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An act implementing the 2024 -2025 General 2
Appropriations Act; providing legislative intent; 3
incorporating by reference certain calculations; 4
providing an expiration date; amending s. 1004.6495, 5
F.S.; requiring specified entities to establish a 6
certain code for a specified purpose; providing an 7
expiration date; authorizing the Agency for Health 8
Care Administration, in consultation with the 9
Department of Health, to submit a budget amendment to 10
realign funding for specified purposes; specifying 11
requirements for such realignment; authorizing the 12
Agency for Health Care Administration to request 13
nonoperating budget authority for transferring certain 14
federal funds to the Department of Health; authorizing 15
the Agency for Health Care Administration to submit a 16
budget amendment to realign Medicaid funding for 17
specified purposes, subject to certain limitations; 18
authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administ ration 19
to submit a budget amendment to realign funding for a 20
specified purpose within a specified fiscal year; 21
specifying requirements for such realignment; 22
authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration 23
and the Department of Health to each submit a budget 24
amendment to realign funding within the Florida 25
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Kidcare program appropriation categories and to 26
increase budget authority for certain purposes; 27
specifying the time period within which each budget 28
amendment must be submitted; amending s. 381.986, 29
F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the exemption of 30
certain rules pertaining to the medical use of 31
marijuana from certain rulemaking requirements; 32
amending s. 14(1), ch. 2017 -232, Laws of Florida; 33
exempting certain rules pertaining to medical 34
marijuana adopted to replace emergency rules from 35
specified rulemaking requirements; providing for the 36
future expiration and reversion of specified law; 37
authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration 38
to submit budget amendments seeking additional 39
spending authority to implement specified programs and 40
payments; requiring institutions participating in a 41
specified workforce expansion and education program to 42
provide quarterly reports to the agency; authorizing 43
the Agency for Health Care Administration to submit 44
budget amendments for a specified purpose; authorizing 45
specified spending authority; authorizing the Agency 46
for Health Care Administration to submit a budget 47
amendment seeking additional spending authority to 48
implement the Low Income Pool component of the Florida 49
Managed Medical Assistance Demonstration; requiring a 50
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signed attestation and acknowledgment for entities 51
relating to the Low Income Pool; authorizing the 52
Agency for Health Care Administration to submit a 53
budget amendment to implement certain payments and 54
specified programs; authorizing the Agency for Health 55
Care Administration to submit a budget amendment 56
requesting additional spending authority to implement 57
a specified program; authorizing the Agency for Health 58
Care Administration to submit a budget amend ment to 59
implement a specified program; requiring such 60
amendment to include specified information; 61
authorizing the Department of Children and Families to 62
submit a budget amendment to realign funding within 63
the specified areas of the department based on 64
implementation of the Guardianship Assistance Program; 65
authorizing the Department of Children and Families, 66
the Department of Health, and the Agency for Health 67
Care Administration to submit budget amendments to 68
increase budget authority to support certain refu gee 69
programs; requiring the Department of Children and 70
Families to submit quarterly reports to the Executive 71
Office of the Governor and the Legislature; 72
authorizing the Department of Children and Families to 73
submit budget amendments to increase budget auth ority 74
to support specified federal grant programs; 75
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authorizing the Department of Health to submit a 76
budget amendment to increase budget authority for the 77
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and 78
Children (WIC) and the Child Care Food Program if a 79
certain condition is met; authorizing the Department 80
of Health to submit a budget amendment to increase 81
budget authority for the HIV/AIDS Prevention and 82
Treatment Program if a certain condition is met; 83
authorizing the Department of Health to submit a 84
budget amendment to increase budget authority for the 85
department if additional federal revenues specific to 86
COVID-19 relief funds become available; authorizing 87
the balance of certain funds for the Pediatric Rare 88
Disease Research Grant Program to be carried forward 89
for a certain amount of time; requiring the Agency for 90
Health Care Administration to replace the Florida 91
Medicaid Management Information System (FMMIS) and 92
fiscal agent operations with a specified new system; 93
specifying items that may not be inclu ded in the new 94
system; providing directives to the Agency for Health 95
Care Administration related to the new system, the 96
Florida Health Care Connection (FX) system; requiring 97
the Agency for Health Care Administration to meet 98
certain requirements in replacin g FMMIS and the 99
current Medicaid fiscal agent; requiring the Agency 100
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for Health Care Administration to implement a 101
specified program governance structure that includes 102
an executive steering committee; providing procedures 103
for use by the executive steering c ommittee; providing 104
responsibilities of the executive steering committee; 105
requiring the establishment of a state agency 106
stakeholder working group; providing composition of 107
such group; providing requirements for such group; 108
requiring the Agency for Health C are Administration, 109
in consultation with the Department of Health, the 110
Agency for Persons with Disabilities, the Department 111
of Children and Families, and the Department of 112
Corrections, to competitively procure a contract with 113
a vendor to negotiate prices f or certain prescribed 114
drugs and biological products; providing requirements 115
for such contract; authorizing the Agency for Persons 116
with Disabilities to submit budget amendments to 117
transfer funding from the Salaries and Benefits 118
appropriation categories for a specified purpose; 119
authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration, 120
to submit a budget amendment for a specified purpose; 121
authorizing the Department of Veterans' Affairs to 122
submit a budget amendment, subject to Legislative 123
Budget Commission approva l, requesting certain 124
authority; amending s. 409.915, F.S.; extending for 1 125
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year the expiration of an exception for certain funds 126
used for the hospital directed payment program; 127
amending s. 394.9082, F.S.; authorizing a managing 128
entity to carry forward cer tain unexpended funds; 129
providing construction; providing an expiration date; 130
authorizing the Department of Elderly Affairs to 131
submit a budget amendment for a specified purpose; 132
requiring certain Letters of Agreement for a specified 133
fiscal year be provided to the Agency for Health Care 134
Administration by a certain date for a specified 135
purpose; authorizing the Department of Veterans' 136
Affairs to submit budget amendments, subject to 137
certain approval, for a specified purpose; amending s. 138
409.912, F.S.; authorizin g certain contracts to be 139
extended through a specified date; providing for the 140
future expiration and reversion of specified statutory 141
text; amending s. 216.262, F.S.; extending for 1 142
fiscal year the authority of the Department of 143
Corrections to submit a bu dget amendment for 144
additional positions and appropriations under certain 145
circumstances; amending s. 215.18, F.S.; extending for 146
1 fiscal year the authority and related repayment 147
requirements for temporary trust fund loans to the 148
state court system which ar e sufficient to meet the 149
system's appropriation; requiring the Department of 150
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Juvenile Justice to review county juvenile detention 151
payments to determine whether a county has met 152
specified financial responsibilities; requiring 153
amounts owed by the county for such financial 154
responsibilities to be deducted from certain county 155
funds; requiring the Department of Revenue to transfer 156
withheld funds to a specified trust fund; requiring 157
the Department of Revenue to ensure that such 158
reductions in amounts distributed do not reduce 159
distributions below amounts necessary for certain 160
payments due on bonds and to comply with bond 161
covenants; requiring the Department of Revenue to 162
notify the Department of Juvenile Justice if bond 163
payment requirements mandate a reduction in dedu ctions 164
for amounts owed by a county; reenacting s. 27.40(1), 165
(2)(a), (3)(a), (5), (6), and (7), F.S., relating to 166
court-appointed counsel; extending for 1 fiscal year 167
provisions governing the appointment of court -168
appointed counsel; providing for the future expiration 169
and reversion of specified statutory text; reenacting 170
and amending s. 27.5304, F.S., relating to the 171
extension for 1 fiscal year limitations on 172
compensation for representation in criminal 173
proceedings; revising the maximum compensation for 174
certain proceedings; providing for the future 175
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expiration and reversion of specified statutory text; 176
amending s. 934.50, F.S.; revising entities eligible 177
for a certain grant; revising the basis for funds 178
granted; requiring certain drones be provided to the 179
Florida Center for Cybersecurity for a specified 180
purpose; requiring such center submit a report to 181
specified persons; providing for the return and 182
destruction of certain drones; providing how certain 183
appropriated funds may be used; extending for 1 year 184
the expiration of the grant program; requiring the 185
Department of Management Services to use tenant broker 186
services to renegotiate or reprocure certain private 187
lease agreements for office or storage space; 188
requiring the Department of Management Services to 189
provide a report to the Governor and the Legislature 190
by a specified date; prohibiting an agency from 191
transferring funds from a data processing category to 192
another category that is not a data processing 193
category; authorizing the Executive Office of the 194
Governor to transfer funds between departments for 195
purposes of aligning amounts paid for risk management 196
insurance and for human resources services purchased 197
per statewide contract; authorizing the Department of 198
Management Services to use certain facility 199
disposition funds from the Architects Incidental Trust 200
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Fund to pay for certain relocation expenses; 201
authorizing the Department of Management Services to 202
submit budget amendments for certain purposes related 203
to the relocation; authorizing the Department of 204
Management Services to acquire additional state -owned 205
office buildings or property for inclusion in the 206
Florida Facilities Pool; requiring the Department of 207
Financial Services to replace specified components of 208
the Florida Accounting Information Resource Subsystem 209
(FLAIR) and the Cash Management Subsystem (CMS); 210
specifying certain actions to be taken by the 211
Department of Financial Services regarding FLAIR and 212
CMS replacement; providing for the composition of an 213
executive steering committee to oversee FLAIR and CMS 214
replacement; prescribing duties and responsibilities 215
of the executive steering committee; reenacting and 216
amending s. 282.709(3), F.S., relating to the state 217
agency law enforcement radio system and 218
interoperability network; conforming a cross -219
reference; providing for future expiration and 220
reversion of specified statutory text; authorizing 221
state agencies and other eligible users of the 222
Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System to use the 223
Department of Management Services contract to purchase 224
equipment and services; requiring a specified 225
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transaction fee percentage for use of the online 226
procurement system; amending s. 24.105, F.S.; 227
specifying how the Department of the Lottery's rules 228
are to be adopted, excluding certain rules for 1 229
fiscal year regarding the commission for lottery 230
ticket sales; limiting additional retailer 231
compensation in a specified manner; providing for the 232
future expiration and reversion of specified statutory 233
text; amending s. 627.351, F.S.; extending for 1 year 234
the specified authority of Citizens Pr operty Insurance 235
Corporation; amending s. 110.116, F.S.; directing the 236
Department of Management Services to renew a specified 237
contract with a current vendor for a specified period 238
of time with certain conditions; requiring the 239
Department of Management Serv ices submit a specified 240
planning and cost estimate to specified parties by a 241
certain date; authorizing the Executive Office of the 242
Governor to transfer certain funds between departments 243
to align costs; prohibiting certain contract 244
management services from exceeding a certain amount; 245
creating s. 284.51, F.S.; creating a specified pilot 246
program for a certain purpose; providing definitions; 247
directing the Division of Risk Management at the 248
Department of Financial Services to select a provider 249
for such program; providing program eligibility; 250
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providing requirements for choosing a provider; 251
authorizing rulemaking; amending s. 215.18, F.S.; 252
extending for 1 fiscal year certain authority to 253
transfer funds from other trust funds in the State 254
Treasury to other trust fun ds in certain 255
circumstances; requiring the Department of 256
Environmental Protection to transfer designated 257
proportions of the revenues deposited in the Land 258
Acquisition Trust Fund within the department to land 259
acquisition trust funds in the Department of 260
Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department of 261
State, and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 262
Commission according to specified parameters and 263
calculations; defining the term "department"; 264
requiring the Department of Environmental Protection 265
to make transfers to land acquisition trust funds 266
monthly; specifying the method of determining transfer 267
amounts; authorizing the Department of Environmental 268
Protection to advance funds from its land acquisition 269
trust fund to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 270
Commission's land acquisition trust fund for specified 271
purposes; reenacting s. 376.3071(15)(g), F.S., 272
relating to the Inland Protection Trust Fund; 273
exempting specified costs incurred by certain 274
petroleum storage system owners or operators during a 275
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specified period from the prohibition against making 276
payments in excess of amounts approved by the 277
Department of Environmental Protection; providing for 278
the future expiration and reversion of specified 279
statutory text; amending s. 259.105, F.S.; providing 280
that proceeds from a specified trust fund shall be 281
distributed as provided in the General Appropriations 282
Act; authorizing the Department of Citrus to enter 283
into agreements for specified purposes by a certain 284
date; requiring the Department of Citrus to file 285
certain information with the department's Inspector 286
General; providing an expiration date; creating the 287
Local Government Water Supply Pilot Grant Program 288
within the Department of Environmental Protection; 289
amending s. 380.5105, F.S.; revising the name of the 290
working waterfronts program; providing legislative 291
intent; creating a specified grant program for a 292
certain purpose; providing how such grants may be 293
used; requiring grant applicants demonstrate benefit 294
to the local economy; requiring grant recipients 295
submit certain annual reports; requiring the 296
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to 297
implement a specified process; providing for the 298
future expiration and reversion of specified statutory 299
text; amending s. 10, ch. 2022 -272, Laws of Florida; 300
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extending the Hurric ane Restoration Reimbursement 301
Grant Program for 1 fiscal year; revising 302
reimbursement and cost sharing for specified projects; 303
authorizing specified entities to apply for certain 304
funds that meet specified requirements; providing 305
purpose of such funding; re quiring funding to be 306
distributed in a specified manner; providing 307
applicability; revising the expiration date for 308
certain emergency rules; authorizing the Fish and 309
Wildlife Conservation Commission to use specified 310
funds to provide grants for a specified p urpose; 311
prohibiting certain entities from amending or adopting 312
ordinances that restrict or prohibit the operation of 313
certain equipment; amending s. 403.0673, F.S.; 314
requiring the Department of Environmental Protection 315
to dedicate certain funds for a specifi ed project; 316
requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer 317
Services to enter into agreements for a certain 318
purpose by a specified date; requiring certain 319
information be filed with the department's Inspector 320
General by a specified date; amending s. 32 1.04, F.S.; 321
extending for 1 fiscal year the requirement that the 322
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles assign 323
one or more patrol officers to the office of 324
Lieutenant Governor for security purposes, upon 325
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request of the Governor; extending for 1 fi scal year 326
the requirement that the Department of Highway Safety 327
and Motor Vehicles assign a patrol officer to a 328
Cabinet member under certain circumstances; amending 329
s. 288.80125, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year a 330
requirement that funds in the Triumph Gul f Coast Trust 331
Fund be related to Hurricane Michael recovery; 332
reenacting s. 288.8013, F.S., relating to the Triumph 333
Gulf Coast, Inc., Trust Fund; providing for the 334
future expiration and reversion of specified statutory 335
text; amending s. 339.135, F.S.; exte nding for 1 336
fiscal year the authority for the chair and vice chair 337
of the Legislative Budget Commission to approve 338
certain work program amendments under specified 339
circumstances; amending s. 250.245, F.S.; extending 340
for 1 fiscal year the Florida National Gu ard Joint 341
Enlistment Enhancement Program within the Department 342
of Military Affairs; amending s. 288.0655, F.S.; 343
extending for 1 fiscal year a requirement that certain 344
appropriated funds relating to the Rural 345
Infrastructure Fund be distributed in a specifie d 346
manner; authorizing the Division of Emergency 347
Management to submit budget amendments to increase 348
budget authority for certain expenditures; amending s. 349
282.201, F.S.; providing that the Division of 350
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Emergency Management is exempt from the use of the 351
state data center; amending s. 320.08053, F.S.; 352
requiring a certain presale period be extended for a 353
specified amount of time; amending s. 112.061, F.S.; 354
extending for 1 fiscal year the authorization for the 355
Lieutenant Governor to designate an alternative 356
official headquarters under certain conditions; 357
specifying restrictions, limitations, eligibility for 358
the subsistence allowance, reimbursement of 359
transportation expenses, and payment thereof; 360
requiring the Department of Management Services to 361
