
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| 364 | 364 | | Governor to transfer certain funds between departments 243 |
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| 365 | 365 | | to align costs; prohibiting certain contract 244 |
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| 366 | 366 | | management services from exceeding a certain amount; 245 |
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| 367 | 367 | | creating s. 284.51, F.S.; creating a specified pilot 246 |
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| 368 | 368 | | program for a certain purpose; pro viding definitions; 247 |
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| 369 | 369 | | directing the Division of Risk Management at the 248 |
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| 370 | 370 | | Department of Financial Services to select a provider 249 |
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| 371 | 371 | | for such program; providing program eligibility; 250 |
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| 382 | 382 | | |
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| 383 | 383 | | |
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| 384 | 384 | | providing requirements for choosing a provider; 251 |
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| 385 | 385 | | authorizing rulemaking; amending s. 215.18, F.S.; 252 |
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| 386 | 386 | | extending for 1 fiscal year certain authority to 253 |
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| 387 | 387 | | transfer funds from other trust funds in the State 254 |
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| 388 | 388 | | Treasury to other trust funds in certain 255 |
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| 389 | 389 | | circumstances; requiring the Department of 256 |
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| 390 | 390 | | Environmental Protection to transfer designated 257 |
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| 391 | 391 | | proportions of the revenues deposited in the Land 258 |
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| 392 | 392 | | Acquisition Trust Fund within the department to land 259 |
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| 393 | 393 | | acquisition trust funds in the Department of 260 |
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| 394 | 394 | | Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department of 261 |
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| 395 | 395 | | State, and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 262 |
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| 396 | 396 | | Commission according to specified parameters and 263 |
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| 397 | 397 | | calculations; defining the term "department"; 264 |
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| 398 | 398 | | requiring the Department of Environmental Protection 265 |
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| 399 | 399 | | to make transfers to land acquisition trust funds 266 |
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| 400 | 400 | | monthly; specifying the method of determining transfer 267 |
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| 401 | 401 | | amounts; authorizing t he Department of Environmental 268 |
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| 402 | 402 | | Protection to advance funds from its land acquisition 269 |
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| 403 | 403 | | trust fund to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 270 |
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| 404 | 404 | | Commission's land acquisition trust fund for specified 271 |
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| 405 | 405 | | purposes; reenacting s. 376.3071(15)(g), F.S., 272 |
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| 406 | 406 | | relating to the Inla nd Protection Trust Fund; 273 |
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| 407 | 407 | | exempting specified costs incurred by certain 274 |
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| 408 | 408 | | petroleum storage system owners or operators during a 275 |
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| 421 | 421 | | specified period from the prohibition against making 276 |
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| 422 | 422 | | payments in excess of amounts approved by the 277 |
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| 423 | 423 | | Department of Environmental Pro tection; providing for 278 |
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| 424 | 424 | | the future expiration and reversion of specified 279 |
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| 425 | 425 | | statutory text; amending s. 259.105, F.S.; providing 280 |
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| 426 | 426 | | that proceeds from a specified trust fund shall be 281 |
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| 427 | 427 | | distributed as provided in the General Appropriations 282 |
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| 428 | 428 | | Act; authorizing the Depar tment of Citrus to enter 283 |
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| 429 | 429 | | into agreements for specified purposes by a certain 284 |
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| 430 | 430 | | date; requiring the Department of Citrus to file 285 |
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| 431 | 431 | | certain information with the department's Inspector 286 |
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| 432 | 432 | | General; providing an expiration date; creating the 287 |
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| 433 | 433 | | Local Government Water Sup ply Pilot Grant Program 288 |
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| 434 | 434 | | within the Department of Environmental Protection; 289 |
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| 435 | 435 | | amending s. 380.5105, F.S.; revising the name of the 290 |
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| 436 | 436 | | working waterfronts program; providing legislative 291 |
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| 437 | 437 | | intent; creating a specified grant program for a 292 |
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| 438 | 438 | | certain purpose; providing h ow such grants may be 293 |
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| 439 | 439 | | used; requiring grant applicants demonstrate benefit 294 |
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| 440 | 440 | | to the local economy; requiring grant recipients 295 |
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| 441 | 441 | | submit certain annual reports; requiring the 296 |
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| 442 | 442 | | Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to 297 |
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| 443 | 443 | | implement a specified process; provi ding for the 298 |
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| 444 | 444 | | future expiration and reversion of specified statutory 299 |
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| 445 | 445 | | text; amending s. 10, ch. 2022 -272, Laws of Florida; 300 |
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| 457 | 457 | | |
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| 458 | 458 | | extending the Hurricane Restoration Reimbursement 301 |
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| 459 | 459 | | Grant Program for 1 fiscal year; revising 302 |
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| 460 | 460 | | reimbursement and cost sharing for specifie d projects; 303 |
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| 461 | 461 | | authorizing specified entities to apply for certain 304 |
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| 462 | 462 | | funds that meet specified requirements; providing 305 |
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| 463 | 463 | | purpose of such funding; requiring funding to be 306 |
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| 464 | 464 | | distributed in a specified manner; providing 307 |
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| 465 | 465 | | applicability; revising the expiration date for 308 |
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| 466 | 466 | | certain emergency rules; authorizing the Fish and 309 |
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| 467 | 467 | | Wildlife Conservation Commission to use specified 310 |
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| 468 | 468 | | funds to provide grants for a specified purpose; 311 |
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| 469 | 469 | | prohibiting certain entities from amending or adopting 312 |
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| 470 | 470 | | ordinances that restrict or prohibit the operation o f 313 |
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| 471 | 471 | | certain equipment; amending s. 403.0673, F.S.; 314 |
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| 472 | 472 | | requiring the Department of Environmental Protection 315 |
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| 473 | 473 | | to dedicate certain funds for a specified project; 316 |
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| 474 | 474 | | requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer 317 |
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| 475 | 475 | | Services to enter into agreements for a certain 318 |
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| 476 | 476 | | purpose by a specified date; requiring certain 319 |
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| 477 | 477 | | information be filed with the department's Inspector 320 |
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| 478 | 478 | | General by a specified date; amending s. 321.04, F.S.; 321 |
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| 479 | 479 | | extending for 1 fiscal year the requirement that the 322 |
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| 480 | 480 | | Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles as sign 323 |
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| 481 | 481 | | one or more patrol officers to the office of 324 |
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| 482 | 482 | | Lieutenant Governor for security purposes, upon 325 |
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| 495 | 495 | | request of the Governor; extending for 1 fiscal year 326 |
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| 496 | 496 | | the requirement that the Department of Highway Safety 327 |
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| 497 | 497 | | and Motor Vehicles assign a patrol officer to a 328 |
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| 498 | 498 | | Cabinet member under certain circumstances; amending 329 |
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| 499 | 499 | | s. 288.80125, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year a 330 |
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| 500 | 500 | | requirement that funds in the Triumph Gulf Coast Trust 331 |
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| 501 | 501 | | Fund be related to Hurricane Michael recovery; 332 |
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| 502 | 502 | | reenacting s. 288.8013, F.S., relating to the Triumph 333 |
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| 503 | 503 | | Gulf Coast, Inc., Trust Fund; providing for the 334 |
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| 504 | 504 | | future expiration and reversion of specified statutory 335 |
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| 505 | 505 | | text; amending s. 339.135, F.S.; extending for 1 336 |
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| 506 | 506 | | fiscal year the authority for the chair and vice chair 337 |
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| 507 | 507 | | of the Legislative Budget Commission to approve 338 |
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| 508 | 508 | | certain work program amendments under specified 339 |
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| 509 | 509 | | circumstances; amending s. 250.245, F.S.; extending 340 |
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| 510 | 510 | | for 1 fiscal year the Florida National Guard Joint 341 |
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| 511 | 511 | | Enlistment Enhancement Program within the Department 342 |
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| 512 | 512 | | of Military Affairs; amending s. 288.0655, F.S.; 343 |
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| 513 | 513 | | extending for 1 fiscal year a requirement that certain 344 |
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| 514 | 514 | | appropriated funds relating to the Rural 345 |
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| 515 | 515 | | Infrastructure Fund be distributed in a specified 346 |
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| 516 | 516 | | manner; authorizing the Division of Emergency 347 |
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| 517 | 517 | | Management to submit budget amendments to increase 348 |
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| 518 | 518 | | budget authority for certain expenditures; amending s. 349 |
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| 519 | 519 | | 282.201, F.S.; providing that the Division of 350 |
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| 532 | 532 | | Emergency Management is exempt from the use of the 351 |
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| 533 | 533 | | state data center; amending s. 320.08053, F.S.; 352 |
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| 534 | 534 | | requiring a certain presale period be extended for a 353 |
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| 535 | 535 | | specified amount of time; amending s. 112.061, F.S.; 354 |
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| 536 | 536 | | extending for 1 fiscal year the authorization for the 355 |
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| 537 | 537 | | Lieutenant Governor to designate an alternative 356 |
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| 538 | 538 | | official headquarters under certain conditions; 357 |
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| 539 | 539 | | specifying restrictions, limitations, eligibility for 358 |
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| 540 | 540 | | the subsistence allowance, reimbursement of 359 |
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| 541 | 541 | | transportation expenses, and payment thereof; 360 |
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| 542 | 542 | | requiring the Department of Management Services to 361 |
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| 543 | 543 | | maintain and offer the same health insurance options 362 |
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| 544 | 544 | | for participants of the State Group Health Insurance 363 |
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| 545 | 545 | | Program for the 2024 -2025 fiscal year as applied in 364 |
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| 546 | 546 | | the preceding fiscal year; requiring the Department of 365 |
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| 547 | 547 | | Management Services to assess an administrative health 366 |
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| 548 | 548 | | insurance assessment on each state agency; providing 367 |
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| 549 | 549 | | the rate of such assessment; defining the term "state 368 |
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| 550 | 550 | | agency"; providing how a state agency shall remit 369 |
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| 551 | 551 | | certain funds; requiring the Department of Management 370 |
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| 552 | 552 | | Services to take certain actions in case of 371 |
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| 553 | 553 | | delinquencies; requiring the Chief Financial Officer 372 |
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| 554 | 554 | | to transfer funds under specified circumstances; 373 |
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| 555 | 555 | | providing an excepti on; requiring state agencies to 374 |
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| 556 | 556 | | provide a list of positions that qualify for such 375 |
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| 569 | 569 | | exception by a specified date and to update the list 376 |
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| 570 | 570 | | monthly thereafter; requiring state agencies to 377 |
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| 571 | 571 | | include the administrative health insurance assessment 378 |
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| 572 | 572 | | in their indirect cost plan; requiring agencies to 379 |
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| 573 | 573 | | notify the Department of Management Services regarding 380 |
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| 574 | 574 | | the approval of their updated indirect cost plans; 381 |
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| 575 | 575 | | authorizing the Executive Office of the Governor to 382 |
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| 576 | 576 | | transfer budget authority between agencies in 383 |
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| 577 | 577 | | specified circumstances; providing that the annual 384 |
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| 578 | 578 | | salaries of the members of the Legislature be 385 |
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| 579 | 579 | | maintained at a specified level; providing an 386 |
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| 580 | 580 | | exception; reenacting s. 215.32(2)(b), F.S., relating 387 |
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| 581 | 581 | | to the authorization for transferring unappropriated 388 |
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| 582 | 582 | | cash balances from select ed trust funds to the Budget 389 |
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| 583 | 583 | | Stabilization Fund and General Revenue Fund; providing 390 |
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| 584 | 584 | | for future expiration and reversion of specific 391 |
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| 585 | 585 | | statutory text; specifying the type of travel which 392 |
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| 586 | 586 | | may be used with state employee travel funds; 393 |
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| 587 | 587 | | providing exceptions; prov iding a monetary cap on 394 |
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| 588 | 588 | | lodging costs for state employee travel to certain 395 |
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| 589 | 589 | | meetings organized or sponsored by a state agency or 396 |
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| 590 | 590 | | the judicial branch; authorizing employees to expend 397 |
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| 591 | 591 | | their own funds for lodging expenses that exceed the 398 |
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| 592 | 592 | | monetary caps; amendin g s. 216.181, F.S.; extending 399 |
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| 593 | 593 | | for 1 fiscal year the authority of the Legislative 400 |
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| 606 | 606 | | Budget Commission to approve budget amendments for 401 |
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| 607 | 607 | | certain fixed capital outlay projects; amending s. 402 |
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| 608 | 608 | | 216.292, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the 403 |
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| 609 | 609 | | requirements for certain t ransfers; authorizing state 404 |
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| 610 | 610 | | agencies to purchase vehicles from nonstate term 405 |
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| 611 | 611 | | contract vendors without prior approval from the 406 |
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| 612 | 612 | | Department of Management Services under certain 407 |
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| 613 | 613 | | circumstances; authorizing the Department of 408 |
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| 614 | 614 | | Management Services, the Executive Of fice of the 409 |
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| 615 | 615 | | Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Chief 410 |
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| 616 | 616 | | Financial Officer, and the Attorney General to enter 411 |
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| 617 | 617 | | into specified leases as a lessee without having to 412 |
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| 618 | 618 | | advertise or receive competitive solicitations; 413 |
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| 619 | 619 | | requiring the Department of Environmen tal Protection 414 |
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| 620 | 620 | | to negotiate for the purchase of certain lands if 415 |
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| 621 | 621 | | conditions are met; requiring the Department of 416 |
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| 622 | 622 | | Environmental Protection to negotiate certain leases 417 |
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| 623 | 623 | | with specified terms; authorizing the Executive Office 418 |
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| 624 | 624 | | of the Governor's Office of Policy and Budget to 419 |
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| 625 | 625 | | submit a budget amendment to the Legislative Budget 420 |
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| 626 | 626 | | Commission to realign certain funding for specified 421 |
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| 627 | 627 | | categories by a specified date; providing requirements 422 |
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| 628 | 628 | | for such realignment; authorizing the annual salary 423 |
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| 629 | 629 | | rate for certain entities be co ntrolled at the budget 424 |
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| 630 | 630 | | entity level; amending s. 339.08, F.S.; authorizing 425 |
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| 643 | 643 | | the Department of Revenue to retain certain interest 426 |
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| 644 | 644 | | earnings for a specified purpose; authorizing the 427 |
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| 645 | 645 | | Department of Transportation to retain certain 428 |
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| 646 | 646 | | interest earnings for a specifi ed purpose; creating s. 429 |
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| 647 | 647 | | 11.52, F.S.; requiring state agencies provide 430 |
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| 648 | 648 | | specified information by a certain date; requiring 431 |
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| 649 | 649 | | updates to such information at certain intervals; 432 |
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| 650 | 650 | | requiring certain entities to conduct a review of 433 |
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| 651 | 651 | | required reports; requiring such en tities to provide a 434 |
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| 652 | 652 | | certain list containing certain information by a 435 |
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| 653 | 653 | | specified date; amending s. 216.013, F.S.; providing 436 |
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| 654 | 654 | | that certain entities are not required to develop 437 |
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| 655 | 655 | | specified plans; providing an exception; amending s. 438 |
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| 656 | 656 | | 216.023, F.S.; requiring certai n entities to include a 439 |
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| 657 | 657 | | specified inventory in their legislative budget 440 |
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| 658 | 658 | | request, requiring such inventory include specified 441 |
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| 659 | 659 | | information; providing application; providing an 442 |
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| 660 | 660 | | expiration date; requiring the Florida Turnpike 443 |
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| 661 | 661 | | Enterprise to establish a certain p rogram; providing 444 |
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| 662 | 662 | | the purpose of such program; providing definitions; 445 |
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| 663 | 663 | | requiring certain accounts to receive an account 446 |
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| 664 | 664 | | credit; requiring certain funds be used to reimburse 447 |
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| 665 | 665 | | specified entities; authorizing reimbursement of 448 |
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| 666 | 666 | | certain entities from specified fun ds; requiring 449 |
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| 667 | 667 | | specified documentation; requiring certain funds to 450 |
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| 680 | 680 | | revert to general revenue on a specified date; 451 |
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| 681 | 681 | | providing reporting requirements; providing conditions 452 |
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| 682 | 682 | | under which the veto of certain appropriations or 453 |
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| 683 | 683 | | proviso language in the General Approp riations Act 454 |
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| 684 | 684 | | voids language that implements such appropriation; 455 |
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| 685 | 685 | | providing for the continued operation of certain 456 |
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| 686 | 686 | | provisions notwithstanding a future repeal or 457 |
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| 687 | 687 | | expiration provided by the act; providing 458 |
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| 688 | 688 | | severability; providing for contingent retroactivity; 459 |
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| 689 | 689 | | providing effective dates. 460 |
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| 690 | 690 | | 461 |
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| 691 | 691 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 462 |
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| 692 | 692 | | 463 |
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| 693 | 693 | | Section 1. It is the intent of the Legislature that the 464 |
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| 694 | 694 | | implementing and administering provisions of this act apply to 465 |
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| 695 | 695 | | the General Appropriations Act for the 2024 -2025 fiscal year. 466 |
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| 696 | 696 | | Section 2. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 467 |
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| 697 | 697 | | 5, 6, 84, and 85 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 468 |
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| 698 | 698 | | the calculations of the Florida Education Finance Program for 469 |
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| 699 | 699 | | the 2024-2025 fiscal year included in the document t itled 470 |
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| 700 | 700 | | "Public School Funding: The Florida Education Finance Program 471 |
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| 701 | 701 | | (FEFP) Fiscal Year 2024 -2025," dated March 5, 2024, and filed 472 |
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| 702 | 702 | | with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, are incorporated 473 |
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| 703 | 703 | | by reference for the purpose of displaying the calculations u sed 474 |
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| 704 | 704 | | by the Legislature, consistent with the requirements of state 475 |
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| 716 | 716 | | |
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| 717 | 717 | | law, in making appropriations for the Florida Education Finance 476 |
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| 718 | 718 | | Program. This section expires July 1, 2025. 477 |
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| 719 | 719 | | Section 3. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 81 478 |
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| 720 | 720 | | of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, the school 479 |
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| 721 | 721 | | readiness reimbursement rates for Fiscal Year 2024 -2025 included 480 |
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| 722 | 722 | | in the document titled "School Readiness Program Reimbursement 481 |
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| 723 | 723 | | Rates Fiscal Year 2024 -2025," dated March 5, 2024, and filed 482 |
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| 724 | 724 | | with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, are incorporated 483 |
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| 725 | 725 | | by reference, consistent with the requirements of state law, in 484 |
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| 726 | 726 | | making appropriations for the school readiness program 485 |
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| 727 | 727 | | allocation. This section expires July 1, 2025. 486 |
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| 728 | 728 | | Section 4. In order to implement Specific Appropria tion 487 |
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| 729 | 729 | | 158 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, subsection (10) 488 |
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| 730 | 730 | | is added to section 1004.6495, Florida Statutes, to read: 489 |
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| 731 | 731 | | 1004.6495 Florida Postsecondary Comprehensive Transition 490 |
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| 732 | 732 | | Program and Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities. — 491 |
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| 733 | 733 | | (10) PROGRAM CLASSIFICATION. —No later than August 31, 492 |
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| 734 | 734 | | 2024, the Board of Governors and the State Board of Education, 493 |
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| 735 | 735 | | in consultation with the center, shall establish a state 494 |
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| 736 | 736 | | Classification of Instructional Program code for FPCTPs 495 |
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| 737 | 737 | | established pursuant to this section. This subsection expires 496 |
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| 738 | 738 | | July 1, 2025. 497 |
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| 739 | 739 | | Section 5. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 498 |
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| 740 | 740 | | 202 through 229 and 546 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations 499 |
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| 741 | 741 | | Act, and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida 500 |
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| 753 | 753 | | |
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| 754 | 754 | | Statutes, the Agency for H ealth Care Administration, in 501 |
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| 755 | 755 | | consultation with the Department of Health, may submit a budget 502 |
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| 756 | 756 | | amendment, subject to the notice, review, and objection 503 |
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| 757 | 757 | | procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to realign funding 504 |
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| 758 | 758 | | within and between agencies based on implem entation of the 505 |
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| 759 | 759 | | managed medical assistance component of the Statewide Medicaid 506 |
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| 760 | 760 | | Managed Care program for the Children's Medical Services program 507 |
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| 761 | 761 | | of the Department of Health. The funding realignment shall 508 |
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| 762 | 762 | | reflect the actual enrollment changes due to the tran sfer of 509 |
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| 763 | 763 | | beneficiaries from fee -for-service to the capitated Children's 510 |
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| 764 | 764 | | Medical Services network. The Agency for Health Care 511 |
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| 765 | 765 | | Administration may submit a request for nonoperating budget 512 |
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| 766 | 766 | | authority to transfer the federal funds to the Department of 513 |
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| 767 | 767 | | Health pursuant to s. 216.181(12), Florida Statutes. This 514 |
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| 768 | 768 | | section expires July 1, 2025. 515 |
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| 769 | 769 | | Section 6. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 516 |
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| 770 | 770 | | 202 through 229 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, and 517 |
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| 771 | 771 | | notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Stat utes, the 518 |
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| 772 | 772 | | Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 519 |
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| 773 | 773 | | amendment, subject to the notice, review, and objection 520 |
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| 774 | 774 | | procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to realign funding 521 |
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| 775 | 775 | | within the Medicaid program appropriation categories to address 522 |
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| 776 | 776 | | projected surpluses and deficits within the program and to 523 |
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| 777 | 777 | | maximize the use of state trust funds. A single budget amendment 524 |
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| 778 | 778 | | shall be submitted in the last quarter of the 2024 -2025 fiscal 525 |
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| 790 | 790 | | |
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| 791 | 791 | | year only. This section expires July 1, 2025. 526 |
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| 792 | 792 | | Section 7. Effective upon this act becoming a law, and in 527 |
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| 793 | 793 | | order to implement section 76 of the 2024 -2025 General 528 |
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| 794 | 794 | | Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding section 8 of chapter 529 |
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| 795 | 795 | | 2023-240, Laws of Florida, the Agency for Health Care 530 |
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| 796 | 796 | | Administration is authorized to submit a budget amen dment, 531 |
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| 797 | 797 | | subject to the notice, review and objection procedures of s. 532 |
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| 798 | 798 | | 216.177, Florida Statutes, to realign funding within the 533 |
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| 799 | 799 | | Medicaid program appropriation categories to address projected 534 |
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| 800 | 800 | | surpluses and deficits within the program for the 2023 -2024 535 |
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| 801 | 801 | | fiscal year. The Agency for Health Care Administration may not 536 |
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| 802 | 802 | | realign funds to provide Medicaid reimbursements at rates above 537 |
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| 803 | 803 | | the amounts adopted at the January 8, 2024, Social Services 538 |
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| 804 | 804 | | Estimating Conference. This section expires July 1, 2024. 539 |
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| 805 | 805 | | Section 8. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 540 |
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| 806 | 806 | | 181 through 186 and 546 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations 541 |
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| 807 | 807 | | Act, and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida 542 |
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| 808 | 808 | | Statutes, the Agency for Health Care Administration and the 543 |
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| 809 | 809 | | Department of Health may each su bmit a budget amendment, subject 544 |
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| 810 | 810 | | to the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, 545 |
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| 811 | 811 | | Florida Statutes, to realign funding within the Florida Kidcare 546 |
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| 812 | 812 | | program appropriation categories, or to increase budget 547 |
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| 813 | 813 | | authority in the Children's Medical Serv ices network category, 548 |
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| 814 | 814 | | to address projected surpluses and deficits within the program 549 |
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| 815 | 815 | | or to maximize the use of state trust funds. A single budget 550 |
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| 827 | 827 | | |
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| 828 | 828 | | amendment must be submitted by each agency in the last quarter 551 |
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| 829 | 829 | | of the 2024-2025 fiscal year only. This sectio n expires July 1, 552 |
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| 830 | 830 | | 2025. 553 |
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| 831 | 831 | | Section 9. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 554 |
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| 832 | 832 | | 484 through 492 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 555 |
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| 833 | 833 | | subsection (17) of section 381.986, Florida Statutes, is amended 556 |
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| 834 | 834 | | to read: 557 |
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| 835 | 835 | | 381.986 Medical use of marijuana. — 558 |
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| 836 | 836 | | (17) Rules adopted pursuant to this section before July 1, 559 |
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| 837 | 837 | | 2025 2024, are not subject to ss. 120.54(3)(b) and 120.541. This 560 |
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| 838 | 838 | | subsection expires July 1, 2025 2024. 561 |
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| 839 | 839 | | Section 10. Effective July 1, 2024, upon the expiration 562 |
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| 840 | 840 | | and reversion of the amendments made to subsection (1) of 563 |
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| 841 | 841 | | section 14 of chapter 2017 -232, Laws of Florida, pursuant to 564 |
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| 842 | 842 | | section 11 of chapter 2023 -240, Laws of Florida, and in order to 565 |
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| 843 | 843 | | implement Specific Appropriations 484 through 492 of the 2024 -566 |
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| 844 | 844 | | 2025 General Appropriations Act, subsecti on (1) of section 14 of 567 |
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| 845 | 845 | | chapter 2017-232, Laws of Florida, is amended to read: 568 |
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| 846 | 846 | | Section 14. Department of Health; authority to adopt 569 |
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| 847 | 847 | | rules; cause of action. — 570 |
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| 848 | 848 | | (1) EMERGENCY RULEMAKING. — 571 |
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| 849 | 849 | | (a) The Department of Health and the applicable boards 572 |
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| 850 | 850 | | shall adopt emergency rules pursuant to s. 120.54(4), Florida 573 |
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| 851 | 851 | | Statutes, and this section necessary to implement s. 381.986 ss. 574 |
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| 852 | 852 | | 381.986 and 381.988, Florida Statutes. If an emergency rule 575 |
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| 863 | 863 | | |
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| 864 | 864 | | |
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| 865 | 865 | | adopted under this section is held to be unconstitutional or an 576 |
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| 866 | 866 | | invalid exercise of delegated legislative authority, and becomes 577 |
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| 867 | 867 | | void, the department or the applicable boards may adopt an 578 |
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| 868 | 868 | | emergency rule pursuant to this section to replace the rule that 579 |
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| 869 | 869 | | has become void. If the emergency rule adopted to replace the 580 |
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| 870 | 870 | | void emergency rule is also held to be unconstitutional or an 581 |
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| 871 | 871 | | invalid exercise of delegated legislative authority and becomes 582 |
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| 872 | 872 | | void, the department and the applicable boards must follow the 583 |
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| 873 | 873 | | nonemergency rulemaking procedures of the Administrative 584 |
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| 874 | 874 | | Procedures Act to replace the rule that has become void. 585 |
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| 875 | 875 | | (b) For emergency rules adopted under this section, the 586 |
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| 876 | 876 | | department and the applicable boards need not make the findings 587 |
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| 877 | 877 | | required by s. 120.54(4)(a), Florida Statutes. Emergency rules 588 |
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| 878 | 878 | | adopted under this section are exempt from ss. 120.54(3)(b) and 589 |
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| 879 | 879 | | 120.541, Florida Statutes. The department and the applicable 590 |
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| 880 | 880 | | boards shall meet the procedural requirements in s. 120.54(4)(a) 591 |
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| 881 | 881 | | s. 120.54(a), Florida Statutes, if the department or the 592 |
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| 882 | 882 | | applicable boards have, before July 1, 2019 the effective date 593 |
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| 883 | 883 | | of this act, held any public workshops or hearings on the 594 |
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| 884 | 884 | | subject matter of the emergency rules adopted under this 595 |
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| 885 | 885 | | subsection. Challenges to emergency rules adopted under this 596 |
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| 886 | 886 | | subsection are subject to the time schedules provided in s. 597 |
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| 887 | 887 | | 120.56(5), Florida Statutes. 598 |
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| 888 | 888 | | (c) Emergency rules adopted under this section are exempt 599 |
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| 889 | 889 | | from s. 120.54(4)(c), Florida Statutes, and shall remain in 600 |
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| 898 | 898 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 899 | 899 | | |
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| 900 | 900 | | |
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| 901 | 901 | | |
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| 902 | 902 | | effect until replaced by rules adopted under the nonemergency 601 |
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| 903 | 903 | | rulemaking procedures of the Administrative Procedures Act. 602 |
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| 904 | 904 | | Rules adopted under the nonemergency rulemaking procedures of 603 |
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| 905 | 905 | | the Administrative Procedures Act to replace emergency rules 604 |
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| 906 | 906 | | adopted under this section are exempt from ss. 120.54(3)(b) and 605 |
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| 907 | 907 | | 120.541, Florida Statutes. By July 1, 2025 January 1, 2018, the 606 |
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| 908 | 908 | | department and the applicable boards shall initiate nonemergency 607 |
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| 909 | 909 | | rulemaking pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act to 608 |
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| 910 | 910 | | replace all emergency rules adopted under this section by 609 |
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| 911 | 911 | | publishing a notice of rule development in the Florida 610 |
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| 912 | 912 | | Administrative Register. Except as provided in paragraph (a), 611 |
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| 913 | 913 | | after July 1, 2025 January 1, 2018, the department and 612 |
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| 914 | 914 | | applicable boards may not adopt rules pursuant to the emergency 613 |
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| 915 | 915 | | rulemaking procedures provided in this section. 614 |
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| 916 | 916 | | Section 11. The amendments to subsection (1) of section 14 615 |
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| 917 | 917 | | of chapter 2017-232, Laws of Florida, made by this act expire 616 |
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| 918 | 918 | | July 1, 2025, and the text of that subsection shall revert to 617 |
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| 919 | 919 | | that in existence on June 30, 2019, except that any amendments 618 |
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| 920 | 920 | | to such text enacted other than by this act shall be preserved 619 |
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| 921 | 921 | | and continue to operate to the extent that such amendments are 620 |
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| 922 | 922 | | not dependent upon the portions of text which expire pursuant to 621 |
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| 923 | 923 | | this section. 622 |
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| 924 | 924 | | Section 12. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 623 |
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| 925 | 925 | | 207, 208, 211, and 215 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations 624 |
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| 926 | 926 | | Act, the Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a 625 |
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| 934 | 934 | | Page 26 of 136 |
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| 935 | 935 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 936 | 936 | | |
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| 937 | 937 | | |
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| 938 | 938 | | |
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| 939 | 939 | | budget amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, 626 |
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| 940 | 940 | | requesting additional spending authority to implement the 627 |
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| 941 | 941 | | federally approved Directed Payment Program for hospit als 628 |
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| 942 | 942 | | statewide providing inpatient and outpatient services to 629 |
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| 943 | 943 | | Medicaid managed care enrollees, the Indirect Medical Education 630 |
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| 944 | 944 | | (IME) Program, and a nursing workforce expansion and education 631 |
|---|
| 945 | 945 | | program for certain institutions participating in a graduate 632 |
|---|
| 946 | 946 | | medical education or nursing education program. For institutions 633 |
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| 947 | 947 | | participating in the nursing workforce expansion and education 634 |
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| 948 | 948 | | program, the budget amendment must identify the educational 635 |
|---|
| 949 | 949 | | institutions partnering with the teaching hospital. Institutions 636 |
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| 950 | 950 | | participating in the nursing workforce expansion and education 637 |
|---|
| 951 | 951 | | program shall provide quarterly reports to the agency detailing 638 |
|---|
| 952 | 952 | | the number of nurses participating in the program. This section 639 |
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| 953 | 953 | | expires July 1, 2025. 640 |
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| 954 | 954 | | Section 13. In order to implement Specific Approp riations 641 |
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| 955 | 955 | | 208, 211, and 215 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 642 |
|---|
| 956 | 956 | | the Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 643 |
|---|
| 957 | 957 | | amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, requesting 644 |
|---|
| 958 | 958 | | additional spending authority to implement the federally 645 |
|---|
| 959 | 959 | | approved Directed Payment Program and fee -for-service 646 |
|---|
| 960 | 960 | | supplemental payments for cancer hospitals that meet the 647 |
|---|
| 961 | 961 | | criteria in 42 U.S.C. s. 1395ww(d)(1)(B)(v). This section 648 |
|---|
| 962 | 962 | | expires July 1, 2025. 649 |
|---|
| 963 | 963 | | Section 14. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 650 |
|---|
| 971 | 971 | | Page 27 of 136 |
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| 972 | 972 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 973 | 973 | | |
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| 974 | 974 | | |
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| 975 | 975 | | |
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| 976 | 976 | | 202 through 229 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, the 651 |
|---|
| 977 | 977 | | Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 652 |
|---|
| 978 | 978 | | amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, requesting 653 |
|---|
| 979 | 979 | | additional spending authority to implement the Low Income Pool 654 |
|---|
| 980 | 980 | | component of the Florida Managed Medical Assistance 655 |
|---|
| 981 | 981 | | Demonstration up to the total computable funds authorized by the 656 |
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| 982 | 982 | | federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The budget 657 |
|---|
| 983 | 983 | | amendment must include the final terms and conditions of the Low 658 |
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| 984 | 984 | | Income Pool, a propos ed distribution model by entity, and a 659 |
|---|
| 985 | 985 | | listing of entities contributing intergovernmental transfers to 660 |
|---|
| 986 | 986 | | support the state match required. In addition, for each entity 661 |
|---|
| 987 | 987 | | included in the distribution model, a signed attestation must be 662 |
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| 988 | 988 | | provided that includes th e charity care cost upon which the Low 663 |
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| 989 | 989 | | Income Pool payment is based and an acknowledgment that should 664 |
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| 990 | 990 | | the distribution result in an overpayment based on the Low 665 |
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| 991 | 991 | | Income Pool cost limit audit, the entity is responsible for 666 |
|---|
| 992 | 992 | | returning that overpayment to the a gency for return to the 667 |
|---|
| 993 | 993 | | federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This section 668 |
|---|
| 994 | 994 | | expires July 1, 2025. 669 |
|---|
| 995 | 995 | | Section 15. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 670 |
|---|
| 996 | 996 | | 214 and 215 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, the 671 |
|---|
| 997 | 997 | | Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 672 |
|---|
| 998 | 998 | | amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, requesting 673 |
|---|
| 999 | 999 | | additional spending authority to implement fee -for-service 674 |
|---|
| 1000 | 1000 | | supplemental payments and a directed payment program for 675 |
|---|
| 1008 | 1008 | | Page 28 of 136 |
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| 1009 | 1009 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 1010 | 1010 | | |
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| 1011 | 1011 | | |
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| 1012 | 1012 | | |
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| 1013 | 1013 | | physicians and subordinate licensed heal th care practitioners 676 |
|---|
| 1014 | 1014 | | employed by or under contract with a Florida medical or dental 677 |
|---|
| 1015 | 1015 | | school, or a public hospital. This section expires July 1, 2025. 678 |
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| 1016 | 1016 | | Section 16. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 679 |
|---|
| 1017 | 1017 | | 212, 215, and 227 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 680 |
|---|
| 1018 | 1018 | | the Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 681 |
|---|
| 1019 | 1019 | | amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, requesting 682 |
|---|
| 1020 | 1020 | | additional spending authority to implement a certified 683 |
|---|
| 1021 | 1021 | | expenditure program for emergency medical transportation 684 |
|---|
| 1022 | 1022 | | services. This section expires July 1, 2025. 685 |
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| 1023 | 1023 | | Section 17. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 686 |
|---|
| 1024 | 1024 | | 209 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, the Agency for 687 |
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| 1025 | 1025 | | Health Care Administration may submit a budget amendment 688 |
|---|
| 1026 | 1026 | | pursuant to chapter 216, Flo rida Statutes, requesting additional 689 |
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| 1027 | 1027 | | spending authority to implement the Disproportionate Share 690 |
|---|
| 1028 | 1028 | | Hospital Program. The budget amendment must include a proposed 691 |
|---|
| 1029 | 1029 | | distribution model by entity and a listing of entities 692 |
|---|
| 1030 | 1030 | | contributing intergovernmental transfers a nd certified public 693 |
|---|
| 1031 | 1031 | | expenditures to support the state match required. This section 694 |
|---|
| 1032 | 1032 | | expires July 1, 2025. 695 |
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| 1033 | 1033 | | Section 18. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 696 |
|---|
| 1034 | 1034 | | 330, 332, 362, and 363 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations 697 |
|---|
| 1035 | 1035 | | Act, and notwithstanding s s. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida 698 |
|---|
| 1036 | 1036 | | Statutes, the Department of Children and Families may submit a 699 |
|---|
| 1037 | 1037 | | budget amendment, subject to the notice, review, and objection 700 |
|---|
| 1045 | 1045 | | Page 29 of 136 |
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| 1046 | 1046 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 1047 | 1047 | | |
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| 1048 | 1048 | | |
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| 1049 | 1049 | | |
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| 1050 | 1050 | | procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to realign funding 701 |
|---|
| 1051 | 1051 | | within the department based on the implementation of the 702 |
|---|
| 1052 | 1052 | | Guardianship Assistance Program, between the specific 703 |
|---|
| 1053 | 1053 | | appropriations for guardianship assistance payments, foster care 704 |
|---|
| 1054 | 1054 | | Level 1 room and board payments, relative caregiver payments, 705 |
|---|
| 1055 | 1055 | | and nonrelative caregiver payments. This section expi res July 1, 706 |
|---|
| 1056 | 1056 | | 2025. 707 |
|---|
| 1057 | 1057 | | Section 19. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 708 |
|---|
| 1058 | 1058 | | 202 through 204, 208, 211, 212, 214 through 216, 356, 366, 493 709 |
|---|
| 1059 | 1059 | | through 495, and 501 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations 710 |
|---|
| 1060 | 1060 | | Act, and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Fl orida 711 |
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| 1061 | 1061 | | Statutes, the Department of Children and Families, Department of 712 |
|---|
| 1062 | 1062 | | Health, and Agency for Health Care Administration may submit 713 |
|---|
| 1063 | 1063 | | budget amendments, subject to the notice, review, and objection 714 |
|---|
| 1064 | 1064 | | procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to increase budg et 715 |
|---|
| 1065 | 1065 | | authority to support refugee programs administered by the 716 |
|---|
| 1066 | 1066 | | federal Office of Refugee Resettlement due to the ongoing 717 |
|---|
| 1067 | 1067 | | instability of federal immigration policy and the resulting 718 |
|---|
| 1068 | 1068 | | inability of the state to reasonably predict, with certainty, 719 |
|---|
| 1069 | 1069 | | the budgetary needs of this state with respect to the number of 720 |
|---|
| 1070 | 1070 | | refugees relocated to the state as part of those federal 721 |
|---|
| 1071 | 1071 | | programs. The Department of Children and Families shall submit 722 |
|---|
| 1072 | 1072 | | quarterly reports to the Executive Office of the Governor, the 723 |
|---|
| 1073 | 1073 | | President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of 724 |
|---|
| 1074 | 1074 | | Representatives on the number of refugees entering the state, 725 |
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| 1082 | 1082 | | Page 30 of 136 |
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| 1083 | 1083 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 1084 | 1084 | | |
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| 1085 | 1085 | | |
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| 1086 | 1086 | | |
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| 1087 | 1087 | | the nations of origin of such refugees, and current expenditure 726 |
|---|
| 1088 | 1088 | | projections. This section expires July 1, 2025. 727 |
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| 1089 | 1089 | | Section 20. In order to implement Specific Ap propriations 728 |
|---|
| 1090 | 1090 | | 347 through 384 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, and 729 |
|---|
| 1091 | 1091 | | notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 730 |
|---|
| 1092 | 1092 | | Department of Children and Families may submit budget 731 |
|---|
| 1093 | 1093 | | amendments, subject to the notice, review, and objection 732 |
|---|
| 1094 | 1094 | | procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to increase budget 733 |
|---|
| 1095 | 1095 | | authority to support the following federal grant programs: the 734 |
|---|
| 1096 | 1096 | | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Grant Program, the Summer 735 |
|---|
| 1097 | 1097 | | Electronic Benefit Transfer, the American Rescue Plan Grant, the 736 |
|---|
| 1098 | 1098 | | State Opioid Response Grant, the Substance Use Prevention and 737 |
|---|
| 1099 | 1099 | | Treatment Block Grant, and the Mental Health Block Grant. This 738 |
|---|
| 1100 | 1100 | | section expires July 1, 2025. 739 |
|---|
| 1101 | 1101 | | Section 21. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 740 |
|---|
| 1102 | 1102 | | 458 and 460 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriati ons Act, and 741 |
|---|
| 1103 | 1103 | | notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 742 |
|---|
| 1104 | 1104 | | Department of Health may submit a budget amendment, subject to 743 |
|---|
| 1105 | 1105 | | the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, 744 |
|---|
| 1106 | 1106 | | Florida Statutes, to increase budget authority for the 745 |
|---|
| 1107 | 1107 | | Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children 746 |
|---|
| 1108 | 1108 | | (WIC) and the Child Care Food Program if additional federal 747 |
|---|
| 1109 | 1109 | | revenues will be expended in the 2024 -2025 fiscal year. This 748 |
|---|
| 1110 | 1110 | | section expires July 1, 2025. 749 |
|---|
| 1111 | 1111 | | Section 22. In order to implement Speci fic Appropriations 750 |
|---|
| 1119 | 1119 | | Page 31 of 136 |
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| 1120 | 1120 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 1121 | 1121 | | |
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| 1122 | 1122 | | |
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| 1123 | 1123 | | |
|---|
| 1124 | 1124 | | 470 and 522 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, and 751 |
|---|
| 1125 | 1125 | | notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 752 |
|---|
| 1126 | 1126 | | Department of Health may submit a budget amendment, subject to 753 |
|---|
| 1127 | 1127 | | the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, 754 |
|---|
| 1128 | 1128 | | Florida Statutes, to increase budget authority for the HIV/AIDS 755 |
|---|
| 1129 | 1129 | | Prevention and Treatment Program if additional federal revenues 756 |
|---|
| 1130 | 1130 | | specific to HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment become available 757 |
|---|
| 1131 | 1131 | | in the 2024-2025 fiscal year. This section expires July 1, 2025. 758 |
|---|
| 1132 | 1132 | | Section 23. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 759 |
|---|
| 1133 | 1133 | | 427 through 578 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, and 760 |
|---|
| 1134 | 1134 | | notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 761 |
|---|
| 1135 | 1135 | | Department of Health may submit a budget amendment, subj ect to 762 |
|---|
| 1136 | 1136 | | the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, 763 |
|---|
| 1137 | 1137 | | Florida Statutes, to increase budget authority for the 764 |
|---|
| 1138 | 1138 | | department if additional federal revenues specific to COVID -19 765 |
|---|
| 1139 | 1139 | | relief funds become available in the 2024 -2025 fiscal year. This 766 |
|---|
| 1140 | 1140 | | section expires July 1, 2025. 767 |
|---|
| 1141 | 1141 | | Section 24. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 768 |
|---|
| 1142 | 1142 | | 546A of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 769 |
|---|
| 1143 | 1143 | | notwithstanding s. 216.301, Florida Statutes, and pursuant to s. 770 |
|---|
| 1144 | 1144 | | 216.351, Florida Statutes, the balance of any approp riation from 771 |
|---|
| 1145 | 1145 | | the General Revenue Fund for the Pediatric Rare Disease Research 772 |
|---|
| 1146 | 1146 | | Grant Program, which is not disbursed but which is obligated 773 |
|---|
| 1147 | 1147 | | pursuant to contract or committed to be expended by June 30 of 774 |
|---|
| 1148 | 1148 | | the fiscal year in which the funds are appropriated, m ay be 775 |
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| 1156 | 1156 | | Page 32 of 136 |
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| 1157 | 1157 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 1158 | 1158 | | |
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| 1159 | 1159 | | |
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| 1160 | 1160 | | |
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| 1161 | 1161 | | carried forward for up to 5 years after the effective date of 776 |
|---|
| 1162 | 1162 | | the original appropriation. This section expires July 1, 2025. 777 |
|---|
| 1163 | 1163 | | Section 25. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 778 |
|---|
| 1164 | 1164 | | 196 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act: 779 |
|---|
| 1165 | 1165 | | (1) The Agency for Health Care Administration shall 780 |
|---|
| 1166 | 1166 | | replace the current Florida Medicaid Management Information 781 |
|---|
| 1167 | 1167 | | System (FMMIS) and fiscal agent operations with a system that is 782 |
|---|
| 1168 | 1168 | | modular, interoperable, and scalable for the Florida Medicaid 783 |
|---|
| 1169 | 1169 | | program that complies with all applicable federal and state laws 784 |
|---|
| 1170 | 1170 | | and requirements. The agency may not include in the program to 785 |
|---|
| 1171 | 1171 | | replace the current FMMIS and fiscal agent contract: 786 |
|---|
| 1172 | 1172 | | (a) Functionality that duplicates any of the information 787 |
|---|
| 1173 | 1173 | | systems of the other health and human services state agencies; 788 |
|---|
| 1174 | 1174 | | (b) Procurement for agency requirements external to 789 |
|---|
| 1175 | 1175 | | Medicaid programs with the intent to leverage the Medicaid 790 |
|---|
| 1176 | 1176 | | technology infrastructure for other purposes without legislative 791 |
|---|
| 1177 | 1177 | | appropriation or legislative authorization to procure these 792 |
|---|
| 1178 | 1178 | | requirements. The new system, the Florida Health Care Connection 793 |
|---|
| 1179 | 1179 | | (FX) system, must provide better integration with subsystems 794 |
|---|
| 1180 | 1180 | | supporting Florida's Medicaid program; uniformity, consistency, 795 |
|---|
| 1181 | 1181 | | and improved access to data; and compatibility with the Centers 796 |
|---|
| 1182 | 1182 | | for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Medicaid Information 797 |
|---|
| 1183 | 1183 | | Technology Architecture (MITA) as the system matures and expands 798 |
|---|
| 1184 | 1184 | | its functionality; or 799 |
|---|
| 1185 | 1185 | | (c) Any contract executed after July 1, 2022, not 800 |
|---|
| 1193 | 1193 | | Page 33 of 136 |
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| 1194 | 1194 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 1195 | 1195 | | |
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| 1196 | 1196 | | |
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| 1197 | 1197 | | |
|---|
| 1198 | 1198 | | including staff augmentation services purchased off the 801 |
|---|
| 1199 | 1199 | | Department of Management Services Information Technology staff 802 |
|---|
| 1200 | 1200 | | augmentation state term contract that are not deliverables based 803 |
|---|
| 1201 | 1201 | | fixed price contracts. 804 |
|---|
| 1202 | 1202 | | (2) For purposes of replacing FMMIS and the current 805 |
|---|
| 1203 | 1203 | | Medicaid fiscal agent, the Agency for Health Care Administ ration 806 |
|---|
| 1204 | 1204 | | shall: 807 |
|---|
| 1205 | 1205 | | (a) Prioritize procurements for the replacement of the 808 |
|---|
| 1206 | 1206 | | current functions of FMMIS and the responsibilities of the 809 |
|---|
| 1207 | 1207 | | current Medicaid fiscal agent, to minimize the need to extend 810 |
|---|
| 1208 | 1208 | | all or portions of the current fiscal agent contract. 811 |
|---|
| 1209 | 1209 | | (b) Comply with and not exceed the Centers for Medicare 812 |
|---|
| 1210 | 1210 | | and Medicaid Services funding authorizations for the FX system. 813 |
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| 1211 | 1211 | | (c) Ensure compliance and uniformity with the published 814 |
|---|
| 1212 | 1212 | | MITA framework and guidelines. 815 |
|---|
| 1213 | 1213 | | (d) Ensure that all business requirements and technical 816 |
|---|
| 1214 | 1214 | | specifications have been provided to all affected state agencies 817 |
|---|
| 1215 | 1215 | | for their review and input and approved by the executive 818 |
|---|
| 1216 | 1216 | | steering committee established in paragraph (h). 819 |
|---|
| 1217 | 1217 | | (e) Consult with the Executive Office of the Governor's 820 |
|---|
| 1218 | 1218 | | working group for interagency information technology integration 821 |
|---|
| 1219 | 1219 | | for the development of competitive solicitations that provide 822 |
|---|
| 1220 | 1220 | | for data interoperability and shared information technology 823 |
|---|
| 1221 | 1221 | | services across the state's health and human services agencies. 824 |
|---|
| 1222 | 1222 | | (f) Implement a data governance structure for the program 825 |
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| 1230 | 1230 | | Page 34 of 136 |
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| 1231 | 1231 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 1232 | 1232 | | |
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| 1233 | 1233 | | |
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| 1234 | 1234 | | |
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| 1235 | 1235 | | to coordinate data sharing and interoperability across state 826 |
|---|
| 1236 | 1236 | | health care entities. 827 |
|---|
| 1237 | 1237 | | (g) Establish a continuing oversight team for each 828 |
|---|
| 1238 | 1238 | | contract pursuant to s. 287.057(26). The teams must provide 829 |
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| 1239 | 1239 | | quarterly reports to t he executive steering committee 830 |
|---|
| 1240 | 1240 | | summarizing the status of the contract, the pace of 831 |
|---|
| 1241 | 1241 | | deliverables, the quality of deliverables, contractor 832 |
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| 1242 | 1242 | | responsiveness, and contractor performance. 833 |
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| 1243 | 1243 | | (h) Implement a program governance structure that includes 834 |
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| 1244 | 1244 | | an executive steering committee composed of: 835 |
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| 1245 | 1245 | | 1. The Secretary of Health Care Administration, or the 836 |
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| 1246 | 1246 | | executive sponsor of the program. 837 |
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| 1247 | 1247 | | 2. A representative of the Division of Health Care Finance 838 |
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| 1248 | 1248 | | and Data of the Agency for Health Care Administration, appointed 839 |
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| 1249 | 1249 | | by the Secretary of Health Care Administration. 840 |
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| 1250 | 1250 | | 3. Two representatives from the Division of Medicaid 841 |
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| 1251 | 1251 | | Policy, Quality, and Operations of the Agency for Health Care 842 |
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| 1252 | 1252 | | Administration, appointed by the Secretary of Health Care 843 |
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| 1253 | 1253 | | Administration. 844 |
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| 1254 | 1254 | | 4. A representative of the Division of Health Care Policy 845 |
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| 1255 | 1255 | | and Oversight of the Agency for Health Care Administration, 846 |
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| 1256 | 1256 | | appointed by the Secretary of Health Care Administration. 847 |
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| 1257 | 1257 | | 5. A representative of the Florida Center for Health 848 |
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| 1258 | 1258 | | Information and Transparency of the Agency for Health Care 849 |
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| 1259 | 1259 | | Administration, appointed by the Secretary of Health Care 850 |
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| 1269 | 1269 | | |
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| 1270 | 1270 | | |
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| 1271 | 1271 | | |
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| 1272 | 1272 | | Administration. 851 |
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| 1273 | 1273 | | 6. The Chief Information Officer of the Agency for Health 852 |
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| 1274 | 1274 | | Care Administration, or his or her designee. 853 |
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| 1275 | 1275 | | (3)(a) The Secretary of Health Care Administration or the 854 |
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| 1276 | 1276 | | executive sponsor of the program shall serve as chair of the 855 |
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| 1277 | 1277 | | executive steering committee, and the committee shall take 856 |
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| 1278 | 1278 | | action by a vote of at least 5 affirmative votes with the chair 857 |
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| 1279 | 1279 | | voting on the prevailing side. A quorum of the executive 858 |
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| 1280 | 1280 | | steering committee c onsists of at least 5 members. 859 |
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| 1281 | 1281 | | (b)1. The chair shall establish a program finance and 860 |
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| 1282 | 1282 | | contracting working group composed of: 861 |
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| 1283 | 1283 | | a. The FX program director. 862 |
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| 1284 | 1284 | | b. A representative from the agency's Office of the 863 |
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| 1285 | 1285 | | General Counsel. 864 |
|---|
| 1286 | 1286 | | c. A representative from th e agency's Division of 865 |
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| 1287 | 1287 | | Administration. 866 |
|---|
| 1288 | 1288 | | d. Representatives from each continuing oversight team. 867 |
|---|
| 1289 | 1289 | | e. The FX program strategic roadmap manager. 868 |
|---|
| 1290 | 1290 | | f. The FX program project managers. 869 |
|---|
| 1291 | 1291 | | g. The FX program risk manager. 870 |
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| 1292 | 1292 | | h. Any other personnel deemed necessary by the chair. 871 |
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| 1293 | 1293 | | 2. The working group shall meet at least monthly to review 872 |
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| 1294 | 1294 | | the program status and all contract and program operations, 873 |
|---|
| 1295 | 1295 | | policies, risks and issues related to the budget, spending plans 874 |
|---|
| 1296 | 1296 | | and contractual obligations, and shall develop recommendations 875 |
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| 1306 | 1306 | | |
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| 1307 | 1307 | | |
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| 1308 | 1308 | | |
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| 1309 | 1309 | | to the executive steering committee for improvement. The working 876 |
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| 1310 | 1310 | | group shall review all change requests that impact the program's 877 |
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| 1311 | 1311 | | scope, schedule, or budget related to contract management and 878 |
|---|
| 1312 | 1312 | | vendor payments and submit those recommended fo r adoption to the 879 |
|---|
| 1313 | 1313 | | executive steering committee. The chair shall request input from 880 |
|---|
| 1314 | 1314 | | the working group on agenda items for each scheduled meeting. 881 |
|---|
| 1315 | 1315 | | The program shall make available program staff to the group, as 882 |
|---|
| 1316 | 1316 | | needed, for the group to fulfill its duties. 883 |
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| 1317 | 1317 | | (c)1. The chair shall establish a state agency stakeholder 884 |
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| 1318 | 1318 | | working group composed of: 885 |
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| 1319 | 1319 | | a. The executive sponsor of the FX program. 886 |
|---|
| 1320 | 1320 | | b. A representative of the Department of Children and 887 |
|---|
| 1321 | 1321 | | Families, appointed by the Secretary of Children and Families. 888 |
|---|
| 1322 | 1322 | | c. A representative of the Department of Health, appointed 889 |
|---|
| 1323 | 1323 | | by the State Surgeon General. 890 |
|---|
| 1324 | 1324 | | d. A representative of the Agency for Persons with 891 |
|---|
| 1325 | 1325 | | Disabilities, appointed by the director of the Agency for 892 |
|---|
| 1326 | 1326 | | Persons with Disabilities. 893 |
|---|
| 1327 | 1327 | | e. A representative from the F lorida Healthy Kids 894 |
|---|
| 1328 | 1328 | | Corporation. 895 |
|---|
| 1329 | 1329 | | f. A representative from the Department of Elder Affairs, 896 |
|---|
| 1330 | 1330 | | appointed by the Secretary of Elder Affairs. 897 |
|---|
| 1331 | 1331 | | g. The state chief information officer, or his or her 898 |
|---|
| 1332 | 1332 | | designee. 899 |
|---|
| 1333 | 1333 | | h. A representative of the Department of Financial 900 |
|---|
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| 1343 | 1343 | | |
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| 1344 | 1344 | | |
|---|
| 1345 | 1345 | | |
|---|
| 1346 | 1346 | | Services who has experience with the state's financial 901 |
|---|
| 1347 | 1347 | | processes, including development of the PALM system, appointed 902 |
|---|
| 1348 | 1348 | | by the Chief Financial Officer. 903 |
|---|
| 1349 | 1349 | | 2. The working group shall meet at least quarterly to 904 |
|---|
| 1350 | 1350 | | review the program status and all program operati ons, policies, 905 |
|---|
| 1351 | 1351 | | risks and issues that may impact the operations external to the 906 |
|---|
| 1352 | 1352 | | Agency for Health Care Administration FX program, and shall 907 |
|---|
| 1353 | 1353 | | develop recommendations to the executive steering committee for 908 |
|---|
| 1354 | 1354 | | improvement. The chair shall request input from the w orking 909 |
|---|
| 1355 | 1355 | | group on agenda items for each scheduled meeting. The program 910 |
|---|
| 1356 | 1356 | | shall make available program staff to the group to provide 911 |
|---|
| 1357 | 1357 | | system demonstrations and any program documentation, as needed, 912 |
|---|
| 1358 | 1358 | | for the group to fulfill its duties. 913 |
|---|
| 1359 | 1359 | | (4) The executive steerin g committee has the overall 914 |
|---|
| 1360 | 1360 | | responsibility for ensuring that the program to replace FMMIS 915 |
|---|
| 1361 | 1361 | | and the Medicaid fiscal agent meets its primary business 916 |
|---|
| 1362 | 1362 | | objectives and shall: 917 |
|---|
| 1363 | 1363 | | (a) Identify and recommend to the Executive Office of the 918 |
|---|
| 1364 | 1364 | | Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the 919 |
|---|
| 1365 | 1365 | | House of Representatives any statutory changes needed to 920 |
|---|
| 1366 | 1366 | | implement the modular replacement to standardize, to the fullest 921 |
|---|
| 1367 | 1367 | | extent possible, the state's health care data and business 922 |
|---|
| 1368 | 1368 | | processes. 923 |
|---|
| 1369 | 1369 | | (b) Review and approve any changes to the program's scope, 924 |
|---|
| 1370 | 1370 | | schedule, and budget. 925 |
|---|
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| 1380 | 1380 | | |
|---|
| 1381 | 1381 | | |
|---|
| 1382 | 1382 | | |
|---|
| 1383 | 1383 | | (c) Review and approve any changes to the program's 926 |
|---|
| 1384 | 1384 | | strategic roadmap. 927 |
|---|
| 1385 | 1385 | | (d) Review and approve change requests that impact the 928 |
|---|
| 1386 | 1386 | | program's scope, schedule, or budget recommended for adoption by 929 |
|---|
| 1387 | 1387 | | the program finance and contracting working group. 930 |
|---|
| 1388 | 1388 | | (e) Review recommendations provided by the program working 931 |
|---|
| 1389 | 1389 | | groups. 932 |
|---|
| 1390 | 1390 | | (f) Review vendor scorecards, reports, and notifications 933 |
|---|
| 1391 | 1391 | | produced by the continuing oversight teams. 934 |
|---|
| 1392 | 1392 | | (g) Ensure that adequate resources a re provided throughout 935 |
|---|
| 1393 | 1393 | | all phases of the program. 936 |
|---|
| 1394 | 1394 | | (h) Approve all major program deliverables. 937 |
|---|
| 1395 | 1395 | | (i) Review and verify that all procurement and contractual 938 |
|---|
| 1396 | 1396 | | documents associated with the replacement of the current FMMIS 939 |
|---|
| 1397 | 1397 | | and Medicaid fiscal agent align with the scope, schedule, and 940 |
|---|
| 1398 | 1398 | | anticipated budget for the program. 941 |
|---|
| 1399 | 1399 | | (5) This section expires July 1, 2025. 942 |
|---|
| 1400 | 1400 | | Section 26. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 943 |
|---|
| 1401 | 1401 | | 215, 216, 270, 282, 342, 497, and 522 of the 2024 -2025 General 944 |
|---|
| 1402 | 1402 | | Appropriations Act, the Agen cy for Health Care Administration, 945 |
|---|
| 1403 | 1403 | | in consultation with the Department of Health, the Agency for 946 |
|---|
| 1404 | 1404 | | Persons with Disabilities, the Department of Children and 947 |
|---|
| 1405 | 1405 | | Families, and the Department of Corrections, shall competitively 948 |
|---|
| 1406 | 1406 | | procure a contract with a vendor to negotiate, for these 949 |
|---|
| 1407 | 1407 | | agencies, prices for prescribed drugs and biological products 950 |
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| 1417 | 1417 | | |
|---|
| 1418 | 1418 | | |
|---|
| 1419 | 1419 | | |
|---|
| 1420 | 1420 | | excluded from the programs established under s. 381.02035, 951 |
|---|
| 1421 | 1421 | | Florida Statutes, and ineligible under 21 U.S.C. s. 384, 952 |
|---|
| 1422 | 1422 | | including, but not limited to, insulin and epinephrine. T he 953 |
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| 1423 | 1423 | | contract may allow the vendor to directly purchase these 954 |
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| 1424 | 1424 | | products for participating agencies when feasible and 955 |
|---|
| 1425 | 1425 | | advantageous. The contracted vendor will be compensated on a 956 |
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| 1426 | 1426 | | contingency basis, paid from a portion of the savings achieved 957 |
|---|
| 1427 | 1427 | | by its price negotiation or purchase of the prescription drugs 958 |
|---|
| 1428 | 1428 | | and products. This section expires July 1, 2025. 959 |
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| 1429 | 1429 | | Section 27. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 960 |
|---|
| 1430 | 1430 | | 262, 268, 269, 275, 280, and 281 of the 2024 -2025 General 961 |
|---|
| 1431 | 1431 | | Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding ss . 216.181 and 216.292, 962 |
|---|
| 1432 | 1432 | | Florida Statutes, the Agency for Persons with Disabilities may 963 |
|---|
| 1433 | 1433 | | submit budget amendments, subject to the notice, review, and 964 |
|---|
| 1434 | 1434 | | objection procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to 965 |
|---|
| 1435 | 1435 | | transfer funding from the Salaries and Benefits appr opriation 966 |
|---|
| 1436 | 1436 | | categories to categories used for contractual services in order 967 |
|---|
| 1437 | 1437 | | to support additional staff augmentation resources needed at the 968 |
|---|
| 1438 | 1438 | | Developmental Disability Centers. This section expires July 1, 969 |
|---|
| 1439 | 1439 | | 2025. 970 |
|---|
| 1440 | 1440 | | Section 28. In order to implement Specific A ppropriations 971 |
|---|
| 1441 | 1441 | | 223 and 247 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, and 972 |
|---|
| 1442 | 1442 | | notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 973 |
|---|
| 1443 | 1443 | | Agency for Health Care Administration may submit budget 974 |
|---|
| 1444 | 1444 | | amendments, subject to the notice, review, and objection 975 |