maintain and offer the same health insurance options 362
for participants of the State Group Health Insurance 363
Program for the 2024 -2025 fiscal year as applied in 364
the preceding fiscal year; requiring the Department of 365
Management Services to assess an administrative health 366
insurance assessment on each state agency; providing 367
the rate of such assessment; defining the term "state 368
agency"; providing how a state agency shall remit 369
certain funds; requiring the Department of Management 370
Services to take certain actions in case of 371
delinquencies; requiring the Chief Financial Officer 372
to transfer funds under specified circumstances; 373
providing an exception; requiring state agencies to 374
provide a list of positions that qualify for such 375
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exception by a specified date and to update the list 376
monthly thereafter; requiring state agencies to 377
include the administrative health insurance assessment 378
in their indirect cost plan; requiring agencies to 379
notify the Department of Management Services regarding 380
the approval of their updated indirect cost plans; 381
authorizing the Executive Office of the Governor to 382
transfer budget authority between agencies in 383
specified circumstances; providing that the annual 384
salaries of the members of the Legislature be 385
maintained at a specified level; providing an 386
exception; reenacting s. 215.32(2)(b), F.S., relating 387
to the authorization for transferring unappropriated 388
cash balances from selected trust funds to the Budget 389
Stabilization Fund and General Revenue Fund; providing 390
for future expiration and reversion of specific 391
statutory text; specifying the type of travel which 392
may be used with state employee travel funds; 393
providing exceptions; providing a monetary cap on 394
lodging costs for state employee travel to certain 395
meetings organized or sponsored by a state agency or 396
the judicial branch; authorizing employees to expend 397
their own funds for lodging expenses that exceed the 398
monetary caps; amending s. 216.181, F.S.; extending 399
for 1 fiscal year the authority of the Legislative 400
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Budget Commission to approve budget amendments for 401
certain fixed capital outlay projects; amending s. 402
216.292, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the 403
requirements for certain transfers; authorizing state 404
agencies to purchase vehicles from nonstate term 405
contract vendors without prior approval from the 406
Department of Management Services under certain 407
circumstances; authorizing the Department of 408
Management Services, the Executive Office of the 409
Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Chief 410
Financial Officer, and the Attorney General to enter 411
into specified leases a s a lessee without having to 412
advertise or receive competitive solicitations; 413
requiring the Department of Environmental Protection 414
to negotiate for the purchase of certain lands if 415
conditions are met; requiring the Department of 416
Environmental Protection to negotiate certain leases 417
with specified terms; authorizing the Executive Office 418
of the Governor's Office of Policy and Budget to 419
submit a budget amendment to the Legislative Budget 420
Commission to realign certain funding for specified 421
categories by a specifi ed date; providing requirements 422
for such realignment; authorizing the annual salary 423
rate for certain entities be controlled at the budget 424
entity level; amending s. 339.08, F.S.; authorizing 425
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the Department of Revenue to retain certain interest 426
earnings for a specified purpose; authorizing the 427
Department of Transportation to retain certain 428
interest earnings for a specified purpose; creating s. 429
11.52, F.S.; requiring state agencies provide 430
specified information by a certain date; requiring 431
updates to such info rmation at certain intervals; 432
requiring certain entities to conduct a review of 433
required reports; requiring such entities to provide a 434
certain list containing certain information by a 435
specified date; amending s. 216.013, F.S.; providing 436
that certain entities are not required to develop 437
specified plans; providing an exception; amending s. 438
216.023, F.S.; requiring certain entities to include a 439
specified inventory in their legislative budget 440
request, requiring such inventory include specified 441
information; providing application; providing an 442
expiration date; requiring the Florida Turnpike 443
Enterprise to establish a certain program; providing 444
the purpose of such program; providing definitions; 445
requiring certain accounts to receive an account 446
credit; requiring cert ain funds be used to reimburse 447
specified entities; authorizing reimbursement of 448
certain entities from specified funds; requiring 449
specified documentation; requiring certain funds to 450
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revert to general revenue on a specified date; 451
providing reporting requirem ents; providing conditions 452
under which the veto of certain appropriations or 453
proviso language in the General Appropriations Act 454
voids language that implements such appropriation; 455
providing for the continued operation of certain 456
provisions notwithstanding a future repeal or 457
expiration provided by the act; providing 458
severability; providing for contingent retroactivity; 459
providing effective dates. 460
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 462
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Section 1. It is the intent of the Legislature that the 464
implementing and administering provisions of this act apply to 465
the General Appropriations Act for the 2024 -2025 fiscal year. 466
Section 2. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 467
5, 6, 84, and 85 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 468
the calculations of the Florida Education Finance Program for 469
the 2024-2025 fiscal year included in the document titled 470
"Public School Funding: The Florida Education Finance Program 471
(FEFP) Fiscal Year 2024 -2025," dated March 5, 2024, and filed 472
with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, are incorporated 473
by reference for the purpose of displaying the calculations used 474
by the Legislature, consistent with the requirements of state 475
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law, in making appropriations for the Florida Education Finance 476
Program. This section expires July 1, 2025. 477
Section 3. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 81 478
of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, the school 479
readiness reimbursement rates for Fiscal Year 2024 -2025 included 480
in the document titled "School Readines s Program Reimbursement 481
Rates Fiscal Year 2024 -2025," dated March 5, 2024, and filed 482
with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, are incorporated 483
by reference, consistent with the requirements of state law, in 484
making appropriations for the school readi ness program 485
allocation. This section expires July 1, 2025. 486
Section 4. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 487
158 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, subsection (10) 488
is added to section 1004.6495, Florida Statutes, to read: 489
1004.6495 Florida Postsecondary Comprehensive Transition 490
Program and Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities. — 491
(10) PROGRAM CLASSIFICATION. —No later than August 31, 492
2024, the Board of Governors and the State Board of Education, 493
in consultation with the ce nter, shall establish a state 494
Classification of Instructional Program code for FPCTPs 495
established pursuant to this section. This subsection expires 496
July 1, 2025. 497
Section 5. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 498
202 through 229 and 546 of the 20 24-2025 General Appropriations 499
Act, and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida 500
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Statutes, the Agency for Health Care Administration, in 501
consultation with the Department of Health, may submit a budget 502
amendment, subject to the notice, review, and o bjection 503
procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to realign funding 504
within and between agencies based on implementation of the 505
managed medical assistance component of the Statewide Medicaid 506
Managed Care program for the Children's Medical Services progr am 507
of the Department of Health. The funding realignment shall 508
reflect the actual enrollment changes due to the transfer of 509
beneficiaries from fee -for-service to the capitated Children's 510
Medical Services network. The Agency for Health Care 511
Administration may submit a request for nonoperating budget 512
authority to transfer the federal funds to the Department of 513
Health pursuant to s. 216.181(12), Florida Statutes. This 514
section expires July 1, 2025. 515
Section 6. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 516
202 through 229 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, and 517
notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 518
Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 519
amendment, subject to the notice, review, and objection 520
procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to realign funding 521
within the Medicaid program appropriation categories to address 522
projected surpluses and deficits within the program and to 523
maximize the use of state trust funds. A single budget amendment 524
shall be submitted in the last quarter of the 2024 -2025 fiscal 525
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year only. This section expires July 1, 2025. 526
Section 7. Effective upon this act becoming a law, and in 527
order to implement section 76 of the 2024 -2025 General 528
Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding section 8 of chapter 529
2023-240, Laws of Florida, the Agency for Health Care 530
Administration is authorized to submit a budget amendment, 531
subject to the notice, review and objection procedures of s. 532
216.177, Florida Statutes, to realign funding within the 533
Medicaid program appropriation categories to address projected 534
surpluses and deficits within the program for the 2023 -2024 535
fiscal year. The Agency for Health Care Administration may not 536
realign funds to provide Medicaid reimbursements at rates above 537
the amounts adopted at the January 8, 2024, Social Services 538
Estimating Conference. This section expires July 1, 2024. 539
Section 8. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 540
181 through 186 and 546 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations 541
Act, and notwithstanding ss. 216.18 1 and 216.292, Florida 542
Statutes, the Agency for Health Care Administration and the 543
Department of Health may each submit a budget amendment, subject 544
to the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, 545
Florida Statutes, to realign funding within t he Florida Kidcare 546
program appropriation categories, or to increase budget 547
authority in the Children's Medical Services network category, 548
to address projected surpluses and deficits within the program 549
or to maximize the use of state trust funds. A single b udget 550
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amendment must be submitted by each agency in the last quarter 551
of the 2024-2025 fiscal year only. This section expires July 1, 552
2025. 553
Section 9. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 554
484 through 492 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 555
subsection (17) of section 381.986, Florida Statutes, is amended 556
to read: 557
381.986 Medical use of marijuana. — 558
(17) Rules adopted pursuant to this section before July 1, 559
2025 2024, are not subject to ss. 120.54(3)(b) and 120.541. This 560
subsection expires July 1, 2025 2024. 561
Section 10. Effective July 1, 2024, upon the expiration 562
and reversion of the amendments made to subsection (1) of 563
section 14 of chapter 2017 -232, Laws of Florida, pursuant to 564
section 11 of chapter 2023 -240, Laws of Florida, and in order to 565
implement Specific Appropriations 484 through 492 of the 2024 -566
2025 General Appropriations Act, subsection (1) of section 14 of 567
chapter 2017-232, Laws of Florida, is amended to read: 568
Section 14. Department of Health; authority to adopt 569
rules; cause of action. — 570
(1) EMERGENCY RULEMAKING. — 571
(a) The Department of Health and the applicable boards 572
shall adopt emergency rules pursuant to s. 120.54(4), Florida 573
Statutes, and this section necessary to implement s. 381.986 ss. 574
381.986 and 381.988, Florida Statutes. If an emergency rule 575
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adopted under this section is held to be unconstitutional or an 576
invalid exercise of delegated legislative authority, and becomes 577
void, the department or the applicable boards may adopt an 578
emergency rule pursuant to this section to replace the rule that 579
has become void. If the emergency rule adopted to replace the 580
void emergency rule is also held to be unconstitutional or an 581
invalid exercise of delegated legislative authority and becomes 582
void, the department and the applicable boards must follow the 583
nonemergency rulemaking procedures of the Administrative 584
Procedures Act to replace the rule that has become void. 585
(b) For emergency rules adopted under this section, the 586
department and the applicable boards need not make the findings 587
required by s. 120.54(4)(a), Florida Statutes. Emergency rules 588
adopted under this section are exempt from ss. 120.54(3)(b) and 589
120.541, Florida Statutes. The department and the applicable 590
boards shall meet the procedural requirements in s. 120.54(4)(a) 591
s. 120.54(a), Florida Statutes, if the department or the 592
applicable boards have, before July 1, 2019 the effective date 593
of this act, held any public workshops or hearings on the 594
subject matter of the emergency rules adopted under this 595
subsection. Challenges to emergency rules adopted under this 596
subsection are subject to the time schedules provided in s. 597
120.56(5), Florida Statutes. 598
(c) Emergency rules adopted under this section are exempt 599
from s. 120.54(4)(c), Florida Statutes, and sha ll remain in 600
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effect until replaced by rules adopted under the nonemergency 601
rulemaking procedures of the Administrative Procedures Act. 602
Rules adopted under the nonemergency rulemaking procedures of 603
the Administrative Procedures Act to replace emergency rule s 604
adopted under this section are exempt from ss. 120.54(3)(b) and 605
120.541, Florida Statutes. By July 1, 2025 January 1, 2018, the 606
department and the applicable boards shall initiate nonemergency 607
rulemaking pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act to 608
replace all emergency rules adopted under this section by 609
publishing a notice of rule development in the Florida 610
Administrative Register. Except as provided in paragraph (a), 611
after July 1, 2025 January 1, 2018, the department and 612
applicable boards may not a dopt rules pursuant to the emergency 613
rulemaking procedures provided in this section. 614
Section 11. The amendments to subsection (1) of section 14 615
of chapter 2017-232, Laws of Florida, made by this act expire 616
July 1, 2025, and the text of that subsection shall revert to 617
that in existence on June 30, 2019, except that any amendments 618
to such text enacted other than by this act shall be preserved 619
and continue to operate to the extent that such amendments are 620
not dependent upon the portions of text which expir e pursuant to 621
this section. 622
Section 12. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 623
207, 208, 211, and 215 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations 624
Act, the Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a 625
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budget amendment pursuant to chapter 216, F lorida Statutes, 626
requesting additional spending authority to implement the 627
federally approved Directed Payment Program for hospitals 628
statewide providing inpatient and outpatient services to 629
Medicaid managed care enrollees, the Indirect Medical Education 630
(IME) Program, and a nursing workforce expansion and education 631
program for certain institutions participating in a graduate 632
medical education or nursing education program. For institutions 633
participating in the nursing workforce expansion and education 634
program, the budget amendment must identify the educational 635
institutions partnering with the teaching hospital. Institutions 636
participating in the nursing workforce expansion and education 637
program shall provide quarterly reports to the agency detailing 638
the number of nurses participating in the program. This section 639
expires July 1, 2025. 640
Section 13. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 641
208, 211, and 215 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 642
the Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 643
amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, requesting 644
additional spending authority to implement the federally 645
approved Directed Payment Program and fee -for-service 646
supplemental payments for cancer hospitals that meet the 647
criteria in 42 U.S.C. s. 1395ww(d)(1)(B)(v). This section 648
expires July 1, 2025. 649
Section 14. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 650
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202 through 229 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, the 651
Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 652
amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, requesting 653
additional spending authority to implement the Low Income Pool 654
component of the Florida Managed Medical Assistance 655
Demonstration up to the total computable funds authorized by the 656
federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The budget 657
amendment must include the final terms and conditions of the Low 658
Income Pool, a proposed distribution model by entity, and a 659
listing of entities contributing intergovernmental transfers to 660
support the state match required. In addition, for each entity 661
included in the distribution model, a signed attestation must be 662
provided that includes the charity care cost upon which the Low 663
Income Pool payment is based and an acknowledgment that should 664
the distribution result in an overpayment based on the Low 665
Income Pool cost limit audit, the entity is responsible for 666
returning that overpayment to the agency for return to the 667
federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Servic es. This section 668
expires July 1, 2025. 669
Section 15. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 670
214 and 215 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, the 671
Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 672
amendment pursuant to chapter 216, F lorida Statutes, requesting 673
additional spending authority to implement fee -for-service 674
supplemental payments and a directed payment program for 675
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physicians and subordinate licensed health care practitioners 676
employed by or under contract with a Florida medic al or dental 677
school, or a public hospital. This section expires July 1, 2025. 678
Section 16. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 679
212, 215, and 227 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 680
the Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 681
amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, requesting 682
additional spending authority to implement a certified 683
expenditure program for emergency medical transportation 684
services. This section expires July 1, 2025. 685
Section 17. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 686
209 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, the Agency for 687
Health Care Administration may submit a budget amendment 688
pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, requesting additional 689