|---|
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| 1454 | 1454 | | |
|---|
| 1455 | 1455 | | |
|---|
| 1456 | 1456 | | |
|---|
| 1457 | 1457 | | procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, at least 3 days 976 |
|---|
| 1458 | 1458 | | before the effective date of the action to increase budget 977 |
|---|
| 1459 | 1459 | | authority to support the implementation of the home and 978 |
|---|
| 1460 | 1460 | | community-based services Medicaid waiver program of the Agency 979 |
|---|
| 1461 | 1461 | | for Persons with Disabi lities. This section expires July 1, 980 |
|---|
| 1462 | 1462 | | 2025. 981 |
|---|
| 1463 | 1463 | | Section 29. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 982 |
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| 1464 | 1464 | | 579 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 983 |
|---|
| 1465 | 1465 | | notwithstanding chapter 216, Florida Statutes, the Department of 984 |
|---|
| 1466 | 1466 | | Veterans' Affairs may submit a bud get amendment, subject to 985 |
|---|
| 1467 | 1467 | | Legislative Budget Commission approval, requesting the authority 986 |
|---|
| 1468 | 1468 | | to establish positions in excess of the number authorized by the 987 |
|---|
| 1469 | 1469 | | Legislature, increase appropriations from the Operations and 988 |
|---|
| 1470 | 1470 | | Maintenance Trust Fund, or provide nece ssary salary rate 989 |
|---|
| 1471 | 1471 | | sufficient to provide for essential staff for veterans' nursing 990 |
|---|
| 1472 | 1472 | | homes, if the department projects that additional direct care 991 |
|---|
| 1473 | 1473 | | staff are needed to meet its established staffing ratio. This 992 |
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| 1474 | 1474 | | section expires July 1, 2025. 993 |
|---|
| 1475 | 1475 | | Section 30. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 994 |
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| 1476 | 1476 | | 215 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, subsection (1) 995 |
|---|
| 1477 | 1477 | | of section 409.915, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 996 |
|---|
| 1478 | 1478 | | 409.915 County contributions to Medicaid. —Although the 997 |
|---|
| 1479 | 1479 | | state is responsible for the full po rtion of the state share of 998 |
|---|
| 1480 | 1480 | | the matching funds required for the Medicaid program, the state 999 |
|---|
| 1481 | 1481 | | shall charge the counties an annual contribution in order to 1000 |
|---|
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| 1490 | 1490 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 1491 | 1491 | | |
|---|
| 1492 | 1492 | | |
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| 1493 | 1493 | | |
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| 1494 | 1494 | | acquire a certain portion of these funds. 1001 |
|---|
| 1495 | 1495 | | (1)(a) As used in this section, the term "state Medicaid 1002 |
|---|
| 1496 | 1496 | | expenditures" means those expenditures used as matching funds 1003 |
|---|
| 1497 | 1497 | | for the federal Medicaid program. 1004 |
|---|
| 1498 | 1498 | | (b) The term does not include funds specially assessed by 1005 |
|---|
| 1499 | 1499 | | any local governmental entity and used as the nonfederal share 1006 |
|---|
| 1500 | 1500 | | for the hospital directed payment progr am after July 1, 2021. 1007 |
|---|
| 1501 | 1501 | | This paragraph expires July 1, 2025 2024. 1008 |
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| 1502 | 1502 | | Section 31. Effective upon this act becoming a law, and in 1009 |
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| 1503 | 1503 | | order to implement Specific Appropriations 374, 375A, 376, 377, 1010 |
|---|
| 1504 | 1504 | | and 384A of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, paragraph 1011 |
|---|
| 1505 | 1505 | | (c) is added to subsection (9) of section 394.9082, Florida 1012 |
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| 1506 | 1506 | | Statutes, to read: 1013 |
|---|
| 1507 | 1507 | | 394.9082 Behavioral health managing entities. — 1014 |
|---|
| 1508 | 1508 | | (9) FUNDING FOR MANAGING ENTITIES. — 1015 |
|---|
| 1509 | 1509 | | (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for the 2023 -2024 1016 |
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| 1510 | 1510 | | fiscal year and the 2024 -2025 fiscal year, a managing entity may 1017 |
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| 1511 | 1511 | | carry forward documented unexpended funds appropriated from the 1018 |
|---|
| 1512 | 1512 | | State Opioid Settlement Trust Fund from 1 fiscal year to the 1019 |
|---|
| 1513 | 1513 | | next. Funds carried forward pursuant to this paragraph are not 1020 |
|---|
| 1514 | 1514 | | included in the 8 percent cumulative c ap that may be carried 1021 |
|---|
| 1515 | 1515 | | forward. This paragraph expires July 1, 2025. 1022 |
|---|
| 1516 | 1516 | | Section 32. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1023 |
|---|
| 1517 | 1517 | | 401 and 403 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, and 1024 |
|---|
| 1518 | 1518 | | notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 1025 |
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| 1526 | 1526 | | Page 42 of 136 |
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| 1527 | 1527 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 1528 | 1528 | | |
|---|
| 1529 | 1529 | | |
|---|
| 1530 | 1530 | | |
|---|
| 1531 | 1531 | | Department of Elderly Affairs may submit a budget amendment, 1026 |
|---|
| 1532 | 1532 | | subject to the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 1027 |
|---|
| 1533 | 1533 | | 216.177, Florida Statutes, to increase budget authority for the 1028 |
|---|
| 1534 | 1534 | | U.S. Department of Agriculture's Adult Care Food Program if 1029 |
|---|
| 1535 | 1535 | | additional federal revenues will be expended in the 2024 -2025 1030 |
|---|
| 1536 | 1536 | | fiscal year. This section expires July 1, 2025. 1031 |
|---|
| 1537 | 1537 | | Section 33. Effective upon becoming a law, and in order to 1032 |
|---|
| 1538 | 1538 | | implement Specific Appropriations 208, 211, and 215 of the 2024 -1033 |
|---|
| 1539 | 1539 | | 2025 General Appropriations Ac t, and notwithstanding s. 1034 |
|---|
| 1540 | 1540 | | 409.908(1)(a), Florida Statutes, executed Letters of Agreement 1035 |
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| 1541 | 1541 | | for Fiscal Year 2023 -2024 shall be provided to the Agency for 1036 |
|---|
| 1542 | 1542 | | Health Care Administration by June 1, 2024, to support the state 1037 |
|---|
| 1543 | 1543 | | share of payments for the Directed Payme nt Program for hospitals 1038 |
|---|
| 1544 | 1544 | | in Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Region 5. This section 1039 |
|---|
| 1545 | 1545 | | expires October 1, 2024. 1040 |
|---|
| 1546 | 1546 | | Section 34. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1041 |
|---|
| 1547 | 1547 | | 587A of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, the Department 1042 |
|---|
| 1548 | 1548 | | of Veterans' Affairs may submit budget amendments pursuant to 1043 |
|---|
| 1549 | 1549 | | chapter 216 Florida Statutes, subject to federal approval, 1044 |
|---|
| 1550 | 1550 | | requesting additional spending authority to support the 1045 |
|---|
| 1551 | 1551 | | development and construction of a new State Veterans Nursing 1046 |
|---|
| 1552 | 1552 | | Home and Adult Day Health Care Center i n Collier County. This 1047 |
|---|
| 1553 | 1553 | | section expires July 1, 2025. 1048 |
|---|
| 1554 | 1554 | | Section 35. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1049 |
|---|
| 1555 | 1555 | | 197 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, subsection (6) 1050 |
|---|
| 1563 | 1563 | | Page 43 of 136 |
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| 1564 | 1564 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 1565 | 1565 | | |
|---|
| 1566 | 1566 | | |
|---|
| 1567 | 1567 | | |
|---|
| 1568 | 1568 | | of section 409.912, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1051 |
|---|
| 1569 | 1569 | | 409.912 Cost-effective purchasing of health care. —The 1052 |
|---|
| 1570 | 1570 | | agency shall purchase goods and services for Medicaid recipients 1053 |
|---|
| 1571 | 1571 | | in the most cost-effective manner consistent with the delivery 1054 |
|---|
| 1572 | 1572 | | of quality medical care. To ensure that medical services are 1055 |
|---|
| 1573 | 1573 | | effectively utilized, the agenc y may, in any case, require a 1056 |
|---|
| 1574 | 1574 | | confirmation or second physician's opinion of the correct 1057 |
|---|
| 1575 | 1575 | | diagnosis for purposes of authorizing future services under the 1058 |
|---|
| 1576 | 1576 | | Medicaid program. This section does not restrict access to 1059 |
|---|
| 1577 | 1577 | | emergency services or poststabilization care services as defined 1060 |
|---|
| 1578 | 1578 | | in 42 C.F.R. s. 438.114. Such confirmation or second opinion 1061 |
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| 1579 | 1579 | | shall be rendered in a manner approved by the agency. The agency 1062 |
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| 1580 | 1580 | | shall maximize the use of prepaid per capita and prepaid 1063 |
|---|
| 1581 | 1581 | | aggregate fixed-sum basis services when appropriate a nd other 1064 |
|---|
| 1582 | 1582 | | alternative service delivery and reimbursement methodologies, 1065 |
|---|
| 1583 | 1583 | | including competitive bidding pursuant to s. 287.057, designed 1066 |
|---|
| 1584 | 1584 | | to facilitate the cost -effective purchase of a case -managed 1067 |
|---|
| 1585 | 1585 | | continuum of care. The agency shall also require providers to 1068 |
|---|
| 1586 | 1586 | | minimize the exposure of recipients to the need for acute 1069 |
|---|
| 1587 | 1587 | | inpatient, custodial, and other institutional care and the 1070 |
|---|
| 1588 | 1588 | | inappropriate or unnecessary use of high -cost services. The 1071 |
|---|
| 1589 | 1589 | | agency shall contract with a vendor to monitor and evaluate the 1072 |
|---|
| 1590 | 1590 | | clinical practice patterns of providers in order to identify 1073 |
|---|
| 1591 | 1591 | | trends that are outside the normal practice patterns of a 1074 |
|---|
| 1592 | 1592 | | provider's professional peers or the national guidelines of a 1075 |
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| 1602 | 1602 | | |
|---|
| 1603 | 1603 | | |
|---|
| 1604 | 1604 | | |
|---|
| 1605 | 1605 | | provider's professional association. The vendor must be able to 1076 |
|---|
| 1606 | 1606 | | provide information and co unseling to a provider whose practice 1077 |
|---|
| 1607 | 1607 | | patterns are outside the norms, in consultation with the agency, 1078 |
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| 1608 | 1608 | | to improve patient care and reduce inappropriate utilization. 1079 |
|---|
| 1609 | 1609 | | The agency may mandate prior authorization, drug therapy 1080 |
|---|
| 1610 | 1610 | | management, or disease management participation for certain 1081 |
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| 1611 | 1611 | | populations of Medicaid beneficiaries, certain drug classes, or 1082 |
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| 1612 | 1612 | | particular drugs to prevent fraud, abuse, overuse, and possible 1083 |
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| 1613 | 1613 | | dangerous drug interactions. The Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics 1084 |
|---|
| 1614 | 1614 | | Committee shall make recommendations to the agency on drugs for 1085 |
|---|
| 1615 | 1615 | | which prior authorization is required. The agency shall inform 1086 |
|---|
| 1616 | 1616 | | the Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee of its decisions 1087 |
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| 1617 | 1617 | | regarding drugs subject to prior authorization. The agency is 1088 |
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| 1618 | 1618 | | authorized to limit the entities it contr acts with or enrolls as 1089 |
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| 1619 | 1619 | | Medicaid providers by developing a provider network through 1090 |
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| 1620 | 1620 | | provider credentialing. The agency may competitively bid single -1091 |
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| 1621 | 1621 | | source-provider contracts if procurement of goods or services 1092 |
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| 1622 | 1622 | | results in demonstrated cost savings to the st ate without 1093 |
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| 1623 | 1623 | | limiting access to care. The agency may limit its network based 1094 |
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| 1624 | 1624 | | on the assessment of beneficiary access to care, provider 1095 |
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| 1625 | 1625 | | availability, provider quality standards, time and distance 1096 |
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| 1626 | 1626 | | standards for access to care, the cultural competence of the 1097 |
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| 1627 | 1627 | | provider network, demographic characteristics of Medicaid 1098 |
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| 1628 | 1628 | | beneficiaries, practice and provider -to-beneficiary standards, 1099 |
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| 1629 | 1629 | | appointment wait times, beneficiary use of services, provider 1100 |
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| 1639 | 1639 | | |
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| 1640 | 1640 | | |
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| 1641 | 1641 | | |
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| 1642 | 1642 | | turnover, provider profiling, provider licensure history, 1101 |
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| 1643 | 1643 | | previous program integrity investigations and findings, peer 1102 |
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| 1644 | 1644 | | review, provider Medicaid policy and billing compliance records, 1103 |
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| 1645 | 1645 | | clinical and medical record audits, and other factors. Providers 1104 |
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| 1646 | 1646 | | are not entitled to enrollment in the Medicaid provider network. 1105 |
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| 1647 | 1647 | | The agency shall determine instances in which allowing Medicaid 1106 |
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| 1648 | 1648 | | beneficiaries to purchase durable medical equipment and other 1107 |
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| 1649 | 1649 | | goods is less expensive to the Medicaid program than long -term 1108 |
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| 1650 | 1650 | | rental of the equipment or goods. The agency may establish rules 1109 |
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| 1651 | 1651 | | to facilitate purchases in lieu of long -term rentals in order to 1110 |
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| 1652 | 1652 | | protect against fraud and abuse in the Medicaid program as 1111 |
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| 1653 | 1653 | | defined in s. 409.913. The agency may seek federal waivers 1112 |
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| 1654 | 1654 | | necessary to administer these policies. 1113 |
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| 1655 | 1655 | | (6) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 287 , the 1114 |
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| 1656 | 1656 | | agency may, at its discretion, renew a contract or contracts for 1115 |
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| 1657 | 1657 | | fiscal intermediary services one or more times for such periods 1116 |
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| 1658 | 1658 | | as the agency may decide; however, all such renewals may not 1117 |
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| 1659 | 1659 | | combine to exceed a total period longer than the term of the 1118 |
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| 1660 | 1660 | | original contract, with the exception of the fiscal agent 1119 |
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| 1661 | 1661 | | contract scheduled to end December 31, 2024, which may be 1120 |
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| 1662 | 1662 | | extended by the agency through December 31, 2027 . 1121 |
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| 1663 | 1663 | | Section 36. The amendment to s. 409.912(6), Florida 1122 |
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| 1664 | 1664 | | Statutes, by this act expires July 1, 2025, and the text of that 1123 |
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| 1665 | 1665 | | subsection shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2024, 1124 |
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| 1666 | 1666 | | except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by 1125 |
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| 1674 | 1674 | | Page 46 of 136 |
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| 1675 | 1675 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 1676 | 1676 | | |
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| 1677 | 1677 | | |
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| 1678 | 1678 | | |
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| 1679 | 1679 | | this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the 1126 |
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| 1680 | 1680 | | extent that such amendments are not d ependent upon the portions 1127 |
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| 1681 | 1681 | | of text which expire pursuant to this section. 1128 |
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| 1682 | 1682 | | Section 37. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1129 |
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| 1683 | 1683 | | 608 through 719A and 733 through 768 of the 2024 -2025 General 1130 |
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| 1684 | 1684 | | Appropriations Act, subsection (4) of section 216.262, Flo rida 1131 |
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| 1685 | 1685 | | Statutes, is amended to read: 1132 |
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| 1686 | 1686 | | 216.262 Authorized positions. — 1133 |
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| 1687 | 1687 | | (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter 1134 |
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| 1688 | 1688 | | relating to increasing the number of authorized positions, and 1135 |
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| 1689 | 1689 | | for the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal year only, if the actual 1136 |
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| 1690 | 1690 | | inmate population of the Department of Corrections exceeds the 1137 |
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| 1691 | 1691 | | inmate population projections of the December 15, February 13, 1138 |
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| 1692 | 1692 | | 2023, Criminal Justice Estimating Conference by 1 percent for 2 1139 |
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| 1693 | 1693 | | consecutive months or 2 percent for any month, the Executive 1140 |
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| 1694 | 1694 | | Office of the Governor, with the approval of the Legislative 1141 |
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| 1695 | 1695 | | Budget Commission, shall immediately notify the Criminal Justice 1142 |
|---|
| 1696 | 1696 | | Estimating Conference, which shall convene as soon as possible 1143 |
|---|
| 1697 | 1697 | | to revise the estimates. The Department of Corrections may then 1144 |
|---|
| 1698 | 1698 | | submit a budget amen dment requesting the establishment of 1145 |
|---|
| 1699 | 1699 | | positions in excess of the number authorized by the Legislature 1146 |
|---|
| 1700 | 1700 | | and additional appropriations from unallocated general revenue 1147 |
|---|
| 1701 | 1701 | | sufficient to provide for essential staff, fixed capital 1148 |
|---|
| 1702 | 1702 | | improvements, and other resources to provide classification, 1149 |
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| 1703 | 1703 | | security, food services, health services, and other variable 1150 |
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| 1711 | 1711 | | Page 47 of 136 |
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| 1712 | 1712 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 1713 | 1713 | | |
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| 1714 | 1714 | | |
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| 1715 | 1715 | | |
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| 1716 | 1716 | | expenses within the institutions to accommodate the estimated 1151 |
|---|
| 1717 | 1717 | | increase in the inmate population. All actions taken pursuant to 1152 |
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| 1718 | 1718 | | this subsection are subject to review and approval by the 1153 |
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| 1719 | 1719 | | Legislative Budget Commission. This subsection expires July 1, 1154 |
|---|
| 1720 | 1720 | | 2025 2024. 1155 |
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| 1721 | 1721 | | Section 38. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1156 |
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| 1722 | 1722 | | 3267 through 3334 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 1157 |
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| 1723 | 1723 | | subsection (2) of section 215.18, Florid a Statutes, is amended 1158 |
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| 1724 | 1724 | | to read: 1159 |
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| 1725 | 1725 | | 215.18 Transfers between funds; limitation. — 1160 |
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| 1726 | 1726 | | (2) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may receive one 1161 |
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| 1727 | 1727 | | or more trust fund loans to ensure that the state court system 1162 |
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| 1728 | 1728 | | has funds sufficient to meet its appropriations in th e 2024-2025 1163 |
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| 1729 | 1729 | | 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act. If the Chief Justice 1164 |
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| 1730 | 1730 | | accesses the loan, he or she must notify the Governor and the 1165 |
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| 1731 | 1731 | | chairs of the legislative appropriations committees in writing. 1166 |
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| 1732 | 1732 | | The loan must come from other funds in the State Treasury w hich 1167 |
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| 1733 | 1733 | | are for the time being or otherwise in excess of the amounts 1168 |
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| 1734 | 1734 | | necessary to meet the just requirements of such last -mentioned 1169 |
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| 1735 | 1735 | | funds. The Governor shall order the transfer of funds within 5 1170 |
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| 1736 | 1736 | | days after the written notification from the Chief Justice. If 1171 |
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| 1737 | 1737 | | the Governor does not order the transfer, the Chief Financial 1172 |
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| 1738 | 1738 | | Officer shall transfer the requested funds. The loan of funds 1173 |
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| 1739 | 1739 | | from which any money is temporarily transferred must be repaid 1174 |
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| 1740 | 1740 | | by the end of the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal year. This 1175 |
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| 1748 | 1748 | | Page 48 of 136 |
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| 1749 | 1749 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 1750 | 1750 | | |
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| 1751 | 1751 | | |
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| 1752 | 1752 | | |
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| 1753 | 1753 | | subsection expires July 1, 2025 2024. 1176 |
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| 1754 | 1754 | | Section 39. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1177 |
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| 1755 | 1755 | | 1150 through 1161 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act: 1178 |
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| 1756 | 1756 | | (1) The Department of Juvenile Justice is required to 1179 |
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| 1757 | 1757 | | review county juvenile detention payments to ensure that 1180 |
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| 1758 | 1758 | | counties fulfill their financial responsibilities required in s. 1181 |
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| 1759 | 1759 | | 985.6865, Florida Statutes. If the Department of Juvenile 1182 |
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| 1760 | 1760 | | Justice determines that a county has not met its obligations, 1183 |
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| 1761 | 1761 | | the department shall direct the Department of Revenue to deduct 1184 |
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| 1762 | 1762 | | the amount owed to the Department of Juvenile Justice from the 1185 |
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| 1763 | 1763 | | funds provided to the county under s. 218.23, Florida Statutes. 1186 |
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| 1764 | 1764 | | The Department of Revenue shall transfer the funds withheld to 1187 |
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| 1765 | 1765 | | the Shared County/State Juvenile Detention Trust Fund. 1188 |
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| 1766 | 1766 | | (2) As an assurance to holders of bonds issued by counties 1189 |
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| 1767 | 1767 | | before July 1, 2024, for which distributions made pursuant to s. 1190 |
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| 1768 | 1768 | | 218.23, Florida Statutes, are pledged, or bonds issued to refund 1191 |
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| 1769 | 1769 | | such bonds which mature no later than the bonds they refunded 1192 |
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| 1770 | 1770 | | and which result in a reduction of debt service payable in each 1193 |
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| 1771 | 1771 | | fiscal year, the amount available for distribution to a county 1194 |
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| 1772 | 1772 | | shall remain as provided by law and continue to be subject to 1195 |
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| 1773 | 1773 | | any lien or claim on behalf of the bondholders. The Department 1196 |
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| 1774 | 1774 | | of Revenue must ensure, based on information provided by an 1197 |
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| 1775 | 1775 | | affected county, that any reduction in amounts distributed 1198 |
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| 1776 | 1776 | | pursuant to subsection (1) does not reduce the amount of 1199 |
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| 1777 | 1777 | | distribution to a county below the amount necessary for the 1200 |
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| 1785 | 1785 | | Page 49 of 136 |
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| 1787 | 1787 | | |
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| 1788 | 1788 | | |
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| 1789 | 1789 | | |
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| 1790 | 1790 | | timely payment of principal and interes t when due on the bonds 1201 |
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| 1791 | 1791 | | and the amount necessary to comply with any covenant under the 1202 |
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| 1792 | 1792 | | bond resolution or other documents relating to the issuance of 1203 |
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| 1793 | 1793 | | the bonds. If a reduction to a county's monthly distribution 1204 |
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| 1794 | 1794 | | must be decreased in order to comply with thi s section, the 1205 |
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| 1795 | 1795 | | Department of Revenue must notify the Department of Juvenile 1206 |
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| 1796 | 1796 | | Justice of the amount of the decrease, and the Department of 1207 |
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| 1797 | 1797 | | Juvenile Justice must send a bill for payment of such amount to 1208 |
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| 1798 | 1798 | | the affected county. 1209 |
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| 1799 | 1799 | | (3) This section expires July 1, 2025. 1210 |
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| 1800 | 1800 | | Section 40. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1211 |
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| 1801 | 1801 | | 779 through 801, 950 through 1093, and 1114 through 1149 of the 1212 |
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| 1802 | 1802 | | 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding the 1213 |
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| 1803 | 1803 | | expiration date in section 32 of chapter 2023 -240, Laws of 1214 |
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| 1804 | 1804 | | Florida, subsection (1), paragraph (a) of subsection (2), 1215 |
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| 1805 | 1805 | | paragraph (a) of subsection (3), and subsections (5), (6), and 1216 |
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| 1806 | 1806 | | (7) of section 27.40, Florida Statutes, are reenacted to read: 1217 |
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| 1807 | 1807 | | 27.40 Court-appointed counsel; circuit registries; minimum 1218 |
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| 1808 | 1808 | | requirements; appointment by court. — 1219 |
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| 1809 | 1809 | | (1) Counsel shall be appointed to represent any individual 1220 |
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| 1810 | 1810 | | in a criminal or civil proceeding entitled to court -appointed 1221 |
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| 1811 | 1811 | | counsel under the Federal or State Constitution or as authorized 1222 |
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| 1812 | 1812 | | by general law. The court shall appoint a pu blic defender to 1223 |
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| 1813 | 1813 | | represent indigent persons as authorized in s. 27.51. The office 1224 |
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| 1814 | 1814 | | of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel shall be 1225 |
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| 1824 | 1824 | | |
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| 1825 | 1825 | | |
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| 1826 | 1826 | | |
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| 1827 | 1827 | | appointed to represent persons in those cases in which provision 1226 |
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| 1828 | 1828 | | is made for court-appointed counsel, but only after the public 1227 |
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| 1829 | 1829 | | defender has certified to the court in writing that the public 1228 |
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| 1830 | 1830 | | defender is unable to provide representation due to a conflict 1229 |
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| 1831 | 1831 | | of interest or is not authorized to provide representation. The 1230 |
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| 1832 | 1832 | | public defender shall report, in the aggregate, the spe cific 1231 |
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| 1833 | 1833 | | basis of all conflicts of interest certified to the court. On a 1232 |
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| 1834 | 1834 | | quarterly basis, the public defender shall submit this 1233 |
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| 1835 | 1835 | | information to the Justice Administrative Commission. 1234 |
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| 1836 | 1836 | | (2)(a) Private counsel shall be appointed to represent 1235 |
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| 1837 | 1837 | | persons in those cas es in which provision is made for court -1236 |
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| 1838 | 1838 | | appointed counsel but only after the office of criminal conflict 1237 |
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| 1839 | 1839 | | and civil regional counsel has been appointed and has certified 1238 |
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| 1840 | 1840 | | to the court in writing that the criminal conflict and civil 1239 |
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| 1841 | 1841 | | regional counsel is unable to provide representation due to a 1240 |
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| 1842 | 1842 | | conflict of interest. The criminal conflict and civil regional 1241 |
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| 1843 | 1843 | | counsel shall report, in the aggregate, the specific basis of 1242 |
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| 1844 | 1844 | | all conflicts of interest certified to the court. On a quarterly 1243 |
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| 1845 | 1845 | | basis, the criminal conflict a nd civil regional counsel shall 1244 |
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| 1846 | 1846 | | submit this information to the Justice Administrative 1245 |
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| 1847 | 1847 | | Commission. 1246 |
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| 1848 | 1848 | | (3) In using a registry: 1247 |
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| 1849 | 1849 | | (a) The chief judge of the circuit shall compile a list of 1248 |
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| 1850 | 1850 | | attorneys in private practice, by county and by category of 1249 |
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| 1851 | 1851 | | cases, and provide the list to the clerk of court in each 1250 |
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| 1859 | 1859 | | Page 51 of 136 |
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| 1860 | 1860 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 1861 | 1861 | | |
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| 1862 | 1862 | | |
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| 1863 | 1863 | | |
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| 1864 | 1864 | | county. The chief judge of the circuit may restrict the number 1251 |
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| 1865 | 1865 | | of attorneys on the general registry list. To be included on a 1252 |
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| 1866 | 1866 | | registry, an attorney must certify that he or she: 1253 |
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| 1867 | 1867 | | 1. Meets any minimum requirem ents established by the chief 1254 |
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| 1868 | 1868 | | judge and by general law for court appointment; 1255 |
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| 1869 | 1869 | | 2. Is available to represent indigent defendants in cases 1256 |
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| 1870 | 1870 | | requiring court appointment of private counsel; and 1257 |
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| 1871 | 1871 | | 3. Is willing to abide by the terms of the contract for 1258 |
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| 1872 | 1872 | | services, s. 27.5304, and this section. 1259 |
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| 1873 | 1873 | | 1260 |
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| 1874 | 1874 | | To be included on a registry, an attorney must enter into a 1261 |
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| 1875 | 1875 | | contract for services with the Justice Administrative 1262 |
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| 1876 | 1876 | | Commission. Failure to comply with the terms of the contract for 1263 |
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| 1877 | 1877 | | services may result in termination of the co ntract and removal 1264 |
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| 1878 | 1878 | | from the registry. Each attorney on the registry is responsible 1265 |
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| 1879 | 1879 | | for notifying the clerk of the court and the Justice 1266 |
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| 1880 | 1880 | | Administrative Commission of any change in his or her status. 1267 |
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| 1881 | 1881 | | Failure to comply with this requirement is cause for termi nation 1268 |
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| 1882 | 1882 | | of the contract for services and removal from the registry until 1269 |
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| 1883 | 1883 | | the requirement is fulfilled. 1270 |
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| 1884 | 1884 | | (5) The Justice Administrative Commission shall approve 1271 |
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| 1885 | 1885 | | uniform contract forms for use in procuring the services of 1272 |
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| 1886 | 1886 | | private court-appointed counsel and uniform procedures and forms 1273 |
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| 1887 | 1887 | | for use by a court-appointed attorney in support of billing for 1274 |
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| 1888 | 1888 | | attorney's fees, costs, and related expenses to demonstrate the 1275 |
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| 1896 | 1896 | | Page 52 of 136 |
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| 1897 | 1897 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 1898 | 1898 | | |
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| 1899 | 1899 | | |
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| 1900 | 1900 | | |
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| 1901 | 1901 | | attorney's completion of specified duties. Such uniform 1276 |
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| 1902 | 1902 | | contracts and forms for use in billing must be consistent with 1277 |
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| 1903 | 1903 | | s. 27.5304, s. 216.311, and the General Appropriations Act and 1278 |
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| 1904 | 1904 | | must contain the following statement: "The State of Florida's 1279 |
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| 1905 | 1905 | | performance and obligation to pay under this contract is 1280 |
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| 1906 | 1906 | | contingent upon an annual appropriation by the Legisla ture." 1281 |
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| 1907 | 1907 | | (6) After court appointment, the attorney must immediately 1282 |
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| 1908 | 1908 | | file a notice of appearance with the court indicating acceptance 1283 |
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| 1909 | 1909 | | of the appointment to represent the defendant and of the terms 1284 |
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| 1910 | 1910 | | of the uniform contract as specified in subsection (5). 1285 |
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| 1911 | 1911 | | (7)(a) A private attorney appointed by the court from the 1286 |
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| 1912 | 1912 | | registry to represent a client is entitled to payment as 1287 |
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| 1913 | 1913 | | provided in s. 27.5304 so long as the requirements of subsection 1288 |
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| 1914 | 1914 | | (1) and paragraph (2)(a) are met. An attorney appointed by the 1289 |
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| 1915 | 1915 | | court who is not on the registry list may be compensated under 1290 |
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| 1916 | 1916 | | s. 27.5304 only if the court finds in the order of appointment 1291 |
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| 1917 | 1917 | | that there were no registry attorneys available for 1292 |
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| 1918 | 1918 | | representation for that case and only if the requirements of 1293 |
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| 1919 | 1919 | | subsection (1) and paragraph (2) (a) are met. 1294 |
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| 1920 | 1920 | | (b)1. The flat fee established in s. 27.5304 and the 1295 |
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| 1921 | 1921 | | General Appropriations Act shall be presumed by the court to be 1296 |
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| 1922 | 1922 | | sufficient compensation. The attorney shall maintain appropriate 1297 |
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| 1923 | 1923 | | documentation, including contemporaneous and detailed hourly 1298 |
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| 1924 | 1924 | | accounting of time spent representing the client. If the 1299 |
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| 1925 | 1925 | | attorney fails to maintain such contemporaneous and detailed 1300 |
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| 1933 | 1933 | | Page 53 of 136 |
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| 1934 | 1934 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 1935 | 1935 | | |
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| 1936 | 1936 | | |
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| 1937 | 1937 | | |
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| 1938 | 1938 | | hourly records, the attorney waives the right to seek 1301 |
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| 1939 | 1939 | | compensation in excess of the flat fee established in s. 27.5304 1302 |
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| 1940 | 1940 | | and the General Appropriations Act. These records and documents 1303 |
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| 1941 | 1941 | | are subject to review by the Justice Administrative Commission 1304 |
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| 1942 | 1942 | | and audit by the Auditor General, subject to the attorney -client 1305 |
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| 1943 | 1943 | | privilege and work-product privilege. The attorney shall 1306 |
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| 1944 | 1944 | | maintain the records and documents in a manner that enables the 1307 |
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| 1945 | 1945 | | attorney to redact any information subject to a privilege in 1308 |
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| 1946 | 1946 | | order to facilitate the commission's review of the records and 1309 |
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| 1947 | 1947 | | documents and not to impede such review. The attorney may redact 1310 |
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| 1948 | 1948 | | information from the r ecords and documents only to the extent 1311 |
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| 1949 | 1949 | | necessary to comply with the privilege. The Justice 1312 |
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| 1950 | 1950 | | Administrative Commission shall review such records and shall 1313 |
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| 1951 | 1951 | | contemporaneously document such review before authorizing 1314 |
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| 1952 | 1952 | | payment to an attorney. Objections by or on behalf of the 1315 |
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| 1953 | 1953 | | Justice Administrative Commission to records or documents or to 1316 |
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| 1954 | 1954 | | claims for payment by the attorney shall be presumed correct by 1317 |
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| 1955 | 1955 | | the court unless the court determines, in writing, that 1318 |
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| 1956 | 1956 | | competent and substantial evidence exists to justify overc oming 1319 |
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| 1957 | 1957 | | the presumption. 1320 |
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| 1958 | 1958 | | 2. If an attorney fails, refuses, or declines to permit 1321 |
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| 1959 | 1959 | | the commission or the Auditor General to review documentation 1322 |
|---|
| 1960 | 1960 | | for a case as provided in this paragraph, the attorney waives 1323 |
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| 1961 | 1961 | | the right to seek, and the commission may not pay, compensation 1324 |
|---|
| 1962 | 1962 | | in excess of the flat fee established in s. 27.5304 and the 1325 |
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| 1970 | 1970 | | Page 54 of 136 |
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| 1971 | 1971 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 1972 | 1972 | | |
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| 1973 | 1973 | | |
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| 1974 | 1974 | | |
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| 1975 | 1975 | | General Appropriations Act for that case. 1326 |
|---|
| 1976 | 1976 | | 3. A finding by the commission that an attorney has waived 1327 |
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| 1977 | 1977 | | the right to seek compensation in excess of the flat fee 1328 |
|---|
| 1978 | 1978 | | established in s. 27.53 04 and the General Appropriations Act, as 1329 |
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| 1979 | 1979 | | provided in this paragraph, shall be presumed to be correct, 1330 |
|---|
| 1980 | 1980 | | unless the court determines, in writing, that competent and 1331 |
|---|
| 1981 | 1981 | | substantial evidence exists to justify overcoming the 1332 |
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| 1982 | 1982 | | presumption. 1333 |
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| 1983 | 1983 | | Section 41. The text of s. 27.40(1), (2)(a), (3)(a), (5), 1334 |
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| 1984 | 1984 | | (6), and (7), Florida Statutes, as carried forward from chapter 1335 |
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| 1985 | 1985 | | 2019-116, Laws of Florida, by this act, expires July 1, 2025, 1336 |
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| 1986 | 1986 | | and the text of those subsections and paragraphs, as applicable, 1337 |
|---|
| 1987 | 1987 | | shall revert to that in exist ence on June 30, 2019, except that 1338 |
|---|
| 1988 | 1988 | | any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall 1339 |
|---|
| 1989 | 1989 | | be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such 1340 |
|---|
| 1990 | 1990 | | amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which 1341 |
|---|
| 1991 | 1991 | | expire pursuant to this section. 1342 |
|---|
| 1992 | 1992 | | Section 42. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1343 |
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| 1993 | 1993 | | 779 through 801, 950 through 1093, and 1114 through 1149 of the 1344 |
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| 1994 | 1994 | | 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding the 1345 |
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| 1995 | 1995 | | expiration date in section 34 of chapter 2023 -240, Laws of 1346 |
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| 1996 | 1996 | | Florida, subsection (13) of section 27.5304, Florida Statutes, 1347 |
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| 1997 | 1997 | | is amended, and subsections (1), (3), (6), (7), and (11), and 1348 |
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| 1998 | 1998 | | paragraphs (a) through (e) of subsection (12) of that section 1349 |
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| 1999 | 1999 | | are reenacted, to read: 1350 |
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| 2007 | 2007 | | Page 55 of 136 |
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| 2008 | 2008 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 2012 | 2012 | | 27.5304 Private court -appointed counsel; compensation ; 1351 |
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| 2013 | 2013 | | notice.— 1352 |
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| 2014 | 2014 | | (1) Private court-appointed counsel appointed in the 1353 |
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| 2015 | 2015 | | manner prescribed in s. 27.40(1) and (2)(a) shall be compensated 1354 |
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| 2016 | 2016 | | by the Justice Administrative Commission only as provided in 1355 |
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| 2017 | 2017 | | this section and the General Appropriations Act. The flat fees 1356 |
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| 2018 | 2018 | | prescribed in this section are limitations on compensation. The 1357 |
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| 2019 | 2019 | | specific flat fee amounts for compensation shall be established 1358 |
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| 2020 | 2020 | | annually in the General Appropriations Act. The attorney also 1359 |
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| 2021 | 2021 | | shall be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses in 1360 |
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| 2022 | 2022 | | accordance with s. 29.007. If the attorney is representing a 1361 |
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| 2023 | 2023 | | defendant charged with more than one offense in the same case, 1362 |
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| 2024 | 2024 | | the attorney shall be compensated at the rate provided for the 1363 |
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| 2025 | 2025 | | most serious offense for which he or she represented the 1364 |
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| 2026 | 2026 | | defendant. This section does not allow stacking of the fee 1365 |
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| 2027 | 2027 | | limits established by this section. 1366 |
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| 2028 | 2028 | | (3) The court retains primary authority and responsibility 1367 |
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| 2029 | 2029 | | for determining the reasonableness of all billings for attorney 1368 |
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| 2030 | 2030 | | fees, costs, and related expenses, subject to statutor y 1369 |
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| 2031 | 2031 | | limitations and the requirements of s. 27.40(7). Private court -1370 |
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| 2032 | 2032 | | appointed counsel is entitled to compensation upon final 1371 |
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| 2033 | 2033 | | disposition of a case. 1372 |
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| 2034 | 2034 | | (6) For compensation for representation pursuant to a 1373 |
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| 2035 | 2035 | | court appointment in a proceeding under chapter 39: 1374 |
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| 2036 | 2036 | | (a) At the trial level, compensation for representation 1375 |
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| 2046 | 2046 | | |
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| 2047 | 2047 | | |
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| 2048 | 2048 | | |
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| 2049 | 2049 | | for dependency proceedings shall not exceed $1,450 for the first 1376 |
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| 2050 | 2050 | | year following the date of appointment and shall not exceed $700 1377 |
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| 2051 | 2051 | | each year thereafter. Compensation shall be paid based upon 1378 |
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| 2052 | 2052 | | representation of a parent irrespective of the number of case 1379 |
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| 2053 | 2053 | | numbers that may be assigned or the number of children involved, 1380 |
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| 2054 | 2054 | | including any children born during the pendency of the 1381 |
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| 2055 | 2055 | | proceeding. Any appeal, except for an appeal from an 1382 |
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| 2056 | 2056 | | adjudication of dependency, shal l be completed by the trial 1383 |
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| 2057 | 2057 | | attorney and is considered compensated by the flat fee for 1384 |
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| 2058 | 2058 | | dependency proceedings. 1385 |
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| 2059 | 2059 | | 1. Counsel may bill the flat fee not exceeding $1,450 1386 |
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| 2060 | 2060 | | following disposition or upon dismissal of the petition. 1387 |
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| 2061 | 2061 | | 2. Counsel may bill the annual flat fee not exceeding $700 1388 |
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| 2062 | 2062 | | following the first judicial review in the second year following 1389 |
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| 2063 | 2063 | | the date of appointment and each year thereafter as long as the 1390 |
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| 2064 | 2064 | | case remains under protective supervision. 1391 |
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| 2065 | 2065 | | 3. If the court grants a motion to reactivate protect ive 1392 |
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| 2066 | 2066 | | supervision, the attorney shall receive the annual flat fee not 1393 |
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| 2067 | 2067 | | exceeding $700 following the first judicial review and up to an 1394 |
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| 2068 | 2068 | | additional $700 each year thereafter. 1395 |
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| 2069 | 2069 | | 4. If, during the course of dependency proceedings, a 1396 |
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| 2070 | 2070 | | proceeding to terminate parent al rights is initiated, 1397 |
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| 2071 | 2071 | | compensation shall be as set forth in paragraph (b). If counsel 1398 |
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| 2072 | 2072 | | handling the dependency proceeding is not authorized to handle 1399 |
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| 2073 | 2073 | | proceedings to terminate parental rights, the counsel must 1400 |
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| 2081 | 2081 | | Page 57 of 136 |
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| 2082 | 2082 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 2083 | 2083 | | |
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| 2084 | 2084 | | |
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| 2085 | 2085 | | |
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| 2086 | 2086 | | withdraw and new counsel must be appointed. 1401 |
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| 2087 | 2087 | | (b) At the trial level, compensation for representation in 1402 |
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| 2088 | 2088 | | termination of parental rights proceedings shall not exceed 1403 |
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| 2089 | 2089 | | $1,800 for the first year following the date of appointment and 1404 |
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| 2090 | 2090 | | shall not exceed $700 each year thereafter. Compensation shall 1405 |
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| 2091 | 2091 | | be paid based upon representation of a parent irrespective of 1406 |
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| 2092 | 2092 | | the number of case numbers that may be assigned or the number of 1407 |
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| 2093 | 2093 | | children involved, including any children born during the 1408 |
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| 2094 | 2094 | | pendency of the proceeding. Any appeal, except for an appeal 1409 |
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| 2095 | 2095 | | from an order granti ng or denying termination of parental 1410 |
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| 2096 | 2096 | | rights, shall be completed by trial counsel and is considered 1411 |
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| 2097 | 2097 | | compensated by the flat fee for termination of parental rights 1412 |
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| 2098 | 2098 | | proceedings. If the individual has dependency proceedings 1413 |
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| 2099 | 2099 | | ongoing as to other children, those proceedings are considered 1414 |
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| 2100 | 2100 | | part of the termination of parental rights proceedings as long 1415 |
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| 2101 | 2101 | | as that termination of parental rights proceeding is ongoing. 1416 |
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| 2102 | 2102 | | 1. Counsel may bill the flat fee not exceeding $1,800 30 1417 |
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| 2103 | 2103 | | days after rendition of the final order. Eac h request for 1418 |
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| 2104 | 2104 | | payment submitted to the Justice Administrative Commission must 1419 |
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| 2105 | 2105 | | include the trial counsel's certification that: 1420 |
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| 2106 | 2106 | | a. Counsel discussed grounds for appeal with the parent or 1421 |
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| 2107 | 2107 | | that counsel attempted and was unable to contact the parent; and 1422 |
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| 2108 | 2108 | | b. No appeal will be filed or that a notice of appeal and 1423 |
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| 2109 | 2109 | | a motion for appointment of appellate counsel, containing the 1424 |
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| 2110 | 2110 | | signature of the parent, have been filed. 1425 |
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| 2118 | 2118 | | Page 58 of 136 |
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| 2119 | 2119 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 2120 | 2120 | | |
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| 2121 | 2121 | | |
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| 2122 | 2122 | | |
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| 2123 | 2123 | | 2. Counsel may bill the annual flat fee not exceeding $700 1426 |
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| 2124 | 2124 | | following the first judicial review in the second year after the 1427 |
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| 2125 | 2125 | | date of appointment and each year thereafter as long as the 1428 |
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| 2126 | 2126 | | termination of parental rights proceedings are still ongoing. 1429 |
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| 2127 | 2127 | | (c) For appeals from an adjudication of dependency, 1430 |
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| 2128 | 2128 | | compensation may not exceed $1,800. 1431 |
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| 2129 | 2129 | | 1. Counsel may bill a flat fee not exceeding $1,200 upon 1432 |
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| 2130 | 2130 | | filing the initial brief or the granting of a motion to 1433 |
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| 2131 | 2131 | | withdraw. 1434 |
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| 2132 | 2132 | | 2. If a brief is filed, counsel may bill an additional 1435 |
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| 2133 | 2133 | | flat fee not exceeding $600 upon rendition of the mandate. 1436 |
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| 2134 | 2134 | | (d) For an appeal from an a djudication of termination of 1437 |
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| 2135 | 2135 | | parental rights, compensation may not exceed $3,500. 1438 |
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| 2136 | 2136 | | 1. Counsel may bill a flat fee not exceeding $1,750 upon 1439 |
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| 2137 | 2137 | | filing the initial brief or the granting of a motion to 1440 |
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| 2138 | 2138 | | withdraw. 1441 |
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| 2139 | 2139 | | 2. If a brief is filed, counsel may bill an ad ditional 1442 |
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| 2140 | 2140 | | flat fee not exceeding $1,750 upon rendition of the mandate. 1443 |
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| 2141 | 2141 | | (7) Counsel eligible to receive compensation from the 1444 |
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| 2142 | 2142 | | state for representation pursuant to court appointment made in 1445 |
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| 2143 | 2143 | | accordance with the requirements of s. 27.40(1) and (2)(a) in a 1446 |
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| 2144 | 2144 | | proceeding under chapter 384, chapter 390, chapter 392, chapter 1447 |
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| 2145 | 2145 | | 393, chapter 394, chapter 397, chapter 415, chapter 743, chapter 1448 |
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| 2146 | 2146 | | 744, or chapter 984 shall receive compensation not to exceed the 1449 |
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| 2147 | 2147 | | limits prescribed in the General Appropriations Act. Any such 1450 |
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| 2155 | 2155 | | Page 59 of 136 |
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| 2156 | 2156 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 2157 | 2157 | | |
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| 2158 | 2158 | | |
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| 2159 | 2159 | | |
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| 2160 | 2160 | | compensation must be determined as provided in s. 27.40(7). 1451 |
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| 2161 | 2161 | | (11) It is the intent of the Legislature that the flat 1452 |
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| 2162 | 2162 | | fees prescribed under this section and the General 1453 |
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| 2163 | 2163 | | Appropriations Act comprise the full and complete compensation 1454 |
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| 2164 | 2164 | | for private court-appointed counsel. It is further the intent of 1455 |
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| 2165 | 2165 | | the Legislature that the fees in this section are prescribed for 1456 |
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| 2166 | 2166 | | the purpose of providing counsel with notice of the limit on the 1457 |
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| 2167 | 2167 | | amount of compensation for representation in particular 1458 |
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| 2168 | 2168 | | proceedings and the sole procedur e and requirements for 1459 |
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| 2169 | 2169 | | obtaining payment for the same. 1460 |
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| 2170 | 2170 | | (a) If court-appointed counsel moves to withdraw prior to 1461 |
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| 2171 | 2171 | | the full performance of his or her duties through the completion 1462 |
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| 2172 | 2172 | | of the case, the court shall presume that the attorney is not 1463 |
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| 2173 | 2173 | | entitled to the payment of the full flat fee established under 1464 |
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| 2174 | 2174 | | this section and the General Appropriations Act. 1465 |
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| 2175 | 2175 | | (b) If court-appointed counsel is allowed to withdraw from 1466 |
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| 2176 | 2176 | | representation prior to the full performance of his or her 1467 |
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| 2177 | 2177 | | duties through the completion of the c ase and the court appoints 1468 |
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| 2178 | 2178 | | a subsequent attorney, the total compensation for the initial 1469 |
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| 2179 | 2179 | | and any and all subsequent attorneys may not exceed the flat fee 1470 |
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| 2180 | 2180 | | established under this section and the General Appropriations 1471 |
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| 2181 | 2181 | | Act, except as provided in subsection (1 2). 1472 |
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| 2182 | 2182 | | 1473 |
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| 2183 | 2183 | | This subsection constitutes notice to any subsequently appointed 1474 |
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| 2184 | 2184 | | attorney that he or she will not be compensated the full flat 1475 |
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| 2192 | 2192 | | Page 60 of 136 |
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| 2193 | 2193 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 2194 | 2194 | | |
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| 2195 | 2195 | | |
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| 2196 | 2196 | | |
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| 2197 | 2197 | | fee. 1476 |
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| 2198 | 2198 | | (12) The Legislature recognizes that on rare occasions an 1477 |
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| 2199 | 2199 | | attorney may receive a case that requires extraordinary and 1478 |
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| 2200 | 2200 | | unusual effort. 1479 |
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| 2201 | 2201 | | (a) If counsel seeks compensation that exceeds the limits 1480 |
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| 2202 | 2202 | | prescribed by law, he or she must file a motion with the chief 1481 |
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| 2203 | 2203 | | judge for an order approving payment of attorney fees in excess 1482 |
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| 2204 | 2204 | | of these limits. 1483 |
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| 2205 | 2205 | | 1. Before filing the motion, the counsel shall deliver a 1484 |
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| 2206 | 2206 | | copy of the intended billing, together with supporting 1485 |
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| 2207 | 2207 | | affidavits and all other necessary documentation, to the Justice 1486 |
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| 2208 | 2208 | | Administrative Commission. 1487 |
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| 2209 | 2209 | | 2. The Justice Administrative Commission shall review the 1488 |
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| 2210 | 2210 | | billings, affidavit, and documentation for completeness and 1489 |
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| 2211 | 2211 | | compliance with contractual and statutory requirements and shall 1490 |
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| 2212 | 2212 | | contemporaneously document such review before authorizing 1491 |
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| 2213 | 2213 | | payment to an attorney. If the Justice Administrative Commission 1492 |
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| 2214 | 2214 | | objects to any portion of the pro posed billing, the objection 1493 |
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| 2215 | 2215 | | and supporting reasons must be communicated in writing to the 1494 |
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| 2216 | 2216 | | private court-appointed counsel. The counsel may thereafter file 1495 |
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| 2217 | 2217 | | his or her motion, which must specify whether the commission 1496 |
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| 2218 | 2218 | | objects to any portion of the billing o r the sufficiency of 1497 |
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| 2219 | 2219 | | documentation, and shall attach the commission's letter stating 1498 |
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| 2220 | 2220 | | its objection. 1499 |
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| 2221 | 2221 | | (b) Following receipt of the motion to exceed the fee 1500 |
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| 2229 | 2229 | | Page 61 of 136 |
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| 2230 | 2230 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 2231 | 2231 | | |
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| 2232 | 2232 | | |
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| 2233 | 2233 | | |
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| 2234 | 2234 | | limits, the chief judge or a single designee shall hold an 1501 |
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| 2235 | 2235 | | evidentiary hearing. The chief judge may select only one judge 1502 |
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| 2236 | 2236 | | per circuit to hear and determine motions pursuant to this 1503 |
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| 2237 | 2237 | | subsection, except multicounty circuits and the eleventh circuit 1504 |
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| 2238 | 2238 | | may have up to two designees. 1505 |
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| 2239 | 2239 | | 1. At the hearing, the attorney seeking compensation must 1506 |
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| 2240 | 2240 | | prove by competent a nd substantial evidence that the case 1507 |
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| 2241 | 2241 | | required extraordinary and unusual efforts. The chief judge or 1508 |
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| 2242 | 2242 | | single designee shall consider criteria such as the number of 1509 |
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| 2243 | 2243 | | witnesses, the complexity of the factual and legal issues, and 1510 |
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| 2244 | 2244 | | the length of trial. The fact that a trial was conducted in a 1511 |
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| 2245 | 2245 | | case does not, by itself, constitute competent substantial 1512 |
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| 2246 | 2246 | | evidence of an extraordinary and unusual effort. In a criminal 1513 |
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| 2247 | 2247 | | case, relief under this section may not be granted if the number 1514 |
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| 2248 | 2248 | | of work hours does not exceed 75 or t he number of the state's 1515 |
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| 2249 | 2249 | | witnesses deposed does not exceed 20. 1516 |
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| 2250 | 2250 | | 2. Objections by or on behalf of the Justice 1517 |
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| 2251 | 2251 | | Administrative Commission to records or documents or to claims 1518 |
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| 2252 | 2252 | | for payment by the attorney shall be presumed correct by the 1519 |
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| 2253 | 2253 | | court unless the court determines, in writing, that competent 1520 |
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| 2254 | 2254 | | and substantial evidence exists to justify overcoming the 1521 |
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| 2255 | 2255 | | presumption. The chief judge or single designee shall enter a 1522 |
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| 2256 | 2256 | | written order detailing his or her findings and identifying the 1523 |
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| 2257 | 2257 | | extraordinary nature of the time and efforts of the attorney in 1524 |
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| 2258 | 2258 | | the case which warrant exceeding the flat fee established by 1525 |
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| 2266 | 2266 | | Page 62 of 136 |
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| 2267 | 2267 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 2268 | 2268 | | |
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| 2269 | 2269 | | |
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| 2270 | 2270 | | |
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| 2271 | 2271 | | this section and the General Appropriations Act. 1526 |
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| 2272 | 2272 | | (c) A copy of the motion and attachments shall be served 1527 |
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| 2273 | 2273 | | on the Justice Administrative Commission at least 20 bu siness 1528 |
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| 2274 | 2274 | | days before the date of a hearing. The Justice Administrative 1529 |
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| 2275 | 2275 | | Commission has standing to appear before the court, and may 1530 |
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| 2276 | 2276 | | appear in person or telephonically, including at the hearing 1531 |
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| 2277 | 2277 | | under paragraph (b), to contest any motion for an order 1532 |
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| 2278 | 2278 | | approving payment of attorney fees, costs, or related expenses 1533 |
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| 2279 | 2279 | | and may participate in a hearing on the motion by use of 1534 |
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| 2280 | 2280 | | telephonic or other communication equipment. The Justice 1535 |
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| 2281 | 2281 | | Administrative Commission may contract with other public or 1536 |
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| 2282 | 2282 | | private entities or individua ls to appear before the court for 1537 |
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| 2283 | 2283 | | the purpose of contesting any motion for an order approving 1538 |
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| 2284 | 2284 | | payment of attorney fees, costs, or related expenses. The fact 1539 |
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| 2285 | 2285 | | that the Justice Administrative Commission has not objected to 1540 |
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| 2286 | 2286 | | any portion of the billing or to the sufficiency of the 1541 |
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| 2287 | 2287 | | documentation is not binding on the court. 1542 |
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| 2288 | 2288 | | (d) If the chief judge or a single designee finds that 1543 |
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| 2289 | 2289 | | counsel has proved by competent and substantial evidence that 1544 |
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| 2290 | 2290 | | the case required extraordinary and unusual efforts, the chief 1545 |
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| 2291 | 2291 | | judge or single designee shall order the compensation to be paid 1546 |
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| 2292 | 2292 | | to the attorney at a percentage above the flat fee rate, 1547 |
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| 2293 | 2293 | | depending on the extent of the unusual and extraordinary effort 1548 |
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| 2294 | 2294 | | required. The percentage must be only the rate necessary to 1549 |
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| 2295 | 2295 | | ensure that the fees paid are not confiscatory under common law. 1550 |
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| 2304 | 2304 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 2305 | 2305 | | |
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| 2306 | 2306 | | |
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| 2307 | 2307 | | |
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| 2308 | 2308 | | The percentage may not exceed 200 percent of the established 1551 |
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| 2309 | 2309 | | flat fee, absent a specific finding that 200 percent of the flat 1552 |
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| 2310 | 2310 | | fee in the case would be confiscatory. If the chief judge or 1553 |
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| 2311 | 2311 | | single designee determine s that 200 percent of the flat fee 1554 |
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| 2312 | 2312 | | would be confiscatory, he or she shall order the amount of 1555 |
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| 2313 | 2313 | | compensation using an hourly rate not to exceed $75 per hour for 1556 |
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| 2314 | 2314 | | a noncapital case and $100 per hour for a capital case. However, 1557 |
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| 2315 | 2315 | | the compensation calculated by u sing the hourly rate shall be 1558 |
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| 2316 | 2316 | | only that amount necessary to ensure that the total fees paid 1559 |
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| 2317 | 2317 | | are not confiscatory, subject to the requirements of s. 1560 |
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| 2318 | 2318 | | 27.40(7). 1561 |
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| 2319 | 2319 | | (e) Any order granting relief under this subsection must 1562 |
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| 2320 | 2320 | | be attached to the final request for a payment submitted to the 1563 |
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| 2321 | 2321 | | Justice Administrative Commission and must satisfy the 1564 |
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| 2322 | 2322 | | requirements of subparagraph (b)2. 1565 |
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| 2323 | 2323 | | (13) Notwithstanding the limitation set forth in 1566 |
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| 2324 | 2324 | | subsection (5) and for the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal year only, 1567 |
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| 2325 | 2325 | | the compensation for repr esentation in a criminal proceeding may 1568 |
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| 2326 | 2326 | | not exceed the following: 1569 |
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| 2327 | 2327 | | (a) For misdemeanors and juveniles represented at the 1570 |
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| 2328 | 2328 | | trial level: $2,000 $1,000. 1571 |
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| 2329 | 2329 | | (b) For noncapital, nonlife felonies represented at the 1572 |
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| 2330 | 2330 | | trial level: $15,000. 1573 |
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| 2331 | 2331 | | (c) For life felonies re presented at the trial level: 1574 |
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| 2332 | 2332 | | $15,000. 1575 |
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| 2342 | 2342 | | |
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| 2343 | 2343 | | |
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| 2344 | 2344 | | |
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| 2345 | 2345 | | (d) For capital cases represented at the trial level: 1576 |
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| 2346 | 2346 | | $25,000. For purposes of this paragraph, a "capital case" is any 1577 |
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| 2347 | 2347 | | offense for which the potential sentence is death and the state 1578 |
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| 2348 | 2348 | | has not waived seeking the death penalty. 1579 |
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| 2349 | 2349 | | (e) For representation on appeal: $9,000. 1580 |
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| 2350 | 2350 | | (f) This subsection expires July 1, 2025 2024. 1581 |
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| 2351 | 2351 | | Section 43. The text of s. 27.5304(1), (3), (7), (11), and 1582 |
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| 2352 | 2352 | | (12)(a)-(e), Florida Statutes, as carried forward from chapter 1583 |
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| 2353 | 2353 | | 2019-116, Laws of Florida, and the text of s. 27.5304(6), 1584 |
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| 2354 | 2354 | | Florida Statutes, as carried forward from chapter 2023 -240, Laws 1585 |
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| 2355 | 2355 | | of Florida, by this act, expire July 1, 2025, and the text of 1586 |
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| 2356 | 2356 | | those subsections and paragraphs, as applicable, shall revert to 1587 |
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| 2357 | 2357 | | that in existence on June 30, 201 9, except that any amendments 1588 |
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| 2358 | 2358 | | to such text enacted other than by this act shall be preserved 1589 |
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| 2359 | 2359 | | and continue to operate to the extent that such amendments are 1590 |
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| 2360 | 2360 | | not dependent upon the portions of text which expire pursuant to 1591 |
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| 2361 | 2361 | | this section. 1592 |
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| 2362 | 2362 | | Section 44. In order to implement section 147 of the 2024 -1593 |
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| 2363 | 2363 | | 2025 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (f) of subsection (7) 1594 |
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| 2364 | 2364 | | of section 934.50, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1595 |
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| 2365 | 2365 | | 934.50 Searches and seizure using a drone. — 1596 |
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| 2366 | 2366 | | (7) SECURITY STANDARDS FOR GOVERNMENTAL AGENC Y DRONE USE.— 1597 |
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| 2367 | 2367 | | (f) Notwithstanding this subsection: 1598 |
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| 2368 | 2368 | | 1. Subject to appropriation, the drone replacement grant 1599 |
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| 2369 | 2369 | | program is created within the Department of Law Enforcement. The 1600 |
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| 2379 | 2379 | | |
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| 2380 | 2380 | | |
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| 2381 | 2381 | | |
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| 2382 | 2382 | | program shall provide funds to law enforcement agencies , fire 1601 |
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| 2383 | 2383 | | service providers, ambulance crews, or other first responders 1602 |
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| 2384 | 2384 | | that turn in drones that are not in compliance with this 1603 |
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| 2385 | 2385 | | section. To be eligible, the drone must have not reached its end 1604 |
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| 2386 | 2386 | | of life and must still be in working condition. Funds shall be 1605 |
|---|
| 2387 | 2387 | | provided per drone based u pon the drone's replacement costs 1606 |
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| 2388 | 2388 | | current value. Grant funds may only be used to purchase drones 1607 |
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| 2389 | 2389 | | that are in compliance with this section. The Department of Law 1608 |
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| 2390 | 2390 | | Enforcement shall expeditiously develop an application process, 1609 |