spending authority to implement the Disproportionate Share 690
Hospital Program. The budget amendment must include a proposed 691
distribution model by entity and a listing of entities 692
contributing intergovernmental transfers and certified public 693
expenditures to support the state match required. Th is section 694
expires July 1, 2025. 695
Section 18. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 696
330, 332, 362, and 363 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations 697
Act, and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida 698
Statutes, the Department of Children and Families may submit a 699
budget amendment, subject to the notice, review, and objection 700
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procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to realign funding 701
within the department based on the implementation of the 702
Guardianship Assistance Program, between the speci fic 703
appropriations for guardianship assistance payments, foster care 704
Level 1 room and board payments, relative caregiver payments, 705
and nonrelative caregiver payments. This section expires July 1, 706
2025. 707
Section 19. In order to implement Specific Appropr iations 708
202 through 204, 208, 211, 212, 214 through 216, 356, 366, 493 709
through 495, and 501 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations 710
Act, and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida 711
Statutes, the Department of Children and Families, Department of 712
Health, and Agency for Health Care Administration may submit 713
budget amendments, subject to the notice, review, and objection 714
procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to increase budget 715
authority to support refugee programs administered by the 716
federal Office of Refugee Resettlement due to the ongoing 717
instability of federal immigration policy and the resulting 718
inability of the state to reasonably predict, with certainty, 719
the budgetary needs of this state with respect to the number of 720
refugees relocated to t he state as part of those federal 721
programs. The Department of Children and Families shall submit 722
quarterly reports to the Executive Office of the Governor, the 723
President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of 724
Representatives on the number of refuge es entering the state, 725
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the nations of origin of such refugees, and current expenditure 726
projections. This section expires July 1, 2025. 727
Section 20. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 728
347 through 384 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act , and 729
notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 730
Department of Children and Families may submit budget 731
amendments, subject to the notice, review, and objection 732
procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to increase budget 733
authority to support the following federal grant programs: the 734
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Grant Program, the Summer 735
Electronic Benefit Transfer, the American Rescue Plan Grant, the 736
State Opioid Response Grant, the Substance Use Prevention and 737
Treatment Block Grant, and the Mental Health Block Grant. This 738
section expires July 1, 2025. 739
Section 21. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 740
458 and 460 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, and 741
notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 742
Department of Health may submit a budget amendment, subject to 743
the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, 744
Florida Statutes, to increase budget authority for the 745
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children 746
(WIC) and the Child Care Food Program if additional federal 747
revenues will be expended in the 2024 -2025 fiscal year. This 748
section expires July 1, 2025. 749
Section 22. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 750
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470 and 522 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations A ct, and 751
notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 752
Department of Health may submit a budget amendment, subject to 753
the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, 754
Florida Statutes, to increase budget authority for the HIV/AID S 755
Prevention and Treatment Program if additional federal revenues 756
specific to HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment become available 757
in the 2024-2025 fiscal year. This section expires July 1, 2025. 758
Section 23. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 759
427 through 578 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, and 760
notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 761
Department of Health may submit a budget amendment, subject to 762
the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, 763
Florida Statutes, to increase budget authority for the 764
department if additional federal revenues specific to COVID -19 765
relief funds become available in the 2024 -2025 fiscal year. This 766
section expires July 1, 2025. 767
Section 24. In order to implement Specific A ppropriation 768
546A of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 769
notwithstanding s. 216.301, Florida Statutes, and pursuant to s. 770
216.351, Florida Statutes, the balance of any appropriation from 771
the General Revenue Fund for the Pediatric Rare Disease Res earch 772
Grant Program, which is not disbursed but which is obligated 773
pursuant to contract or committed to be expended by June 30 of 774
the fiscal year in which the funds are appropriated, may be 775
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carried forward for up to 5 years after the effective date of 776
the original appropriation. This section expires July 1, 2025. 777
Section 25. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 778
196 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act: 779
(1) The Agency for Health Care Administration shall 780
replace the current Florida Medic aid Management Information 781
System (FMMIS) and fiscal agent operations with a system that is 782
modular, interoperable, and scalable for the Florida Medicaid 783
program that complies with all applicable federal and state laws 784
and requirements. The agency may not include in the program to 785
replace the current FMMIS and fiscal agent contract: 786
(a) Functionality that duplicates any of the information 787
systems of the other health and human services state agencies; 788
(b) Procurement for agency requirements external to 789
Medicaid programs with the intent to leverage the Medicaid 790
technology infrastructure for other purposes without legislative 791
appropriation or legislative authorization to procure these 792
requirements. The new system, the Florida Health Care Connection 793
(FX) system, must provide better integration with subsystems 794
supporting Florida's Medicaid program; uniformity, consistency, 795
and improved access to data; and compatibility with the Centers 796
for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Medicaid Information 797
Technology Architecture (MITA) as the system matures and expands 798
its functionality; or 799
(c) Any contract executed after July 1, 2022, not 800
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including staff augmentation services purchased off the 801
Department of Management Services Information Technology staff 802
augmentation state term contract that are not deliverables based 803
fixed price contracts. 804
(2) For purposes of replacing FMMIS and the current 805
Medicaid fiscal agent, the Agency for Health Care Administration 806
shall: 807
(a) Prioritize procurements for the replacement of the 808
current functions of FMMIS and the responsibilities of the 809
current Medicaid fiscal agent, to minimize the need to extend 810
all or portions of the current fiscal agent contract. 811
(b) Comply with and not exceed the Centers for Medicare 812
and Medicaid Services fu nding authorizations for the FX system. 813
(c) Ensure compliance and uniformity with the published 814
MITA framework and guidelines. 815
(d) Ensure that all business requirements and technical 816
specifications have been provided to all affected state agencies 817
for their review and input and approved by the executive 818
steering committee established in paragraph (h). 819
(e) Consult with the Executive Office of the Governor's 820
working group for interagency information technology integration 821
for the development of comp etitive solicitations that provide 822
for data interoperability and shared information technology 823
services across the state's health and human services agencies. 824
(f) Implement a data governance structure for the program 825
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to coordinate data sharing and intero perability across state 826
health care entities. 827
(g) Establish a continuing oversight team for each 828
contract pursuant to s. 287.057(26). The teams must provide 829
quarterly reports to the executive steering committee 830
summarizing the status of the contract, the pace of 831
deliverables, the quality of deliverables, contractor 832
responsiveness, and contractor performance. 833
(h) Implement a program governance structure that includes 834
an executive steering committee composed of: 835
1. The Secretary of Health Care Administr ation, or the 836
executive sponsor of the program. 837
2. A representative of the Division of Health Care Finance 838
and Data of the Agency for Health Care Administration, appointed 839
by the Secretary of Health Care Administration. 840
3. Two representatives from the Division of Medicaid 841
Policy, Quality, and Operations of the Agency for Health Care 842
Administration, appointed by the Secretary of Health Care 843
Administration. 844
4. A representative of the Division of Health Care Policy 845
and Oversight of the Agency for Health Care Administration, 846
appointed by the Secretary of Health Care Administration. 847
5. A representative of the Florida Center for Health 848
Information and Transparency of the Agency for Health Care 849
Administration, appointed by the Secretary of Health Care 850
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Administration. 851
6. The Chief Information Officer of the Agency for Health 852
Care Administration, or his or her designee. 853
(3)(a) The Secretary of Health Care Administration or the 854
executive sponsor of the program shall serve as chair of the 855
executive steering committee, and the committee shall take 856
action by a vote of at least 5 affirmative votes with the chair 857
voting on the prevailing side. A quorum of the executive 858
steering committee consists of at least 5 members. 859
(b)1. The chair shall establish a program finance and 860
contracting working group composed of: 861
a. The FX program director. 862
b. A representative from the agency's Office of the 863
General Counsel. 864
c. A representative from the agency's Division of 865
Administration. 866
d. Representatives from each conti nuing oversight team. 867
e. The FX program strategic roadmap manager. 868
f. The FX program project managers. 869
g. The FX program risk manager. 870
h. Any other personnel deemed necessary by the chair. 871
2. The working group shall meet at least monthly to review 872
the program status and all contract and program operations, 873
policies, risks and issues related to the budget, spending plans 874
and contractual obligations, and shall develop recommendations 875
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to the executive steering committee for improvement. The working 876
group shall review all change requests that impact the program's 877
scope, schedule, or budget related to contract management and 878
vendor payments and submit those recommended for adoption to the 879
executive steering committee. The chair shall request input from 880
the working group on agenda items for each scheduled meeting. 881
The program shall make available program staff to the group, as 882
needed, for the group to fulfill its duties. 883
(c)1. The chair shall est ablish a state agency stakeholder 884
working group composed of: 885
a. The executive sponsor of the FX program. 886
b. A representative of the Department of Children and 887
Families, appointed by the Secretary of Children and Families. 888
c. A representative of the D epartment of Health, appointed 889
by the State Surgeon General. 890
d. A representative of the Agency for Persons with 891
Disabilities, appointed by the director of the Agency for 892
Persons with Disabilities. 893
e. A representative from the Florida Healthy Kids 894
Corporation. 895
f. A representative from the Department of Elder Affairs, 896
appointed by the Secretary of Elder Affairs. 897
g. The state chief information officer, or his or her 898
designee. 899
h. A representative of the Department of Financial 900
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Services who has experience with the state's financial 901
processes, including development of the PALM system, appointed 902
by the Chief Financial Officer. 903
2. The working group shall meet at least quarterly to 904
review the program status and all program operatio ns, policies, 905
risks and issues that may impact the operations external to the 906
Agency for Health Care Administration FX program, and shall 907
develop recommendations to the executive steering committee for 908
improvement. The chair shall request input from the wo rking 909
group on agenda items for each scheduled meeting. The program 910
shall make available program staff to the group to provide 911
system demonstrations and any program documentation, as needed, 912
for the group to fulfill its duties. 913
(4) The executive steering committee has the overall 914
responsibility for ensuring that the program to replace FMMIS 915
and the Medicaid fiscal agent meets its primary business 916
objectives and shall: 917
(a) Identify and recommend to the Executive Office of the 918
Governor, the President of t he Senate, and the Speaker of the 919
House of Representatives any statutory changes needed to 920
implement the modular replacement to standardize, to the fullest 921
extent possible, the state's health care data and business 922
processes. 923
(b) Review and approve any c hanges to the program's scope, 924
schedule, and budget. 925
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(c) Review and approve any changes to the program's 926
strategic roadmap. 927
(d) Review and approve change requests that impact the 928
program's scope, schedule, or budget recommended for adoption by 929
the program finance and contracting working group. 930
(e) Review recommendations provided by the program working 931
groups. 932
(f) Review vendor scorecards, reports, and notifications 933
produced by the continuing oversight teams. 934
(g) Ensure that adequate resources ar e provided throughout 935
all phases of the program. 936
(h) Approve all major program deliverables. 937
(i) Review and verify that all procurement and contractual 938
documents associated with the replacement of the current FMMIS 939
and Medicaid fiscal agent align with the scope, schedule, and 940
anticipated budget for the program. 941
(5) This section expires July 1, 2025. 942
Section 26. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 943
215, 216, 270, 282, 342, 497, and 522 of the 2024 -2025 General 944
Appropriations Act, the Agenc y for Health Care Administration, 945
in consultation with the Department of Health, the Agency for 946
Persons with Disabilities, the Department of Children and 947
Families, and the Department of Corrections, shall competitively 948
procure a contract with a vendor to n egotiate, for these 949
agencies, prices for prescribed drugs and biological products 950
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excluded from the programs established under s. 381.02035, 951
Florida Statutes, and ineligible under 21 U.S.C. s. 384, 952
including, but not limited to, insulin and epinephrine. Th e 953
contract may allow the vendor to directly purchase these 954
products for participating agencies when feasible and 955
advantageous. The contracted vendor will be compensated on a 956
contingency basis, paid from a portion of the savings achieved 957
by its price negotiation or purchase of the prescription drugs 958
and products. This section expires July 1, 2025. 959
Section 27. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 960
262, 268, 269, 275, 280, and 281 of the 2024 -2025 General 961
Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, 962
Florida Statutes, the Agency for Persons with Disabilities may 963
submit budget amendments, subject to the notice, review, and 964
objection procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to 965
transfer funding from the Salaries and Benefits appro priation 966
categories to categories used for contractual services in order 967
to support additional staff augmentation resources needed at the 968
Developmental Disability Centers. This section expires July 1, 969
2025. 970
Section 28. In order to implement Specific Ap propriations 971
223 and 247 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, and 972
notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 973
Agency for Health Care Administration may submit budget 974
amendments, subject to the notice, review, and objection 975
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procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, at least 3 days 976
before the effective date of the action to increase budget 977
authority to support the implementation of the home and 978
community-based services Medicaid waiver program of the Agency 979
for Persons with Disabil ities. This section expires July 1, 980
2025. 981
Section 29. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 982
579 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 983
notwithstanding chapter 216, Florida Statutes, the Department of 984
Veterans' Affairs may submit a budg et amendment, subject to 985
Legislative Budget Commission approval, requesting the authority 986
to establish positions in excess of the number authorized by the 987
Legislature, increase appropriations from the Operations and 988
Maintenance Trust Fund, or provide neces sary salary rate 989
sufficient to provide for essential staff for veterans' nursing 990
homes, if the department projects that additional direct care 991
staff are needed to meet its established staffing ratio. This 992
section expires July 1, 2025. 993
Section 30. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 994
215 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, subsection (1) 995
of section 409.915, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 996
409.915 County contributions to Medicaid. —Although the 997
state is responsible for the full por tion of the state share of 998
the matching funds required for the Medicaid program, the state 999
shall charge the counties an annual contribution in order to 1000
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acquire a certain portion of these funds. 1001
(1)(a) As used in this section, the term "state Medicaid 1002
expenditures" means those expenditures used as matching funds 1003
for the federal Medicaid program. 1004
(b) The term does not include funds specially assessed by 1005
any local governmental entity and used as the nonfederal share 1006
for the hospital directed payment progra m after July 1, 2021. 1007
This paragraph expires July 1, 2025 2024. 1008
Section 31. Effective upon this act becoming a law, and in 1009
order to implement Specific Appropriations 374, 375A, 376, 377, 1010
and 384A of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, paragraph 1011
(c) is added to subsection (9) of section 394.9082, Florida 1012
Statutes, to read: 1013
394.9082 Behavioral health managing entities. — 1014
(9) FUNDING FOR MANAGING ENTITIES. — 1015
(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for the 2023 -2024 1016
fiscal year and the 2024 -2025 fiscal year, a managing entity may 1017
carry forward documented unexpended funds appropriated from the 1018
State Opioid Settlement Trust Fund from 1 fiscal year to the 1019
next. Funds carried forward pursuant to this paragraph are not 1020
included in the 8 percent cumulative ca p that may be carried 1021