|---|
| 2391 | 2391 | | and funds shall be allocated on a first-come, first-served 1610 |
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| 2392 | 2392 | | basis, determined by the date the department receives the 1611 |
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| 2393 | 2393 | | application. The department may adopt rules to implement this 1612 |
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| 2394 | 2394 | | program. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term "law 1613 |
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| 2395 | 2395 | | enforcement agency" has the same meaning as in th is section. 1614 |
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| 2396 | 2396 | | 2. The Department of Law Enforcement shall provide the 1615 |
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| 2397 | 2397 | | first two functional drones of each unique make and model 1616 |
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| 2398 | 2398 | | received through the drone grant replacement program to the 1617 |
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| 2399 | 2399 | | Florida Center for Cybersecurity within the University of South 1618 |
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| 2400 | 2400 | | Florida. The Florida Center for Cybersecurity shall analyze each 1619 |
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| 2401 | 2401 | | drone received from the Department of Law Enforcement to 1620 |
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| 2402 | 2402 | | determine whether the drones presented a present cybersecurity 1621 |
|---|
| 2403 | 2403 | | concern during its time of use concerns and shall provide a 1622 |
|---|
| 2404 | 2404 | | report of its findings and a list of any specific security 1623 |
|---|
| 2405 | 2405 | | vulnerabilities found in the drone or recommendations to the 1624 |
|---|
| 2406 | 2406 | | Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the 1625 |
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| 2416 | 2416 | | |
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| 2417 | 2417 | | |
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| 2418 | 2418 | | |
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| 2419 | 2419 | | House of Representatives. The center must return any drone 1626 |
|---|
| 2420 | 2420 | | received through the dro ne replacement grant program to the 1627 |
|---|
| 2421 | 2421 | | Department of Law Enforcement for destruction pursuant to 1628 |
|---|
| 2422 | 2422 | | subparagraph 3., following the completion of the cybersecurity 1629 |
|---|
| 2423 | 2423 | | analysis Department of Management Services regarding the drones' 1630 |
|---|
| 2424 | 2424 | | safety or security. 1631 |
|---|
| 2425 | 2425 | | 3. The Department of Law Enforcement shall ensure the 1632 |
|---|
| 2426 | 2426 | | destruction of all drones received through the drone replacement 1633 |
|---|
| 2427 | 2427 | | grant program after ensuring that the first two functional 1634 |
|---|
| 2428 | 2428 | | drones of each unique make and model received has been 1635 |
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| 2429 | 2429 | | transmitted to the Florida Center f or Cybersecurity for 1636 |
|---|
| 2430 | 2430 | | analysis. The Florida Center for Cybersecurity shall return to 1637 |
|---|
| 2431 | 2431 | | the department for destruction any duplicate model drones in 1638 |
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| 2432 | 2432 | | their possession which were previously transmitted to the 1639 |
|---|
| 2433 | 2433 | | center, and which are not being retained for analysis . 1640 |
|---|
| 2434 | 2434 | | 4. From the funds appropriated to the drone replacement 1641 |
|---|
| 2435 | 2435 | | grant program, the Department of Law Enforcement: 1642 |
|---|
| 2436 | 2436 | | a. May expend funds to directly cause, or contract for, 1643 |
|---|
| 2437 | 2437 | | the secure destruction of all drones received under the program 1644 |
|---|
| 2438 | 2438 | | during fiscal years 2023 -2024 and 2024-2025 which are not being 1645 |
|---|
| 2439 | 2439 | | retained for analysis or retained by the department following a 1646 |
|---|
| 2440 | 2440 | | completed analysis. 1647 |
|---|
| 2441 | 2441 | | b. Must provide to the Florida Center for Cybersecurity 1648 |
|---|
| 2442 | 2442 | | $25,000 to cover the center's expenses associated with the 1649 |
|---|
| 2443 | 2443 | | analysis, transport, secure storage, reporting, and other 1650 |
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| 2453 | 2453 | | |
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| 2454 | 2454 | | |
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| 2455 | 2455 | | |
|---|
| 2456 | 2456 | | related costs necessary to comply with the requirements of this 1651 |
|---|
| 2457 | 2457 | | subsection. 1652 |
|---|
| 2458 | 2458 | | c. May increase the awards previously provided in fiscal 1653 |
|---|
| 2459 | 2459 | | year 2023-2024, which were based on the drone's value, to award 1654 |
|---|
| 2460 | 2460 | | the value to reflect the drone's replacement cost. 1655 |
|---|
| 2461 | 2461 | | 5.3. The Department of Law Enforcement is authorized, and 1656 |
|---|
| 2462 | 2462 | | all conditions are deemed met, to adopt emergency rules under s. 1657 |
|---|
| 2463 | 2463 | | 120.54(4) for the purpose of implementing the drone replacement 1658 |
|---|
| 2464 | 2464 | | grant program. Notwithst anding any other law, emergency rules 1659 |
|---|
| 2465 | 2465 | | adopted under this section are effective for 12 months after 1660 |
|---|
| 2466 | 2466 | | adoption and may be renewed during the pendency of procedures to 1661 |
|---|
| 2467 | 2467 | | adopt permanent rules addressing the subject of the emergency 1662 |
|---|
| 2468 | 2468 | | rules. 1663 |
|---|
| 2469 | 2469 | | 1664 |
|---|
| 2470 | 2470 | | This paragraph expires July 1, 2025 2024. 1665 |
|---|
| 2471 | 2471 | | Section 45. In order to implement appropriations used to 1666 |
|---|
| 2472 | 2472 | | pay existing lease contracts for private lease space in excess 1667 |
|---|
| 2473 | 2473 | | of 2,000 square feet in the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations 1668 |
|---|
| 2474 | 2474 | | Act, the Department of Management Services, with th e cooperation 1669 |
|---|
| 2475 | 2475 | | of the agencies having the existing lease contracts for office 1670 |
|---|
| 2476 | 2476 | | or storage space, shall use tenant broker services to 1671 |
|---|
| 2477 | 2477 | | renegotiate or reprocure all private lease agreements for office 1672 |
|---|
| 2478 | 2478 | | or storage space expiring between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 1673 |
|---|
| 2479 | 2479 | | 2027, in order to reduce costs in future years. The department 1674 |
|---|
| 2480 | 2480 | | shall incorporate this initiative into its 2024 master leasing 1675 |
|---|
| 2488 | 2488 | | Page 68 of 136 |
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| 2489 | 2489 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 2490 | 2490 | | |
|---|
| 2491 | 2491 | | |
|---|
| 2492 | 2492 | | |
|---|
| 2493 | 2493 | | report required under s. 255.249(7), Florida Statutes, and may 1676 |
|---|
| 2494 | 2494 | | use tenant broker services to explore the possibilities of 1677 |
|---|
| 2495 | 2495 | | collocating office or storage space, to review the space needs 1678 |
|---|
| 2496 | 2496 | | of each agency, and to review the length and terms of potential 1679 |
|---|
| 2497 | 2497 | | renewals or renegotiations. The department shall provide a 1680 |
|---|
| 2498 | 2498 | | report to the Executive Office of the Governor, the President of 1681 |
|---|
| 2499 | 2499 | | the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by 1682 |
|---|
| 2500 | 2500 | | November 1, 2024, which lists each lease contract for private 1683 |
|---|
| 2501 | 2501 | | office or storage space, the status of renegotiations, and the 1684 |
|---|
| 2502 | 2502 | | savings achieved. This section expires July 1, 2025. 1685 |
|---|
| 2503 | 2503 | | Section 46. In order to implement appropriations 1686 |
|---|
| 2504 | 2504 | | authorized in the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act for data 1687 |
|---|
| 2505 | 2505 | | center services, and notwithstanding s. 216.292(2)(a), Florida 1688 |
|---|
| 2506 | 2506 | | Statutes, an agency may not transfer funds from a data 1689 |
|---|
| 2507 | 2507 | | processing category to a category other than ano ther data 1690 |
|---|
| 2508 | 2508 | | processing category. This section expires July 1, 2025. 1691 |
|---|
| 2509 | 2509 | | Section 47. In order to implement the appropriation of 1692 |
|---|
| 2510 | 2510 | | funds in the appropriation category "Special Categories -Risk 1693 |
|---|
| 2511 | 2511 | | Management Insurance" in the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations 1694 |
|---|
| 2512 | 2512 | | Act, and pursuant to the notice, review, and objection 1695 |
|---|
| 2513 | 2513 | | procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the Executive Office 1696 |
|---|
| 2514 | 2514 | | of the Governor may transfer funds appropriated in that category 1697 |
|---|
| 2515 | 2515 | | between departments in order to align the budget authority 1698 |
|---|
| 2516 | 2516 | | granted with the pre miums paid by each department for risk 1699 |
|---|
| 2517 | 2517 | | management insurance. This section expires July 1, 2025. 1700 |
|---|
| 2525 | 2525 | | Page 69 of 136 |
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| 2526 | 2526 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 2527 | 2527 | | |
|---|
| 2528 | 2528 | | |
|---|
| 2529 | 2529 | | |
|---|
| 2530 | 2530 | | Section 48. In order to implement the appropriation of 1701 |
|---|
| 2531 | 2531 | | funds in the appropriation category "Special Categories -Transfer 1702 |
|---|
| 2532 | 2532 | | to Department of Management Services -Human Resources Services 1703 |
|---|
| 2533 | 2533 | | Purchased per Statewide Contract" in the 2024 -2025 General 1704 |
|---|
| 2534 | 2534 | | Appropriations Act, and pursuant to the notice, review, and 1705 |
|---|
| 2535 | 2535 | | objection procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the 1706 |
|---|
| 2536 | 2536 | | Executive Office of the Governor may transfer funds a ppropriated 1707 |
|---|
| 2537 | 2537 | | in that category between departments in order to align the 1708 |
|---|
| 2538 | 2538 | | budget authority granted with the assessments that must be paid 1709 |
|---|
| 2539 | 2539 | | by each agency to the Department of Management Services for 1710 |
|---|
| 2540 | 2540 | | human resource management services. This section expires July 1, 1711 |
|---|
| 2541 | 2541 | | 2025. 1712 |
|---|
| 2542 | 2542 | | Section 49. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1713 |
|---|
| 2543 | 2543 | | 2880 in the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act in the Building 1714 |
|---|
| 2544 | 2544 | | Relocation appropriation category from the Architects Incidental 1715 |
|---|
| 2545 | 2545 | | Trust Fund of the Department of Management Services, an d in 1716 |
|---|
| 2546 | 2546 | | accordance with s. 215.196, Florida Statutes: 1717 |
|---|
| 2547 | 2547 | | (1) Upon the final disposition of a state -owned building, 1718 |
|---|
| 2548 | 2548 | | the Department of Management Services may use up to 5 percent of 1719 |
|---|
| 2549 | 2549 | | facility disposition funds from the Architects Incidental Trust 1720 |
|---|
| 2550 | 2550 | | Fund to defer, offset, or otherwise pay for all or a portion of 1721 |
|---|
| 2551 | 2551 | | relocation expenses, including furniture, fixtures, and 1722 |
|---|
| 2552 | 2552 | | equipment for state agencies impacted by the disposition of the 1723 |
|---|
| 2553 | 2553 | | department's managed facilities in the Florida Facilities Pool. 1724 |
|---|
| 2554 | 2554 | | The extent of the financ ial assistance provided to impacted 1725 |
|---|
| 2562 | 2562 | | Page 70 of 136 |
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| 2563 | 2563 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 2564 | 2564 | | |
|---|
| 2565 | 2565 | | |
|---|
| 2566 | 2566 | | |
|---|
| 2567 | 2567 | | state agencies shall be determined by the department. 1726 |
|---|
| 2568 | 2568 | | (2) The Department of Management Services may submit 1727 |
|---|
| 2569 | 2569 | | budget amendments for an increase in appropriation if necessary 1728 |
|---|
| 2570 | 2570 | | for the implementation of this section pursuant to the 1729 |
|---|
| 2571 | 2571 | | provisions of chapter 216, Florida Statutes. Budget amendments 1730 |
|---|
| 2572 | 2572 | | for an increase in appropriation shall include a detailed plan 1731 |
|---|
| 2573 | 2573 | | providing all estimated costs and relocation proposals. 1732 |
|---|
| 2574 | 2574 | | (3) This section expires July 1, 2025. 1733 |
|---|
| 2575 | 2575 | | Section 50. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1734 |
|---|
| 2576 | 2576 | | 2875 through 2882 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act 1735 |
|---|
| 2577 | 2577 | | from the Architects Incidental Trust Fund of the Department of 1736 |
|---|
| 2578 | 2578 | | Management Services, notwithstanding s. 253.025(4), Florida 1737 |
|---|
| 2579 | 2579 | | Statutes, and in accordance with s . 215.196, Florida Statutes, 1738 |
|---|
| 2580 | 2580 | | the Department of Management Services may acquire additional 1739 |
|---|
| 2581 | 2581 | | state-owned office buildings as defined in s. 255.248, Florida 1740 |
|---|
| 2582 | 2582 | | Statutes, or property for inclusion in the Florida Facilities 1741 |
|---|
| 2583 | 2583 | | Pool as created in s. 255.505, Florida St atutes. This section 1742 |
|---|
| 2584 | 2584 | | expires July 1, 2025. 1743 |
|---|
| 2585 | 2585 | | Section 51. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1744 |
|---|
| 2586 | 2586 | | 2456 through 2462 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act: 1745 |
|---|
| 2587 | 2587 | | (1) The Department of Financial Services shall replace the 1746 |
|---|
| 2588 | 2588 | | four main components of the Florida Accounting Information 1747 |
|---|
| 2589 | 2589 | | Resource Subsystem (FLAIR), which include central FLAIR, 1748 |
|---|
| 2590 | 2590 | | departmental FLAIR, payroll, and information warehouse, and 1749 |
|---|
| 2591 | 2591 | | shall replace the cash management and accounting management 1750 |
|---|
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| 2600 | 2600 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 2601 | 2601 | | |
|---|
| 2602 | 2602 | | |
|---|
| 2603 | 2603 | | |
|---|
| 2604 | 2604 | | components of the Cash Management Subsystem (CM S) with an 1751 |
|---|
| 2605 | 2605 | | integrated enterprise system that allows the state to organize, 1752 |
|---|
| 2606 | 2606 | | define, and standardize its financial management business 1753 |
|---|
| 2607 | 2607 | | processes and that complies with ss. 215.90 -215.96, Florida 1754 |
|---|
| 2608 | 2608 | | Statutes. The department may not include in the replacement of 1755 |
|---|
| 2609 | 2609 | | FLAIR and CMS: 1756 |
|---|
| 2610 | 2610 | | (a) Functionality that duplicates any of the other 1757 |
|---|
| 2611 | 2611 | | information subsystems of the Florida Financial Management 1758 |
|---|
| 2612 | 2612 | | Information System; or 1759 |
|---|
| 2613 | 2613 | | (b) Agency business processes related to any of the 1760 |
|---|
| 2614 | 2614 | | functions included in the Personnel Information Syst em, the 1761 |
|---|
| 2615 | 2615 | | Purchasing Subsystem, or the Legislative Appropriations 1762 |
|---|
| 2616 | 2616 | | System/Planning and Budgeting Subsystem. 1763 |
|---|
| 2617 | 2617 | | (2) For purposes of replacing FLAIR and CMS, the 1764 |
|---|
| 2618 | 2618 | | Department of Financial Services shall: 1765 |
|---|
| 2619 | 2619 | | (a) Take into consideration the cost and implementation 1766 |
|---|
| 2620 | 2620 | | data identified for Option 3 as recommended in the March 31, 1767 |
|---|
| 2621 | 2621 | | 2014, Florida Department of Financial Services FLAIR Study, 1768 |
|---|
| 2622 | 2622 | | version 031. 1769 |
|---|
| 2623 | 2623 | | (b) Ensure that all business requirements and technical 1770 |
|---|
| 2624 | 2624 | | specifications have been provided to all state agencies for 1771 |
|---|
| 2625 | 2625 | | their review and input and approved by the executive steering 1772 |
|---|
| 2626 | 2626 | | committee established in paragraph (c), including any updates to 1773 |
|---|
| 2627 | 2627 | | these documents. 1774 |
|---|
| 2628 | 2628 | | (c) Implement a project governance structure that includes 1775 |
|---|
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| 2637 | 2637 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 2638 | 2638 | | |
|---|
| 2639 | 2639 | | |
|---|
| 2640 | 2640 | | |
|---|
| 2641 | 2641 | | an executive steering committee composed of: 1776 |
|---|
| 2642 | 2642 | | 1. The Chief Financial Officer or the executive sponsor of 1777 |
|---|
| 2643 | 2643 | | the project. 1778 |
|---|
| 2644 | 2644 | | 2. A representative of the Division of Treasury of the 1779 |
|---|
| 2645 | 2645 | | Department of Financial Services, appointed by the Chief 1780 |
|---|
| 2646 | 2646 | | Financial Officer. 1781 |
|---|
| 2647 | 2647 | | 3. The Chief Information Officers of the Department of 1782 |
|---|
| 2648 | 2648 | | Financial Services and the Department of Environmental 1783 |
|---|
| 2649 | 2649 | | Protection. 1784 |
|---|
| 2650 | 2650 | | 4. Two employees from the Division of Accounting and 1785 |
|---|
| 2651 | 2651 | | Auditing of the Department of Financial Services, appointed by 1786 |
|---|
| 2652 | 2652 | | the Chief Financial Officer. Each employee must have experience 1787 |
|---|
| 2653 | 2653 | | relating to at least one of the four main components that 1788 |
|---|
| 2654 | 2654 | | compose FLAIR. 1789 |
|---|
| 2655 | 2655 | | 5. Two employees from the Executive Office of the 1790 |
|---|
| 2656 | 2656 | | Governor, appointed by the Governor. One employee must have 1791 |
|---|
| 2657 | 2657 | | experience relating to the Legislative Appropriations 1792 |
|---|
| 2658 | 2658 | | System/Planning and Budgetin g Subsystem. 1793 |
|---|
| 2659 | 2659 | | 6. One employee from the Department of Revenue, appointed 1794 |
|---|
| 2660 | 2660 | | by the executive director, who has experience using or 1795 |
|---|
| 2661 | 2661 | | maintaining the department's finance and accounting systems. 1796 |
|---|
| 2662 | 2662 | | 7. Two employees from the Department of Management 1797 |
|---|
| 2663 | 2663 | | Services, appointed by the Secretary of Management Services. One 1798 |
|---|
| 2664 | 2664 | | employee must have experience relating to the department's 1799 |
|---|
| 2665 | 2665 | | personnel information subsystem and one employee must have 1800 |
|---|
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| 2675 | 2675 | | |
|---|
| 2676 | 2676 | | |
|---|
| 2677 | 2677 | | |
|---|
| 2678 | 2678 | | experience relating to the department's purchasing subsystem. 1801 |
|---|
| 2679 | 2679 | | 8. A state agency administrative services director, 1802 |
|---|
| 2680 | 2680 | | appointed by the Governor. 1803 |
|---|
| 2681 | 2681 | | 9. Two employees from the Agency for Health Care 1804 |
|---|
| 2682 | 2682 | | Administration. One employee shall be the executive sponsor of 1805 |
|---|
| 2683 | 2683 | | the Florida Health Care Connection (FX) System or his or her 1806 |
|---|
| 2684 | 2684 | | designee, appointed by the Secretary of Health Care 1807 |
|---|
| 2685 | 2685 | | Administration, and one employee shall be the Assistant Deputy 1808 |
|---|
| 2686 | 2686 | | Secretary for Finance or his or her designee. 1809 |
|---|
| 2687 | 2687 | | 10. The State Chief Information Officer, or his or her 1810 |
|---|
| 2688 | 2688 | | designee, as a nonvoting member. The State Chief Informati on 1811 |
|---|
| 2689 | 2689 | | Officer, or his or her designee, shall provide monthly status 1812 |
|---|
| 2690 | 2690 | | reports to the executive steering committee pursuant to the 1813 |
|---|
| 2691 | 2691 | | oversight responsibilities in s. 282.0051, Florida Statutes. 1814 |
|---|
| 2692 | 2692 | | 11. One employee from the Department of Business and 1815 |
|---|
| 2693 | 2693 | | Professional Regulation who has experience in finance and 1816 |
|---|
| 2694 | 2694 | | accounting and FLAIR, appointed by the Secretary of Business and 1817 |
|---|
| 2695 | 2695 | | Professional Regulation. 1818 |
|---|
| 2696 | 2696 | | 12. One employee from the Florida Fish and Wildlife 1819 |
|---|
| 2697 | 2697 | | Conservation Commission who has experience using or maintaining 1820 |
|---|
| 2698 | 2698 | | the commission's finance and accounting systems, appointed by 1821 |
|---|
| 2699 | 2699 | | the Chair of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation 1822 |
|---|
| 2700 | 2700 | | Commission. 1823 |
|---|
| 2701 | 2701 | | 13. The budget director of the Department of Education, or 1824 |
|---|
| 2702 | 2702 | | his or her designee. 1825 |
|---|
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| 2712 | 2712 | | |
|---|
| 2713 | 2713 | | |
|---|
| 2714 | 2714 | | |
|---|
| 2715 | 2715 | | (3)(a) The Chief Financial Officer or the execu tive 1826 |
|---|
| 2716 | 2716 | | sponsor of the project shall serve as chair of the executive 1827 |
|---|
| 2717 | 2717 | | steering committee, and the committee shall take action by a 1828 |
|---|
| 2718 | 2718 | | vote of at least eight affirmative votes with the Chief 1829 |
|---|
| 2719 | 2719 | | Financial Officer or the executive sponsor of the project voting 1830 |
|---|
| 2720 | 2720 | | on the prevailing side. A quorum of the executive steering 1831 |
|---|
| 2721 | 2721 | | committee consists of at least 10 members. 1832 |
|---|
| 2722 | 2722 | | (b) No later than 14 days before a meeting of the 1833 |
|---|
| 2723 | 2723 | | executive steering committee, the chair shall request input from 1834 |
|---|
| 2724 | 2724 | | committee members on agenda items for the nex t scheduled 1835 |
|---|
| 2725 | 2725 | | meeting. 1836 |
|---|
| 2726 | 2726 | | (c) The chair shall establish a working group consisting 1837 |
|---|
| 2727 | 2727 | | of FLAIR users, state agency technical staff who maintain 1838 |
|---|
| 2728 | 2728 | | applications that integrate with FLAIR, and no less than four 1839 |
|---|
| 2729 | 2729 | | state agency finance and accounting or budget directors. The 1840 |
|---|
| 2730 | 2730 | | working group shall meet at least monthly to review PALM 1841 |
|---|
| 2731 | 2731 | | functionality, assess project impacts to state financial 1842 |
|---|
| 2732 | 2732 | | business processes and agency staff, and develop recommendations 1843 |
|---|
| 2733 | 2733 | | to the executive steering committee for improvements. The chair 1844 |
|---|
| 2734 | 2734 | | shall request input from the working group on agenda items for 1845 |
|---|
| 2735 | 2735 | | each scheduled meeting. The PALM project team shall dedicate a 1846 |
|---|
| 2736 | 2736 | | staff member to the group and provide system demonstrations and 1847 |
|---|
| 2737 | 2737 | | any project documentation, as needed, for the group to fulfill 1848 |
|---|
| 2738 | 2738 | | its duties. 1849 |
|---|
| 2739 | 2739 | | (d) The chair shall request all agency project sponsors to 1850 |
|---|
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| 2749 | 2749 | | |
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| 2750 | 2750 | | |
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| 2751 | 2751 | | |
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| 2752 | 2752 | | provide bimonthly status reports to the executive steering 1851 |
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| 2753 | 2753 | | committee. The form and format of the bimonthly status reports 1852 |
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| 2754 | 2754 | | shall be developed by the Florida PALM project and provided to 1853 |
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| 2755 | 2755 | | the executive steering committee meeting for approval. Such 1854 |
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| 2756 | 2756 | | agency status reports shall provide information to the executive 1855 |
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| 2757 | 2757 | | steering committee on the activities and ongoing work within the 1856 |
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| 2758 | 2758 | | agency to prepare their systems and impacted employees for the 1857 |
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| 2759 | 2759 | | deployment of the Florida PALM System. The first bimonthly 1858 |
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| 2760 | 2760 | | status report is due September 1, 2024, and bimonthly 1859 |
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| 2761 | 2761 | | thereafter. 1860 |
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| 2762 | 2762 | | (4) The executive steering committee has the overall 1861 |
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| 2763 | 2763 | | responsibility for ensuring that the project to replace FLAIR 1862 |
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| 2764 | 2764 | | and CMS meets its primary business objectives and shall: 1863 |
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| 2765 | 2765 | | (a) Identify and recommend to the Executive Office of the 1864 |
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| 2766 | 2766 | | Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the 1865 |
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| 2767 | 2767 | | House of Representatives any statutory changes needed to 1866 |
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| 2768 | 2768 | | implement the replacement subsystem that will standardize, to 1867 |
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| 2769 | 2769 | | the fullest extent possible, the state's financial management 1868 |
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| 2770 | 2770 | | business processes. 1869 |
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| 2771 | 2771 | | (b) Review and approve any changes to the project's scope, 1870 |
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| 2772 | 2772 | | schedule, and budget which do not conflict with the requirements 1871 |
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| 2773 | 2773 | | of subsection (1). 1872 |
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| 2774 | 2774 | | (c) Ensure that adequate resources are provided throughout 1873 |
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| 2775 | 2775 | | all phases of the project. 1874 |
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| 2776 | 2776 | | (d) Approve all major project deliverables and any cost 1875 |
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| 2786 | 2786 | | |
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| 2787 | 2787 | | |
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| 2788 | 2788 | | |
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| 2789 | 2789 | | changes to each deliverable over $250,000. 1876 |
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| 2790 | 2790 | | (e) Approve contract amendments and changes to all 1877 |
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| 2791 | 2791 | | contract-related documents associated with the replacement of 1878 |
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| 2792 | 2792 | | FLAIR and CMS. 1879 |
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| 2793 | 2793 | | (f) Review, and approve as warranted, the format of the 1880 |
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| 2794 | 2794 | | bimonthly agency status reports to include meaningful 1881 |
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| 2795 | 2795 | | information on each agency's progress in planning for the 1882 |
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| 2796 | 2796 | | Florida PALM Major Implementation, c overing the agency's people, 1883 |
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| 2797 | 2797 | | processes, technology, and data transformation activities. 1884 |
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| 2798 | 2798 | | (g) Ensure compliance with ss. 216.181(16), 216.311, 1885 |
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| 2799 | 2799 | | 216.313, 282.318(4)(h), and 287.058, Florida Statutes. 1886 |
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| 2800 | 2800 | | (5) This section expires July 1, 2025. 1887 |
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| 2801 | 2801 | | Section 52. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1888 |
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| 2802 | 2802 | | 2991 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 1889 |
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| 2803 | 2803 | | notwithstanding the expiration date in section 43 of chapter 1890 |
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| 2804 | 2804 | | 2023-240, Laws of Florida, subsection (3) of section 282.709, 1891 |
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| 2805 | 2805 | | Florida Statutes, is reenacted and amended to read: 1892 |
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| 2806 | 2806 | | 282.709 State agency law enforcement radio system and 1893 |
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| 2807 | 2807 | | interoperability network. — 1894 |
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| 2808 | 2808 | | (3) In recognition of the critical nature of the statewide 1895 |
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| 2809 | 2809 | | law enforcement radio communications system, the Legislature 1896 |
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| 2810 | 2810 | | finds that there is an immediate d anger to the public health, 1897 |
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| 2811 | 2811 | | safety, and welfare, and that it is in the best interest of the 1898 |
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| 2812 | 2812 | | state to continue partnering with the system's current operator. 1899 |
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| 2813 | 2813 | | The Legislature finds that continuity of coverage is critical to 1900 |
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| 2823 | 2823 | | |
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| 2824 | 2824 | | |
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| 2825 | 2825 | | |
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| 2826 | 2826 | | supporting law enforcement, first responders, and other public 1901 |
|---|
| 2827 | 2827 | | safety users. The potential for a loss in coverage or a lack of 1902 |
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| 2828 | 2828 | | interoperability between users requires emergency action and is 1903 |
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| 2829 | 2829 | | a serious concern for officers' safety and their ability to 1904 |
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| 2830 | 2830 | | communicate and respond to various disa sters and events. 1905 |
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| 2831 | 2831 | | (a) The department, pursuant to s. 287.057(11) s. 1906 |
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| 2832 | 2832 | | 287.057(10), shall enter into a 15 -year contract with the entity 1907 |
|---|
| 2833 | 2833 | | that was operating the statewide radio communications system on 1908 |
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| 2834 | 2834 | | January 1, 2021. The contract must include: 1909 |
|---|
| 2835 | 2835 | | 1. The purchase of radios; 1910 |
|---|
| 2836 | 2836 | | 2. The upgrade to the Project 25 communications standard; 1911 |
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| 2837 | 2837 | | 3. Increased system capacity and enhanced coverage for 1912 |
|---|
| 2838 | 2838 | | system users; 1913 |
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| 2839 | 2839 | | 4. Operations, maintenance, and support at a fixed annual 1914 |
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| 2840 | 2840 | | rate; 1915 |
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| 2841 | 2841 | | 5. The conveyance of communications tower s to the 1916 |
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| 2842 | 2842 | | department; and 1917 |
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| 2843 | 2843 | | 6. The assignment of communications tower leases to the 1918 |
|---|
| 2844 | 2844 | | department. 1919 |
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| 2845 | 2845 | | (b) The State Agency Law Enforcement Radio System Trust 1920 |
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| 2846 | 2846 | | Fund is established in the department and funded from surcharges 1921 |
|---|
| 2847 | 2847 | | collected under ss. 318.18, 320.0802, and 328.72. Upon 1922 |
|---|
| 2848 | 2848 | | appropriation, moneys in the trust fund may be used by the 1923 |
|---|
| 2849 | 2849 | | department to acquire the equipment, software, and engineering, 1924 |
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| 2850 | 2850 | | administrative, and maintenance services it needs to construct, 1925 |
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| 2860 | 2860 | | |
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| 2861 | 2861 | | |
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| 2862 | 2862 | | |
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| 2863 | 2863 | | operate, and maintain the statewide radio system. Mo neys in the 1926 |
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| 2864 | 2864 | | trust fund from surcharges shall be used to help fund the costs 1927 |
|---|
| 2865 | 2865 | | of the system. Upon completion of the system, moneys in the 1928 |
|---|
| 2866 | 2866 | | trust fund may also be used by the department for payment of the 1929 |
|---|
| 2867 | 2867 | | recurring maintenance costs of the system. 1930 |
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| 2868 | 2868 | | Section 53. The text of s. 282.709(3), Florida Statutes, 1931 |
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| 2869 | 2869 | | as carried forward from chapter 2021 -37, Laws of Florida, by 1932 |
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| 2870 | 2870 | | this act, expires July 1, 2025, and the text of that subsection 1933 |
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| 2871 | 2871 | | shall revert to that in existence on June 1, 2021, except that 1934 |
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| 2872 | 2872 | | any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall 1935 |
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| 2873 | 2873 | | be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such 1936 |
|---|
| 2874 | 2874 | | amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which 1937 |
|---|
| 2875 | 2875 | | expire pursuant to this section. 1938 |
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| 2876 | 2876 | | Section 54. In order to implement appropriations re lating 1939 |
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| 2877 | 2877 | | to the purchase of equipment and services related to the 1940 |
|---|
| 2878 | 2878 | | Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) as authorized in 1941 |
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| 2879 | 2879 | | the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding s. 1942 |
|---|
| 2880 | 2880 | | 287.057, Florida Statutes, state agencies and other eligible 1943 |
|---|
| 2881 | 2881 | | users of the SLERS network may use the Department of Management 1944 |
|---|
| 2882 | 2882 | | Services SLERS contract for purchase of equipment and services. 1945 |
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| 2883 | 2883 | | This section expires July 1, 2025. 1946 |
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| 2884 | 2884 | | Section 55. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1947 |
|---|
| 2885 | 2885 | | 2898 through 2909 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 1948 |
|---|
| 2886 | 2886 | | and notwithstanding rule 60A -1.031, Florida Administrative Code, 1949 |
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| 2887 | 2887 | | the transaction fee as identified in s. 287.057(24)(c), Florida 1950 |
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| 2897 | 2897 | | |
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| 2898 | 2898 | | |
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| 2899 | 2899 | | |
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| 2900 | 2900 | | Statutes, shall be collected for use of the online procurement 1951 |
|---|
| 2901 | 2901 | | system and is 0.7 percent for the 2024-2025 fiscal year only. 1952 |
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| 2902 | 2902 | | This section expires July 1, 2025. 1953 |
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| 2903 | 2903 | | Section 56. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1954 |
|---|
| 2904 | 2904 | | 2813 through 2838 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 1955 |
|---|
| 2905 | 2905 | | and upon the expiration and reversion of the amendments made by 1956 |
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| 2906 | 2906 | | section 47 of chapter 2023 -240, Laws of Florida, paragraph (i) 1957 |
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| 2907 | 2907 | | of subsection (9) of section 24.105, Florida Statutes, is 1958 |
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| 2908 | 2908 | | amended to read: 1959 |
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| 2909 | 2909 | | 24.105 Powers and duties of department. —The department 1960 |
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| 2910 | 2910 | | shall: 1961 |
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| 2911 | 2911 | | (9) Adopt rules governing the establishment and operatio n 1962 |
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| 2912 | 2912 | | of the state lottery, including: 1963 |
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| 2913 | 2913 | | (i) The manner and amount of compensation of retailers , 1964 |
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| 2914 | 2914 | | except for the 2024-2025 fiscal year only, effective July 1, 1965 |
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| 2915 | 2915 | | 2024, the commission for lottery ticket sales shall be 6 percent 1966 |
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| 2916 | 2916 | | of the purchase price of each ticket sold or issued as a prize 1967 |
|---|
| 2917 | 2917 | | by a retailer. Any additional retailer compensation is limited 1968 |
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| 2918 | 2918 | | to the Florida Lottery Retailer Bonus Commission program 1969 |
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| 2919 | 2919 | | appropriated in Specific Appropriation 2834 of the 2024 -2025 1970 |
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| 2920 | 2920 | | General Appropriations Act . 1971 |
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| 2921 | 2921 | | Section 57. The amendment to s. 24.105(9)(i), Florida 1972 |
|---|
| 2922 | 2922 | | Statutes, made by this act expires July 1, 2025, and the text of 1973 |
|---|
| 2923 | 2923 | | that paragraph shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 1974 |
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| 2924 | 2924 | | 2023, except that any amendments to such text enacted other than 1975 |
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| 2934 | 2934 | | |
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| 2935 | 2935 | | |
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| 2936 | 2936 | | |
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| 2937 | 2937 | | by this act shall be preserv ed and continue to operate to the 1976 |
|---|
| 2938 | 2938 | | extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions 1977 |
|---|
| 2939 | 2939 | | of text which expire pursuant to this section. 1978 |
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| 2940 | 2940 | | Section 58. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1979 |
|---|
| 2941 | 2941 | | 3027 through 3035 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 1980 |
|---|
| 2942 | 2942 | | paragraph (ll) of subsection (6) of section 627.351, Florida 1981 |
|---|
| 2943 | 2943 | | Statutes, is reenacted and amended to read: 1982 |
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| 2944 | 2944 | | 627.351 Insurance risk apportionment plans. — 1983 |
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| 2945 | 2945 | | (6) CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION. — 1984 |
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| 2946 | 2946 | | (ll)1. In addition to any other method o f alternative 1985 |
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| 2947 | 2947 | | dispute resolution authorized by state law, the corporation may 1986 |
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| 2948 | 2948 | | adopt policy forms that provide for the resolution of disputes 1987 |
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| 2949 | 2949 | | regarding its claim determinations, including disputes regarding 1988 |
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| 2950 | 2950 | | coverage for, or the scope and value of, a claim, in a 1989 |
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| 2951 | 2951 | | proceeding before the Division of Administrative Hearings. Any 1990 |
|---|
| 2952 | 2952 | | such policies are not subject to s. 627.70154. All proceedings 1991 |
|---|
| 2953 | 2953 | | in the Division of Administrative Hearings pursuant to such 1992 |
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| 2954 | 2954 | | policies are subject to ss. 57.105 and 768.79 as if filed in the 1993 |
|---|
| 2955 | 2955 | | courts of this state and are not considered chapter 120 1994 |
|---|
| 2956 | 2956 | | administrative proceedings. Rule 1.442, Florida Rules of Civil 1995 |
|---|
| 2957 | 2957 | | Procedure, applies to any offer served pursuant to s. 768.79, 1996 |
|---|
| 2958 | 2958 | | except that, notwithstanding any provision in Rule 1.442, 1997 |
|---|
| 2959 | 2959 | | Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, to the contrary, an offer 1998 |
|---|
| 2960 | 2960 | | shall not be served earlier than 10 days after filing the 1999 |
|---|
| 2961 | 2961 | | request for hearing with the Division of Administrative Hearings 2000 |
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| 2971 | 2971 | | |
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| 2972 | 2972 | | |
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| 2973 | 2973 | | |
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| 2974 | 2974 | | and shall not be served later than 10 days before the date set 2001 |
|---|
| 2975 | 2975 | | for the final hearing. The administrative law judge in such 2002 |
|---|
| 2976 | 2976 | | proceedings shall award attorney fees and other relief pursuant 2003 |
|---|
| 2977 | 2977 | | to ss. 57.105 and 768.79. The corporation may not seek, and the 2004 |
|---|
| 2978 | 2978 | | office may not approve, a maximum hourly rate for attorney fees. 2005 |
|---|
| 2979 | 2979 | | 2. The corporation may contr act with the division to 2006 |
|---|
| 2980 | 2980 | | conduct proceedings to resolve disputes regarding its claim 2007 |
|---|
| 2981 | 2981 | | determinations as may be provided for in the applicable policies 2008 |
|---|
| 2982 | 2982 | | of insurance. This subparagraph expires July 1, 2025. 2009 |
|---|
| 2983 | 2983 | | Section 59. Effective upon this act becoming law , and in 2010 |
|---|
| 2984 | 2984 | | order to implement Specific Appropriations 2955 through 2964 of 2011 |
|---|
| 2985 | 2985 | | the Fiscal Year 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 2012 |
|---|
| 2986 | 2986 | | notwithstanding the proviso language for Specific Appropriation 2013 |
|---|
| 2987 | 2987 | | 2966 in chapter 2023 -239, Laws of Florida, section 110.116, 2014 |
|---|
| 2988 | 2988 | | Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2015 |
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| 2989 | 2989 | | 110.116 Personnel information system; payroll procedures. —2016 |
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| 2990 | 2990 | | (1) The Department of Management Services shall establish 2017 |
|---|
| 2991 | 2991 | | and maintain, in coordination with the payroll system of the 2018 |
|---|
| 2992 | 2992 | | Department of Financial Services, a comple te personnel 2019 |
|---|
| 2993 | 2993 | | information system for all authorized and established positions 2020 |
|---|
| 2994 | 2994 | | in the state service, with the exception of employees of the 2021 |
|---|
| 2995 | 2995 | | Legislature, unless the Legislature chooses to participate. The 2022 |
|---|
| 2996 | 2996 | | department may contract with a vendor to provide the p ersonnel 2023 |
|---|
| 2997 | 2997 | | information system. The specifications shall be developed in 2024 |
|---|
| 2998 | 2998 | | conjunction with the payroll system of the Department of 2025 |
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| 3008 | 3008 | | |
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| 3009 | 3009 | | |
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| 3010 | 3010 | | |
|---|
| 3011 | 3011 | | Financial Services and in coordination with the Auditor General. 2026 |
|---|
| 3012 | 3012 | | The Department of Financial Services shall determine that the 2027 |
|---|
| 3013 | 3013 | | position occupied by each employee has been authorized and 2028 |
|---|
| 3014 | 3014 | | established in accordance with the provisions of s. 216.251. The 2029 |
|---|
| 3015 | 3015 | | Department of Management Services shall develop and maintain a 2030 |
|---|
| 3016 | 3016 | | position numbering system that will identify each established 2031 |
|---|
| 3017 | 3017 | | position, and such information shall be a part of the payroll 2032 |
|---|
| 3018 | 3018 | | system of the Department of Financial Services. With the 2033 |
|---|
| 3019 | 3019 | | exception of employees of the Legislature, unless the 2034 |
|---|
| 3020 | 3020 | | Legislature chooses to participate, this system shall include 2035 |
|---|
| 3021 | 3021 | | all career service positions a nd those positions exempted from 2036 |
|---|
| 3022 | 3022 | | career service provisions, notwithstanding the funding source of 2037 |
|---|
| 3023 | 3023 | | the salary payments, and information regarding persons receiving 2038 |
|---|
| 3024 | 3024 | | payments from other sources. Necessary revisions shall be made 2039 |
|---|
| 3025 | 3025 | | in the personnel and payroll p rocedures of the state to avoid 2040 |
|---|
| 3026 | 3026 | | duplication insofar as is feasible. A list shall be organized by 2041 |
|---|
| 3027 | 3027 | | budget entity to show the employees or vacant positions within 2042 |
|---|
| 3028 | 3028 | | each budget entity. This list shall be available to the Speaker 2043 |
|---|
| 3029 | 3029 | | of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate 2044 |
|---|
| 3030 | 3030 | | upon request. 2045 |
|---|
| 3031 | 3031 | | (2) In recognition of the critical nature of the statewide 2046 |
|---|
| 3032 | 3032 | | personnel and payroll system commonly known as People First, the 2047 |
|---|
| 3033 | 3033 | | Legislature finds that it is in the best interest of the state 2048 |
|---|
| 3034 | 3034 | | to continue partnerin g with the current People First third -party 2049 |
|---|
| 3035 | 3035 | | operator. The People First System annually processes 500,000 2050 |
|---|
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| 3044 | 3044 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 3045 | 3045 | | |
|---|
| 3046 | 3046 | | |
|---|
| 3047 | 3047 | | |
|---|
| 3048 | 3048 | | employment applications, 455,000 personnel actions, and the 2051 |
|---|
| 3049 | 3049 | | state's $9.5-billion payroll. The Legislature finds that the 2052 |
|---|
| 3050 | 3050 | | continuity of operations of th e People First System and the 2053 |
|---|
| 3051 | 3051 | | critical functions it provides such as payroll, employee health 2054 |
|---|
| 3052 | 3052 | | insurance benefit records, and other critical services must not 2055 |
|---|
| 3053 | 3053 | | be interrupted. Presently, the Chief Financial Officer is 2056 |
|---|
| 3054 | 3054 | | undertaking the development of a new sta tewide accounting and 2057 |
|---|
| 3055 | 3055 | | financial management system, commonly known as the Planning, 2058 |
|---|
| 3056 | 3056 | | Accounting, and Ledger, Management System (PALM), scheduled to 2059 |
|---|
| 3057 | 3057 | | be operational in the year 2026. The procurement and 2060 |
|---|
| 3058 | 3058 | | implementation of an entire replacement of the People Fir st 2061 |
|---|
| 3059 | 3059 | | System will impede the timeframe needed to successfully 2062 |
|---|
| 3060 | 3060 | | integrate the state's payroll system with the PALM System. In 2063 |
|---|
| 3061 | 3061 | | order to maintain continuity of operations and to ensure the 2064 |
|---|
| 3062 | 3062 | | successful completion of the PALM System, the Legislature 2065 |
|---|
| 3063 | 3063 | | directs that: 2066 |
|---|
| 3064 | 3064 | | (a) The department, pursuant to s. 287.057(11), shall 2067 |
|---|
| 3065 | 3065 | | enter into a 3-year contract extension with the entity operating 2068 |
|---|
| 3066 | 3066 | | the People First System on January 1, 2024. The contract 2069 |
|---|
| 3067 | 3067 | | extension must: 2070 |
|---|
| 3068 | 3068 | | 1. Provide for the integration of the current People First 2071 |
|---|
| 3069 | 3069 | | System with PALM. 2072 |
|---|
| 3070 | 3070 | | 2. Exclude major functionality updates or changes to the 2073 |
|---|
| 3071 | 3071 | | People First System prior to completion of the PALM System. This 2074 |
|---|
| 3072 | 3072 | | does not include: 2075 |
|---|
| 3080 | 3080 | | Page 84 of 136 |
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| 3081 | 3081 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 3082 | 3082 | | |
|---|
| 3083 | 3083 | | |
|---|
| 3084 | 3084 | | |
|---|
| 3085 | 3085 | | a. Routine system maintenance such as code updates 2076 |
|---|
| 3086 | 3086 | | following open enrollment; or 2077 |
|---|
| 3087 | 3087 | | b. The technical remediation necessary to integrate the 2078 |
|---|
| 3088 | 3088 | | system with PALM within the PALM project's planned 2079 |
|---|
| 3089 | 3089 | | implementation schedule. 2080 |
|---|
| 3090 | 3090 | | 3. Include project planning and analysis deliverables 2081 |
|---|
| 3091 | 3091 | | necessary to: 2082 |
|---|
| 3092 | 3092 | | a. Detail and document the state's functional 2083 |
|---|
| 3093 | 3093 | | requirements. 2084 |
|---|
| 3094 | 3094 | | b. Estimate the cost of transitioning the current People 2085 |
|---|
| 3095 | 3095 | | First System to a cloud computing infrastructure within the 2086 |
|---|
| 3096 | 3096 | | contract extension and after the successful integration with 2087 |
|---|
| 3097 | 3097 | | PALM. The project cost evaluation shall estimate the annual cost 2088 |
|---|
| 3098 | 3098 | | and capacity growth required to host the system in a cloud 2089 |
|---|
| 3099 | 3099 | | environment. 2090 |
|---|
| 3100 | 3100 | | 2091 |
|---|
| 3101 | 3101 | | The department shall develop these system specifications in 2092 |
|---|
| 3102 | 3102 | | conjunction with the Department of Financial Services and the 2093 |
|---|
| 3103 | 3103 | | Auditor General. 2094 |
|---|
| 3104 | 3104 | | 4. Include technical support for state agencies tha t may 2095 |
|---|
| 3105 | 3105 | | need assistance in remediating or integrating current financial 2096 |
|---|
| 3106 | 3106 | | shadow systems with People First in order to integrate with PALM 2097 |
|---|
| 3107 | 3107 | | or the cloud version of People First. 2098 |
|---|
| 3108 | 3108 | | 5. Include organizational change management and training 2099 |
|---|
| 3109 | 3109 | | deliverables needed to s upport the implementation of PALM 2100 |
|---|
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| 3119 | 3119 | | |
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| 3120 | 3120 | | |
|---|
| 3121 | 3121 | | |
|---|
| 3122 | 3122 | | payroll functionality and the People First System cloud upgrade. 2101 |
|---|
| 3123 | 3123 | | Responsibilities of the operator and the department shall be 2102 |
|---|
| 3124 | 3124 | | outlined in a project role and responsibility assignment chart 2103 |
|---|
| 3125 | 3125 | | within the contract. 2104 |
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| 3126 | 3126 | | 6. Include an option to renew the contract for one 2105 |
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| 3127 | 3127 | | additional year. 2106 |
|---|
| 3128 | 3128 | | (b) The department shall submit, no later than June 30, 2107 |
|---|
| 3129 | 3129 | | 2026, its project planning and detailed cost estimate to upgrade 2108 |
|---|
| 3130 | 3130 | | the current People First System to the chair of the Senate 2109 |
|---|
| 3131 | 3131 | | Committee on Appropriations, the chair of the House of 2110 |
|---|
| 3132 | 3132 | | Representatives Appropriations Committee, and the Executive 2111 |
|---|
| 3133 | 3133 | | Office of the Governor's Office of Policy and Budget, for 2112 |
|---|
| 3134 | 3134 | | preliminary review and consideration of funding the department's 2113 |
|---|
| 3135 | 3135 | | Fiscal Year 2026-2027 legislative budget request to update the 2114 |
|---|
| 3136 | 3136 | | system. 2115 |
|---|
| 3137 | 3137 | | (c) This subsection expires July 1, 2025. 2116 |
|---|
| 3138 | 3138 | | Section 60. In order to implement the appropriation of 2117 |
|---|
| 3139 | 3139 | | funds in the appropriation category "Northwest Regional Data 2118 |
|---|
| 3140 | 3140 | | Center" in the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, an d 2119 |
|---|
| 3141 | 3141 | | pursuant to the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 2120 |
|---|
| 3142 | 3142 | | 216.177, Florida Statutes, the Executive Office of the Governor 2121 |
|---|
| 3143 | 3143 | | may transfer funds appropriated in that category between 2122 |
|---|
| 3144 | 3144 | | departments in order to align the budget authority granted based 2123 |
|---|
| 3145 | 3145 | | on the estimated costs for data processing services for the 2124 |
|---|
| 3146 | 3146 | | 2024-2025 fiscal year. This section expires July 1, 2025. 2125 |
|---|
| 3154 | 3154 | | Page 86 of 136 |
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| 3155 | 3155 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 3156 | 3156 | | |
|---|
| 3157 | 3157 | | |
|---|
| 3158 | 3158 | | |
|---|
| 3159 | 3159 | | Section 61. In order to implement appropriations 2126 |
|---|
| 3160 | 3160 | | authorized in the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act for state 2127 |
|---|
| 3161 | 3161 | | data center services, aux iliary assessments charged to state 2128 |
|---|
| 3162 | 3162 | | agencies related to contract management services provided to 2129 |
|---|
| 3163 | 3163 | | Northwest Regional Data Center shall not exceed 3 percent. This 2130 |
|---|
| 3164 | 3164 | | section expires July 1, 2025. 2131 |
|---|
| 3165 | 3165 | | Section 62. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2132 |
|---|
| 3166 | 3166 | | 2506A of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, section 2133 |
|---|
| 3167 | 3167 | | 284.51, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 2134 |
|---|
| 3168 | 3168 | | 284.51 Electroencephalogram combined transcranial magnetic 2135 |
|---|
| 3169 | 3169 | | stimulation treatment pilot program. — 2136 |
|---|
| 3170 | 3170 | | (1) As used in this section, the term: 2137 |
|---|
| 3171 | 3171 | | (a) "Division" means the Division of Risk Management at 2138 |
|---|
| 3172 | 3172 | | the Department of Financial Services. 2139 |
|---|
| 3173 | 3173 | | (b) "Electroencephalogram combined Transcranial Magnetic 2140 |
|---|
| 3174 | 3174 | | Stimulation" or "eTMS" means treatment in which transcranial 2141 |
|---|
| 3175 | 3175 | | magnetic stimulation frequency pulses are tuned to the patient's 2142 |
|---|
| 3176 | 3176 | | physiology and biometric data. 2143 |
|---|
| 3177 | 3177 | | (c) "First Responder" has the same meaning as provided in 2144 |
|---|
| 3178 | 3178 | | s. 112.1815(1). 2145 |
|---|
| 3179 | 3179 | | (d) "Veteran" means: 2146 |
|---|
| 3180 | 3180 | | 1. A veteran as defined in 38 U.S.C. s. 101(2); 2147 |
|---|
| 3181 | 3181 | | 2. A person who served in a reserve component as defined 2148 |
|---|
| 3182 | 3182 | | in 38 U.S.C. s. 101(27); or 2149 |
|---|
| 3183 | 3183 | | 3. A person who served in the National Guard of any state. 2150 |
|---|
| 3191 | 3191 | | Page 87 of 136 |
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| 3192 | 3192 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 3193 | 3193 | | |
|---|
| 3194 | 3194 | | |
|---|
| 3195 | 3195 | | |
|---|
| 3196 | 3196 | | (2) The division shall select a provider to establish a 2151 |
|---|
| 3197 | 3197 | | statewide pilot program to make eTMS available for veterans, 2152 |
|---|
| 3198 | 3198 | | first responders, and immediate family members of veter ans and 2153 |
|---|
| 3199 | 3199 | | first responders with: 2154 |
|---|
| 3200 | 3200 | | (a) Substance use disorders. 2155 |
|---|
| 3201 | 3201 | | (b) Mental illness. 2156 |
|---|
| 3202 | 3202 | | (c) Sleep disorders. 2157 |
|---|
| 3203 | 3203 | | (d) Traumatic brain injuries. 2158 |
|---|
| 3204 | 3204 | | (e) Sexual trauma. 2159 |
|---|
| 3205 | 3205 | | (f) Post-traumatic stress disorder and accompanying 2160 |
|---|
| 3206 | 3206 | | comorbidities. 2161 |
|---|
| 3207 | 3207 | | (g) Concussions. 2162 |
|---|
| 3208 | 3208 | | (h) Other brain trauma. 2163 |
|---|
| 3209 | 3209 | | (i) Quality of life issues affecting human performance, 2164 |
|---|
| 3210 | 3210 | | including issues related to or resulting from problems with 2165 |
|---|
| 3211 | 3211 | | cognition and problems maintaining attention, concentration, or 2166 |
|---|
| 3212 | 3212 | | focus. 2167 |
|---|
| 3213 | 3213 | | (3) The provider must display a history of serv ing veteran 2168 |
|---|
| 3214 | 3214 | | and first responder populations at a statewide level. The 2169 |
|---|
| 3215 | 3215 | | provider shall establish a network for in person and offsite 2170 |
|---|
| 3216 | 3216 | | care with the goal of providing statewide access. Consideration 2171 |
|---|
| 3217 | 3217 | | shall be provided to locations with a large population of fir st 2172 |
|---|
| 3218 | 3218 | | responders and veterans. In addition to traditional eTMS 2173 |
|---|
| 3219 | 3219 | | devices, the provider may utilize non -medical Portable Magnetic 2174 |
|---|
| 3220 | 3220 | | Stimulation devices to improve access to underserved populations 2175 |
|---|
| 3228 | 3228 | | Page 88 of 136 |
|---|
| 3229 | 3229 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 3230 | 3230 | | |
|---|
| 3231 | 3231 | | |
|---|
| 3232 | 3232 | | |
|---|
| 3233 | 3233 | | in remote areas or to be used to serve as a pre -post treatment 2176 |
|---|
| 3234 | 3234 | | or a stand-alone device. The provider shall be required to 2177 |
|---|
| 3235 | 3235 | | establish and operate a clinical practice and to evaluate 2178 |
|---|
| 3236 | 3236 | | outcomes of such clinical practice. 2179 |
|---|
| 3237 | 3237 | | (4) The pilot program shall include: 2180 |
|---|
| 3238 | 3238 | | (a) The establishment of a peer -to-peer support network by 2181 |
|---|
| 3239 | 3239 | | the provider made available to all individuals receiving 2182 |
|---|
| 3240 | 3240 | | treatment under the program. 2183 |
|---|
| 3241 | 3241 | | (b) The requirement that each individual who receives 2184 |
|---|
| 3242 | 3242 | | treatment under the program also must receive neurophysiological 2185 |
|---|
| 3243 | 3243 | | monitoring, monitoring for symptoms of substance use an d other 2186 |
|---|
| 3244 | 3244 | | mental health disorders, and access to counseling and wellness 2187 |
|---|
| 3245 | 3245 | | programming. Each individual who receives treatment must also 2188 |
|---|
| 3246 | 3246 | | participate in the peer -to-peer support network established by 2189 |
|---|
| 3247 | 3247 | | the provider. 2190 |
|---|
| 3248 | 3248 | | (c) The establishment of protocols which include the use 2191 |
|---|
| 3249 | 3249 | | of adopted stimulation frequency and intensity modulation based 2192 |
|---|
| 3250 | 3250 | | on EEGs done on days 0, 10, and 20 and motor threshold testing, 2193 |
|---|
| 3251 | 3251 | | as well as clinical symptoms, signs, and biometrics. 2194 |
|---|
| 3252 | 3252 | | (d) The requirement that protocols and outcomes of any 2195 |
|---|
| 3253 | 3253 | | treatment provided by the clinical practice shall be collected 2196 |
|---|
| 3254 | 3254 | | and reported by the provider quarterly to the division, the 2197 |
|---|
| 3255 | 3255 | | President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of 2198 |
|---|
| 3256 | 3256 | | Representatives. Such report shall include the bio -data metrics 2199 |
|---|
| 3257 | 3257 | | and all expenditures and accounting of the use of funds received 2200 |
|---|
| 3265 | 3265 | | Page 89 of 136 |
|---|
| 3266 | 3266 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 3267 | 3267 | | |
|---|
| 3268 | 3268 | | |
|---|
| 3269 | 3269 | | |
|---|
| 3270 | 3270 | | from the department. 2201 |
|---|
| 3271 | 3271 | | (e) The requirement that protocols and outcomes of any 2202 |
|---|
| 3272 | 3272 | | treatment provided by the clinical practice shall be collected 2203 |
|---|
| 3273 | 3273 | | and reported to the University of South Florida and may be 2204 |
|---|
| 3274 | 3274 | | provided by the provider to any relevant Food and Drug 2205 |
|---|
| 3275 | 3275 | | Administration studies or trials. 2206 |
|---|
| 3276 | 3276 | | (5) The division may adopt rules to implement this 2207 |
|---|
| 3277 | 3277 | | section. 2208 |
|---|
| 3278 | 3278 | | (6) This section expires July 1, 2025. 2209 |
|---|
| 3279 | 3279 | | Section 63. In order to implement specific appropriations 2210 |
|---|
| 3280 | 3280 | | from the land acquisition trust funds within the Department of 2211 |
|---|
| 3281 | 3281 | | Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department of 2212 |
|---|
| 3282 | 3282 | | Environmental Protection, the Department of State, and the Fish 2213 |
|---|
| 3283 | 3283 | | and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which are contained in the 2214 |
|---|
| 3284 | 3284 | | 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, subsection (3) of section 2215 |
|---|
| 3285 | 3285 | | 215.18, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2216 |
|---|
| 3286 | 3286 | | 215.18 Transfers between funds; limitation. — 2217 |
|---|
| 3287 | 3287 | | (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) and only with respect 2218 |
|---|
| 3288 | 3288 | | to a land acquisition trust fund in the Department of 2219 |
|---|
| 3289 | 3289 | | Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department of 2220 |
|---|
| 3290 | 3290 | | Environmental Protection, the Department of State, or the Fish 2221 |
|---|
| 3291 | 3291 | | and Wildlife Conservation Commission, whenever there is a 2222 |
|---|
| 3292 | 3292 | | deficiency in a land acquisition trust fund which would render 2223 |
|---|
| 3293 | 3293 | | that trust fund tempora rily insufficient to meet its just 2224 |
|---|
| 3294 | 3294 | | requirements, including the timely payment of appropriations 2225 |
|---|
| 3302 | 3302 | | Page 90 of 136 |
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| 3303 | 3303 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 3304 | 3304 | | |
|---|
| 3305 | 3305 | | |
|---|
| 3306 | 3306 | | |
|---|
| 3307 | 3307 | | from that trust fund, and other trust funds in the State 2226 |
|---|
| 3308 | 3308 | | Treasury have moneys that are for the time being or otherwise in 2227 |
|---|
| 3309 | 3309 | | excess of the amounts necessary to mee t the just requirements, 2228 |
|---|
| 3310 | 3310 | | including appropriated obligations, of those other trust funds, 2229 |
|---|
| 3311 | 3311 | | the Governor may order a temporary transfer of moneys from one 2230 |
|---|
| 3312 | 3312 | | or more of the other trust funds to a land acquisition trust 2231 |
|---|
| 3313 | 3313 | | fund in the Department of Agriculture and C onsumer Services, the 2232 |
|---|
| 3314 | 3314 | | Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of State, 2233 |
|---|
| 3315 | 3315 | | or the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Any action 2234 |
|---|
| 3316 | 3316 | | proposed pursuant to this subsection is subject to the notice, 2235 |
|---|
| 3317 | 3317 | | review, and objection procedures of s. 216.17 7, and the Governor 2236 |
|---|
| 3318 | 3318 | | shall provide notice of such action at least 7 days before the 2237 |
|---|
| 3319 | 3319 | | effective date of the transfer of trust funds, except that 2238 |
|---|
| 3320 | 3320 | | during July 2024 2023, notice of such action shall be provided 2239 |
|---|
| 3321 | 3321 | | at least 3 days before the effective date of a transfer unless 2240 |
|---|
| 3322 | 3322 | | such 3-day notice is waived by the chair and vice chair of the 2241 |
|---|
| 3323 | 3323 | | Legislative Budget Commission. Any transfer of trust funds to a 2242 |
|---|
| 3324 | 3324 | | land acquisition trust f und in the Department of Agriculture and 2243 |
|---|
| 3325 | 3325 | | Consumer Services, the Department of Environmental Protection, 2244 |
|---|
| 3326 | 3326 | | the Department of State, or the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 2245 |
|---|
| 3327 | 3327 | | Commission must be repaid to the trust funds from which the 2246 |
|---|
| 3328 | 3328 | | moneys were loaned by the end of the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal 2247 |
|---|
| 3329 | 3329 | | year. The Legislature has determined that the repayment of the 2248 |
|---|
| 3330 | 3330 | | other trust fund moneys temporarily loaned to a land acquisition 2249 |
|---|
| 3331 | 3331 | | trust fund in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer 2250 |
|---|
| 3339 | 3339 | | Page 91 of 136 |
|---|
| 3340 | 3340 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 3341 | 3341 | | |
|---|
| 3342 | 3342 | | |
|---|
| 3343 | 3343 | | |
|---|
| 3344 | 3344 | | Services, the Department of Environm ental Protection, the 2251 |
|---|
| 3345 | 3345 | | Department of State, or the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 2252 |
|---|
| 3346 | 3346 | | Commission pursuant to this subsection is an allowable use of 2253 |
|---|
| 3347 | 3347 | | the moneys in a land acquisition trust fund because the moneys 2254 |
|---|
| 3348 | 3348 | | from other trust funds temporarily loaned to a lan d acquisition 2255 |
|---|
| 3349 | 3349 | | trust fund shall be expended solely and exclusively in 2256 |
|---|
| 3350 | 3350 | | accordance with s. 28, Art. X of the State Constitution. This 2257 |
|---|
| 3351 | 3351 | | subsection expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2258 |
|---|
| 3352 | 3352 | | Section 64. (1) In order to implement specific 2259 |
|---|
| 3353 | 3353 | | appropriations from the land acquis ition trust funds within the 2260 |
|---|
| 3354 | 3354 | | Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department 2261 |
|---|
| 3355 | 3355 | | of Environmental Protection, the Department of State, and the 2262 |
|---|
| 3356 | 3356 | | Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission which are contained in 2263 |
|---|
| 3357 | 3357 | | the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, the Department of 2264 |
|---|
| 3358 | 3358 | | Environmental Protection shall transfer revenues from the Land 2265 |
|---|
| 3359 | 3359 | | Acquisition Trust Fund within the department to the land 2266 |
|---|
| 3360 | 3360 | | acquisition trust funds within the Department of Agriculture and 2267 |
|---|
| 3361 | 3361 | | Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and 2268 |
|---|
| 3362 | 3362 | | Wildlife Conservation Commission as provided in this section. As 2269 |
|---|
| 3363 | 3363 | | used in this section, the term "department" means the Department 2270 |
|---|
| 3364 | 3364 | | of Environmental Protection. 2271 |
|---|
| 3365 | 3365 | | (2) After subtracting any required debt service payments, 2272 |
|---|
| 3366 | 3366 | | the proportionate share of revenues to be transferred to each 2273 |
|---|
| 3367 | 3367 | | land acquisition trust fund shall be calculated by dividing the 2274 |
|---|
| 3368 | 3368 | | appropriations from each of the land acquisition trust funds for 2275 |
|---|
| 3376 | 3376 | | Page 92 of 136 |
|---|
| 3377 | 3377 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 3378 | 3378 | | |
|---|
| 3379 | 3379 | | |
|---|
| 3380 | 3380 | | |
|---|
| 3381 | 3381 | | the fiscal year by the total appropriations from the Land 2276 |
|---|
| 3382 | 3382 | | Acquisition Trust Fund within the department and the land 2277 |
|---|
| 3383 | 3383 | | acquisition trust funds within the Department of Agriculture and 2278 |
|---|
| 3384 | 3384 | | Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and 2279 |
|---|
| 3385 | 3385 | | Wildlife Conservation Commission for the fiscal year. The 2280 |
|---|
| 3386 | 3386 | | department shall transfer the proportionate share of the 2281 |
|---|
| 3387 | 3387 | | revenues in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund within the 2282 |
|---|
| 3388 | 3388 | | department on a monthly basis to the appropriate land 2283 |
|---|
| 3389 | 3389 | | acquisition trust funds within the Department of Agriculture and 2284 |
|---|
| 3390 | 3390 | | Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and 2285 |
|---|
| 3391 | 3391 | | Wildlife Conservation Commission and shall retain its 2286 |
|---|
| 3392 | 3392 | | proportionate share of the revenues in the Land Acquisition 2287 |
|---|
| 3393 | 3393 | | Trust Fund within the department. Total distributions to a land 2288 |
|---|
| 3394 | 3394 | | acquisition trust fund within the Department of Agriculture and 2289 |
|---|
| 3395 | 3395 | | Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and 2290 |
|---|
| 3396 | 3396 | | Wildlife Conservation Commission may not exceed the total 2291 |
|---|
| 3397 | 3397 | | appropriations from such trust fund for the fiscal year. 2292 |
|---|
| 3398 | 3398 | | (3) In addition, the department shall transfer from the 2293 |
|---|
| 3399 | 3399 | | Land Acquisition Trust Fund to land acquisit ion trust funds 2294 |
|---|
| 3400 | 3400 | | within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the 2295 |
|---|
| 3401 | 3401 | | Department of State, and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 2296 |
|---|
| 3402 | 3402 | | Commission amounts equal to the difference between the amounts 2297 |
|---|
| 3403 | 3403 | | appropriated in chapter 2023 -239, Laws of Florida, to the 2298 |
|---|
| 3404 | 3404 | | department's Land Acquisition Trust Fund and the other land 2299 |
|---|
| 3405 | 3405 | | acquisition trust funds, and the amounts actually transferred 2300 |
|---|
| 3413 | 3413 | | Page 93 of 136 |
|---|
| 3414 | 3414 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 3415 | 3415 | | |
|---|
| 3416 | 3416 | | |
|---|
| 3417 | 3417 | | |
|---|
| 3418 | 3418 | | between those trust funds during the 2023 -2024 fiscal year. 2301 |
|---|
| 3419 | 3419 | | (4) The department may advance funds from the beginning 2302 |
|---|
| 3420 | 3420 | | unobligated fund balance in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund to 2303 |
|---|
| 3421 | 3421 | | the Land Acquisition Trust Fund within the Fish and Wildlife 2304 |
|---|
| 3422 | 3422 | | Conservation Commission needed for cash flow purposes based on a 2305 |
|---|
| 3423 | 3423 | | detailed expenditure plan. The department shall prorate amounts 2306 |
|---|
| 3424 | 3424 | | transferred quarterly to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 2307 |
|---|
| 3425 | 3425 | | Commission to recoup the amount of funds advanced by June 30, 2308 |
|---|
| 3426 | 3426 | | 2025. 2309 |
|---|
| 3427 | 3427 | | (5) This section expires July 1, 2025. 2310 |
|---|
| 3428 | 3428 | | Section 65. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2311 |
|---|
| 3429 | 3429 | | 1804 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriat ions Act, and 2312 |
|---|
| 3430 | 3430 | | notwithstanding the expiration date in section 58 of chapter 2313 |
|---|
| 3431 | 3431 | | 2023-240, Laws of Florida, paragraph (g) of subsection (15) of 2314 |
|---|
| 3432 | 3432 | | section 376.3071, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 2315 |
|---|
| 3433 | 3433 | | 376.3071 Inland Protection Trust Fund; creation; purposes; 2316 |
|---|
| 3434 | 3434 | | funding.— 2317 |
|---|
| 3435 | 3435 | | (15) ETHANOL OR BIODIESEL DAMAGE; PREVENTIVE MEASURES. —The 2318 |
|---|
| 3436 | 3436 | | department shall pay, pursuant to this subsection, up to $10 2319 |
|---|
| 3437 | 3437 | | million each fiscal year from the fund for the costs of labor 2320 |
|---|
| 3438 | 3438 | | and equipment to repair or replace petroleum storage systems 2321 |
|---|
| 3439 | 3439 | | that may have been damaged due to the storage of fuels blended 2322 |
|---|
| 3440 | 3440 | | with ethanol or biodiesel, or for preventive measures to reduce 2323 |
|---|
| 3441 | 3441 | | the potential for such damage. 2324 |
|---|
| 3442 | 3442 | | (g) Payments may not be made for the following: 2325 |
|---|
| 3450 | 3450 | | Page 94 of 136 |
|---|
| 3451 | 3451 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 3452 | 3452 | | |
|---|
| 3453 | 3453 | | |
|---|
| 3454 | 3454 | | |
|---|
| 3455 | 3455 | | 1. Proposal costs or costs related to preparat ion of the 2326 |
|---|
| 3456 | 3456 | | application and required documentation; 2327 |
|---|
| 3457 | 3457 | | 2. Certified public accountant costs; 2328 |
|---|
| 3458 | 3458 | | 3. Except as provided in paragraph (j), any costs in 2329 |
|---|
| 3459 | 3459 | | excess of the amount approved by the department under paragraph 2330 |
|---|
| 3460 | 3460 | | (b) or which are not in substantial compliance with the purchase 2331 |
|---|
| 3461 | 3461 | | order; 2332 |
|---|
| 3462 | 3462 | | 4. Costs associated with storage tanks, piping, or 2333 |
|---|
| 3463 | 3463 | | ancillary equipment that has previously been repaired or 2334 |
|---|
| 3464 | 3464 | | replaced for which costs have been paid under this section; 2335 |
|---|
| 3465 | 3465 | | 5. Facilities that are not in compliance with department 2336 |
|---|
| 3466 | 3466 | | storage tank rules, until the noncompliance issues have been 2337 |
|---|
| 3467 | 3467 | | resolved; or 2338 |
|---|
| 3468 | 3468 | | 6. Costs associated with damage to petroleum storage 2339 |
|---|
| 3469 | 3469 | | systems caused in whole or in part by causes other than the 2340 |
|---|
| 3470 | 3470 | | storage of fuels blended with ethanol or biodiesel. 2341 |
|---|
| 3471 | 3471 | | Section 66. The text of s. 376.3071(15)(g), Florida 2342 |
|---|
| 3472 | 3472 | | Statutes, as carried forward from chapter 2020 -114, Laws of 2343 |
|---|
| 3473 | 3473 | | Florida, by this act, expires July 1, 2025, and the text of that 2344 |
|---|
| 3474 | 3474 | | paragraph shall revert to that in existence on July 1, 2020, but 2345 |
|---|
| 3475 | 3475 | | not including any amendmen ts made by this act or chapter 2020 -2346 |
|---|
| 3476 | 3476 | | 114, Laws of Florida, and any amendments to such text enacted 2347 |
|---|
| 3477 | 3477 | | other than by this act shall be preserved and continue to 2348 |
|---|
| 3478 | 3478 | | operate to the extent that such amendments are not dependent 2349 |
|---|
| 3479 | 3479 | | upon the portion of text which expires pursuant to this section. 2350 |
|---|
| 3487 | 3487 | | Page 95 of 136 |
|---|
| 3488 | 3488 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 3489 | 3489 | | |
|---|
| 3490 | 3490 | | |
|---|
| 3491 | 3491 | | |
|---|
| 3492 | 3492 | | Section 67. In order to implement specific appropriations 2351 |
|---|
| 3493 | 3493 | | from the Florida Forever Trust Fund within the Department of 2352 |
|---|
| 3494 | 3494 | | Environmental Protection, which are contained in the 2024 -2025 2353 |
|---|
| 3495 | 3495 | | General Appropriations Act, paragraph (m) of subsection (3) of 2354 |
|---|
| 3496 | 3496 | | section 259.105, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2355 |
|---|
| 3497 | 3497 | | 259.105 The Florida Forever Act. — 2356 |
|---|
| 3498 | 3498 | | (3) Less the costs of issuing and the costs of funding 2357 |
|---|
| 3499 | 3499 | | reserve accounts and other costs associated with bonds, the 2358 |
|---|
| 3500 | 3500 | | proceeds of cash payments or bonds issued pursuant to this 2359 |
|---|
| 3501 | 3501 | | section shall be deposited into the Florida Forever Trust Fund 2360 |
|---|
| 3502 | 3502 | | created by s. 259.1051. The proceeds shall be distributed by the 2361 |
|---|
| 3503 | 3503 | | Department of Environmental Protection in the following manner: 2362 |
|---|
| 3504 | 3504 | | (m) Notwithstanding paragraphs ( a)-(j) and for the 2024-2363 |
|---|
| 3505 | 3505 | | 2025 2023-2024 fiscal year, the proceeds shall be distributed as 2364 |
|---|
| 3506 | 3506 | | provided in the General Appropriations Act. This paragraph 2365 |
|---|
| 3507 | 3507 | | expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2366 |
|---|
| 3508 | 3508 | | Section 68. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2367 |
|---|
| 3509 | 3509 | | 2274A of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 2368 |
|---|
| 3510 | 3510 | | notwithstanding chapter 287, Florida Statutes, the Department of 2369 |
|---|
| 3511 | 3511 | | Citrus shall enter into agreements for the purpose of increasing 2370 |
|---|
| 3512 | 3512 | | production of trees that show tolerance or resistance to citrus 2371 |
|---|
| 3513 | 3513 | | greening and to commerciali ze technologies that produce 2372 |
|---|
| 3514 | 3514 | | tolerance or resistance to citrus greening in trees. The 2373 |
|---|
| 3515 | 3515 | | department shall enter into these agreements no later than 2374 |
|---|
| 3516 | 3516 | | January 1, 2025, and shall file with the department's Inspector 2375 |
|---|
| 3524 | 3524 | | Page 96 of 136 |
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| 3525 | 3525 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 3526 | 3526 | | |
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| 3527 | 3527 | | |
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| 3528 | 3528 | | |
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| 3529 | 3529 | | General a certification of conditions and circu mstances 2376 |
|---|
| 3530 | 3530 | | justifying each agreement entered into without competitive 2377 |
|---|
| 3531 | 3531 | | solicitation. This section expires July 1, 2025. 2378 |
|---|
| 3532 | 3532 | | Section 69. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2379 |
|---|
| 3533 | 3533 | | 1740B of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, the Local 2380 |
|---|
| 3534 | 3534 | | Government Water Supply Pilot Grant Program is created within 2381 |
|---|
| 3535 | 3535 | | the Department of Environmental Protection. In recognition of 2382 |
|---|
| 3536 | 3536 | | the area's unique water source constraints, including the 2383 |
|---|
| 3537 | 3537 | | protection of the Coastal Floridan aquifer, the Department of 2384 |
|---|
| 3538 | 3538 | | Environmental Protection shal l implement the pilot program to 2385 |
|---|
| 3539 | 3539 | | provide funds to local governments for water supply 2386 |
|---|
| 3540 | 3540 | | infrastructure, including distribution and transmission 2387 |
|---|
| 3541 | 3541 | | facilities. To be eligible for the pilot program, a water supply 2388 |
|---|
| 3542 | 3542 | | infrastructure project must be located within Regi on I or Region 2389 |
|---|
| 3543 | 3543 | | II of the Northwest Florida Regional Water Supply Plan. If a 2390 |
|---|
| 3544 | 3544 | | developer is involved in the project, the Department of 2391 |
|---|
| 3545 | 3545 | | Environmental Protection shall require match funding equal to 2392 |
|---|
| 3546 | 3546 | | the amount of the grant request from local, federal, or privat e 2393 |
|---|
| 3547 | 3547 | | funds. The Department of Environmental Protection shall 2394 |
|---|
| 3548 | 3548 | | expeditiously develop an application process and may adopt rules 2395 |
|---|
| 3549 | 3549 | | to implement this pilot program. This section expires July 1, 2396 |
|---|
| 3550 | 3550 | | 2025. 2397 |
|---|
| 3551 | 3551 | | Section 70. In order to implement section 169 of the 2024 -2398 |
|---|
| 3552 | 3552 | | 2025 General Appropriations Act, section 380.5105, Florida 2399 |
|---|
| 3553 | 3553 | | Statutes, is amended to read: 2400 |
|---|
| 3561 | 3561 | | Page 97 of 136 |
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| 3562 | 3562 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 3563 | 3563 | | |
|---|
| 3564 | 3564 | | |
|---|
| 3565 | 3565 | | |
|---|
| 3566 | 3566 | | 380.5105 The Stan Mayfield Working Waterfronts; Florida 2401 |
|---|
| 3567 | 3567 | | Forever program.— 2402 |
|---|
| 3568 | 3568 | | (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, 2403 |
|---|
| 3569 | 3569 | | it is the intent of the Legislature that the trust shall 2404 |
|---|
| 3570 | 3570 | | administer the working waterfronts land acquisition program as 2405 |
|---|
| 3571 | 3571 | | set forth in this section. 2406 |
|---|
| 3572 | 3572 | | (a)(2) The trust and the Department of Agriculture and 2407 |
|---|
| 3573 | 3573 | | Consumer Services shall jointly develop rules specifically 2408 |
|---|
| 3574 | 3574 | | establishing an application process and a process for the 2409 |
|---|
| 3575 | 3575 | | evaluation, scoring and ranking of working waterfront 2410 |
|---|
| 3576 | 3576 | | acquisition projects. The proposed rules jointly developed 2411 |
|---|
| 3577 | 3577 | | pursuant to this paragraph subsection shall be promulgated by 2412 |
|---|
| 3578 | 3578 | | the trust. Such rules shall establish a system of w eighted 2413 |
|---|
| 3579 | 3579 | | criteria to give increased priority to projects: 2414 |
|---|
| 3580 | 3580 | | 1.(a) Within a municipality with a population less than 2415 |
|---|
| 3581 | 3581 | | 30,000; 2416 |
|---|
| 3582 | 3582 | | 2.(b) Within a municipality or area under intense growth 2417 |
|---|
| 3583 | 3583 | | and development pressures, as evidenced by a number of factors, 2418 |
|---|
| 3584 | 3584 | | including a determination that the municipality's growth rate 2419 |
|---|
| 3585 | 3585 | | exceeds the average growth rate for the state; 2420 |
|---|
| 3586 | 3586 | | 3.(c) Within the boundary of a community redevelopment 2421 |
|---|
| 3587 | 3587 | | agency established pursuant to s. 163.356; 2422 |
|---|
| 3588 | 3588 | | 4.(d) Adjacent to state-owned submerged lands designate d 2423 |
|---|
| 3589 | 3589 | | as an aquatic preserve identified in s. 258.39; or 2424 |
|---|
| 3590 | 3590 | | 5.(e) That provide a demonstrable benefit to the local 2425 |
|---|
| 3598 | 3598 | | Page 98 of 136 |
|---|
| 3599 | 3599 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 3600 | 3600 | | |
|---|
| 3601 | 3601 | | |
|---|
| 3602 | 3602 | | |
|---|
| 3603 | 3603 | | economy. 2426 |
|---|
| 3604 | 3604 | | (b)(3) For projects that will require more than the grant 2427 |
|---|
| 3605 | 3605 | | amount awarded for completion, the applicant must identify in 2428 |
|---|
| 3606 | 3606 | | their project application funding sources that will provide the 2429 |
|---|
| 3607 | 3607 | | difference between the grant award and the estimated project 2430 |
|---|
| 3608 | 3608 | | completion cost. Such rules may be incorporated into those 2431 |
|---|
| 3609 | 3609 | | developed pursuant to s. 380.507(11). 2432 |
|---|
| 3610 | 3610 | | (c)(4) The trust shall develop a ranking list b ased on 2433 |
|---|
| 3611 | 3611 | | criteria identified in paragraph (a) subsection (2) for proposed 2434 |
|---|
| 3612 | 3612 | | fee simple and less-than-fee simple acquisition projects 2435 |
|---|
| 3613 | 3613 | | developed pursuant to this section. The trust shall, by the 2436 |
|---|
| 3614 | 3614 | | first Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund 2437 |
|---|
| 3615 | 3615 | | meeting in February, present the ranking list pursuant to this 2438 |
|---|
| 3616 | 3616 | | section to the board of trustees for final approval of projects 2439 |
|---|
| 3617 | 3617 | | for funding. The board of trustees may remove projects from the 2440 |
|---|
| 3618 | 3618 | | ranking list but may not add projects. 2441 |
|---|
| 3619 | 3619 | | (d)(5) Grant awards, acquis ition approvals, and terms of 2442 |
|---|
| 3620 | 3620 | | less-than-fee acquisitions shall be approved by the trust. 2443 |
|---|
| 3621 | 3621 | | Waterfront communities that receive grant awards must submit 2444 |
|---|
| 3622 | 3622 | | annual progress reports to the trust identifying project 2445 |
|---|
| 3623 | 3623 | | activities which are complete, and the progress a chieved in 2446 |
|---|
| 3624 | 3624 | | meeting the goals outlined in the project application. The trust 2447 |
|---|
| 3625 | 3625 | | must implement a process to monitor and evaluate the performance 2448 |
|---|
| 3626 | 3626 | | of grant recipients in completing projects that are funded 2449 |
|---|
| 3627 | 3627 | | through the working waterfronts program. 2450 |
|---|
| 3635 | 3635 | | Page 99 of 136 |
|---|
| 3636 | 3636 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 3637 | 3637 | | |
|---|
| 3638 | 3638 | | |
|---|
| 3639 | 3639 | | |
|---|
| 3640 | 3640 | | (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, 2451 |
|---|
| 3641 | 3641 | | it is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of 2452 |
|---|
| 3642 | 3642 | | Environmental Protection shall administer the working 2453 |
|---|
| 3643 | 3643 | | waterfronts capital outlay grant program as set forth in this 2454 |
|---|
| 3644 | 3644 | | section to support the comme rcial fishing industry, including 2455 |
|---|
| 3645 | 3645 | | the infrastructure for receiving or unloading seafood for the 2456 |
|---|
| 3646 | 3646 | | purpose of supporting the seafood economy. 2457 |
|---|
| 3647 | 3647 | | (a) The working waterfronts capital outlay grant program 2458 |
|---|
| 3648 | 3648 | | is created to provide funding to assist commercial saltwat er 2459 |
|---|
| 3649 | 3649 | | products or commercial saltwater wholesale dealer or retailer 2460 |
|---|
| 3650 | 3650 | | license holders and seafood houses in maintaining their 2461 |
|---|
| 3651 | 3651 | | operations. 2462 |
|---|
| 3652 | 3652 | | (b) Eligible costs and expenditures include fixed capital 2463 |
|---|
| 3653 | 3653 | | outlay and operating capital outlay, including, but not limited 2464 |
|---|
| 3654 | 3654 | | to, the repair and maintenance or replacement of equipment, the 2465 |
|---|
| 3655 | 3655 | | repair and maintenance or replacement of water -adjacent 2466 |
|---|
| 3656 | 3656 | | facilities or infrastructure, and the construction or renovation 2467 |
|---|
| 3657 | 3657 | | of shore-side facilities. 2468 |
|---|
| 3658 | 3658 | | (c) The applicant must demonstrate a benef it to the local 2469 |
|---|
| 3659 | 3659 | | economy. 2470 |
|---|
| 3660 | 3660 | | (d) Grant recipients must submit annual progress reports 2471 |
|---|
| 3661 | 3661 | | to the department identifying project activities that are 2472 |
|---|
| 3662 | 3662 | | complete and the progress achieved in meeting the goals outlined 2473 |
|---|
| 3663 | 3663 | | in the project application. 2474 |
|---|
| 3664 | 3664 | | (e) The department shall implement a process to monitor 2475 |
|---|