forward. This paragraph expires July 1, 2025. 1022
Section 32. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1023
401 and 403 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, and 1024
notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 1025
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Department of Elderly Affairs may submit a budget amendment, 1026
subject to the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 1027
216.177, Florida Statutes, to increase budget authority for the 1028
U.S. Department of Agriculture's Adult Care Food Program if 1029
additional federal revenues will be expended in the 2024 -2025 1030
fiscal year. This section expires July 1, 2025. 1031
Section 33. Effective upon becoming a law, and in order to 1032
implement Specific Appropriations 208, 211, and 215 of the 2024 -1033
2025 General Appropriations Act , and notwithstanding s. 1034
409.908(1)(a), Florida Statutes, executed Letters of Agreement 1035
for Fiscal Year 2023 -2024 shall be provided to the Agency for 1036
Health Care Administration by June 1, 2024, to support the state 1037
share of payments for the Directed Paymen t Program for hospitals 1038
in Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Region 5. This section 1039
expires October 1, 2024. 1040
Section 34. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1041
587A of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, the Department 1042
of Veterans' Affairs may submit budget amendments pursuant to 1043
chapter 216 Florida Statutes, subject to federal approval, 1044
requesting additional spending authority to support the 1045
development and construction of a new State Veterans Nursing 1046
Home and Adult Day Health Care Center in Collier County. This 1047
section expires July 1, 2025. 1048
Section 35. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1049
197 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, subsection (6) 1050
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of section 409.912, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1051
409.912 Cost-effective purchasing of health care. —The 1052
agency shall purchase goods and services for Medicaid recipients 1053
in the most cost-effective manner consistent with the delivery 1054
of quality medical care. To ensure that medical services are 1055
effectively utilized, the agency may, in any case, require a 1056
confirmation or second physician's opinion of the correct 1057
diagnosis for purposes of authorizing future services under the 1058
Medicaid program. This section does not restrict access to 1059
emergency services or po ststabilization care services as defined 1060
in 42 C.F.R. s. 438.114. Such confirmation or second opinion 1061
shall be rendered in a manner approved by the agency. The agency 1062
shall maximize the use of prepaid per capita and prepaid 1063
aggregate fixed-sum basis services when appropriate and other 1064
alternative service delivery and reimbursement methodologies, 1065
including competitive bidding pursuant to s. 287.057, designed 1066
to facilitate the cost -effective purchase of a case -managed 1067
continuum of care. The agency shall also require providers to 1068
minimize the exposure of recipients to the need for acute 1069
inpatient, custodial, and other institutional care and the 1070
inappropriate or unnecessary use of high -cost services. The 1071
agency shall contract with a vendor to monitor and evaluat e the 1072
clinical practice patterns of providers in order to identify 1073
trends that are outside the normal practice patterns of a 1074
provider's professional peers or the national guidelines of a 1075
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provider's professional association. The vendor must be able to 1076
provide information and counseling to a provider whose practice 1077
patterns are outside the norms, in consultation with the agency, 1078
to improve patient care and reduce inappropriate utilization. 1079
The agency may mandate prior authorization, drug therapy 1080
management, or disease management participation for certain 1081
populations of Medicaid beneficiaries, certain drug classes, or 1082
particular drugs to prevent fraud, abuse, overuse, and possible 1083
dangerous drug interactions. The Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics 1084
Committee shall make recommendations to the agency on drugs for 1085
which prior authorization is required. The agency shall inform 1086
the Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee of its decisions 1087
regarding drugs subject to prior authorization. The agency is 1088
authorized to limit the entities it contracts with or enrolls as 1089
Medicaid providers by developing a provider network through 1090
provider credentialing. The agency may competitively bid single -1091
source-provider contracts if procurement of goods or services 1092
results in demonstrated c ost savings to the state without 1093
limiting access to care. The agency may limit its network based 1094
on the assessment of beneficiary access to care, provider 1095
availability, provider quality standards, time and distance 1096
standards for access to care, the cultura l competence of the 1097
provider network, demographic characteristics of Medicaid 1098
beneficiaries, practice and provider -to-beneficiary standards, 1099
appointment wait times, beneficiary use of services, provider 1100
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turnover, provider profiling, provider licensure hist ory, 1101
previous program integrity investigations and findings, peer 1102
review, provider Medicaid policy and billing compliance records, 1103
clinical and medical record audits, and other factors. Providers 1104
are not entitled to enrollment in the Medicaid provider netw ork. 1105
The agency shall determine instances in which allowing Medicaid 1106
beneficiaries to purchase durable medical equipment and other 1107
goods is less expensive to the Medicaid program than long -term 1108
rental of the equipment or goods. The agency may establish rul es 1109
to facilitate purchases in lieu of long -term rentals in order to 1110
protect against fraud and abuse in the Medicaid program as 1111
defined in s. 409.913. The agency may seek federal waivers 1112
necessary to administer these policies. 1113
(6) Notwithstanding the prov isions of chapter 287, the 1114
agency may, at its discretion, renew a contract or contracts for 1115
fiscal intermediary services one or more times for such periods 1116
as the agency may decide; however, all such renewals may not 1117
combine to exceed a total period longer than the term of the 1118
original contract, with the exception of the fiscal agent 1119
contract scheduled to end December 31, 2024, which may be 1120
extended by the agency through December 31, 2027 . 1121
Section 36. The amendment to s. 409.912(6), Florida 1122
Statutes, by this act expires July 1, 2025, and the text of that 1123
subsection shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2024, 1124
except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by 1125
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this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the 1126
extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions 1127
of text which expire pursuant to this section. 1128
Section 37. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1129
608 through 719A and 733 through 768 of the 2024 -2025 General 1130
Appropriations Act, subsection (4) of se ction 216.262, Florida 1131
Statutes, is amended to read: 1132
216.262 Authorized positions. — 1133
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter 1134
relating to increasing the number of authorized positions, and 1135
for the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal year only, if the a ctual 1136
inmate population of the Department of Corrections exceeds the 1137
inmate population projections of the December 15, February 13, 1138
2023, Criminal Justice Estimating Conference by 1 percent for 2 1139
consecutive months or 2 percent for any month, the Executive 1140
Office of the Governor, with the approval of the Legislative 1141
Budget Commission, shall immediately notify the Criminal Justice 1142
Estimating Conference, which shall convene as soon as possible 1143
to revise the estimates. The Department of Corrections may then 1144
submit a budget amendment requesting the establishment of 1145
positions in excess of the number authorized by the Legislature 1146
and additional appropriations from unallocated general revenue 1147
sufficient to provide for essential staff, fixed capital 1148
improvements, and other resources to provide classification, 1149
security, food services, health services, and other variable 1150
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expenses within the institutions to accommodate the estimated 1151
increase in the inmate population. All actions taken pursuant to 1152
this subsection are sub ject to review and approval by the 1153
Legislative Budget Commission. This subsection expires July 1, 1154
2025 2024. 1155
Section 38. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1156
3267 through 3334 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 1157
subsection (2) of sect ion 215.18, Florida Statutes, is amended 1158
to read: 1159
215.18 Transfers between funds; limitation. — 1160
(2) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may receive one 1161
or more trust fund loans to ensure that the state court system 1162
has funds sufficient to meet its ap propriations in the 2024-2025 1163
2023-2024 General Appropriations Act. If the Chief Justice 1164
accesses the loan, he or she must notify the Governor and the 1165
chairs of the legislative appropriations committees in writing. 1166
The loan must come from other funds in th e State Treasury which 1167
are for the time being or otherwise in excess of the amounts 1168
necessary to meet the just requirements of such last -mentioned 1169
funds. The Governor shall order the transfer of funds within 5 1170
days after the written notification from the C hief Justice. If 1171
the Governor does not order the transfer, the Chief Financial 1172
Officer shall transfer the requested funds. The loan of funds 1173
from which any money is temporarily transferred must be repaid 1174
by the end of the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal year. This 1175
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subsection expires July 1, 2025 2024. 1176
Section 39. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1177
1150 through 1161 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act: 1178
(1) The Department of Juvenile Justice is required to 1179
review county juvenile detention payments to ensure that 1180
counties fulfill their financial responsibilities required in s. 1181
985.6865, Florida Statutes. If the Department of Juvenile 1182
Justice determines that a county has not met its obligations, 1183
the department shall direct the Department of R evenue to deduct 1184
the amount owed to the Department of Juvenile Justice from the 1185
funds provided to the county under s. 218.23, Florida Statutes. 1186
The Department of Revenue shall transfer the funds withheld to 1187
the Shared County/State Juvenile Detention Trust Fund. 1188
(2) As an assurance to holders of bonds issued by counties 1189
before July 1, 2024, for which distributions made pursuant to s. 1190
218.23, Florida Statutes, are pledged, or bonds issued to refund 1191
such bonds which mature no later than the bonds they refund ed 1192
and which result in a reduction of debt service payable in each 1193
fiscal year, the amount available for distribution to a county 1194
shall remain as provided by law and continue to be subject to 1195
any lien or claim on behalf of the bondholders. The Department 1196
of Revenue must ensure, based on information provided by an 1197
affected county, that any reduction in amounts distributed 1198
pursuant to subsection (1) does not reduce the amount of 1199
distribution to a county below the amount necessary for the 1200
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timely payment of pri ncipal and interest when due on the bonds 1201
and the amount necessary to comply with any covenant under the 1202
bond resolution or other documents relating to the issuance of 1203
the bonds. If a reduction to a county's monthly distribution 1204
must be decreased in order to comply with this section, the 1205
Department of Revenue must notify the Department of Juvenile 1206
Justice of the amount of the decrease, and the Department of 1207
Juvenile Justice must send a bill for payment of such amount to 1208
the affected county. 1209
(3) This section expires July 1, 2025. 1210
Section 40. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1211
779 through 801, 950 through 1093, and 1114 through 1149 of the 1212
2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding the 1213
expiration date in section 32 of chapter 20 23-240, Laws of 1214
Florida, subsection (1), paragraph (a) of subsection (2), 1215
paragraph (a) of subsection (3), and subsections (5), (6), and 1216
(7) of section 27.40, Florida Statutes, are reenacted to read: 1217
27.40 Court-appointed counsel; circuit registries; min imum 1218
requirements; appointment by court. — 1219
(1) Counsel shall be appointed to represent any individual 1220
in a criminal or civil proceeding entitled to court -appointed 1221
counsel under the Federal or State Constitution or as authorized 1222
by general law. The court shall appoint a public defender to 1223
represent indigent persons as authorized in s. 27.51. The office 1224
of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel shall be 1225
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appointed to represent persons in those cases in which provision 1226
is made for court-appointed counsel, but only after the public 1227
defender has certified to the court in writing that the public 1228
defender is unable to provide representation due to a conflict 1229
of interest or is not authorized to provide representation. The 1230
public defender shall report, in the aggregate, the specific 1231
basis of all conflicts of interest certified to the court. On a 1232
quarterly basis, the public defender shall submit this 1233
information to the Justice Administrative Commission. 1234
(2)(a) Private counsel shall be appointed to represent 1235
persons in those cases in which provision is made for court -1236
appointed counsel but only after the office of criminal conflict 1237
and civil regional counsel has been appointed and has certified 1238
to the court in writing that the criminal conflict and civil 1239
regional counsel is unable to provide representation due to a 1240
conflict of interest. The criminal conflict and civil regional 1241
counsel shall report, in the aggregate, the specific basis of 1242
all conflicts of interest certified to the court. On a quarterly 1243
basis, the criminal conflict and civil regional counsel shall 1244
submit this information to the Justice Administrative 1245
Commission. 1246
(3) In using a registry: 1247
(a) The chief judge of the circuit shall compile a list of 1248
attorneys in private practice, by county and by cate gory of 1249
cases, and provide the list to the clerk of court in each 1250
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county. The chief judge of the circuit may restrict the number 1251
of attorneys on the general registry list. To be included on a 1252
registry, an attorney must certify that he or she: 1253
1. Meets any minimum requirements established by the chief 1254
judge and by general law for court appointment; 1255
2. Is available to represent indigent defendants in cases 1256
requiring court appointment of private counsel; and 1257
3. Is willing to abide by the terms of the con tract for 1258
services, s. 27.5304, and this section. 1259
1260
To be included on a registry, an attorney must enter into a 1261
contract for services with the Justice Administrative 1262
Commission. Failure to comply with the terms of the contract for 1263
services may result in ter mination of the contract and removal 1264
from the registry. Each attorney on the registry is responsible 1265
for notifying the clerk of the court and the Justice 1266
Administrative Commission of any change in his or her status. 1267
Failure to comply with this requirement is cause for termination 1268
of the contract for services and removal from the registry until 1269
the requirement is fulfilled. 1270
(5) The Justice Administrative Commission shall approve 1271
uniform contract forms for use in procuring the services of 1272
private court-appointed counsel and uniform procedures and forms 1273
for use by a court-appointed attorney in support of billing for 1274
attorney's fees, costs, and related expenses to demonstrate the 1275
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attorney's completion of specified duties. Such uniform 1276
contracts and forms for u se in billing must be consistent with 1277
s. 27.5304, s. 216.311, and the General Appropriations Act and 1278
must contain the following statement: "The State of Florida's 1279
performance and obligation to pay under this contract is 1280
contingent upon an annual appropriat ion by the Legislature." 1281
(6) After court appointment, the attorney must immediately 1282
file a notice of appearance with the court indicating acceptance 1283
of the appointment to represent the defendant and of the terms 1284
of the uniform contract as specified in su bsection (5). 1285
(7)(a) A private attorney appointed by the court from the 1286
registry to represent a client is entitled to payment as 1287
provided in s. 27.5304 so long as the requirements of subsection 1288
(1) and paragraph (2)(a) are met. An attorney appointed by t he 1289
court who is not on the registry list may be compensated under 1290
s. 27.5304 only if the court finds in the order of appointment 1291
that there were no registry attorneys available for 1292
representation for that case and only if the requirements of 1293
subsection (1) and paragraph (2)(a) are met. 1294
(b)1. The flat fee established in s. 27.5304 and the 1295
General Appropriations Act shall be presumed by the court to be 1296
sufficient compensation. The attorney shall maintain appropriate 1297
documentation, including contemporaneous and detailed hourly 1298
accounting of time spent representing the client. If the 1299
attorney fails to maintain such contemporaneous and detailed 1300
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hourly records, the attorney waives the right to seek 1301
compensation in excess of the flat fee established in s. 27.5304 1302
and the General Appropriations Act. These records and documents 1303
are subject to review by the Justice Administrative Commission 1304
and audit by the Auditor General, subject to the attorney -client 1305
privilege and work-product privilege. The attorney shall 1306
maintain the records and documents in a manner that enables the 1307
attorney to redact any information subject to a privilege in 1308
order to facilitate the commission's review of the records and 1309
documents and not to impede such review. The attorney may redact 1310
information from the records and documents only to the extent 1311
necessary to comply with the privilege. The Justice 1312
Administrative Commission shall review such records and shall 1313
contemporaneously document such review before au thorizing 1314
payment to an attorney. Objections by or on behalf of the 1315
Justice Administrative Commission to records or documents or to 1316
claims for payment by the attorney shall be presumed correct by 1317
the court unless the court determines, in writing, that 1318
competent and substantial evidence exists to justify overcoming 1319
the presumption. 1320
2. If an attorney fails, refuses, or declines to permit 1321
the commission or the Auditor General to review documentation 1322
for a case as provided in this paragraph, the attorney waiv es 1323
the right to seek, and the commission may not pay, compensation 1324
in excess of the flat fee established in s. 27.5304 and the 1325
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General Appropriations Act for that case. 1326
3. A finding by the commission that an attorney has waived 1327
the right to seek compensa tion in excess of the flat fee 1328
established in s. 27.5304 and the General Appropriations Act, as 1329
provided in this paragraph, shall be presumed to be correct, 1330
unless the court determines, in writing, that competent and 1331
substantial evidence exists to justify overcoming the 1332
presumption. 1333
Section 41. The text of s. 27.40(1), (2)(a), (3)(a), (5), 1334
(6), and (7), Florida Statutes, as carried forward from chapter 1335
2019-116, Laws of Florida, by this act, expires July 1, 2025, 1336
and the text of those subsections and pa ragraphs, as applicable, 1337
shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2019, except that 1338
any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall 1339
be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such 1340
amendments are not dependent upon the por tions of text which 1341
expire pursuant to this section. 1342
Section 42. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1343
779 through 801, 950 through 1093, and 1114 through 1149 of the 1344
2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding the 1345
expiration date in section 34 of chapter 2023 -240, Laws of 1346
Florida, subsection (13) of section 27.5304, Florida Statutes, 1347
is amended, and subsections (1), (3), (6), (7), and (11), and 1348
paragraphs (a) through (e) of subsection (12) of that section 1349
are reenacted, to read: 1350
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27.5304 Private court -appointed counsel; compensation; 1351
notice.— 1352
(1) Private court-appointed counsel appointed in the 1353
manner prescribed in s. 27.40(1) and (2)(a) shall be compensated 1354
by the Justice Administrative Commission only as provided in 1355
this section and the General Appropriations Act. The flat fees 1356
prescribed in this section are limitations on compensation. The 1357
specific flat fee amounts for compensation shall be established 1358
annually in the General Appropriations Act. The attorney also 1359
shall be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses in 1360
accordance with s. 29.007. If the attorney is representing a 1361
defendant charged with more than one offense in the same case, 1362
the attorney shall be compensated at the rate provided for the 1363
most serious offense for which he or she represented the 1364
defendant. This section does not allow stacking of the fee 1365
limits established by this section. 1366
(3) The court retains primary authority and responsibility 1367
for determining the reasonableness of all billings for attorney 1368
fees, costs, and related expenses, subject to statutory 1369
limitations and the requirements of s. 27.40(7). Private court -1370
appointed counsel is entitled to compensation upon final 1371
disposition of a case. 1372
(6) For compensation for representation pursuant to a 1373
court appointment in a proceeding under chapter 39: 1374
(a) At the trial level, compensation for representation 1375
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for dependency proceedings shall not exceed $1,450 for the first 1376
year following the date of appointment and shall not exceed $700 1377
each year thereafter. Compensation shall be paid based upon 1378
representation of a parent irrespective of the number of case 1379
numbers that may be assigned or the number of children involved, 1380
including any children born during the pendency of the 1381
proceeding. Any appeal, except for an appeal from an 1382
adjudication of dependency, shall be completed by the trial 1383
attorney and is considered compensated by the flat fee for 1384
dependency proceedings. 1385
1. Counsel may bill the flat fee not exceeding $1,450 1386
following disposition or upon dismi ssal of the petition. 1387
2. Counsel may bill the annual flat fee not exceeding $700 1388
following the first judicial review in the second year following 1389
the date of appointment and each year thereafter as long as the 1390
case remains under protective supervision. 1391
3. If the court grants a motion to reactivate protective 1392
supervision, the attorney shall receive the annual flat fee not 1393
exceeding $700 following the first judicial review and up to an 1394
additional $700 each year thereafter. 1395
4. If, during the course of de pendency proceedings, a 1396
proceeding to terminate parental rights is initiated, 1397
compensation shall be as set forth in paragraph (b). If counsel 1398
handling the dependency proceeding is not authorized to handle 1399
proceedings to terminate parental rights, the couns el must 1400
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withdraw and new counsel must be appointed. 1401
(b) At the trial level, compensation for representation in 1402
termination of parental rights proceedings shall not exceed 1403
$1,800 for the first year following the date of appointment and 1404
shall not exceed $700 each year thereafter. Compensation shall 1405
be paid based upon representation of a parent irrespective of 1406
the number of case numbers that may be assigned or the number of 1407
children involved, including any children born during the 1408
pendency of the proceeding. Any appeal, except for an appeal 1409
from an order granting or denying termination of parental 1410
rights, shall be completed by trial counsel and is considered 1411
compensated by the flat fee for termination of parental rights 1412
proceedings. If the individual has depe ndency proceedings 1413
ongoing as to other children, those proceedings are considered 1414
part of the termination of parental rights proceedings as long 1415
as that termination of parental rights proceeding is ongoing. 1416
1. Counsel may bill the flat fee not exceeding $1,800 30 1417
days after rendition of the final order. Each request for 1418
payment submitted to the Justice Administrative Commission must 1419
include the trial counsel's certification that: 1420
a. Counsel discussed grounds for appeal with the parent or 1421
that counsel attempted and was unable to contact the parent; and 1422
b. No appeal will be filed or that a notice of appeal and 1423
a motion for appointment of appellate counsel, containing the 1424
signature of the parent, have been filed. 1425
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2. Counsel may bill the annual flat fee not exceeding $700 1426
following the first judicial review in the second year after the 1427
date of appointment and each year thereafter as long as the 1428
termination of parental rights proceedings are still ongoing. 1429
(c) For appeals from an adjudication of dependen cy, 1430
compensation may not exceed $1,800. 1431
1. Counsel may bill a flat fee not exceeding $1,200 upon 1432
filing the initial brief or the granting of a motion to 1433
withdraw. 1434
2. If a brief is filed, counsel may bill an additional 1435
flat fee not exceeding $600 upon r endition of the mandate. 1436
(d) For an appeal from an adjudication of termination of 1437
parental rights, compensation may not exceed $3,500. 1438
1. Counsel may bill a flat fee not exceeding $1,750 upon 1439
filing the initial brief or the granting of a motion to 1440
withdraw. 1441
2. If a brief is filed, counsel may bill an additional 1442
flat fee not exceeding $1,750 upon rendition of the mandate. 1443
(7) Counsel eligible to receive compensation from the 1444
state for representation pursuant to court appointment made in 1445
accordance with the requirements of s. 27.40(1) and (2)(a) in a 1446
proceeding under chapter 384, chapter 390, chapter 392, chapter 1447
393, chapter 394, chapter 397, chapter 415, chapter 743, chapter 1448
744, or chapter 984 shall receive compensation not to exceed the 1449
limits prescribed in the General Appropriations Act. Any such 1450
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compensation must be determined as provided in s. 27.40(7). 1451
(11) It is the intent of the Legislature that the flat 1452
fees prescribed under this section and the General 1453
Appropriations Act comprise the full and complete compensation 1454
for private court-appointed counsel. It is further the intent of 1455
the Legislature that the fees in this section are prescribed for 1456
the purpose of providing counsel with notice of the limit on the 1457
amount of compensation for represen tation in particular 1458
proceedings and the sole procedure and requirements for 1459
obtaining payment for the same. 1460
(a) If court-appointed counsel moves to withdraw prior to 1461
the full performance of his or her duties through the completion 1462
of the case, the court shall presume that the attorney is not 1463
entitled to the payment of the full flat fee established under 1464
this section and the General Appropriations Act. 1465
(b) If court-appointed counsel is allowed to withdraw from 1466
representation prior to the full performanc e of his or her 1467
duties through the completion of the case and the court appoints 1468
a subsequent attorney, the total compensation for the initial 1469
and any and all subsequent attorneys may not exceed the flat fee 1470
established under this section and the General A ppropriations 1471
Act, except as provided in subsection (12). 1472
1473
This subsection constitutes notice to any subsequently appointed 1474
attorney that he or she will not be compensated the full flat 1475
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fee. 1476
(12) The Legislature recognizes that on rare occasions an 1477
attorney may receive a case that requires extraordinary and 1478
unusual effort. 1479
(a) If counsel seeks compensation that exceeds the limits 1480
prescribed by law, he or she must file a motion with the chief 1481
judge for an order approving payment of attorney fees in excess 1482
of these limits. 1483
1. Before filing the motion, the counsel shall deliver a 1484
copy of the intended billing, together with supporting 1485
affidavits and all other necessary documentation, to the Justice 1486
Administrative Commission. 1487
2. The Justice Administr ative Commission shall review the 1488
billings, affidavit, and documentation for completeness and 1489
compliance with contractual and statutory requirements and shall 1490
contemporaneously document such review before authorizing 1491
payment to an attorney. If the Justice Administrative Commission 1492
objects to any portion of the proposed billing, the objection 1493
and supporting reasons must be communicated in writing to the 1494
private court-appointed counsel. The counsel may thereafter file 1495
his or her motion, which must specify whe ther the commission 1496
objects to any portion of the billing or the sufficiency of 1497
documentation, and shall attach the commission's letter stating 1498
its objection. 1499
(b) Following receipt of the motion to exceed the fee 1500
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limits, the chief judge or a single desig nee shall hold an 1501
evidentiary hearing. The chief judge may select only one judge 1502
per circuit to hear and determine motions pursuant to this 1503
subsection, except multicounty circuits and the eleventh circuit 1504
may have up to two designees. 1505
1. At the hearing, the attorney seeking compensation must 1506
prove by competent and substantial evidence that the case 1507
required extraordinary and unusual efforts. The chief judge or 1508
single designee shall consider criteria such as the number of 1509
witnesses, the complexity of the f actual and legal issues, and 1510
the length of trial. The fact that a trial was conducted in a 1511
case does not, by itself, constitute competent substantial 1512
evidence of an extraordinary and unusual effort. In a criminal 1513
case, relief under this section may not be granted if the number 1514
of work hours does not exceed 75 or the number of the state's 1515
witnesses deposed does not exceed 20. 1516
2. Objections by or on behalf of the Justice 1517
Administrative Commission to records or documents or to claims 1518
for payment by the attor ney shall be presumed correct by the 1519
court unless the court determines, in writing, that competent 1520
and substantial evidence exists to justify overcoming the 1521
presumption. The chief judge or single designee shall enter a 1522
written order detailing his or her fi ndings and identifying the 1523
extraordinary nature of the time and efforts of the attorney in 1524
the case which warrant exceeding the flat fee established by 1525
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this section and the General Appropriations Act. 1526
(c) A copy of the motion and attachments shall be ser ved 1527
on the Justice Administrative Commission at least 20 business 1528
days before the date of a hearing. The Justice Administrative 1529
Commission has standing to appear before the court, and may 1530
appear in person or telephonically, including at the hearing 1531
under paragraph (b), to contest any motion for an order 1532
approving payment of attorney fees, costs, or related expenses 1533
and may participate in a hearing on the motion by use of 1534
telephonic or other communication equipment. The Justice 1535
Administrative Commission may contract with other public or 1536
private entities or individuals to appear before the court for 1537
the purpose of contesting any motion for an order approving 1538
payment of attorney fees, costs, or related expenses. The fact 1539
that the Justice Administrative Commissi on has not objected to 1540
any portion of the billing or to the sufficiency of the 1541
documentation is not binding on the court. 1542
(d) If the chief judge or a single designee finds that 1543
counsel has proved by competent and substantial evidence that 1544
the case required extraordinary and unusual efforts, the chief 1545
judge or single designee shall order the compensation to be paid 1546
to the attorney at a percentage above the flat fee rate, 1547
depending on the extent of the unusual and extraordinary effort 1548
required. The percenta ge must be only the rate necessary to 1549
ensure that the fees paid are not confiscatory under common law. 1550
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The percentage may not exceed 200 percent of the established 1551
flat fee, absent a specific finding that 200 percent of the flat 1552
fee in the case would be co nfiscatory. If the chief judge or 1553
single designee determines that 200 percent of the flat fee 1554
would be confiscatory, he or she shall order the amount of 1555
compensation using an hourly rate not to exceed $75 per hour for 1556
a noncapital case and $100 per hour fo r a capital case. However, 1557
the compensation calculated by using the hourly rate shall be 1558
only that amount necessary to ensure that the total fees paid 1559
are not confiscatory, subject to the requirements of s. 1560
27.40(7). 1561
(e) Any order granting relief under t his subsection must 1562
be attached to the final request for a payment submitted to the 1563
Justice Administrative Commission and must satisfy the 1564
requirements of subparagraph (b)2. 1565
(13) Notwithstanding the limitation set forth in 1566
subsection (5) and for the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal year only, 1567
the compensation for representation in a criminal proceeding may 1568
not exceed the following: 1569
(a) For misdemeanors and juveniles represented at the 1570
trial level: $2,000 $1,000. 1571
(b) For noncapital, nonlife felonies represen ted at the 1572
trial level: $15,000. 1573
(c) For life felonies represented at the trial level: 1574
$15,000. 1575
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(d) For capital cases represented at the trial level: 1576
$25,000. For purposes of this paragraph, a "capital case" is any 1577
offense for which the potential sente nce is death and the state 1578
has not waived seeking the death penalty. 1579
(e) For representation on appeal: $9,000. 1580
(f) This subsection expires July 1, 2025 2024. 1581
Section 43. The text of s. 27.5304(1), (3), (7), (11), and 1582
(12)(a)-(e), Florida Statutes, as carried forward from chapter 1583
2019-116, Laws of Florida, and the text of s. 27.5304(6), 1584
Florida Statutes, as carried forward from chapter 2023 -240, Laws 1585
of Florida, by this act, expire July 1, 2025, and the text of 1586
those subsections and paragraphs, as ap plicable, shall revert to 1587
that in existence on June 30, 2019, except that any amendments 1588
to such text enacted other than by this act shall be preserved 1589
and continue to operate to the extent that such amendments are 1590
not dependent upon the portions of text w hich expire pursuant to 1591
this section. 1592
Section 44. In order to implement section 147 of the 2024 -1593
2025 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (f) of subsection (7) 1594
of section 934.50, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1595
934.50 Searches and seizure usin g a drone.— 1596
(7) SECURITY STANDARDS FOR GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY DRONE USE. — 1597
(f) Notwithstanding this subsection: 1598
1. Subject to appropriation, the drone replacement grant 1599
program is created within the Department of Law Enforcement. The 1600
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program shall provid e funds to law enforcement agencies , fire 1601
service providers, ambulance crews, or other first responders 1602
that turn in drones that are not in compliance with this 1603
section. To be eligible, the drone must have not reached its end 1604
of life and must still be in w orking condition. Funds shall be 1605
provided per drone based upon the drone's replacement costs 1606
current value. Grant funds may only be used to purchase drones 1607
that are in compliance with this section. The Department of Law 1608
Enforcement shall expeditiously deve lop an application process, 1609
and funds shall be allocated on a first -come, first-served 1610
basis, determined by the date the department receives the 1611
application. The department may adopt rules to implement this 1612
program. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term "law 1613
enforcement agency" has the same meaning as in this section. 1614
2. The Department of Law Enforcement shall provide the 1615
first two functional drones of each unique make and model 1616
received through the drone grant replacement program to the 1617
Florida Center for Cybersecurity within the University of South 1618
Florida. The Florida Center for Cybersecurity shall analyze each 1619
drone received from the Department of Law Enforcement to 1620
determine whether the drones presented a present cybersecurity 1621
concern during its time of use concerns and shall provide a 1622
report of its findings and a list of any specific security 1623
vulnerabilities found in the drone or recommendations to the 1624
Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the 1625
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House of Representatives. The center must return any drone 1626
received through the drone replacement grant program to the 1627
Department of Law Enforcement for destruction pursuant to 1628
subparagraph 3., following the completion of the cybersecurity 1629
analysis Department of Management Services regarding the drones' 1630
safety or security. 1631
3. The Department of Law Enforcement shall ensure the 1632
destruction of all drones received through the drone replacement 1633
grant program after ensuring that the first two functional 1634
drones of each unique make and model received has been 1635
transmitted to the Florida Center for Cybersecurity for 1636
analysis. The Florida Center for Cybersecurity shall return to 1637
the department for destruction any duplicate model drones in 1638
their possession which were previously transmitted to the 1639
center, and which are not being retained for analysis. 1640
4. From the funds appropriated to the drone replacement 1641
grant program, the Department of Law Enforcement: 1642
a. May expend funds to directly cause, or contract for, 1643
the secure destruction of all dron es received under the program 1644
during fiscal years 2023 -2024 and 2024-2025 which are not being 1645
retained for analysis or retained by the department following a 1646
completed analysis. 1647
b. Must provide to the Florida Center for Cybersecurity 1648
$25,000 to cover the center's expenses associated with the 1649
analysis, transport, secure storage, reporting, and other 1650
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related costs necessary to comply with the requirements of this 1651
subsection. 1652
c. May increase the awards previously provided in fiscal 1653
year 2023-2024, which were based on the drone's value, to award 1654