| 3672 | 3672 | | Page 100 of 136 |
|---|
| 3673 | 3673 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 3674 | 3674 | | |
|---|
| 3675 | 3675 | | |
|---|
| 3676 | 3676 | | |
|---|
| 3677 | 3677 | | and evaluate the performance of grant recipients in completing 2476 |
|---|
| 3678 | 3678 | | projects funded through the program. 2477 |
|---|
| 3679 | 3679 | | Section 71. The amendments to s. 380.5105, Florida 2478 |
|---|
| 3680 | 3680 | | Statutes, made by this act expire July 1, 2025, and the text of 2479 |
|---|
| 3681 | 3681 | | that section shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2024, 2480 |
|---|
| 3682 | 3682 | | except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by 2481 |
|---|
| 3683 | 3683 | | this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the 2482 |
|---|
| 3684 | 3684 | | extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions 2483 |
|---|
| 3685 | 3685 | | of text which expire pursuant to this section. 2484 |
|---|
| 3686 | 3686 | | Section 72. In order to implement section 163 of the 2024 -2485 |
|---|
| 3687 | 3687 | | 2025 General Appropriations Act, section 10 of chapter 2022 -272, 2486 |
|---|
| 3688 | 3688 | | Laws of Florida, as amended by section 61 of chapter 2023 -240, 2487 |
|---|
| 3689 | 3689 | | Laws of Florida is amende d to read: 2488 |
|---|
| 3690 | 3690 | | Section 10. Hurricane Restoration Reimbursement Grant 2489 |
|---|
| 3691 | 3691 | | Program.— 2490 |
|---|
| 3692 | 3692 | | (1) There is hereby created within the Department of 2491 |
|---|
| 3693 | 3693 | | Environmental Protection the Hurricane Restoration Reimbursement 2492 |
|---|
| 3694 | 3694 | | Grant Program for the purpose of providing financial assis tance 2493 |
|---|
| 3695 | 3695 | | to mitigate coastal beach erosion for coastal homeowners whose 2494 |
|---|
| 3696 | 3696 | | property was significantly impacted by Hurricane Ian or 2495 |
|---|
| 3697 | 3697 | | Hurricane Nicole in 2022. The department is authorized to 2496 |
|---|
| 3698 | 3698 | | provide financial assistance grants to eligible recipients 2497 |
|---|
| 3699 | 3699 | | located in Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Duval, Flagler, 2498 |
|---|
| 3700 | 3700 | | Indian River, Lee, Manatee, Martin, Nassau, Palm Beach, Saint 2499 |
|---|
| 3701 | 3701 | | Johns, Saint Lucie, Sarasota, and Volusia Counties. 2500 |
|---|
| 3709 | 3709 | | Page 101 of 136 |
|---|
| 3710 | 3710 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 3711 | 3711 | | |
|---|
| 3712 | 3712 | | |
|---|
| 3713 | 3713 | | |
|---|
| 3714 | 3714 | | (2) The department may provide grants to property owners 2501 |
|---|
| 3715 | 3715 | | to mitigate for coastal beach er osion caused by Hurricane Ian or 2502 |
|---|
| 3716 | 3716 | | Hurricane Nicole during 2022. Grant funding may only be used to 2503 |
|---|
| 3717 | 3717 | | reimburse a property owner for construction costs: 2504 |
|---|
| 3718 | 3718 | | (a) Related to sand placement and temporary or permanent 2505 |
|---|
| 3719 | 3719 | | coastal armoring construction projects to mitigat e coastal beach 2506 |
|---|
| 3720 | 3720 | | erosion and may not be used for the repair of residential 2507 |
|---|
| 3721 | 3721 | | structures. 2508 |
|---|
| 3722 | 3722 | | (b) Incurred as a result of preparation for or damage 2509 |
|---|
| 3723 | 3723 | | sustained from Hurricane Ian or Hurricane Nicole in 2022. 2510 |
|---|
| 3724 | 3724 | | (c) Incurred after September 23, 2022. 2511 |
|---|
| 3725 | 3725 | | (d) Related to a project that has been permitted, is 2512 |
|---|
| 3726 | 3726 | | exempt from permitting requirements, or is otherwise authorized 2513 |
|---|
| 3727 | 3727 | | by law. 2514 |
|---|
| 3728 | 3728 | | (3) Financial assistance grants may only be provided to 2515 |
|---|
| 3729 | 3729 | | mitigate damage to property located in Brevard, Broward, 2516 |
|---|
| 3730 | 3730 | | Charlotte, Collier, Duval, Fl agler, Indian River, Lee, Manatee, 2517 |
|---|
| 3731 | 3731 | | Martin, Nassau, Palm Beach, Saint Johns, Saint Lucie, Sarasota, 2518 |
|---|
| 3732 | 3732 | | and Volusia Counties that is a: 2519 |
|---|
| 3733 | 3733 | | (a) Residential property that meets the following 2520 |
|---|
| 3734 | 3734 | | requirements: 2521 |
|---|
| 3735 | 3735 | | 1. The parcel must be a single -family, site-built, 2522 |
|---|
| 3736 | 3736 | | residential property or a multi -family, site-built, residential 2523 |
|---|
| 3737 | 3737 | | property not to exceed four units; and 2524 |
|---|
| 3738 | 3738 | | 2. The homeowner must have been granted a homestead 2525 |
|---|
| 3746 | 3746 | | Page 102 of 136 |
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| 3747 | 3747 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 3748 | 3748 | | |
|---|
| 3749 | 3749 | | |
|---|
| 3750 | 3750 | | |
|---|
| 3751 | 3751 | | exemption on the home under chapter 196, Florida Statutes; 2526 |
|---|
| 3752 | 3752 | | (b) Residential condominium, as define d in chapter 718, 2527 |
|---|
| 3753 | 3753 | | Florida Statutes; or 2528 |
|---|
| 3754 | 3754 | | (c) Cooperative, as defined in chapter 719, Florida 2529 |
|---|
| 3755 | 3755 | | Statutes. 2530 |
|---|
| 3756 | 3756 | | (4)(a) The department shall reimburse 100 percent of the 2531 |
|---|
| 3757 | 3757 | | cost of eligible sand placement projects. For armoring projects 2532 |
|---|
| 3758 | 3758 | | on residential properties elig ible under paragraph (3)(a), the 2533 |
|---|
| 3759 | 3759 | | department shall cost-share with $1 provided by the property 2534 |
|---|
| 3760 | 3760 | | owner for every $1 provided by the state with a maximum of 2535 |
|---|
| 3761 | 3761 | | $300,000 in state funding toward the actual cost of an eligible 2536 |
|---|
| 3762 | 3762 | | project. For armoring projects on prope rties eligible under 2537 |
|---|
| 3763 | 3763 | | paragraphs (3)(b) and (c), the department shall cost -share with 2538 |
|---|
| 3764 | 3764 | | $1 provided by the property owner for every $1 provided by the 2539 |
|---|
| 3765 | 3765 | | state with a maximum of $600,000 in state funding toward the 2540 |
|---|
| 3766 | 3766 | | actual cost of an eligible project. The department shall 2541 |
|---|
| 3767 | 3767 | | prioritize applicants who are low -income or moderate-income 2542 |
|---|
| 3768 | 3768 | | persons, as defined in s. 420.0004, Florida Statutes. Grants 2543 |
|---|
| 3769 | 3769 | | will be awarded to property owners for eligible projects 2544 |
|---|
| 3770 | 3770 | | following the receipt of a completed application on a first -2545 |
|---|
| 3771 | 3771 | | come, first-served basis until funding is exhausted. 2546 |
|---|
| 3772 | 3772 | | 1. Applications may be submitted beginning February 1, 2547 |
|---|
| 3773 | 3773 | | 2023. 2548 |
|---|
| 3774 | 3774 | | 2. Applicants must include evidence that the project meets 2549 |
|---|
| 3775 | 3775 | | the criteria in subsections (2) and (3). 2550 |
|---|
| 3783 | 3783 | | Page 103 of 136 |
|---|
| 3784 | 3784 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 3785 | 3785 | | |
|---|
| 3786 | 3786 | | |
|---|
| 3787 | 3787 | | |
|---|
| 3788 | 3788 | | (b) If the department determines that an app lication meets 2551 |
|---|
| 3789 | 3789 | | the requirements of this section, the department shall enter 2552 |
|---|
| 3790 | 3790 | | into a cost-share grant agreement with the applicant consistent 2553 |
|---|
| 3791 | 3791 | | with this section. 2554 |
|---|
| 3792 | 3792 | | (c) The department shall disburse grant funds on a 2555 |
|---|
| 3793 | 3793 | | reimbursement basis. In order to receive rei mbursement, property 2556 |
|---|
| 3794 | 3794 | | owners must submit, at a minimum: 2557 |
|---|
| 3795 | 3795 | | 1. If applicable, the permit issued under chapter 161, 2558 |
|---|
| 3796 | 3796 | | Florida Statutes, or applicable statute, and evidence that the 2559 |
|---|
| 3797 | 3797 | | project complies with all permitting requirements. 2560 |
|---|
| 3798 | 3798 | | 2. All invoices and payment receipts for eligible 2561 |
|---|
| 3799 | 3799 | | projects. 2562 |
|---|
| 3800 | 3800 | | 3. If applicable, documentation that the eligible project 2563 |
|---|
| 3801 | 3801 | | was completed by a licensed professional or contractor. 2564 |
|---|
| 3802 | 3802 | | (5) Beginning July 1, 2024, local governments and 2565 |
|---|
| 3803 | 3803 | | municipalities may apply for program funds to implement large 2566 |
|---|
| 3804 | 3804 | | scale sand placement projects located in a county listed in 2567 |
|---|
| 3805 | 3805 | | subsection (1). Impacted counties and municipalities may request 2568 |
|---|
| 3806 | 3806 | | funding for such projects that protect upland structures and 2569 |
|---|
| 3807 | 3807 | | provide benefits to property owners at large. Funding will be 2570 |
|---|
| 3808 | 3808 | | distributed on a first -come, first-served basis. Up to 100 2571 |
|---|
| 3809 | 3809 | | percent of costs are eligible. Projects must be able to be 2572 |
|---|
| 3810 | 3810 | | completed by July 1, 2025. No more than 50 percent of remaining 2573 |
|---|
| 3811 | 3811 | | funds will be used for this purpose. 2574 |
|---|
| 3812 | 3812 | | (6)(5) No later than January 31, 2023 , the department 2575 |
|---|
| 3820 | 3820 | | Page 104 of 136 |
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| 3821 | 3821 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 3822 | 3822 | | |
|---|
| 3823 | 3823 | | |
|---|
| 3824 | 3824 | | |
|---|
| 3825 | 3825 | | shall adopt emergency rules prescribing the procedures, 2576 |
|---|
| 3826 | 3826 | | administration, and criteria for approving the applications for 2577 |
|---|
| 3827 | 3827 | | the Hurricane Restoration Reimbursement Grant Program. The 2578 |
|---|
| 3828 | 3828 | | department is authorized, and all conditions are deemed met, to 2579 |
|---|
| 3829 | 3829 | | adopt emergency rules under ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54(4), 2580 |
|---|
| 3830 | 3830 | | Florida Statutes, to implement this section. The Legislature 2581 |
|---|
| 3831 | 3831 | | finds that such emergency rulemaking authority is necessary to 2582 |
|---|
| 3832 | 3832 | | address critical shoreline erosion which may result in the loss 2583 |
|---|
| 3833 | 3833 | | of property by homeowners in those areas of the state that 2584 |
|---|
| 3834 | 3834 | | sustained damage due to Hurricane Ian or Hurricane Nicole during 2585 |
|---|
| 3835 | 3835 | | 2022. Such rules shall remain effective until the funding in the 2586 |
|---|
| 3836 | 3836 | | grant program is exhausted or this section expires for 6 months 2587 |
|---|
| 3837 | 3837 | | after the date of adoption. 2588 |
|---|
| 3838 | 3838 | | (7)(6) This section expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2589 |
|---|
| 3839 | 3839 | | Section 73. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2590 |
|---|
| 3840 | 3840 | | 1919 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act and 2591 |
|---|
| 3841 | 3841 | | notwithstanding s. 823.11(4)(c), Florida Statutes, the Fish and 2592 |
|---|
| 3842 | 3842 | | Wildlife Conservation Commission may use funds appropriated for 2593 |
|---|
| 3843 | 3843 | | the derelict vessel removal program for grants to local 2594 |
|---|
| 3844 | 3844 | | governments or to remove, store, destroy, and dispose of, or to 2595 |
|---|
| 3845 | 3845 | | pay private contractors to remove, store, destroy, and dispose 2596 |
|---|
| 3846 | 3846 | | of, derelict vessels or vessels declared a public nuisance 2597 |
|---|
| 3847 | 3847 | | pursuant to s. 327.73(1)(aa), Florida Statutes. This section 2598 |
|---|
| 3848 | 3848 | | expires July 1, 2025. 2599 |
|---|
| 3849 | 3849 | | Section 74. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2600 |
|---|
| 3857 | 3857 | | Page 105 of 136 |
|---|
| 3858 | 3858 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 3859 | 3859 | | |
|---|
| 3860 | 3860 | | |
|---|
| 3861 | 3861 | | |
|---|
| 3862 | 3862 | | 1864 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, a county or 2601 |
|---|
| 3863 | 3863 | | municipal government may not amend or adopt an ordinance that 2602 |
|---|
| 3864 | 3864 | | restricts or prohibits the operation of a leaf blower that is 2603 |
|---|
| 3865 | 3865 | | powered by an internal combustion engine or motor. This section 2604 |
|---|
| 3866 | 3866 | | expires July 1, 2025. 2605 |
|---|
| 3867 | 3867 | | Section 75. In order to implement Specific Appropria tion 2606 |
|---|
| 3868 | 3868 | | 1741 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, subsection (8) 2607 |
|---|
| 3869 | 3869 | | is added to section 403.0673, Florida Statutes to read: 2608 |
|---|
| 3870 | 3870 | | (8) For the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year, and notwithstanding the 2609 |
|---|
| 3871 | 3871 | | requirements of subsection (4), (5), and (6), the department 2610 |
|---|
| 3872 | 3872 | | shall dedicate at least $25 million of the revenues transferred 2611 |
|---|
| 3873 | 3873 | | from s. 201.15(4)(h), for priority projects to improve water 2612 |
|---|
| 3874 | 3874 | | quality in the Indian River Lagoon. This subsection expires July 2613 |
|---|
| 3875 | 3875 | | 1, 2025. 2614 |
|---|
| 3876 | 3876 | | Section 76. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2615 |
|---|
| 3877 | 3877 | | 1612 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 2616 |
|---|
| 3878 | 3878 | | notwithstanding chapter 287, Florida Statutes, the Department of 2617 |
|---|
| 3879 | 3879 | | Agriculture and Consumer Services shall enter into agreements 2618 |
|---|
| 3880 | 3880 | | for the purpose of advancing technologies leading to the 2619 |
|---|
| 3881 | 3881 | | creation of a genetica lly engineered self-limiting strain of an 2620 |
|---|
| 3882 | 3882 | | Asian Citrus Psyllid for population suppression. The department 2621 |
|---|
| 3883 | 3883 | | shall enter into these agreements no later than January 1, 2025, 2622 |
|---|
| 3884 | 3884 | | and shall file with the department's Inspector General a 2623 |
|---|
| 3885 | 3885 | | certification of conditions and circumstances justifying each 2624 |
|---|
| 3886 | 3886 | | agreement entered into without competitive solicitation. This 2625 |
|---|
| 3894 | 3894 | | Page 106 of 136 |
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| 3895 | 3895 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 3896 | 3896 | | |
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| 3897 | 3897 | | |
|---|
| 3898 | 3898 | | |
|---|
| 3899 | 3899 | | section expires July 1, 2025. 2626 |
|---|
| 3900 | 3900 | | Section 77. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2627 |
|---|
| 3901 | 3901 | | 2736 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (b) 2628 |
|---|
| 3902 | 3902 | | of subsection (3) and subsection (5) of section 321.04, Florida 2629 |
|---|
| 3903 | 3903 | | Statutes, are amended to read: 2630 |
|---|
| 3904 | 3904 | | 321.04 Personnel of the highway patrol; rank 2631 |
|---|
| 3905 | 3905 | | classifications; probationary status of new patrol officers; 2632 |
|---|
| 3906 | 3906 | | subsistence; special assignments. — 2633 |
|---|
| 3907 | 3907 | | (3) 2634 |
|---|
| 3908 | 3908 | | (b) For the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal year only, upon the 2635 |
|---|
| 3909 | 3909 | | request of the Governor, the Department of Highway Safety and 2636 |
|---|
| 3910 | 3910 | | Motor Vehicles shall assign one or more patrol officers to the 2637 |
|---|
| 3911 | 3911 | | office of the Lieutenant Governor for security services. This 2638 |
|---|
| 3912 | 3912 | | paragraph expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2639 |
|---|
| 3913 | 3913 | | (5) For the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal year only, the 2640 |
|---|
| 3914 | 3914 | | assignment of a patrol officer by the department shall include a 2641 |
|---|
| 3915 | 3915 | | Cabinet member specified in s. 4, Art. IV of the State 2642 |
|---|
| 3916 | 3916 | | Constitution if deemed appropriate by the department or in 2643 |
|---|
| 3917 | 3917 | | response to a threat and upon written request of such Cabinet 2644 |
|---|
| 3918 | 3918 | | member. This subsection expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2645 |
|---|
| 3919 | 3919 | | Section 78. In order to implement section 212 of the 2024 -2646 |
|---|
| 3920 | 3920 | | 2025 General Appropriations Act, subsection (3) of section 2647 |
|---|
| 3921 | 3921 | | 288.80125, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2648 |
|---|
| 3922 | 3922 | | 288.80125 Triumph Gulf Coast Trust Fund. — 2649 |
|---|
| 3923 | 3923 | | (3) For the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal year, funds shall 2650 |
|---|
| 3931 | 3931 | | Page 107 of 136 |
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| 3932 | 3932 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 3933 | 3933 | | |
|---|
| 3934 | 3934 | | |
|---|
| 3935 | 3935 | | |
|---|
| 3936 | 3936 | | be used for the Rebuild Florida Revolving Loan Fund program to 2651 |
|---|
| 3937 | 3937 | | provide assistance to businesses impacted by Hurricane Michael 2652 |
|---|
| 3938 | 3938 | | as provided in the General Appropriations Act. This subsection 2653 |
|---|
| 3939 | 3939 | | expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2654 |
|---|
| 3940 | 3940 | | Section 79. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 2655 |
|---|
| 3941 | 3941 | | 2284 through 2291 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 2656 |
|---|
| 3942 | 3942 | | and notwithstanding the expiration date in section 65 of chapter 2657 |
|---|
| 3943 | 3943 | | 2023-240, Laws of Florida, subsection (3) of section 288.8013, 2658 |
|---|
| 3944 | 3944 | | Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 2659 |
|---|
| 3945 | 3945 | | 288.8013 Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc.; creation; funding; 2660 |
|---|
| 3946 | 3946 | | investment.— 2661 |
|---|
| 3947 | 3947 | | (3) Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc., shall establish a trust 2662 |
|---|
| 3948 | 3948 | | account at a federally insured financial institution to hold 2663 |
|---|
| 3949 | 3949 | | funds received from the Triumph Gulf Coast Trust Fund and make 2664 |
|---|
| 3950 | 3950 | | deposits and payments. Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc., may invest 2665 |
|---|
| 3951 | 3951 | | surplus funds in the Local Government Surplus Funds Trust Fund, 2666 |
|---|
| 3952 | 3952 | | pursuant to s. 218.407 . Earnings generated by investments and 2667 |
|---|
| 3953 | 3953 | | interest of the fund may be retained and used to make awards 2668 |
|---|
| 3954 | 3954 | | pursuant to this act or, notwithstanding paragraph (2)(d), for 2669 |
|---|
| 3955 | 3955 | | administrative costs, including costs in excess of the cap. 2670 |
|---|
| 3956 | 3956 | | Administrative costs may include payment of travel and per diem 2671 |
|---|
| 3957 | 3957 | | expenses of board members, audits, salary or other costs for 2672 |
|---|
| 3958 | 3958 | | employed or contracted staff, including required staff under s. 2673 |
|---|
| 3959 | 3959 | | 288.8014(9), and other allowable costs. The annual salary for 2674 |
|---|
| 3960 | 3960 | | any employee or contracted staff may not exceed $130,000, and 2675 |
|---|
| 3968 | 3968 | | Page 108 of 136 |
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| 3969 | 3969 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 3970 | 3970 | | |
|---|
| 3971 | 3971 | | |
|---|
| 3972 | 3972 | | |
|---|
| 3973 | 3973 | | associated benefits may not exceed 35 percent of salary. 2676 |
|---|
| 3974 | 3974 | | Section 80. The text of s. 288.8013(3), Florida Statutes, 2677 |
|---|
| 3975 | 3975 | | as carried forward from chapter 2023 -240, Laws of Florida, by 2678 |
|---|
| 3976 | 3976 | | this act expires July 1, 2025, and the text of that subsection 2679 |
|---|
| 3977 | 3977 | | shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2023, except that 2680 |
|---|
| 3978 | 3978 | | any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall 2681 |
|---|
| 3979 | 3979 | | be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such 2682 |
|---|
| 3980 | 3980 | | amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which 2683 |
|---|
| 3981 | 3981 | | expire pursuant to this section. 2684 |
|---|
| 3982 | 3982 | | Section 81. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 2685 |
|---|
| 3983 | 3983 | | 2024 through 2037, 2037F, 2037G, 2049 through 2055, 2058 through 2686 |
|---|
| 3984 | 3984 | | 2062, 2064 through 2072, and 2104 through 2116 of the 2024 -2025 2687 |
|---|
| 3985 | 3985 | | General Appropriation s Act, paragraph (h) of subsection (7) of 2688 |
|---|
| 3986 | 3986 | | section 339.135, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2689 |
|---|
| 3987 | 3987 | | 339.135 Work program; legislative budget request; 2690 |
|---|
| 3988 | 3988 | | definitions; preparation, adoption, execution, and amendment. — 2691 |
|---|
| 3989 | 3989 | | (7) AMENDMENT OF THE ADOPTED WORK PROGRAM. — 2692 |
|---|
| 3990 | 3990 | | (h)1. Any work program amendment that also adds a new 2693 |
|---|
| 3991 | 3991 | | project, or phase thereof, to the adopted work program in excess 2694 |
|---|
| 3992 | 3992 | | of $3 million is subject to approval by the Legislative Budget 2695 |
|---|
| 3993 | 3993 | | Commission. Any work program amendment submitted under this 2696 |
|---|
| 3994 | 3994 | | paragraph must include, as supplemental information, a list of 2697 |
|---|
| 3995 | 3995 | | projects, or phases thereof, in the current 5 -year adopted work 2698 |
|---|
| 3996 | 3996 | | program which are eligible for the funds within the 2699 |
|---|
| 3997 | 3997 | | appropriation category being used for the proposed amendment. 2700 |
|---|
| 4005 | 4005 | | Page 109 of 136 |
|---|
| 4006 | 4006 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 4007 | 4007 | | |
|---|
| 4008 | 4008 | | |
|---|
| 4009 | 4009 | | |
|---|
| 4010 | 4010 | | The department shall prov ide a narrative with the rationale for 2701 |
|---|
| 4011 | 4011 | | not advancing an existing project, or phase thereof, in lieu of 2702 |
|---|
| 4012 | 4012 | | the proposed amendment. 2703 |
|---|
| 4013 | 4013 | | 2. If the department submits an amendment to the 2704 |
|---|
| 4014 | 4014 | | Legislative Budget Commission and the commission does not meet 2705 |
|---|
| 4015 | 4015 | | or consider the amendment within 30 days after its submittal, 2706 |
|---|
| 4016 | 4016 | | the chair and vice chair of the commission may authorize the 2707 |
|---|
| 4017 | 4017 | | amendment to be approved pursuant to s. 216.177. This 2708 |
|---|
| 4018 | 4018 | | subparagraph expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2709 |
|---|
| 4019 | 4019 | | Section 82. In order to implement Specific Appropr iation 2710 |
|---|
| 4020 | 4020 | | 3056 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, section 2711 |
|---|
| 4021 | 4021 | | 250.245, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2712 |
|---|
| 4022 | 4022 | | 250.245 Florida National Guard Joint Enlistment 2713 |
|---|
| 4023 | 4023 | | Enhancement Program. — 2714 |
|---|
| 4024 | 4024 | | (1) The Florida National Guard Joint Enlistment 2715 |
|---|
| 4025 | 4025 | | Enhancement Program (J EEP) is established within the Department 2716 |
|---|
| 4026 | 4026 | | of Military Affairs. The purpose of the program is to motivate 2717 |
|---|
| 4027 | 4027 | | soldiers, airmen, and retirees of the Florida National Guard to 2718 |
|---|
| 4028 | 4028 | | bolster recruitment efforts and increase the force structure of 2719 |
|---|
| 4029 | 4029 | | the Florida National Gu ard. 2720 |
|---|
| 4030 | 4030 | | (2) As used in this section, the term "recruiting 2721 |
|---|
| 4031 | 4031 | | assistant" means a member of the Florida National Guard or a 2722 |
|---|
| 4032 | 4032 | | retiree of the Florida National Guard who assists in the 2723 |
|---|
| 4033 | 4033 | | recruitment of a new member and who provides motivation, 2724 |
|---|
| 4034 | 4034 | | encouragement, and moral support until the enlistment of such 2725 |
|---|
| 4042 | 4042 | | Page 110 of 136 |
|---|
| 4043 | 4043 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 4044 | 4044 | | |
|---|
| 4045 | 4045 | | |
|---|
| 4046 | 4046 | | |
|---|
| 4047 | 4047 | | new member. 2726 |
|---|
| 4048 | 4048 | | (3) A current member in pay grade E -1 to O-3 or a retiree 2727 |
|---|
| 4049 | 4049 | | in any pay grade is eligible for participation in JEEP as a 2728 |
|---|
| 4050 | 4050 | | recruiting assistant. 2729 |
|---|
| 4051 | 4051 | | (4) The Adjutant General shall provide compensation to 2730 |
|---|
| 4052 | 4052 | | recruiting assistants participating in JEEP. A recruiting 2731 |
|---|
| 4053 | 4053 | | assistant shall receive $1,000 for each new member referred by 2732 |
|---|
| 4054 | 4054 | | them to the Florida National Guard upon the enlistment of such 2733 |
|---|
| 4055 | 4055 | | referred member. 2734 |
|---|
| 4056 | 4056 | | (5) The Department of Military Affairs, in cooperation 2735 |
|---|
| 4057 | 4057 | | with the Florida National Guard, shall adopt rules to administer 2736 |
|---|
| 4058 | 4058 | | the program. 2737 |
|---|
| 4059 | 4059 | | (6) This section expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2738 |
|---|
| 4060 | 4060 | | Section 83. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2739 |
|---|
| 4061 | 4061 | | 2348 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, subsection (6) 2740 |
|---|
| 4062 | 4062 | | of section 288.0655, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2741 |
|---|
| 4063 | 4063 | | 288.0655 Rural Infrastructure Fund. — 2742 |
|---|
| 4064 | 4064 | | (6) For the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal year, the funds 2743 |
|---|
| 4065 | 4065 | | appropriated for the grant program for Florida Panhandle 2744 |
|---|
| 4066 | 4066 | | counties shall be distributed pursuant to and for the p urposes 2745 |
|---|
| 4067 | 4067 | | described in the proviso language associated with Specific 2746 |
|---|
| 4068 | 4068 | | Appropriation 2348 2342 of the 2024-2025 2023-2024 General 2747 |
|---|
| 4069 | 4069 | | Appropriations Act. This subsection expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2748 |
|---|
| 4070 | 4070 | | Section 84. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 2749 |
|---|
| 4071 | 4071 | | 2705 through 2714 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 2750 |
|---|
| 4079 | 4079 | | Page 111 of 136 |
|---|
| 4080 | 4080 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 4081 | 4081 | | |
|---|
| 4082 | 4082 | | |
|---|
| 4083 | 4083 | | |
|---|
| 4084 | 4084 | | and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, 2751 |
|---|
| 4085 | 4085 | | the Division of Emergency Management may submit budget 2752 |
|---|
| 4086 | 4086 | | amendments, subject to the notice, review, and objection 2753 |
|---|
| 4087 | 4087 | | procedures of s. 216.17 7, Florida Statutes, to increase budget 2754 |
|---|
| 4088 | 4088 | | authority for projected expenditures due to reimbursements from 2755 |
|---|
| 4089 | 4089 | | federally declared disasters. This section expires July 1, 2025. 2756 |
|---|
| 4090 | 4090 | | Section 85. Effective July 1, 2024, and in order to 2757 |
|---|
| 4091 | 4091 | | implement Specific Appropriatio n 2693A of the 2024-2025 General 2758 |
|---|
| 4092 | 4092 | | Appropriations act, subsection (2) of section 282.201, Florida 2759 |
|---|
| 4093 | 4093 | | Statutes, is amended to read: 2760 |
|---|
| 4094 | 4094 | | 282.201 State data center. —The state data center is 2761 |
|---|
| 4095 | 4095 | | established within the department. The provision of data center 2762 |
|---|
| 4096 | 4096 | | services must comply with applicable state and federal laws, 2763 |
|---|
| 4097 | 4097 | | regulations, and policies, including all applicable security, 2764 |
|---|
| 4098 | 4098 | | privacy, and auditing requirements. The department shall appoint 2765 |
|---|
| 4099 | 4099 | | a director of the state data center who has experience in 2766 |
|---|
| 4100 | 4100 | | leading data center fa cilities and has expertise in cloud -2767 |
|---|
| 4101 | 4101 | | computing management. 2768 |
|---|
| 4102 | 4102 | | (2) USE OF THE STATE DATA CENTER. — 2769 |
|---|
| 4103 | 4103 | | (a) The following are exempt from the use of the state 2770 |
|---|
| 4104 | 4104 | | data center: the Department of Law Enforcement, the Department 2771 |
|---|
| 4105 | 4105 | | of the Lottery's Gaming System, Systems D esign and Development 2772 |
|---|
| 4106 | 4106 | | in the Office of Policy and Budget, the regional traffic 2773 |
|---|
| 4107 | 4107 | | management centers as described in s. 335.14(2) and the Office 2774 |
|---|
| 4108 | 4108 | | of Toll Operations of the Department of Transportation, the 2775 |
|---|
| 4116 | 4116 | | Page 112 of 136 |
|---|
| 4117 | 4117 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 4118 | 4118 | | |
|---|
| 4119 | 4119 | | |
|---|
| 4120 | 4120 | | |
|---|
| 4121 | 4121 | | State Board of Administration, state attorneys, public 2776 |
|---|
| 4122 | 4122 | | defenders, criminal conflict and civil regional counsel, capital 2777 |
|---|
| 4123 | 4123 | | collateral regional counsel, and the Florida Housing Finance 2778 |
|---|
| 4124 | 4124 | | Corporation. 2779 |
|---|
| 4125 | 4125 | | (b) The Division of Emergency Management is exempt from 2780 |
|---|
| 4126 | 4126 | | the use of the state data center. This paragraph expires J uly 1, 2781 |
|---|
| 4127 | 4127 | | 2025. 2782 |
|---|
| 4128 | 4128 | | Section 86. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2783 |
|---|
| 4129 | 4129 | | 2784 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, subsection (4) 2784 |
|---|
| 4130 | 4130 | | is added to section 320.08053, Florida Statutes, to read: 2785 |
|---|
| 4131 | 4131 | | 320.08053 Establishment of specialty license plates. — 2786 |
|---|
| 4132 | 4132 | | (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the 2787 |
|---|
| 4133 | 4133 | | department shall extend the presale period for the Florida State 2788 |
|---|
| 4134 | 4134 | | Beekeepers Association by an additional 12 months. This 2789 |
|---|
| 4135 | 4135 | | subsection expires July 1, 2025. 2790 |
|---|
| 4136 | 4136 | | Section 87. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2791 |
|---|
| 4137 | 4137 | | 2671 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (d) 2792 |
|---|
| 4138 | 4138 | | of subsection (4) of section 112.061, Florida Statutes, is 2793 |
|---|
| 4139 | 4139 | | amended to read: 2794 |
|---|
| 4140 | 4140 | | 112.061 Per diem and travel expenses of public officers, 2795 |
|---|
| 4141 | 4141 | | employees, and authorized persons; statewid e travel management 2796 |
|---|
| 4142 | 4142 | | system.— 2797 |
|---|
| 4143 | 4143 | | (4) OFFICIAL HEADQUARTERS. —The official headquarters of an 2798 |
|---|
| 4144 | 4144 | | officer or employee assigned to an office shall be the city or 2799 |
|---|
| 4145 | 4145 | | town in which the office is located except that: 2800 |
|---|
| 4153 | 4153 | | Page 113 of 136 |
|---|
| 4154 | 4154 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 4155 | 4155 | | |
|---|
| 4156 | 4156 | | |
|---|
| 4157 | 4157 | | |
|---|
| 4158 | 4158 | | (d) A Lieutenant Governor who permanently resides ou tside 2801 |
|---|
| 4159 | 4159 | | of Leon County, may, if he or she so requests, have an 2802 |
|---|
| 4160 | 4160 | | appropriate facility in his or her county designated as his or 2803 |
|---|
| 4161 | 4161 | | her official headquarters for purposes of this section. This 2804 |
|---|
| 4162 | 4162 | | official headquarters may only serve as the Lieutenant 2805 |
|---|
| 4163 | 4163 | | Governor's personal office. The Lieutenant Governor may not use 2806 |
|---|
| 4164 | 4164 | | state funds to lease space in any facility for his or her 2807 |
|---|
| 4165 | 4165 | | official headquarters. 2808 |
|---|
| 4166 | 4166 | | 1. A Lieutenant Governor for whom an official headquarters 2809 |
|---|
| 4167 | 4167 | | is established in his or her county of residence pursuant to 2810 |
|---|
| 4168 | 4168 | | this paragraph is eligible for subsistence at a rate to be 2811 |
|---|
| 4169 | 4169 | | established by the Governor for each day or partial day that the 2812 |
|---|
| 4170 | 4170 | | Lieutenant Governor is at the State Capitol to conduct official 2813 |
|---|
| 4171 | 4171 | | state business. In addition to the subsistence allowance, a 2814 |
|---|
| 4172 | 4172 | | Lieutenant Governor is eligible for reimbursement for 2815 |
|---|
| 4173 | 4173 | | transportation expenses as provided in subsection (7) for travel 2816 |
|---|
| 4174 | 4174 | | between the Lieutenant Governor's official headquarters and the 2817 |
|---|
| 4175 | 4175 | | State Capitol to conduct state business. 2818 |
|---|
| 4176 | 4176 | | 2. Payment of subsistence and reimbursement for 2819 |
|---|
| 4177 | 4177 | | transportation between a Lieutenant Governor's official 2820 |
|---|
| 4178 | 4178 | | headquarters and the State Capitol shall be made to the extent 2821 |
|---|
| 4179 | 4179 | | appropriated funds are available, as determined by the Governor. 2822 |
|---|
| 4180 | 4180 | | 3. This paragraph expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2823 |
|---|
| 4181 | 4181 | | Section 88. (1) In order to implement section 8 of the 2824 |
|---|
| 4182 | 4182 | | 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, beginning July 1, 2024, 2825 |
|---|
| 4190 | 4190 | | Page 114 of 136 |
|---|
| 4191 | 4191 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 4192 | 4192 | | |
|---|
| 4193 | 4193 | | |
|---|
| 4194 | 4194 | | |
|---|
| 4195 | 4195 | | and on the first day of each month thereafter, the Department of 2826 |
|---|
| 4196 | 4196 | | Management Services shall assess an administrative health 2827 |
|---|
| 4197 | 4197 | | insurance assessment to each st ate agency equal to the 2828 |
|---|
| 4198 | 4198 | | employer's cost of individual employee health care coverage for 2829 |
|---|
| 4199 | 4199 | | each vacant position within such agency eligible for coverage 2830 |
|---|
| 4200 | 4200 | | through the Division of State Group Insurance. As used in this 2831 |
|---|
| 4201 | 4201 | | section, the term "state agency" means an a gency within the 2832 |
|---|
| 4202 | 4202 | | State Personnel System, the Department of the Lottery, the 2833 |
|---|
| 4203 | 4203 | | Justice Administrative Commission and all entities 2834 |
|---|
| 4204 | 4204 | | administratively housed in the Justice Administrative 2835 |
|---|
| 4205 | 4205 | | Commission, and the state courts system. 2836 |
|---|
| 4206 | 4206 | | (2) Each state agency shall remi t the assessed 2837 |
|---|
| 4207 | 4207 | | administrative health insurance assessment under subsection (1) 2838 |
|---|
| 4208 | 4208 | | to the State Employees Health Insurance Trust Fund, for the 2839 |
|---|
| 4209 | 4209 | | State Group Insurance Program, as provided in ss. 110.123 and 2840 |
|---|
| 4210 | 4210 | | 110.1239, Florida Statutes, from currently allocated mo nies for 2841 |
|---|
| 4211 | 4211 | | salaries and benefits, within 30 days after receipt of the 2842 |
|---|
| 4212 | 4212 | | assessment from the Department of Management Services. Should 2843 |
|---|
| 4213 | 4213 | | any state agency become more than 60 days delinquent in payment 2844 |
|---|
| 4214 | 4214 | | of this obligation, the Department of Management Services shal l 2845 |
|---|
| 4215 | 4215 | | certify to the Chief Financial Officer the amount due and the 2846 |
|---|
| 4216 | 4216 | | Chief Financial Officer shall transfer the amount due to the 2847 |
|---|
| 4217 | 4217 | | Department of Management Services. 2848 |
|---|
| 4218 | 4218 | | (3) The administrative health insurance assessment shall 2849 |
|---|
| 4219 | 4219 | | apply to all vacant positions funded with state funds whether 2850 |
|---|
| 4227 | 4227 | | Page 115 of 136 |
|---|
| 4228 | 4228 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 4229 | 4229 | | |
|---|
| 4230 | 4230 | | |
|---|
| 4231 | 4231 | | |
|---|
| 4232 | 4232 | | fully or partially funded with state funds. Vacant positions 2851 |
|---|
| 4233 | 4233 | | partially funded with state funds shall pay a percentage of the 2852 |
|---|
| 4234 | 4234 | | assessment imposed in subsection (1) equal to the percentage 2853 |
|---|
| 4235 | 4235 | | share of state funds provided for such vacant positions. No 2854 |
|---|
| 4236 | 4236 | | assessment shall apply to vacant positions fully funded with 2855 |
|---|
| 4237 | 4237 | | federal funds. Each state agency shall provide the Department of 2856 |
|---|
| 4238 | 4238 | | Management Services with a complete list of position numbers 2857 |
|---|
| 4239 | 4239 | | that are funded, or partially funded, with federal fun ding, and 2858 |
|---|
| 4240 | 4240 | | include the percentage of federal funding for each position no 2859 |
|---|
| 4241 | 4241 | | later than July 31, 2024, and shall update the list on the last 2860 |
|---|
| 4242 | 4242 | | day of each month thereafter. For federally funded vacant 2861 |
|---|
| 4243 | 4243 | | positions, or partially funded vacant positions, each state 2862 |
|---|
| 4244 | 4244 | | agency shall immediately take steps to include the 2863 |
|---|
| 4245 | 4245 | | administrative health insurance assessment in its indirect cost 2864 |
|---|
| 4246 | 4246 | | plan for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and each fiscal year 2865 |
|---|
| 4247 | 4247 | | thereafter. A state agency shall notify the Department of 2866 |
|---|
| 4248 | 4248 | | Management Services, the Exe cutive Office of the Governor, and 2867 |
|---|
| 4249 | 4249 | | the chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriation and the chair 2868 |
|---|
| 4250 | 4250 | | of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, upon 2869 |
|---|
| 4251 | 4251 | | approval of the updated indirect cost plan. If the state agency 2870 |
|---|
| 4252 | 4252 | | is not able to obtain approva l from its federal awarding agency, 2871 |
|---|
| 4253 | 4253 | | the state agency must notify the Department of Management 2872 |
|---|
| 4254 | 4254 | | Services, the Executive Office of the Governor, and the 2873 |
|---|
| 4255 | 4255 | | appropriation chairs no later than January 15, 2025. 2874 |
|---|
| 4256 | 4256 | | (4) Pursuant to the notice, review, and objection 2875 |
|---|
| 4264 | 4264 | | Page 116 of 136 |
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| 4265 | 4265 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 4266 | 4266 | | |
|---|
| 4267 | 4267 | | |
|---|
| 4268 | 4268 | | |
|---|
| 4269 | 4269 | | procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the Executive Office 2876 |
|---|
| 4270 | 4270 | | of the Governor may transfer budget authority appropriated in 2877 |
|---|
| 4271 | 4271 | | the Salaries and Benefits appropriation category between 2878 |
|---|
| 4272 | 4272 | | agencies in order to align the appropriations granted with the 2879 |
|---|
| 4273 | 4273 | | assessments that must be paid by each agency to the Department 2880 |
|---|
| 4274 | 4274 | | of Management Services for the administrative health insurance 2881 |
|---|
| 4275 | 4275 | | assessment. 2882 |
|---|
| 4276 | 4276 | | (5) This section expires July 1, 2025. 2883 |
|---|
| 4277 | 4277 | | Section 89. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 2884 |
|---|
| 4278 | 4278 | | 2800 and 2801 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, and 2885 |
|---|
| 4279 | 4279 | | notwithstanding s. 11.13(1), Florida Statutes, the authorized 2886 |
|---|
| 4280 | 4280 | | salaries for members of the Legislature for the 2024 -2025 fiscal 2887 |
|---|
| 4281 | 4281 | | year shall be set at the same level in effect on July 1, 2010. 2888 |
|---|
| 4282 | 4282 | | This section expires July 1, 2025. 2889 |
|---|
| 4283 | 4283 | | Section 90. In order to implement the transfer of funds 2890 |
|---|
| 4284 | 4284 | | from the General Revenue Fund from trust funds for the 2024 -2025 2891 |
|---|
| 4285 | 4285 | | General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding the expiration 2892 |
|---|
| 4286 | 4286 | | date in section 76 of chapter 2023 -240, Laws of Florida, 2893 |
|---|
| 4287 | 4287 | | paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 215.32, Florida 2894 |
|---|
| 4288 | 4288 | | Statutes, is reenacted to read: 2895 |
|---|
| 4289 | 4289 | | 215.32 State funds; segregation. — 2896 |
|---|
| 4290 | 4290 | | (2) The source and use of each of these funds shall be as 2897 |
|---|
| 4291 | 4291 | | follows: 2898 |
|---|
| 4292 | 4292 | | (b)1. The trust funds shall consist of moneys received by 2899 |
|---|
| 4293 | 4293 | | the state which under law or under trust agreement are 2900 |
|---|
| 4301 | 4301 | | Page 117 of 136 |
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| 4302 | 4302 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 4303 | 4303 | | |
|---|
| 4304 | 4304 | | |
|---|
| 4305 | 4305 | | |
|---|
| 4306 | 4306 | | segregated for a purpose authorized by law. The state agency or 2901 |
|---|
| 4307 | 4307 | | branch of state government receiving or collecting such moneys 2902 |
|---|
| 4308 | 4308 | | is responsible for their proper expenditure as provided by law. 2903 |
|---|
| 4309 | 4309 | | Upon the request of the state agency or branch of state 2904 |
|---|
| 4310 | 4310 | | government responsible for the administration of the trust fund, 2905 |
|---|
| 4311 | 4311 | | the Chief Financial Officer may establish accounts within the 2906 |
|---|
| 4312 | 4312 | | trust fund at a level considered necessary for proper 2907 |
|---|
| 4313 | 4313 | | accountability. Once an account i s established, the Chief 2908 |
|---|
| 4314 | 4314 | | Financial Officer may authorize payment from that account only 2909 |
|---|
| 4315 | 4315 | | upon determining that there is sufficient cash and releases at 2910 |
|---|
| 4316 | 4316 | | the level of the account. 2911 |
|---|
| 4317 | 4317 | | 2. In addition to other trust funds created by law, to the 2912 |
|---|
| 4318 | 4318 | | extent possible, each agency shall use the following trust funds 2913 |
|---|
| 4319 | 4319 | | as described in this subparagraph for day -to-day operations: 2914 |
|---|
| 4320 | 4320 | | a. Operations or operating trust fund, for use as a 2915 |
|---|
| 4321 | 4321 | | depository for funds to be used for program operations funded by 2916 |
|---|
| 4322 | 4322 | | program revenues, with the ex ception of administrative 2917 |
|---|
| 4323 | 4323 | | activities when the operations or operating trust fund is a 2918 |
|---|
| 4324 | 4324 | | proprietary fund. 2919 |
|---|
| 4325 | 4325 | | b. Operations and maintenance trust fund, for use as a 2920 |
|---|
| 4326 | 4326 | | depository for client services funded by third -party payors. 2921 |
|---|
| 4327 | 4327 | | c. Administrative trust fund, fo r use as a depository for 2922 |
|---|
| 4328 | 4328 | | funds to be used for management activities that are departmental 2923 |
|---|
| 4329 | 4329 | | in nature and funded by indirect cost earnings and assessments 2924 |
|---|
| 4330 | 4330 | | against trust funds. Proprietary funds are excluded from the 2925 |
|---|
| 4338 | 4338 | | Page 118 of 136 |
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| 4339 | 4339 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 4340 | 4340 | | |
|---|
| 4341 | 4341 | | |
|---|
| 4342 | 4342 | | |
|---|
| 4343 | 4343 | | requirement of using an administrative tr ust fund. 2926 |
|---|
| 4344 | 4344 | | d. Grants and donations trust fund, for use as a 2927 |
|---|
| 4345 | 4345 | | depository for funds to be used for allowable grant or donor 2928 |
|---|
| 4346 | 4346 | | agreement activities funded by restricted contractual revenue 2929 |
|---|
| 4347 | 4347 | | from private and public nonfederal sources. 2930 |
|---|
| 4348 | 4348 | | e. Agency working capital trust fund, for use as a 2931 |
|---|
| 4349 | 4349 | | depository for funds to be used pursuant to s. 216.272. 2932 |
|---|