the value to reflect the drone's replacement cost. 1655
5.3. The Department of Law Enforcement is authorized, and 1656
all conditions are deemed met, to adopt emergency rules under s. 1657
120.54(4) for the purpose of implementing the drone replacement 1658
grant program. Notwithstanding any other law, emergency rules 1659
adopted under this section are effective for 12 months after 1660
adoption and may be renewed during the pendency of procedures to 1661
adopt permanent rules a ddressing the subject of the emergency 1662
rules. 1663
1664
This paragraph expires July 1, 2025 2024. 1665
Section 45. In order to implement appropriations used to 1666
pay existing lease contracts for private lease space in excess 1667
of 2,000 square feet in the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations 1668
Act, the Department of Management Services, with the cooperation 1669
of the agencies having the existing lease contracts for office 1670
or storage space, shall use tenant broker services to 1671
renegotiate or reprocure all private lease agreements fo r office 1672
or storage space expiring between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 1673
2027, in order to reduce costs in future years. The department 1674
shall incorporate this initiative into its 2024 master leasing 1675
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report required under s. 255.249(7), Florida Statutes, and m ay 1676
use tenant broker services to explore the possibilities of 1677
collocating office or storage space, to review the space needs 1678
of each agency, and to review the length and terms of potential 1679
renewals or renegotiations. The department shall provide a 1680
report to the Executive Office of the Governor, the President of 1681
the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by 1682
November 1, 2024, which lists each lease contract for private 1683
office or storage space, the status of renegotiations, and the 1684
savings achieved. This section expires July 1, 2025. 1685
Section 46. In order to implement appropriations 1686
authorized in the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act for data 1687
center services, and notwithstanding s. 216.292(2)(a), Florida 1688
Statutes, an agency may not transf er funds from a data 1689
processing category to a category other than another data 1690
processing category. This section expires July 1, 2025. 1691
Section 47. In order to implement the appropriation of 1692
funds in the appropriation category "Special Categories -Risk 1693
Management Insurance" in the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations 1694
Act, and pursuant to the notice, review, and objection 1695
procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the Executive Office 1696
of the Governor may transfer funds appropriated in that category 1697
between departments in order to align the budget authority 1698
granted with the premiums paid by each department for risk 1699
management insurance. This section expires July 1, 2025. 1700
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Section 48. In order to implement the appropriation of 1701
funds in the appropriation categ ory "Special Categories -Transfer 1702
to Department of Management Services -Human Resources Services 1703
Purchased per Statewide Contract" in the 2024 -2025 General 1704
Appropriations Act, and pursuant to the notice, review, and 1705
objection procedures of s. 216.177, Florid a Statutes, the 1706
Executive Office of the Governor may transfer funds appropriated 1707
in that category between departments in order to align the 1708
budget authority granted with the assessments that must be paid 1709
by each agency to the Department of Management Servi ces for 1710
human resource management services. This section expires July 1, 1711
2025. 1712
Section 49. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1713
2880 in the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act in the Building 1714
Relocation appropriation category from the Architec ts Incidental 1715
Trust Fund of the Department of Management Services, and in 1716
accordance with s. 215.196, Florida Statutes: 1717
(1) Upon the final disposition of a state -owned building, 1718
the Department of Management Services may use up to 5 percent of 1719
facility disposition funds from the Architects Incidental Trust 1720
Fund to defer, offset, or otherwise pay for all or a portion of 1721
relocation expenses, including furniture, fixtures, and 1722
equipment for state agencies impacted by the disposition of the 1723
department's managed facilities in the Florida Facilities Pool. 1724
The extent of the financial assistance provided to impacted 1725
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state agencies shall be determined by the department. 1726
(2) The Department of Management Services may submit 1727
budget amendments for an increase in appro priation if necessary 1728
for the implementation of this section pursuant to the 1729
provisions of chapter 216, Florida Statutes. Budget amendments 1730
for an increase in appropriation shall include a detailed plan 1731
providing all estimated costs and relocation proposal s. 1732
(3) This section expires July 1, 2025. 1733
Section 50. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1734
2875 through 2882 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act 1735
from the Architects Incidental Trust Fund of the Department of 1736
Management Services, notw ithstanding s. 253.025(4), Florida 1737
Statutes, and in accordance with s. 215.196, Florida Statutes, 1738
the Department of Management Services may acquire additional 1739
state-owned office buildings as defined in s. 255.248, Florida 1740
Statutes, or property for inclusio n in the Florida Facilities 1741
Pool as created in s. 255.505, Florida Statutes. This section 1742
expires July 1, 2025. 1743
Section 51. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1744
2456 through 2462 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act: 1745
(1) The Department of Financial Services shall replace the 1746
four main components of the Florida Accounting Information 1747
Resource Subsystem (FLAIR), which include central FLAIR, 1748
departmental FLAIR, payroll, and information warehouse, and 1749
shall replace the cash management and accounting management 1750
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components of the Cash Management Subsystem (CMS) with an 1751
integrated enterprise system that allows the state to organize, 1752
define, and standardize its financial management business 1753
processes and that complies with ss. 215.90 -215.96, Florida 1754
Statutes. The department may not include in the replacement of 1755
FLAIR and CMS: 1756
(a) Functionality that duplicates any of the other 1757
information subsystems of the Florida Financial Management 1758
Information System; or 1759
(b) Agency business processes relat ed to any of the 1760
functions included in the Personnel Information System, the 1761
Purchasing Subsystem, or the Legislative Appropriations 1762
System/Planning and Budgeting Subsystem. 1763
(2) For purposes of replacing FLAIR and CMS, the 1764
Department of Financial Service s shall: 1765
(a) Take into consideration the cost and implementation 1766
data identified for Option 3 as recommended in the March 31, 1767
2014, Florida Department of Financial Services FLAIR Study, 1768
version 031. 1769
(b) Ensure that all business requirements and technic al 1770
specifications have been provided to all state agencies for 1771
their review and input and approved by the executive steering 1772
committee established in paragraph (c), including any updates to 1773
these documents. 1774
(c) Implement a project governance structure th at includes 1775
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an executive steering committee composed of: 1776
1. The Chief Financial Officer or the executive sponsor of 1777
the project. 1778
2. A representative of the Division of Treasury of the 1779
Department of Financial Services, appointed by the Chief 1780
Financial Officer. 1781
3. The Chief Information Officers of the Department of 1782
Financial Services and the Department of Environmental 1783
Protection. 1784
4. Two employees from the Division of Accounting and 1785
Auditing of the Department of Financial Services, appointed by 1786
the Chief Financial Officer. Each employee must have experience 1787
relating to at least one of the four main components that 1788
compose FLAIR. 1789
5. Two employees from the Executive Office of the 1790
Governor, appointed by the Governor. One employee must have 1791
experience relating to the Legislative Appropriations 1792
System/Planning and Budgeting Subsystem. 1793
6. One employee from the Department of Revenue, appointed 1794
by the executive director, who has experience using or 1795
maintaining the department's finance and accounting s ystems. 1796
7. Two employees from the Department of Management 1797
Services, appointed by the Secretary of Management Services. One 1798
employee must have experience relating to the department's 1799
personnel information subsystem and one employee must have 1800
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experience relating to the department's purchasing subsystem. 1801
8. A state agency administrative services director, 1802
appointed by the Governor. 1803
9. Two employees from the Agency for Health Care 1804
Administration. One employee shall be the executive sponsor of 1805
the Florida Health Care Connection (FX) System or his or her 1806
designee, appointed by the Secretary of Health Care 1807
Administration, and one employee shall be the Assistant Deputy 1808
Secretary for Finance or his or her designee. 1809
10. The State Chief Information Officer, or his or her 1810
designee, as a nonvoting member. The State Chief Information 1811
Officer, or his or her designee, shall provide monthly status 1812
reports to the executive steering committee pursuant to the 1813
oversight responsibilities in s. 282.0051, Florida Statutes. 1814
11. One employee from the Department of Business and 1815
Professional Regulation who has experience in finance and 1816
accounting and FLAIR, appointed by the Secretary of Business and 1817
Professional Regulation. 1818
12. One employee from the Florida Fish a nd Wildlife 1819
Conservation Commission who has experience using or maintaining 1820
the commission's finance and accounting systems, appointed by 1821
the Chair of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation 1822
Commission. 1823
13. The budget director of the Department of Edu cation, or 1824
his or her designee. 1825
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(3)(a) The Chief Financial Officer or the executive 1826
sponsor of the project shall serve as chair of the executive 1827
steering committee, and the committee shall take action by a 1828
vote of at least eight affirmative votes with th e Chief 1829
Financial Officer or the executive sponsor of the project voting 1830
on the prevailing side. A quorum of the executive steering 1831
committee consists of at least 10 members. 1832
(b) No later than 14 days before a meeting of the 1833
executive steering committee, the chair shall request input from 1834
committee members on agenda items for the next scheduled 1835
meeting. 1836
(c) The chair shall establish a working group consisting 1837
of FLAIR users, state agency technical staff who maintain 1838
applications that integrate with FLAI R, and no less than four 1839
state agency finance and accounting or budget directors. The 1840
working group shall meet at least monthly to review PALM 1841
functionality, assess project impacts to state financial 1842
business processes and agency staff, and develop recomme ndations 1843
to the executive steering committee for improvements. The chair 1844
shall request input from the working group on agenda items for 1845
each scheduled meeting. The PALM project team shall dedicate a 1846
staff member to the group and provide system demonstratio ns and 1847
any project documentation, as needed, for the group to fulfill 1848
its duties. 1849
(d) The chair shall request all agency project sponsors to 1850
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provide bimonthly status reports to the executive steering 1851
committee. The form and format of the bimonthly status reports 1852
shall be developed by the Florida PALM project and provided to 1853
the executive steering committee meeting for approval. Such 1854
agency status reports shall provide information to the executive 1855
steering committee on the activities and ongoing work withi n the 1856
agency to prepare their systems and impacted employees for the 1857
deployment of the Florida PALM System. The first bimonthly 1858
status report is due September 1, 2024, and bimonthly 1859
thereafter. 1860
(4) The executive steering committee has the overall 1861
responsibility for ensuring that the project to replace FLAIR 1862
and CMS meets its primary business objectives and shall: 1863
(a) Identify and recommend to the Executive Office of the 1864
Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the 1865
House of Representativ es any statutory changes needed to 1866
implement the replacement subsystem that will standardize, to 1867
the fullest extent possible, the state's financial management 1868
business processes. 1869
(b) Review and approve any changes to the project's scope, 1870
schedule, and budget which do not conflict with the requirements 1871
of subsection (1). 1872
(c) Ensure that adequate resources are provided throughout 1873
all phases of the project. 1874
(d) Approve all major project deliverables and any cost 1875
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changes to each deliverable over $250,000. 1876
(e) Approve contract amendments and changes to all 1877
contract-related documents associated with the replacement of 1878
FLAIR and CMS. 1879
(f) Review, and approve as warranted, the format of the 1880
bimonthly agency status reports to include meaningful 1881
information on each agency's progress in planning for the 1882
Florida PALM Major Implementation, covering the agency's people, 1883
processes, technology, and data transformation activities. 1884
(g) Ensure compliance with ss. 216.181(16), 216.311, 1885
216.313, 282.318(4)(h), and 287. 058, Florida Statutes. 1886
(5) This section expires July 1, 2025. 1887
Section 52. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1888
2991 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 1889
notwithstanding the expiration date in section 43 of chapter 1890
2023-240, Laws of Florida, subsection (3) of section 282.709, 1891
Florida Statutes, is reenacted and amended to read: 1892
282.709 State agency law enforcement radio system and 1893
interoperability network. — 1894
(3) In recognition of the critical nature of the statewide 1895
law enforcement radio communications system, the Legislature 1896
finds that there is an immediate danger to the public health, 1897
safety, and welfare, and that it is in the best interest of the 1898
state to continue partnering with the system's current operator. 1899
The Legislature finds that continuity of coverage is critical to 1900
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supporting law enforcement, first responders, and other public 1901
safety users. The potential for a loss in coverage or a lack of 1902
interoperability between users requires emergency action and is 1903
a serious concern for officers' safety and their ability to 1904
communicate and respond to various disasters and events. 1905
(a) The department, pursuant to s. 287.057(11) s. 1906
287.057(10), shall enter into a 15 -year contract with the entity 1907
that was operating the statewide radio c ommunications system on 1908
January 1, 2021. The contract must include: 1909
1. The purchase of radios; 1910
2. The upgrade to the Project 25 communications standard; 1911
3. Increased system capacity and enhanced coverage for 1912
system users; 1913
4. Operations, maintenance , and support at a fixed annual 1914
rate; 1915
5. The conveyance of communications towers to the 1916
department; and 1917
6. The assignment of communications tower leases to the 1918
department. 1919
(b) The State Agency Law Enforcement Radio System Trust 1920
Fund is established in the department and funded from surcharges 1921
collected under ss. 318.18, 320.0802, and 328.72. Upon 1922
appropriation, moneys in the trust fund may be used by the 1923
department to acquire the equipment, software, and engineering, 1924
administrative, and maintenance services it needs to construct, 1925
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operate, and maintain the statewide radio system. Moneys in the 1926
trust fund from surcharges shall be used to help fund the costs 1927
of the system. Upon completion of the system, moneys in the 1928
trust fund may also be used by the department for payment of the 1929
recurring maintenance costs of the system. 1930
Section 53. The text of s. 282.709(3), Florida Statutes, 1931
as carried forward from chapter 2021 -37, Laws of Florida, by 1932
this act, expires July 1, 2025, and the tex t of that subsection 1933
shall revert to that in existence on June 1, 2021, except that 1934
any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall 1935
be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such 1936
amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which 1937
expire pursuant to this section. 1938
Section 54. In order to implement appropriations relating 1939
to the purchase of equipment and services related to the 1940
Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) as authorized in 1941
the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding s. 1942
287.057, Florida Statutes, state agencies and other eligible 1943
users of the SLERS network may use the Department of Management 1944
Services SLERS contract for purchase of equipment and services. 1945
This section expires July 1 , 2025. 1946
Section 55. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1947
2898 through 2909 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 1948
and notwithstanding rule 60A -1.031, Florida Administrative Code, 1949
the transaction fee as identified in s. 287.057(24)(c), Fl orida 1950
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Statutes, shall be collected for use of the online procurement 1951
system and is 0.7 percent for the 2024 -2025 fiscal year only. 1952
This section expires July 1, 2025. 1953
Section 56. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1954
2813 through 2838 of the 202 4-2025 General Appropriations Act, 1955
and upon the expiration and reversion of the amendments made by 1956
section 47 of chapter 2023 -240, Laws of Florida, paragraph (i) 1957
of subsection (9) of section 24.105, Florida Statutes, is 1958
amended to read: 1959
24.105 Powers and duties of department. —The department 1960
shall: 1961
(9) Adopt rules governing the establishment and operation 1962
of the state lottery, including: 1963
(i) The manner and amount of compensation of retailers , 1964
except for the 2024-2025 fiscal year only, effective July 1, 1965
2024, the commission for lottery ticket sales shall be 6 percent 1966
of the purchase price of each ticket sold or issued as a prize 1967
by a retailer. Any additional retailer compensation is limited 1968
to the Florida Lottery Retailer Bonus Commission program 1969
appropriated in Specific Appropriation 2834 of the 2024 -2025 1970
General Appropriations Act . 1971
Section 57. The amendment to s. 24.105(9)(i), Florida 1972
Statutes, made by this act expires July 1, 2025, and the text of 1973
that paragraph shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 1974
2023, except that any amendments to such text enacted other than 1975
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by this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the 1976
extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions 1977
of text which expire pursuant to this section. 1978
Section 58. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1979
3027 through 3035 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 1980
paragraph (ll) of subsection (6) of section 627.351, Florida 1981
Statutes, is reenacted and amended to read: 1982
627.351 Insurance risk apportion ment plans.— 1983
(6) CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION. — 1984