| 4350 | 4350 | | f. Clearing funds trust fund, for use as a depository for 2933 |
|---|
| 4351 | 4351 | | funds to account for collections pending distribution to lawful 2934 |
|---|
| 4352 | 4352 | | recipients. 2935 |
|---|
| 4353 | 4353 | | g. Federal grant trust fund, for use as a depository for 2936 |
|---|
| 4354 | 4354 | | funds to be used for allowable grant activities funded by 2937 |
|---|
| 4355 | 4355 | | restricted program revenues from federal sources. 2938 |
|---|
| 4356 | 4356 | | 2939 |
|---|
| 4357 | 4357 | | To the extent possible, each agency must adjust its internal 2940 |
|---|
| 4358 | 4358 | | accounting to use existing trust funds consistent with the 2941 |
|---|
| 4359 | 4359 | | requirements of this subparagraph. If an agency does not have 2942 |
|---|
| 4360 | 4360 | | trust funds listed in this subparagraph and cannot make such 2943 |
|---|
| 4361 | 4361 | | adjustment, the agency must recommend the creation of the 2944 |
|---|
| 4362 | 4362 | | necessary trust funds to the Legislature no later than the next 2945 |
|---|
| 4363 | 4363 | | scheduled review of the agency's trust funds pursuant to s. 2946 |
|---|
| 4364 | 4364 | | 215.3206. 2947 |
|---|
| 4365 | 4365 | | 3. All such moneys are hereby appropriated to be expended 2948 |
|---|
| 4366 | 4366 | | in accordance with the law or trust agreement under which they 2949 |
|---|
| 4367 | 4367 | | were received, subject always to the provisions of chapter 216 2950 |
|---|
| 4375 | 4375 | | Page 119 of 136 |
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| 4376 | 4376 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 4377 | 4377 | | |
|---|
| 4378 | 4378 | | |
|---|
| 4379 | 4379 | | |
|---|
| 4380 | 4380 | | relating to the appropriation of funds and to the applicable 2951 |
|---|
| 4381 | 4381 | | laws relating to the deposit or expenditure of moneys in the 2952 |
|---|
| 4382 | 4382 | | State Treasury. 2953 |
|---|
| 4383 | 4383 | | 4.a. Notwithstanding any provision of law restricting the 2954 |
|---|
| 4384 | 4384 | | use of trust funds to specific purposes, unappropriated cash 2955 |
|---|
| 4385 | 4385 | | balances from selected trust funds may be authorized by the 2956 |
|---|
| 4386 | 4386 | | Legislature for transfer to the Budget Stabilization Fund and 2957 |
|---|
| 4387 | 4387 | | General Revenue Fund in the General Appropriations Act. 2958 |
|---|
| 4388 | 4388 | | b. This subparagraph does not apply to trust funds 2959 |
|---|
| 4389 | 4389 | | required by federal programs or mandates; trust funds 2960 |
|---|
| 4390 | 4390 | | established for bond covenants, indentures, or resolutions whose 2961 |
|---|
| 4391 | 4391 | | revenues are legally pledged by the state or public body to meet 2962 |
|---|
| 4392 | 4392 | | debt service or other financial requirements of any debt 2963 |
|---|
| 4393 | 4393 | | obligations of the state or any public body; th e Division of 2964 |
|---|
| 4394 | 4394 | | Licensing Trust Fund in the Department of Agriculture and 2965 |
|---|
| 4395 | 4395 | | Consumer Services; the State Transportation Trust Fund; the 2966 |
|---|
| 4396 | 4396 | | trust fund containing the net annual proceeds from the Florida 2967 |
|---|
| 4397 | 4397 | | Education Lotteries; the Florida Retirement System Trust Fund ; 2968 |
|---|
| 4398 | 4398 | | trust funds under the management of the State Board of Education 2969 |
|---|
| 4399 | 4399 | | or the Board of Governors of the State University System, where 2970 |
|---|
| 4400 | 4400 | | such trust funds are for auxiliary enterprises, self -insurance, 2971 |
|---|
| 4401 | 4401 | | and contracts, grants, and donations, as those terms are defi ned 2972 |
|---|
| 4402 | 4402 | | by general law; trust funds that serve as clearing funds or 2973 |
|---|
| 4403 | 4403 | | accounts for the Chief Financial Officer or state agencies; 2974 |
|---|
| 4404 | 4404 | | trust funds that account for assets held by the state in a 2975 |
|---|
| 4412 | 4412 | | Page 120 of 136 |
|---|
| 4413 | 4413 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 4414 | 4414 | | |
|---|
| 4415 | 4415 | | |
|---|
| 4416 | 4416 | | |
|---|
| 4417 | 4417 | | trustee capacity as an agent or fiduciary for individuals, 2976 |
|---|
| 4418 | 4418 | | private organizations, or other governmental units; and other 2977 |
|---|
| 4419 | 4419 | | trust funds authorized by the State Constitution. 2978 |
|---|
| 4420 | 4420 | | Section 91. The text of s. 215.32(2)(b), Florida Statutes, 2979 |
|---|
| 4421 | 4421 | | as carried forward from chapter 2011 -47, Laws of Florida, by 2980 |
|---|
| 4422 | 4422 | | this act, expires July 1, 2025, an d the text of that paragraph 2981 |
|---|
| 4423 | 4423 | | shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2011, except that 2982 |
|---|
| 4424 | 4424 | | any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall 2983 |
|---|
| 4425 | 4425 | | be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such 2984 |
|---|
| 4426 | 4426 | | amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which 2985 |
|---|
| 4427 | 4427 | | expire pursuant to this section. 2986 |
|---|
| 4428 | 4428 | | Section 92. In order to implement appropriations in the 2987 |
|---|
| 4429 | 4429 | | 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act for state employee travel, 2988 |
|---|
| 4430 | 4430 | | the funds appropriated to each state agency which may be used 2989 |
|---|
| 4431 | 4431 | | for travel by state employees are limited during the 2024 -2025 2990 |
|---|
| 4432 | 4432 | | fiscal year to travel for activities that are critical to each 2991 |
|---|
| 4433 | 4433 | | state agency's mission. Funds may not be used for travel by 2992 |
|---|
| 4434 | 4434 | | state employees to foreign countries, other states, conferences, 2993 |
|---|
| 4435 | 4435 | | staff training activities, or other administrative functions 2994 |
|---|
| 4436 | 4436 | | unless the agency head has approved, in writing, that such 2995 |
|---|
| 4437 | 4437 | | activities are critical to the agency's mission. The agency head 2996 |
|---|
| 4438 | 4438 | | shall consider using teleconferencing and other forms of 2997 |
|---|
| 4439 | 4439 | | electronic communication to meet the needs of the proposed 2998 |
|---|
| 4440 | 4440 | | activity before approving mission -critical travel. This section 2999 |
|---|
| 4441 | 4441 | | does not apply to travel for law enforcement purposes, military 3000 |
|---|
| 4449 | 4449 | | Page 121 of 136 |
|---|
| 4450 | 4450 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 4451 | 4451 | | |
|---|
| 4452 | 4452 | | |
|---|
| 4453 | 4453 | | |
|---|
| 4454 | 4454 | | purposes, emergency management activities, or public health 3001 |
|---|
| 4455 | 4455 | | activities. This section expires July 1, 2025. 3002 |
|---|
| 4456 | 4456 | | Section 93. In order to implement appropriations in the 3003 |
|---|
| 4457 | 4457 | | 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act for state employee travel 3004 |
|---|
| 4458 | 4458 | | and notwithstanding s. 112.061, Florida Statutes, costs for 3005 |
|---|
| 4459 | 4459 | | lodging associated with a meeting, conference, or convention 3006 |
|---|
| 4460 | 4460 | | organized or sponsored in whole or in part by a state agency or 3007 |
|---|
| 4461 | 4461 | | the judicial branch may not exceed $225 per day. An employee may 3008 |
|---|
| 4462 | 4462 | | expend his or her own funds for any lodging expenses in excess 3009 |
|---|
| 4463 | 4463 | | of $225 per day. For purposes of this section, a meeting does 3010 |
|---|
| 4464 | 4464 | | not include travel activities for conducting an audit, 3011 |
|---|
| 4465 | 4465 | | examination, inspection, or investigation or travel activities 3012 |
|---|
| 4466 | 4466 | | related to a litigation or emergency response. This section 3013 |
|---|
| 4467 | 4467 | | expires July 1, 2025. 3014 |
|---|
| 4468 | 4468 | | Section 94. In order to implement the appropriations and 3015 |
|---|
| 4469 | 4469 | | reappropriations authorized in the 2024 -2025 General 3016 |
|---|
| 4470 | 4470 | | Appropriations Act, paragraph (d) of subsection (11) of section 3017 |
|---|
| 4471 | 4471 | | 216.181, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 3018 |
|---|
| 4472 | 4472 | | 216.181 Approved budgets for operations and fixed capital 3019 |
|---|
| 4473 | 4473 | | outlay.— 3020 |
|---|
| 4474 | 4474 | | (11) 3021 |
|---|
| 4475 | 4475 | | (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) and paragraph (2)(b), 3022 |
|---|
| 4476 | 4476 | | and for the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal year only, the 3023 |
|---|
| 4477 | 4477 | | Legislative Budget Commission may approve budget amendments for 3024 |
|---|
| 4478 | 4478 | | new fixed capital outlay projects or increase the amounts 3025 |
|---|
| 4486 | 4486 | | Page 122 of 136 |
|---|
| 4487 | 4487 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 4488 | 4488 | | |
|---|
| 4489 | 4489 | | |
|---|
| 4490 | 4490 | | |
|---|
| 4491 | 4491 | | appropriated to state agencies for fixed c apital outlay 3026 |
|---|
| 4492 | 4492 | | projects. This paragraph expires July 1, 2025 2024. 3027 |
|---|
| 4493 | 4493 | | 3028 |
|---|
| 4494 | 4494 | | The provisions of this subsection are subject to the notice and 3029 |
|---|
| 4495 | 4495 | | objection procedures set forth in s. 216.177. 3030 |
|---|
| 4496 | 4496 | | Section 95. In order to implement the salaries and 3031 |
|---|
| 4497 | 4497 | | benefits, expenses, other personal services, contracted 3032 |
|---|
| 4498 | 4498 | | services, special categories, and operating capital outlay 3033 |
|---|
| 4499 | 4499 | | categories of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 3034 |
|---|
| 4500 | 4500 | | paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 216.292, Florida 3035 |
|---|
| 4501 | 4501 | | Statutes, is amended to read: 3036 |
|---|
| 4502 | 4502 | | 216.292 Appropriations nontransferable; exceptions. — 3037 |
|---|
| 4503 | 4503 | | (2) The following transfers are authorized to be made by 3038 |
|---|
| 4504 | 4504 | | the head of each department or the Chief Justice of the Supreme 3039 |
|---|
| 4505 | 4505 | | Court whenever it is deemed necessary by reason of changed 3040 |
|---|
| 4506 | 4506 | | conditions: 3041 |
|---|
| 4507 | 4507 | | (a) The transfer of appropriations funded from identical 3042 |
|---|
| 4508 | 4508 | | funding sources, except appropriations for fixed capital outlay, 3043 |
|---|
| 4509 | 4509 | | and the transfer of amounts included within the total original 3044 |
|---|
| 4510 | 4510 | | approved budget and plans of releases of appropriations as 3045 |
|---|
| 4511 | 4511 | | furnished pursuant to ss. 216.18 1 and 216.192, as follows: 3046 |
|---|
| 4512 | 4512 | | 1. Between categories of appropriations within a budget 3047 |
|---|
| 4513 | 4513 | | entity, if no category of appropriation is increased or 3048 |
|---|
| 4514 | 4514 | | decreased by more than 5 percent of the original approved budget 3049 |
|---|
| 4515 | 4515 | | or $250,000, whichever is greater, by all action t aken under 3050 |
|---|
| 4523 | 4523 | | Page 123 of 136 |
|---|
| 4524 | 4524 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 4525 | 4525 | | |
|---|
| 4526 | 4526 | | |
|---|
| 4527 | 4527 | | |
|---|
| 4528 | 4528 | | this subsection. 3051 |
|---|
| 4529 | 4529 | | 2. Between budget entities within identical categories of 3052 |
|---|
| 4530 | 4530 | | appropriations, if no category of appropriation is increased or 3053 |
|---|
| 4531 | 4531 | | decreased by more than 5 percent of the original approved budget 3054 |
|---|
| 4532 | 4532 | | or $250,000, whichever is greater, by a ll action taken under 3055 |
|---|
| 4533 | 4533 | | this subsection. 3056 |
|---|
| 4534 | 4534 | | 3. Any agency exceeding salary rate established pursuant 3057 |
|---|
| 4535 | 4535 | | to s. 216.181(8) on June 30th of any fiscal year shall not be 3058 |
|---|
| 4536 | 4536 | | authorized to make transfers pursuant to subparagraphs 1. and 2. 3059 |
|---|
| 4537 | 4537 | | in the subsequent fiscal year. 3060 |
|---|
| 4538 | 4538 | | 4. Notice of proposed transfers under subparagraphs 1. and 3061 |
|---|
| 4539 | 4539 | | 2. shall be provided to the Executive Office of the Governor and 3062 |
|---|
| 4540 | 4540 | | the chairs of the legislative appropriations committees at least 3063 |
|---|
| 4541 | 4541 | | 3 days prior to agency implementation in order to provide an 3064 |
|---|
| 4542 | 4542 | | opportunity for review. The review shall be limited to ensuring 3065 |
|---|
| 4543 | 4543 | | that the transfer is in compliance with the requirements of this 3066 |
|---|
| 4544 | 4544 | | paragraph. 3067 |
|---|
| 4545 | 4545 | | 5. For the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal year, the review 3068 |
|---|
| 4546 | 4546 | | shall ensure that transfers proposed pursuant to this paragraph 3069 |
|---|
| 4547 | 4547 | | comply with this chapter, maximize the use of available and 3070 |
|---|
| 4548 | 4548 | | appropriate trust funds, and are not contrary to legislative 3071 |
|---|
| 4549 | 4549 | | policy and intent. This subparagraph expires July 1, 2025 2024. 3072 |
|---|
| 4550 | 4550 | | Section 96. In order to implement appropriations in the 3073 |
|---|
| 4551 | 4551 | | 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act for the acquisitions of 3074 |
|---|
| 4552 | 4552 | | motor vehicles, and notwithstanding chapter 287, Florida 3075 |
|---|
| 4560 | 4560 | | Page 124 of 136 |
|---|
| 4561 | 4561 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 4562 | 4562 | | |
|---|
| 4563 | 4563 | | |
|---|
| 4564 | 4564 | | |
|---|
| 4565 | 4565 | | Statutes, relating to the purchase of motor vehicles from a 3076 |
|---|
| 4566 | 4566 | | state term contract, state agencies may purchase vehicles from 3077 |
|---|
| 4567 | 4567 | | nonstate term contract ve ndors without prior approval from the 3078 |
|---|
| 4568 | 4568 | | Department of Management Services, provided the cost of the 3079 |
|---|
| 4569 | 4569 | | motor vehicle is equal to or less than the cost of a similar 3080 |
|---|
| 4570 | 4570 | | class of vehicle found on a state term contract and provided the 3081 |
|---|
| 4571 | 4571 | | funds for the purchase have been specifically appropriated. This 3082 |
|---|
| 4572 | 4572 | | section expires July 1, 2025. 3083 |
|---|
| 4573 | 4573 | | Section 97. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 3084 |
|---|
| 4574 | 4574 | | 2880 in the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 3085 |
|---|
| 4575 | 4575 | | notwithstanding s. 255.25(3)(a), Florida Statutes, the 3086 |
|---|
| 4576 | 4576 | | Department of Managemen t Services, the Executive Office of the 3087 |
|---|
| 4577 | 4577 | | Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Chief Financial 3088 |
|---|
| 4578 | 4578 | | Officer, and the Attorney General are authorized to enter into a 3089 |
|---|
| 4579 | 4579 | | lease as a lessee not to exceed 24 months for the use of space 3090 |
|---|
| 4580 | 4580 | | in a privately owned buil ding, even if such space is 5,000 3091 |
|---|
| 4581 | 4581 | | square feet or more, without having to advertise or receive 3092 |
|---|
| 4582 | 4582 | | competitive solicitations. This section expires July 1, 2025. 3093 |
|---|
| 4583 | 4583 | | Section 98. In order to implement section 171 of the 2024 -3094 |
|---|
| 4584 | 4584 | | 2025 General Appropriations Act: 3095 |
|---|
| 4585 | 4585 | | (1) The Department of Environmental Protection shall 3096 |
|---|
| 4586 | 4586 | | negotiate and, upon a mutual agreement with any willing seller, 3097 |
|---|
| 4587 | 4587 | | purchase lands or interests in lands, subject to appraisals and 3098 |
|---|
| 4588 | 4588 | | pursuant to chapter 253, Florida Statutes, within the following 3099 |
|---|
| 4589 | 4589 | | land areas: 3100 |
|---|
| 4597 | 4597 | | Page 125 of 136 |
|---|
| 4598 | 4598 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 4599 | 4599 | | |
|---|
| 4600 | 4600 | | |
|---|
| 4601 | 4601 | | |
|---|
| 4602 | 4602 | | (a) The Caloosahatchee Big Cypress Corridor, which 3101 |
|---|
| 4603 | 4603 | | consists of approximately 75,000 acres in Hendry and Collier 3102 |
|---|
| 4604 | 4604 | | Counties connecting the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge 3103 |
|---|
| 4605 | 4605 | | and the Big Cypress National Preserve to the Dinner Island 3104 |
|---|
| 4606 | 4606 | | Wildlife Management Area, the Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest, 3105 |
|---|
| 4607 | 4607 | | and the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed Wildlife and 3106 |
|---|
| 4608 | 4608 | | Environmental Area; and 3107 |
|---|
| 4609 | 4609 | | (b) The Ocala-to-Osceola Wildlife Corridor, which consists 3108 |
|---|
| 4610 | 4610 | | of approximately 1.6 million acres in Alachua, Baker, Bradford, 3109 |
|---|
| 4611 | 4611 | | Clay, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Lake, Marion, Putnam, Union, 3110 |
|---|
| 4612 | 4612 | | and Volusia Counties connecting the Osceola National Forest to 3111 |
|---|
| 4613 | 4613 | | the Ocala National Forest. 3112 |
|---|
| 4614 | 4614 | | (2) To reduce the state's land management costs, the 3113 |
|---|
| 4615 | 4615 | | Department of Environmental Protection shall offer, at the 3114 |
|---|
| 4616 | 4616 | | selling property owner's option, negotiated terms for each 3115 |
|---|
| 4617 | 4617 | | property owner within the Caloosahatchee Big Cypress Corridor to 3116 |
|---|
| 4618 | 4618 | | lease all or a portion of the property for fair market value for 3117 |
|---|
| 4619 | 4619 | | agricultural purposes for 10 -year terms. 3118 |
|---|
| 4620 | 4620 | | (a) Each lease must include, at the option of the lessee, 3119 |
|---|
| 4621 | 4621 | | at least two 5-year extensions, so long as the lessee is in 3120 |
|---|
| 4622 | 4622 | | compliance with the lease terms. 3121 |
|---|
| 4623 | 4623 | | (b) Any agricultural uses authorized may not be more 3122 |
|---|
| 4624 | 4624 | | intensive than historical or existing uses and must be 3123 |
|---|
| 4625 | 4625 | | authorized by any applicable agricultural land use designations. 3124 |
|---|
| 4626 | 4626 | | All agricultural practices must be conducted in compliance with 3125 |
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| 4634 | 4634 | | Page 126 of 136 |
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| 4636 | 4636 | | |
|---|
| 4637 | 4637 | | |
|---|
| 4638 | 4638 | | |
|---|
| 4639 | 4639 | | the applicable best management practices adopted by the 3126 |
|---|
| 4640 | 4640 | | Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 3127 |
|---|
| 4641 | 4641 | | (3) This section expires July 1 , 2025. 3128 |
|---|
| 4642 | 4642 | | Section 99. In order to implement sections 271 and 272 of 3129 |
|---|
| 4643 | 4643 | | the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding 3130 |
|---|
| 4644 | 4644 | | ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the Executive Office 3131 |
|---|
| 4645 | 4645 | | of the Governor's Office of Policy and Budget may submit a 3132 |
|---|
| 4646 | 4646 | | budget amendment to the Legislative Budget Commission pursuant 3133 |
|---|
| 4647 | 4647 | | to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, to realign funding, within and 3134 |
|---|
| 4648 | 4648 | | between agencies, in appropriation categories specifically 3135 |
|---|
| 4649 | 4649 | | authorized for the implementation of the state's award from the 3136 |
|---|
| 4650 | 4650 | | federal Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (Public Law 117 -3137 |
|---|
| 4651 | 4651 | | 2). The funding realignment shall address projected surpluses 3138 |
|---|
| 4652 | 4652 | | and deficits in existing programs and maximize the state's 3139 |
|---|
| 4653 | 4653 | | utilization of federal funds, which must be fully obligated by 3140 |
|---|
| 4654 | 4654 | | December 31, 2024. The Executive Office of the Governor shall 3141 |
|---|
| 4655 | 4655 | | submit a budget amendment to realign federal funds no later than 3142 |
|---|
| 4656 | 4656 | | December 31, 2024. This section expires July 1, 2025. 3143 |
|---|
| 4657 | 4657 | | Section 100. In order to implement specific appropriations 3144 |
|---|
| 4658 | 4658 | | containing salary rate in the 2024-2025 General Appropriations 3145 |
|---|
| 4659 | 4659 | | Act, and notwithstanding s. 216.181(8)(b), Florida Statutes, the 3146 |
|---|
| 4660 | 4660 | | annual salary rate for the Department of Corrections and the 3147 |
|---|
| 4661 | 4661 | | Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall be 3148 |
|---|
| 4662 | 4662 | | controlled at the budget entity leve l. This section expires July 3149 |
|---|
| 4663 | 4663 | | 1, 2025. 3150 |
|---|
| 4671 | 4671 | | Page 127 of 136 |
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| 4672 | 4672 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 4673 | 4673 | | |
|---|
| 4674 | 4674 | | |
|---|
| 4675 | 4675 | | |
|---|
| 4676 | 4676 | | Section 101. Effective upon this act becoming a law, and 3151 |
|---|
| 4677 | 4677 | | in order to implement sections 255 and 281 of the 2024 -2025 3152 |
|---|
| 4678 | 4678 | | General Appropriations Act, subsection (4) of section 339.08, 3153 |
|---|
| 4679 | 4679 | | Florida Statutes, is amended to rea d: 3154 |
|---|
| 4680 | 4680 | | 339.08 Use of moneys in State Transportation Trust Fund. — 3155 |
|---|
| 4681 | 4681 | | (4) Notwithstanding any other law, and for the 2023 -2024 3156 |
|---|
| 4682 | 4682 | | and 2024-2025 fiscal years year only, funds are appropriated to 3157 |
|---|
| 4683 | 4683 | | the State Transportation Trust Fund from the General Revenue 3158 |
|---|
| 4684 | 4684 | | Fund and the Discretionary Sales Surtax Clearing Trust Fund as 3159 |
|---|
| 4685 | 4685 | | provided in the General Appropriations Act. The department is 3160 |
|---|
| 4686 | 4686 | | not required to deplete the resources transferred from the 3161 |
|---|
| 4687 | 4687 | | General Revenue Fund for the fiscal year as required in s. 3162 |
|---|
| 4688 | 4688 | | 339.135(3)(b), and the funds may not be used in calculating the 3163 |
|---|
| 4689 | 4689 | | required quarterly cash balance of the trust fund as required in 3164 |
|---|
| 4690 | 4690 | | s. 339.135(6)(b). The department shall track and account for 3165 |
|---|
| 4691 | 4691 | | appropriated funds from the General Revenue Fund as a separate 3166 |
|---|
| 4692 | 4692 | | funding source for eligib le projects on the State Highway System 3167 |
|---|
| 4693 | 4693 | | and from the Discretionary Sales Surtax Clearing Trust Fund for 3168 |
|---|
| 4694 | 4694 | | eligible projects pursuant to the General Appropriations Act. 3169 |
|---|
| 4695 | 4695 | | This subsection expires July 1, 2025 2024. 3170 |
|---|
| 4696 | 4696 | | Section 102. Effective upon this act becomi ng a law, and 3171 |
|---|
| 4697 | 4697 | | in order to implement section 284 of the 2024 -2025 General 3172 |
|---|
| 4698 | 4698 | | Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding s. 212.20, Florida 3173 |
|---|
| 4699 | 4699 | | Statutes, the Department of Revenue shall retain interest 3174 |
|---|
| 4700 | 4700 | | earnings associated with the funds held in the separate account 3175 |
|---|
| 4708 | 4708 | | Page 128 of 136 |
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| 4709 | 4709 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 4710 | 4710 | | |
|---|
| 4711 | 4711 | | |
|---|
| 4712 | 4712 | | |
|---|
| 4713 | 4713 | | for Hillsborough County established within the Discretionary 3176 |
|---|
| 4714 | 4714 | | Sales Surtax Clearing Trust Fund pursuant to section 155 of 3177 |
|---|
| 4715 | 4715 | | chapter 2022-156, Laws of Florida. Such funds shall be used to 3178 |
|---|
| 4716 | 4716 | | implement the temporary suspension of surtaxes authorized in s. 3179 |
|---|
| 4717 | 4717 | | 212.054(9)(b), Florida Statutes. This section expires July 1, 3180 |
|---|
| 4718 | 4718 | | 2025. 3181 |
|---|
| 4719 | 4719 | | Section 103. In order to implement section 255 of the 3182 |
|---|
| 4720 | 4720 | | 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding 3183 |
|---|
| 4721 | 4721 | | section 215 of chapter 2023 -239, Laws of Florida, the Department 3184 |
|---|
| 4722 | 4722 | | of Transportation is authorized to retain the interest earnings 3185 |
|---|
| 4723 | 4723 | | on funds appropriated to implement the Moving Florida Forward 3186 |
|---|
| 4724 | 4724 | | Plan. The interest earnings must be used by the department to 3187 |
|---|
| 4725 | 4725 | | implement the plan. This section expires July 1, 2025. 3188 |
|---|
| 4726 | 4726 | | Section 104. In order to implement appropriations for 3189 |
|---|
| 4727 | 4727 | | state agencies in the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 3190 |
|---|
| 4728 | 4728 | | section 11.52, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 3191 |
|---|
| 4729 | 4729 | | 11.52 Implementation of enacted legislation. —Each state 3192 |
|---|
| 4730 | 4730 | | agency shall provide the Legislature and the Executive O ffice of 3193 |
|---|
| 4731 | 4731 | | the Governor with information about the status of implementation 3194 |
|---|
| 4732 | 4732 | | of recently enacted legislation. The implementation status must 3195 |
|---|
| 4733 | 4733 | | be provided 90 days following the effective date of the 3196 |
|---|
| 4734 | 4734 | | legislation and updated each August 1 thereafter until all 3197 |
|---|
| 4735 | 4735 | | provisions of the legislation have been fully implemented. The 3198 |
|---|
| 4736 | 4736 | | implementation status report must include, at a minimum, for 3199 |
|---|
| 4737 | 4737 | | each enacted legislation the actions or steps taken to implement 3200 |
|---|
| 4745 | 4745 | | Page 129 of 136 |
|---|
| 4746 | 4746 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 4747 | 4747 | | |
|---|
| 4748 | 4748 | | |
|---|
| 4749 | 4749 | | |
|---|
| 4750 | 4750 | | the legislation and planned actions or steps for implementation, 3201 |
|---|
| 4751 | 4751 | | such as any rules proposed for implementation, any procurements 3202 |
|---|
| 4752 | 4752 | | required, any contract executed to assist the agency in the 3203 |
|---|
| 4753 | 4753 | | implementation, any contracts executed to implement or 3204 |
|---|
| 4754 | 4754 | | administer the legislation, programs started, or federal waivers 3205 |
|---|
| 4755 | 4755 | | requested; any expenditures made directly related to the 3206 |
|---|
| 4756 | 4756 | | implementation; and any impediments or delays in implementation. 3207 |
|---|
| 4757 | 4757 | | No later than 14 days prior to the next regular legislative 3208 |
|---|
| 4758 | 4758 | | session, the state agency shall provide an update of any changes 3209 |
|---|
| 4759 | 4759 | | to the implementation stat us, notify the legislature of any 3210 |
|---|
| 4760 | 4760 | | protests of rulemaking or other communications regarding the 3211 |
|---|
| 4761 | 4761 | | implementation of the legislation, and identify any policy 3212 |
|---|
| 4762 | 4762 | | issues that need to be resolved by the legislature to ensure 3213 |
|---|
| 4763 | 4763 | | timely and effective implementation of th e legislation. This 3214 |
|---|
| 4764 | 4764 | | section expires July 1, 2025. 3215 |
|---|
| 4765 | 4765 | | Section 105. In order to implement appropriations for 3216 |
|---|
| 4766 | 4766 | | state agencies and the judicial branch in the 2024 -2025 General 3217 |
|---|
| 4767 | 4767 | | Appropriations Act, each state agency and the judicial branch 3218 |
|---|
| 4768 | 4768 | | shall review all repor ts required of the agency or the judicial 3219 |
|---|
| 4769 | 4769 | | branch by statute, prepare a list of such reports that the 3220 |
|---|
| 4770 | 4770 | | agency would recommend to modify or repeal in a template 3221 |
|---|
| 4771 | 4771 | | provided by the Executive Office of the Governor, and shall 3222 |
|---|
| 4772 | 4772 | | submit such list to the President of t he Senate, the Speaker of 3223 |
|---|
| 4773 | 4773 | | the House of Representatives, and the Executive Office of the 3224 |
|---|
| 4774 | 4774 | | Governor no later than October 15, 2024. At a minimum, the list 3225 |
|---|
| 4782 | 4782 | | Page 130 of 136 |
|---|
| 4783 | 4783 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 4784 | 4784 | | |
|---|
| 4785 | 4785 | | |
|---|
| 4786 | 4786 | | |
|---|
| 4787 | 4787 | | must include the report name; the statutory authority for the 3226 |
|---|
| 4788 | 4788 | | report; the first year that the report was required; a 3227 |
|---|
| 4789 | 4789 | | descriptive rationale that supports the recommended modification 3228 |
|---|
| 4790 | 4790 | | or repeal, which may include any information or recommendation 3229 |
|---|
| 4791 | 4791 | | for alternative availability of the information required by the 3230 |
|---|
| 4792 | 4792 | | report such as a current online source; and propose d statutory 3231 |
|---|
| 4793 | 4793 | | language to effectuate any recommended modification. This 3232 |
|---|
| 4794 | 4794 | | section expires July 1, 2025. 3233 |
|---|
| 4795 | 4795 | | Section 106. In order to implement appropriations for 3234 |
|---|
| 4796 | 4796 | | state agencies and the judicial branch in the 2024 -2025 General 3235 |
|---|
| 4797 | 4797 | | Appropriations Act, subsection (7) is added to section 216.013, 3236 |
|---|
| 4798 | 4798 | | Florida Statutes, to read: 3237 |
|---|
| 4799 | 4799 | | 216.013 Long-range program plan.—State agencies and the 3238 |
|---|
| 4800 | 4800 | | judicial branch shall develop long -range program plans to 3239 |
|---|
| 4801 | 4801 | | achieve state goals using an interagency planning process that 3240 |
|---|
| 4802 | 4802 | | includes the develop ment of integrated agency program service 3241 |
|---|
| 4803 | 4803 | | outcomes. The plans shall be policy based, priority driven, 3242 |
|---|
| 4804 | 4804 | | accountable, and developed through careful examination and 3243 |
|---|
| 4805 | 4805 | | justification of all agency and judicial branch programs. 3244 |
|---|
| 4806 | 4806 | | (7) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, each 3245 |
|---|
| 4807 | 4807 | | state executive agency and the judicial branch is not required 3246 |
|---|
| 4808 | 4808 | | to develop or post a long -range program plan by September 30, 3247 |
|---|
| 4809 | 4809 | | 2024, for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, except in circumstances 3248 |
|---|
| 4810 | 4810 | | outlined in any updated written instructions pre pared by the 3249 |
|---|
| 4811 | 4811 | | Executive Office of the Governor in consultation with the chairs 3250 |
|---|
| 4819 | 4819 | | Page 131 of 136 |
|---|
| 4820 | 4820 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 4821 | 4821 | | |
|---|
| 4822 | 4822 | | |
|---|
| 4823 | 4823 | | |
|---|
| 4824 | 4824 | | of the legislative appropriations committees. This subsection 3251 |
|---|
| 4825 | 4825 | | expires July 1, 2025. 3252 |
|---|
| 4826 | 4826 | | Section 107. In order to implement appropriations for 3253 |
|---|
| 4827 | 4827 | | state agencies and the judicial bran ch in the 2024-2025 General 3254 |
|---|
| 4828 | 4828 | | Appropriations Act, subsections (7) through (10) of section 3255 |
|---|
| 4829 | 4829 | | 216.023, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (8) 3256 |
|---|
| 4830 | 4830 | | through (11), respectively, and a new subsection (7) is added to 3257 |
|---|
| 4831 | 4831 | | that section, to read: 3258 |
|---|
| 4832 | 4832 | | 216.023 Legislative budget requests to be furnished to 3259 |
|---|
| 4833 | 4833 | | Legislature by agencies. — 3260 |
|---|
| 4834 | 4834 | | (7) As part of the legislative budget request, each state 3261 |
|---|
| 4835 | 4835 | | agency and the judicial branch shall include an inventory of all 3262 |
|---|
| 4836 | 4836 | | ongoing technology-related projects that have a cumulative 3263 |
|---|
| 4837 | 4837 | | estimated or realized cost of more than $1 million. The 3264 |
|---|
| 4838 | 4838 | | inventory must, at a minimum, contain all of the following 3265 |
|---|
| 4839 | 4839 | | information: 3266 |
|---|
| 4840 | 4840 | | (a) The name of the technology system. 3267 |
|---|
| 4841 | 4841 | | (b) A brief description of the purpose and function of the 3268 |
|---|
| 4842 | 4842 | | system. 3269 |
|---|
| 4843 | 4843 | | (c) A brief description of the goals of the project. 3270 |
|---|
| 4844 | 4844 | | (d) The initiation date of the project. 3271 |
|---|
| 4845 | 4845 | | (e) The key performance indicators for the project. 3272 |
|---|
| 4846 | 4846 | | (f) Any other metrics for the project evaluating the 3273 |
|---|
| 4847 | 4847 | | health and status of the project. 3274 |
|---|
| 4848 | 4848 | | (g) The original and current baseline estimated end dates 3275 |
|---|
| 4856 | 4856 | | Page 132 of 136 |
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| 4857 | 4857 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 4858 | 4858 | | |
|---|
| 4859 | 4859 | | |
|---|
| 4860 | 4860 | | |
|---|
| 4861 | 4861 | | of the project. 3276 |
|---|
| 4862 | 4862 | | (h) The original and current estimated costs of the 3277 |
|---|
| 4863 | 4863 | | project. 3278 |
|---|
| 4864 | 4864 | | (i) Total funds appropriated or allocated to the project 3279 |
|---|
| 4865 | 4865 | | and the current realized cost for the project by fiscal year. 3280 |
|---|
| 4866 | 4866 | | 3281 |
|---|
| 4867 | 4867 | | For purposes of this subsection, an ongoing technology-related 3282 |
|---|
| 4868 | 4868 | | project is one which has been funded or has had or is expected 3283 |
|---|
| 4869 | 4869 | | to have expenditures in more than one fiscal year. An ongoing 3284 |
|---|
| 4870 | 4870 | | technology-related project does not include the continuance of 3285 |
|---|
| 4871 | 4871 | | existing hardware and software maintenan ce agreements, renewal 3286 |
|---|
| 4872 | 4872 | | of existing software licensing agreements, or the replacement of 3287 |
|---|
| 4873 | 4873 | | desktop units with new technology that is substantially similar 3288 |
|---|
| 4874 | 4874 | | to the technology being replaced. This subsection expires July 3289 |
|---|
| 4875 | 4875 | | 1, 2025. 3290 |
|---|
| 4876 | 4876 | | Section 108. (1) In order to implement section 285 in the 3291 |
|---|
| 4877 | 4877 | | 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, the Florida Turnpike 3292 |
|---|
| 4878 | 4878 | | Enterprise shall establish a toll relief program effective April 3293 |
|---|
| 4879 | 4879 | | 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025, for all Florida toll facilities 3294 |
|---|
| 4880 | 4880 | | or Florida toll facility entities th at use a Florida-issued 3295 |
|---|
| 4881 | 4881 | | transponder or are interoperable with the Department of 3296 |
|---|
| 4882 | 4882 | | Transportation's prepaid electronic transponder toll system. 3297 |
|---|
| 4883 | 4883 | | (a) As used in this subsection, the term: 3298 |
|---|
| 4884 | 4884 | | 1. "Qualifying account" means a private prepaid SunPass 3299 |
|---|
| 4885 | 4885 | | account or another Florida-based electronic prepaid toll program 3300 |
|---|
| 4893 | 4893 | | Page 133 of 136 |
|---|
| 4894 | 4894 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 4895 | 4895 | | |
|---|
| 4896 | 4896 | | |
|---|
| 4897 | 4897 | | |
|---|
| 4898 | 4898 | | account in good standing. 3301 |
|---|
| 4899 | 4899 | | 2. "Qualifying transaction" means a paid transponder -based 3302 |
|---|
| 4900 | 4900 | | toll transaction incurred by a two -axle vehicle for travel on a 3303 |
|---|
| 4901 | 4901 | | Florida toll facility using a Florida issued transp onder linked 3304 |
|---|
| 4902 | 4902 | | to a qualifying account. 3305 |
|---|
| 4903 | 4903 | | (b) A qualifying account that records 35 or more 3306 |
|---|
| 4904 | 4904 | | qualifying transactions per transponder per calendar month is 3307 |
|---|
| 4905 | 4905 | | eligible for an account credit equal to 50 percent of the amount 3308 |
|---|
| 4906 | 4906 | | paid in that calendar month for the qual ifying transactions per 3309 |
|---|
| 4907 | 4907 | | transponder. The account credit shall be posted to the 3310 |
|---|
| 4908 | 4908 | | qualifying account the month after the credit is earned. 3311 |
|---|
| 4909 | 4909 | | (c) A SunPass or other transponder issued by a Florida 3312 |
|---|
| 4910 | 4910 | | toll entity must be linked to a qualifying account. 3313 |
|---|
| 4911 | 4911 | | (2) From the funds appropriated in the General 3314 |
|---|
| 4912 | 4912 | | Appropriations Act, the Department of Transportation shall 3315 |
|---|
| 4913 | 4913 | | reimburse the department, the Florida Turnpike Enterprise, and 3316 |
|---|
| 4914 | 4914 | | other Florida toll facilities or Florida toll facility entities 3317 |
|---|
| 4915 | 4915 | | for account credits issued for p romotional purposes as 3318 |
|---|
| 4916 | 4916 | | authorized in s. 338.161(1), Florida Statutes, and under the 3319 |
|---|
| 4917 | 4917 | | toll relief program created by this section. The department 3320 |
|---|
| 4918 | 4918 | | shall provide reimbursements to support compliance with 3321 |
|---|
| 4919 | 4919 | | covenants made with the bondholders of the department, t he 3322 |
|---|
| 4920 | 4920 | | Florida Turnpike Enterprise, or other Florida toll facility 3323 |
|---|
| 4921 | 4921 | | entities which are in the trust indentures or resolutions 3324 |
|---|
| 4922 | 4922 | | adopted in connection with the issuance of such bonds. The 3325 |
|---|
| 4930 | 4930 | | Page 134 of 136 |
|---|
| 4931 | 4931 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 4932 | 4932 | | |
|---|
| 4933 | 4933 | | |
|---|
| 4934 | 4934 | | |
|---|
| 4935 | 4935 | | department may not use appropriated funds for administration, 3326 |
|---|
| 4936 | 4936 | | contracted services, or expenses of the department, the Florida 3327 |
|---|
| 4937 | 4937 | | Turnpike Enterprise, a Florida toll facility or Florida toll 3328 |
|---|
| 4938 | 4938 | | facility entity, or any contractor or vendor thereof. 3329 |
|---|
| 4939 | 4939 | | (3) The department may reimburse each Florida toll 3330 |
|---|
| 4940 | 4940 | | facility or Florida toll facility enti ties, as applicable, from 3331 |
|---|
| 4941 | 4941 | | appropriated funds for the amount of actual account credits 3332 |
|---|
| 4942 | 4942 | | issued, based upon auditable reports prepared by the Florida 3333 |
|---|
| 4943 | 4943 | | toll facility or Florida toll facility entities which aggregate 3334 |
|---|
| 4944 | 4944 | | the account credits issued. The reports must include any 3335 |
|---|
| 4945 | 4945 | | documentation required by the department to provide the 3336 |
|---|
| 4946 | 4946 | | department with sufficient information for reimbursement of 3337 |
|---|
| 4947 | 4947 | | account credits issued. 3338 |
|---|
| 4948 | 4948 | | (4) Any unexpended balance of funds as of May 30, 2025, 3339 |
|---|
| 4949 | 4949 | | shall immediately revert to the General Revenu e Fund. 3340 |
|---|
| 4950 | 4950 | | (5) The department shall submit quarterly reports to the 3341 |
|---|
| 4951 | 4951 | | Executive Office of the Governor and the chairs of the 3342 |
|---|
| 4952 | 4952 | | legislative appropriations committees documenting reimbursements 3343 |
|---|
| 4953 | 4953 | | issued under this program to the department, the Florida 3344 |
|---|
| 4954 | 4954 | | Turnpike Enterprise, and other Florida toll facilities and 3345 |
|---|
| 4955 | 4955 | | Florida toll facility entities. The department's report must 3346 |
|---|
| 4956 | 4956 | | include supporting documentation with auditable data to support 3347 |
|---|
| 4957 | 4957 | | the account credits issued. 3348 |
|---|
| 4958 | 4958 | | (6) By the end of the month following each quarter, th e 3349 |
|---|
| 4959 | 4959 | | department shall reconcile all disbursements and transfers for 3350 |
|---|
| 4967 | 4967 | | Page 135 of 136 |
|---|
| 4968 | 4968 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
|---|
| 4969 | 4969 | | |
|---|
| 4970 | 4970 | | |
|---|
| 4971 | 4971 | | |
|---|
| 4972 | 4972 | | reimbursement, transfer to the General Revenue Fund all interest 3351 |
|---|
| 4973 | 4973 | | earnings from the appropriated funds, and provide a report of 3352 |
|---|
| 4974 | 4974 | | reconciliation to the Executive Office of the Governor and the 3353 |
|---|
| 4975 | 4975 | | chairs of the legislative appropriations committees. 3354 |
|---|
| 4976 | 4976 | | (7) This section expires May 30, 2025. 3355 |
|---|
| 4977 | 4977 | | Section 109. Any section of this act which implements a 3356 |
|---|
| 4978 | 4978 | | specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso 3357 |
|---|
| 4979 | 4979 | | language in the 2024 -2025 General Appropriati ons Act is void if 3358 |
|---|
| 4980 | 4980 | | the specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso 3359 |
|---|
| 4981 | 4981 | | language is vetoed. Any section of this act which implements 3360 |
|---|
| 4982 | 4982 | | more than one specific appropriation or more than one portion of 3361 |
|---|
| 4983 | 4983 | | specifically identified proviso language in the 2 024-2025 3362 |
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| 4984 | 4984 | | General Appropriations Act is void if all the specific 3363 |
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| 4985 | 4985 | | appropriations or portions of specifically identified proviso 3364 |
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| 4986 | 4986 | | language are vetoed. 3365 |
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| 4987 | 4987 | | Section 110. If any other act passed during the 2024 3366 |
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| 4988 | 4988 | | Regular Session of the Legislature contains a provis ion that is 3367 |
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| 4989 | 4989 | | substantively the same as a provision in this act, but that 3368 |
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| 4990 | 4990 | | removes or is otherwise not subject to the future repeal applied 3369 |
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| 4991 | 4991 | | to such provision by this act, the Legislature intends that the 3370 |
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| 4992 | 4992 | | provision in the other act takes precedence and continu es to 3371 |
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| 4993 | 4993 | | operate, notwithstanding the future repeal provided by this act. 3372 |
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| 4994 | 4994 | | Section 111. If any provision of this act or its 3373 |
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| 4995 | 4995 | | application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the 3374 |
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| 4996 | 4996 | | invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of 3375 |
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| 5009 | 5009 | | the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision 3376 |
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| 5010 | 5010 | | or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are 3377 |
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| 5011 | 5011 | | severable. 3378 |
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| 5012 | 5012 | | Section 112. Except as otherwise expressly provided in 3379 |
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| 5013 | 5013 | | this act and except for this section, which shall take effect 3380 |
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| 5014 | 5014 | | upon this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 3381 |
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| 5015 | 5015 | | 2024, or, if this act fails to become a law until after that 3382 |
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| 5016 | 5016 | | date, it shall take effect upon becoming a law and shall operate 3383 |
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| 5017 | 5017 | | retroactively to July 1, 2024 . 3384 |
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