(ll)1. In addition to any other method of alternative 1985
dispute resolution authorized by state law, the corporation may 1986
adopt policy forms that provide for the resolution of disputes 1987
regarding its claim determinations, including disputes regarding 1988
coverage for, or the scope and value of, a claim, in a 1989
proceeding before the Division of Administrative Hearings. Any 1990
such policies are not subject to s. 627.70154. All proceedings 1991
in the Division of Adm inistrative Hearings pursuant to such 1992
policies are subject to ss. 57.105 and 768.79 as if filed in the 1993
courts of this state and are not considered chapter 120 1994
administrative proceedings. Rule 1.442, Florida Rules of Civil 1995
Procedure, applies to any offer se rved pursuant to s. 768.79, 1996
except that, notwithstanding any provision in Rule 1.442, 1997
Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, to the contrary, an offer 1998
shall not be served earlier than 10 days after filing the 1999
request for hearing with the Division of Administrat ive Hearings 2000
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and shall not be served later than 10 days before the date set 2001
for the final hearing. The administrative law judge in such 2002
proceedings shall award attorney fees and other relief pursuant 2003
to ss. 57.105 and 768.79. The corporation may not seek, and the 2004
office may not approve, a maximum hourly rate for attorney fees. 2005
2. The corporation may contract with the division to 2006
conduct proceedings to resolve disputes regarding its claim 2007
determinations as may be provided for in the applicable policies 2008
of insurance. This subparagraph expires July 1, 2025. 2009
Section 59. Effective upon this act becoming law, and in 2010
order to implement Specific Appropriations 2955 through 2964 of 2011
the Fiscal Year 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 2012
notwithstanding the provis o language for Specific Appropriation 2013
2966 in chapter 2023 -239, Laws of Florida, section 110.116, 2014
Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2015
110.116 Personnel information system; payroll procedures. —2016
(1) The Department of Management Services shall establish 2017
and maintain, in coordination with the payroll system of the 2018
Department of Financial Services, a complete personnel 2019
information system for all authorized and established positions 2020
in the state service, with the exception of employees of the 2021
Legislature, unless the Legislature chooses to participate. The 2022
department may contract with a vendor to provide the personnel 2023
information system. The specifications shall be developed in 2024
conjunction with the payroll system of the Department of 2025
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Financial Services and in coordination with the Auditor General. 2026
The Department of Financial Services shall determine that the 2027
position occupied by each employee has been authorized and 2028
established in accordance with the provisions of s. 216.251. The 2029
Department of Management Servic es shall develop and maintain a 2030
position numbering system that will identify each established 2031
position, and such information shall be a part of the payroll 2032
system of the Department of Financial Services. With the 2033
exception of employees of the Legislature, unless the 2034
Legislature chooses to participate, this system shall include 2035
all career service positions and those positions exempted from 2036
career service provisions, notwithstanding the funding source of 2037
the salary payments, and information regarding persons receiving 2038
payments from other sources. Necessary revisions shall be made 2039
in the personnel and payroll procedures of the state to avoid 2040
duplication insofar as is feasible. A list shall be organized by 2041
budget entity to show the employees or vacant positions within 2042
each budget entity. This list shall be available to the Speaker 2043
of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate 2044
upon request. 2045
(2) In recognition of the critical nature of the statewide 2046
personnel and payroll system commonly known as People First, the 2047
Legislature finds that it is in the best interest of the state 2048
to continue partnering with the current People First third -party 2049
operator. The People First System annually processes 500,000 2050
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employment applications, 455,000 personnel actio ns, and the 2051
state's $9.5-billion payroll. The Legislature finds that the 2052
continuity of operations of the People First System and the 2053
critical functions it provides such as payroll, employee health 2054
insurance benefit records, and other critical services must not 2055
be interrupted. Presently, the Chief Financial Officer is 2056
undertaking the development of a new statewide accounting and 2057
financial management system, commonly known as the Planning, 2058
Accounting, and Ledger, Management System (PALM), scheduled to 2059
be operational in the year 2026. The procurement and 2060
implementation of an entire replacement of the People First 2061
System will impede the timeframe needed to successfully 2062
integrate the state's payroll system with the PALM System. In 2063
order to maintain continuity of operations and to ensure the 2064
successful completion of the PALM System, the Legislature 2065
directs that: 2066
(a) The department, pursuant to s. 287.057(11), shall 2067
enter into a 3-year contract extension with the entity operating 2068
the People First System on Januar y 1, 2024. The contract 2069
extension must: 2070
1. Provide for the integration of the current People First 2071
System with PALM. 2072
2. Exclude major functionality updates or changes to the 2073
People First System prior to completion of the PALM System. This 2074
does not include: 2075
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a. Routine system maintenance such as code updates 2076
following open enrollment; or 2077
b. The technical remediation necessary to integrate the 2078
system with PALM within the PALM project's planned 2079
implementation schedule. 2080
3. Include project planning and analysis deliverables 2081
necessary to: 2082
a. Detail and document the state's functional 2083
requirements. 2084
b. Estimate the cost of transitioning the current People 2085
First System to a cloud computing infrastructure within the 2086
contract extension and after the successful integration with 2087
PALM. The project cost evaluation shall estimate the annual cost 2088
and capacity growth required to host the system in a cloud 2089
environment. 2090
2091
The department shall develop these system specifications in 2092
conjunction with the Department of Financial Services and the 2093
Auditor General. 2094
4. Include technical support for state agencies that may 2095
need assistance in remediating or integrating current financial 2096
shadow systems with People First in order to integrat e with PALM 2097
or the cloud version of People First. 2098
5. Include organizational change management and training 2099
deliverables needed to support the implementation of PALM 2100
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payroll functionality and the People First System cloud upgrade. 2101
Responsibilities of the operator and the department shall be 2102
outlined in a project role and responsibility assignment chart 2103
within the contract. 2104
6. Include an option to renew the contract for one 2105
additional year. 2106
(b) The department shall submit, no later than June 30, 2107
2026, its project planning and detailed cost estimate to upgrade 2108
the current People First System to the chair of the Senate 2109
Committee on Appropriations, the chair of the House of 2110
Representatives Appropriations Committee, and the Executive 2111
Office of the Governor's Office of Policy and Budget, for 2112
preliminary review and consideration of funding the department's 2113
Fiscal Year 2026-2027 legislative budget request to update the 2114
system. 2115
(c) This subsection expires July 1, 2025. 2116
Section 60. In order to implement the appropriation of 2117
funds in the appropriation category "Northwest Regional Data 2118
Center" in the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 2119
pursuant to the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 2120
216.177, Florida Statutes, the Executive Office of the Governor 2121
may transfer funds appropriated in that category between 2122
departments in order to align the budget authority granted based 2123
on the estimated costs for data processing services for the 2124
2024-2025 fiscal year. This section expires July 1, 2025. 2125
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Section 61. In order to implement appropriations 2126
authorized in the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act for state 2127
data center services, auxiliary assessments charged to state 2128
agencies related to contract management services provided to 2129
Northwest Regional Data Center shall not exceed 3 percent. This 2130
section expires July 1, 2025. 2131
Section 62. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2132
2506A of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, section 2133
284.51, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 2134
284.51 Electroencephalogram combined transcranial magnetic 2135
stimulation treatment pilot program. — 2136
(1) As used in this section, the term: 2137
(a) "Division" means the Division of Risk Management at 2138
the Department of Financial Services. 2139
(b) "Electroencephalogram combine d Transcranial Magnetic 2140
Stimulation" or "eTMS" means treatment in which transcranial 2141
magnetic stimulation frequency pulses are tuned to the patient's 2142
physiology and biometric data. 2143
(c) "First Responder" has the same meaning as provided in 2144
s. 112.1815(1). 2145
(d) "Veteran" means: 2146
1. A veteran as defined in 38 U.S.C. s. 101(2); 2147
2. A person who served in a reserve component as defined 2148
in 38 U.S.C. s. 101(27); or 2149
3. A person who served in the National Guard of any state. 2150
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(2) The division shall select a provider to establish a 2151
statewide pilot program to make eTMS available for veterans, 2152
first responders, and immediate family members of veterans and 2153
first responders with: 2154
(a) Substance use disorders. 2155
(b) Mental illness. 2156
(c) Sleep disorders. 2157
(d) Traumatic brain injuries. 2158
(e) Sexual trauma. 2159
(f) Post-traumatic stress disorder and accompanying 2160
comorbidities. 2161
(g) Concussions. 2162
(h) Other brain trauma. 2163
(i) Quality of life issues affecting human performance, 2164
including issues related to or resulting from problems with 2165
cognition and problems maintaining attention, concentration, or 2166
focus. 2167
(3) The provider must display a history of serving veteran 2168
and first responder populations at a statewide level. The 2169
provider shall establish a network for in pers on and offsite 2170
care with the goal of providing statewide access. Consideration 2171
shall be provided to locations with a large population of first 2172
responders and veterans. In addition to traditional eTMS 2173
devices, the provider may utilize non -medical Portable Magnetic 2174
Stimulation devices to improve access to underserved populations 2175
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in remote areas or to be used to serve as a pre -post treatment 2176
or a stand-alone device. The provider shall be required to 2177
establish and operate a clinical practice and to evaluate 2178
outcomes of such clinical practice. 2179
(4) The pilot program shall include: 2180
(a) The establishment of a peer -to-peer support network by 2181
the provider made available to all individuals receiving 2182
treatment under the program. 2183
(b) The requirement that each indi vidual who receives 2184
treatment under the program also must receive neurophysiological 2185
monitoring, monitoring for symptoms of substance use and other 2186
mental health disorders, and access to counseling and wellness 2187
programming. Each individual who receives tre atment must also 2188
participate in the peer -to-peer support network established by 2189
the provider. 2190
(c) The establishment of protocols which include the use 2191
of adopted stimulation frequency and intensity modulation based 2192
on EEGs done on days 0, 10, and 20 and motor threshold testing, 2193
as well as clinical symptoms, signs, and biometrics. 2194
(d) The requirement that protocols and outcomes of any 2195
treatment provided by the clinical practice shall be collected 2196
and reported by the provider quarterly to the division, the 2197
President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of 2198
Representatives. Such report shall include the bio -data metrics 2199
and all expenditures and accounting of the use of funds received 2200
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from the department. 2201
(e) The requirement that protocols and outcomes of any 2202
treatment provided by the clinical practice shall be collected 2203
and reported to the University of South Florida and may be 2204
provided by the provider to any relevant Food and Drug 2205
Administration studies or tria ls. 2206
(5) The division may adopt rules to implement this 2207
section. 2208
(6) This section expires July 1, 2025. 2209
Section 63. In order to implement specific appropriations 2210
from the land acquisition trust funds within the Department of 2211
Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department of 2212
Environmental Protection, the Department of State, and the Fish 2213
and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which are contained in the 2214
2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, subsection (3) of section 2215
215.18, Florida Statutes, is amend ed to read: 2216
215.18 Transfers between funds; limitation. — 2217
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) and only with respect 2218
to a land acquisition trust fund in the Department of 2219
Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department of 2220
Environmental Protection, the D epartment of State, or the Fish 2221
and Wildlife Conservation Commission, whenever there is a 2222
deficiency in a land acquisition trust fund which would render 2223
that trust fund temporarily insufficient to meet its just 2224
requirements, including the timely payment of appropriations 2225
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from that trust fund, and other trust funds in the State 2226
Treasury have moneys that are for the time being or otherwise in 2227
excess of the amounts necessary to meet the just requirements, 2228
including appropriated obligations, of those other trus t funds, 2229
the Governor may order a temporary transfer of moneys from one 2230
or more of the other trust funds to a land acquisition trust 2231
fund in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the 2232
Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of State, 2233
or the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Any action 2234
proposed pursuant to this subsection is subject to the notice, 2235
review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, and the Governor 2236
shall provide notice of such action at least 7 days before t he 2237
effective date of the transfer of trust funds, except that 2238
during July 2024 2023, notice of such action shall be provided 2239
at least 3 days before the effective date of a transfer unless 2240
such 3-day notice is waived by the chair and vice chair of the 2241
Legislative Budget Commission. Any transfer of trust funds to a 2242
land acquisition trust fund in the Department of Agriculture and 2243
Consumer Services, the Department of Environmental Protection, 2244
the Department of State, or the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 2245
Commission must be repaid to the trust funds from which the 2246
moneys were loaned by the end of the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal 2247
year. The Legislature has determined that the repayment of the 2248
other trust fund moneys temporarily loaned to a land acquisition 2249
trust fund in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer 2250
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Services, the Department of Environmental Protection, the 2251
Department of State, or the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 2252
Commission pursuant to this subsection is an allowable use of 2253
the moneys in a land acqu isition trust fund because the moneys 2254
from other trust funds temporarily loaned to a land acquisition 2255
trust fund shall be expended solely and exclusively in 2256
accordance with s. 28, Art. X of the State Constitution. This 2257
subsection expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2258
Section 64. (1) In order to implement specific 2259
appropriations from the land acquisition trust funds within the 2260
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department 2261
of Environmental Protection, the Department of State, and the 2262
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission which are contained in 2263
the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, the Department of 2264
Environmental Protection shall transfer revenues from the Land 2265
Acquisition Trust Fund within the department to the land 2266
acquisition trust funds within the Department of Agriculture and 2267
Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and 2268
Wildlife Conservation Commission as provided in this section. As 2269
used in this section, the term "department" means the Department 2270
of Environmental Protect ion. 2271
(2) After subtracting any required debt service payments, 2272
the proportionate share of revenues to be transferred to each 2273
land acquisition trust fund shall be calculated by dividing the 2274
appropriations from each of the land acquisition trust funds for 2275
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the fiscal year by the total appropriations from the Land 2276
Acquisition Trust Fund within the department and the land 2277
acquisition trust funds within the Department of Agriculture and 2278
Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and 2279
Wildlife Conservation Commission for the fiscal year. The 2280
department shall transfer the proportionate share of the 2281
revenues in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund within the 2282
department on a monthly basis to the appropriate land 2283
acquisition trust funds within the Department of Agriculture and 2284
Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and 2285
Wildlife Conservation Commission and shall retain its 2286
proportionate share of the revenues in the Land Acquisition 2287
Trust Fund within the department. Total distributions to a lan d 2288
acquisition trust fund within the Department of Agriculture and 2289
Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and 2290
Wildlife Conservation Commission may not exceed the total 2291
appropriations from such trust fund for the fiscal year. 2292
(3) In addition, the department shall transfer from the 2293
Land Acquisition Trust Fund to land acquisition trust funds 2294
within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the 2295
Department of State, and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 2296
Commission amounts equal to the difference between the amounts 2297
appropriated in chapter 2023 -239, Laws of Florida, to the 2298
department's Land Acquisition Trust Fund and the other land 2299
acquisition trust funds, and the amounts actually transferred 2300
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between those trust funds during the 2023 -2024 fiscal year. 2301
(4) The department may advance funds from the beginning 2302
unobligated fund balance in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund to 2303
the Land Acquisition Trust Fund within the Fish and Wildlife 2304
Conservation Commission needed for cash flow purposes b ased on a 2305
detailed expenditure plan. The department shall prorate amounts 2306
transferred quarterly to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 2307
Commission to recoup the amount of funds advanced by June 30, 2308
2025. 2309
(5) This section expires July 1, 2025. 2310
Section 65. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2311
1804 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 2312
notwithstanding the expiration date in section 58 of chapter 2313
2023-240, Laws of Florida, paragraph (g) of subsection (15) of 2314
section 376.3071, Florida Stat utes, is reenacted to read: 2315
376.3071 Inland Protection Trust Fund; creation; purposes; 2316
funding.— 2317
(15) ETHANOL OR BIODIESEL DAMAGE; PREVENTIVE MEASURES. —The 2318
department shall pay, pursuant to this subsection, up to $10 2319
million each fiscal year from the f und for the costs of labor 2320
and equipment to repair or replace petroleum storage systems 2321
that may have been damaged due to the storage of fuels blended 2322
with ethanol or biodiesel, or for preventive measures to reduce 2323
the potential for such damage. 2324
(g) Payments may not be made for the following: 2325
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1. Proposal costs or costs related to preparation of the 2326
application and required documentation; 2327
2. Certified public accountant costs; 2328
3. Except as provided in paragraph (j), any costs in 2329
excess of the amount a pproved by the department under paragraph 2330
(b) or which are not in substantial compliance with the purchase 2331
order; 2332
4. Costs associated with storage tanks, piping, or 2333
ancillary equipment that has previously been repaired or 2334
replaced for which costs have be en paid under this section; 2335
5. Facilities that are not in compliance with department 2336
storage tank rules, until the noncompliance issues have been 2337
resolved; or 2338
6. Costs associated with damage to petroleum storage 2339
systems caused in whole or in part by ca uses other than the 2340
storage of fuels blended with ethanol or biodiesel. 2341
Section 66. The text of s. 376.3071(15)(g), Florida 2342
Statutes, as carried forward from chapter 2020 -114, Laws of 2343
Florida, by this act, expires July 1, 2025, and the text of that 2344
paragraph shall revert to that in existence on July 1, 2020, but 2345
not including any amendments made by this act or chapter 2020 -2346
114, Laws of Florida, and any amendments to such text enacted 2347
other than by this act shall be preserved and continue to 2348
operate to the extent that such amendments are not dependent 2349
upon the portion of text which expires pursuant to this section. 2350
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Section 67. In order to implement specific appropriations 2351
from the Florida Forever Trust Fund within the Department of 2352
Environmental Protection, which are contained in the 2024 -2025 2353
General Appropriations Act, paragraph (m) of subsection (3) of 2354
section 259.105, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2355
259.105 The Florida Forever Act. — 2356
(3) Less the costs of issuing and the costs of funding 2357
reserve accounts and other costs associated with bonds, the 2358
proceeds of cash payments or bonds issued pursuant to this 2359
section shall be deposited into the Florida Forever Trust Fund 2360
created by s. 259.1051. The proceeds shall be distributed by the 2361
Department of Environmental Protection in the following manner: 2362
(m) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) -(j) and for the 2024-2363
2025 2023-2024 fiscal year, the proceeds shall be distributed as 2364
provided in the General Appropriations Act. This paragraph 2365
expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2366
Section 68. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2367
2274A of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 2368
notwithstanding chapter 287, Florida Statutes, the Department of 2369
Citrus shall enter into agreements for the purpose of increasing 2370
production of trees that show tolerance or resistance to citrus 2371
greening and to commercialize technologies that produce 2372
tolerance or resistance to citrus greening in trees. The 2373
department shall enter into these agreements no later than 2374
January 1, 2025, and sh all file with the department's Inspector 2375
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General a certification of conditions and circumstances 2376
justifying each agreement entered into without competitive 2377
solicitation. This section expires July 1, 2025. 2378
Section 69. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2379
1740B of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, the Local 2380
Government Water Supply Pilot Grant Program is created within 2381
the Department of Environmental Protection. In recognition of 2382
the area's unique water so urce constraints, including the 2383
protection of the Coastal Floridan aquifer, the Department of 2384
Environmental Protection shall implement the pilot program to 2385
provide funds to local governments for water supply 2386
infrastructure, including distribution and trans mission 2387
facilities. To be eligible for the pilot program, a water supply 2388
infrastructure project must be located within Region I or Region 2389
II of the Northwest Florida Regional Water Supply Plan. If a 2390
developer is involved in the project, the Department of 2391
Environmental Protection shall require match funding equal to 2392
the amount of the grant request from local, federal, or private 2393
funds. The Department of Environmental Protection shall 2394
expeditiously develop an application process and may adopt rules 2395
to implement this pilot program. This section expires July 1, 2396
2025. 2397
Section 70. In order to implement section 169 of the 2024 -2398
2025 General Appropriations Act, section 380.5105, Florida 2399
Statutes, is amended to read: 2400
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380.5105 The Stan Mayfield Working Waterfront s; Florida 2401
Forever program.— 2402
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, 2403
it is the intent of the Legislature that the trust shall 2404
administer the working waterfronts land acquisition program as 2405
set forth in this section. 2406
(a)(2) The trust and the Department of Agriculture and 2407
Consumer Services shall jointly develop rules specifically 2408
establishing an application process and a process for the 2409
evaluation, scoring and ranking of working waterfront 2410
acquisition projects. The proposed rules jointly developed 2411
pursuant to this paragraph subsection shall be promulgated by 2412
the trust. Such rules shall establish a system of weighted 2413
criteria to give increased priority to projects: 2414
1.(a) Within a municipality with a population less than 2415
30,000; 2416
2.(b) Within a municipality or area under intense growth 2417
and development pressures, as evidenced by a number of factors, 2418
including a determination that the municipality's growth rate 2419
exceeds the average growth rate for the state; 2420
3.(c) Within the boundary of a c ommunity redevelopment 2421
agency established pursuant to s. 163.356; 2422
4.(d) Adjacent to state-owned submerged lands designated 2423
as an aquatic preserve identified in s. 258.39; or 2424
5.(e) That provide a demonstrable benefit to the local 2425
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economy. 2426
(b)(3) For projects that will require more than the grant 2427
amount awarded for completion, the applicant must identify in 2428
their project application funding sources that will provide the 2429
difference between the grant award and the estimated project 2430
completion cost. Such r ules may be incorporated into those 2431
developed pursuant to s. 380.507(11). 2432
(c)(4) The trust shall develop a ranking list based on 2433
criteria identified in paragraph (a) subsection (2) for proposed 2434
fee simple and less-than-fee simple acquisition projects 2435
developed pursuant to this section. The trust shall, by the 2436
first Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund 2437
meeting in February, present the ranking list pursuant to this 2438
section to the board of trustees for final approval of projects 2439
for funding. The board of trustees may remove projects from the 2440
ranking list but may not add projects. 2441
(d)(5) Grant awards, acquisition approvals, and terms of 2442
less-than-fee acquisitions shall be approved by the trust. 2443
Waterfront communities that receive grant awards must submit 2444
annual progress reports to the trust identifying project 2445
activities which are complete, and the progress achieved in 2446
meeting the goals outlined in the project application. The trust 2447
must implement a process to monitor and evaluate the performance 2448
of grant recipients in completing projects that are funded 2449
through the working waterfronts program. 2450
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(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, 2451
it is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of 2452
Environmental Protection shall administer the working 2453
waterfronts capital outlay grant program as set forth in this 2454
section to support the commercial fishing industry, including 2455
the infrastructure for receiving or unloading seafood for the 2456
purpose of supporting the seafood economy. 2457
(a) The working waterfronts capital outlay grant program 2458
is created to provide funding to assist commercial saltwater 2459
products or commercial saltwater wholesale dealer or retailer 2460
license holders and seafood house s in maintaining their 2461
operations. 2462
(b) Eligible costs and expenditures include fixed capital 2463
outlay and operating capital outlay, including, but not limited 2464
to, the repair and maintenance or replacement of equipment, the 2465
repair and maintenance or replace ment of water-adjacent 2466
facilities or infrastructure, and the construction or renovation 2467
of shore-side facilities. 2468
(c) The applicant must demonstrate a benefit to the local 2469
economy. 2470
(d) Grant recipients must submit annual progress reports 2471
to the department identifying project activities that are 2472
complete and the progress achieved in meeting the goals outlined 2473
in the project application. 2474
(e) The department shall implement a process to monitor 2475
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and evaluate the performance of grant recipients in completin g 2476
projects funded through the program. 2477
Section 71. The amendments to s. 380.5105, Florida 2478
Statutes, made by this act expire July 1, 2025, and the text of 2479
that section shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2024, 2480
except that any amendments to suc h text enacted other than by 2481
this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the 2482
extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions 2483
of text which expire pursuant to this section. 2484
Section 72. In order to implement section 163 of the 2024-2485
2025 General Appropriations Act, section 10 of chapter 2022 -272, 2486
Laws of Florida, as amended by section 61 of chapter 2023 -240, 2487
Laws of Florida is amended to read: 2488
Section 10. Hurricane Restoration Reimbursement Grant 2489
Program.— 2490
(1) There is hereby created within the Department of 2491
Environmental Protection the Hurricane Restoration Reimbursement 2492
Grant Program for the purpose of providing financial assistance 2493
to mitigate coastal beach erosion for coastal homeowners whose 2494
property was significantly im pacted by Hurricane Ian or 2495
Hurricane Nicole in 2022. The department is authorized to 2496
provide financial assistance grants to eligible recipients 2497
located in Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Duval, Flagler, 2498
Indian River, Lee, Manatee, Martin, Nassau, Pal m Beach, Saint 2499
Johns, Saint Lucie, Sarasota, and Volusia Counties. 2500
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(2) The department may provide grants to property owners 2501
to mitigate for coastal beach erosion caused by Hurricane Ian or 2502
Hurricane Nicole during 2022. Grant funding may only be used to 2503
reimburse a property owner for construction costs: 2504
(a) Related to sand placement and temporary or permanent 2505
coastal armoring construction projects to mitigate coastal beach 2506
erosion and may not be used for the repair of residential 2507
structures. 2508
(b) Incurred as a result of preparation for or damage 2509
sustained from Hurricane Ian or Hurricane Nicole in 2022. 2510
(c) Incurred after September 23, 2022. 2511
(d) Related to a project that has been permitted, is 2512
exempt from permitting requirements, or is otherwise autho rized 2513
by law. 2514
(3) Financial assistance grants may only be provided to 2515
mitigate damage to property located in Brevard, Broward, 2516
Charlotte, Collier, Duval, Flagler, Indian River, Lee, Manatee, 2517
Martin, Nassau, Palm Beach, Saint Johns, Saint Lucie, Sarasota, 2518
and Volusia Counties that is a: 2519
(a) Residential property that meets the following 2520
requirements: 2521
1. The parcel must be a single -family, site-built, 2522
residential property or a multi -family, site-built, residential 2523
property not to exceed four units; and 2524
2. The homeowner must have been granted a homestead 2525
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exemption on the home under chapter 196, Florida Statutes; 2526
(b) Residential condominium, as defined in chapter 718, 2527
Florida Statutes; or 2528
(c) Cooperative, as defined in chapter 719, Florida 2529
Statutes. 2530
(4)(a) The department shall reimburse 100 percent of the 2531
cost of eligible sand placement projects. For armoring projects 2532
on residential properties eligible under paragraph (3)(a), the 2533
department shall cost-share with $1 provided by the property 2534
owner for every $1 provided by the state with a maximum of 2535
$300,000 in state funding toward the actual cost of an eligible 2536
project. For armoring projects on properties eligible under 2537
paragraphs (3)(b) and (c), the department shall cost -share with 2538
$1 provided by the property owner for every $1 provided by the 2539
state with a maximum of $600,000 in state funding toward the 2540
actual cost of an eligible project. The department shall 2541
prioritize applicants who are low -income or moderate-income 2542
persons, as defined in s. 420.0004 , Florida Statutes. Grants 2543
will be awarded to property owners for eligible projects 2544
following the receipt of a completed application on a first -2545
come, first-served basis until funding is exhausted. 2546
1. Applications may be submitted beginning February 1, 2547
2023. 2548
2. Applicants must include evidence that the project meets 2549
the criteria in subsections (2) and (3). 2550
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(b) If the department determines that an application meets 2551
the requirements of this section, the department shall enter 2552
into a cost-share grant agreement with the applicant consistent 2553
with this section. 2554
(c) The department shall disburse grant funds on a 2555
reimbursement basis. In order to receive reimbursement, property 2556
owners must submit, at a minimum: 2557
1. If applicable, the permit issued under chapt er 161, 2558
Florida Statutes, or applicable statute, and evidence that the 2559
project complies with all permitting requirements. 2560
2. All invoices and payment receipts for eligible 2561
projects. 2562
3. If applicable, documentation that the eligible project 2563
was completed by a licensed professional or contractor. 2564
(5) Beginning July 1, 2024, local governments and 2565
municipalities may apply for program funds to implement large 2566
scale sand placement projects located in a county listed in 2567
subsection (1). Impacted counties and municipalities may request 2568
funding for such projects that protect upland structures and 2569
provide benefits to property owners at large. Funding will be 2570
distributed on a first -come, first-served basis. Up to 100 2571
percent of costs are eligible. Projects must be able to be 2572
completed by July 1, 2025. No more than 50 percent of remaining 2573
funds will be used for this purpose. 2574
(6)(5) No later than January 31, 2023, the department 2575
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shall adopt emergency rules prescribing the procedures, 2576
administration, and criteria fo r approving the applications for 2577
the Hurricane Restoration Reimbursement Grant Program. The 2578
department is authorized, and all conditions are deemed met, to 2579
adopt emergency rules under ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54(4), 2580
Florida Statutes, to implement this sectio n. The Legislature 2581
finds that such emergency rulemaking authority is necessary to 2582
address critical shoreline erosion which may result in the loss 2583
of property by homeowners in those areas of the state that 2584
sustained damage due to Hurricane Ian or Hurricane Nicole during 2585
2022. Such rules shall remain effective until the funding in the 2586
grant program is exhausted or this section expires for 6 months 2587
after the date of adoption . 2588
(7)(6) This section expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2589
Section 73. In order to implemen t Specific Appropriation 2590
1919 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act and 2591
notwithstanding s. 823.11(4)(c), Florida Statutes, the Fish and 2592
Wildlife Conservation Commission may use funds appropriated for 2593
the derelict vessel removal program for grants to local 2594
governments or to remove, store, destroy, and dispose of, or to 2595
pay private contractors to remove, store, destroy, and dispose 2596
of, derelict vessels or vessels declared a public nuisance 2597
pursuant to s. 327.73(1)(aa), Florida Statutes. This section 2598
expires July 1, 2025. 2599
Section 74. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2600
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1864 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, a county or 2601
municipal government may not amend or adopt an ordinance that 2602
restricts or prohibits the operation of a leaf blowe r that is 2603
powered by an internal combustion engine or motor. This section 2604
expires July 1, 2025. 2605
Section 75. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2606
1741 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, subsection (8) 2607
is added to section 403.0673, Flor ida Statutes to read: 2608
(8) For the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year, and notwithstanding the 2609
requirements of subsection (4), (5), and (6), the department 2610
shall dedicate at least $25 million of the revenues transferred 2611
from s. 201.15(4)(h), for priority projects to i mprove water 2612
quality in the Indian River Lagoon. This subsection expires July 2613
1, 2025. 2614
Section 76. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2615
1612 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 2616
notwithstanding chapter 287, Florida Statutes, the Dep artment of 2617
Agriculture and Consumer Services shall enter into agreements 2618
for the purpose of advancing technologies leading to the 2619
creation of a genetically engineered self -limiting strain of an 2620
Asian Citrus Psyllid for population suppression. The departmen t 2621
shall enter into these agreements no later than January 1, 2025, 2622
and shall file with the department's Inspector General a 2623
certification of conditions and circumstances justifying each 2624
agreement entered into without competitive solicitation. This 2625
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section expires July 1, 2025. 2626
Section 77. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2627
2736 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (b) 2628
of subsection (3) and subsection (5) of section 321.04, Florida 2629
Statutes, are amended to read: 2630
321.04 Personnel of the highway patrol; rank 2631
classifications; probationary status of new patrol officers; 2632
subsistence; special assignments. — 2633
(3) 2634
(b) For the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal year only, upon the 2635
request of the Governor, the Department of Highway Safety and 2636
Motor Vehicles shall assign one or more patrol officers to the 2637
office of the Lieutenant Governor for security services. This 2638
paragraph expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2639
(5) For the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal year only, the 2640
assignment of a patrol officer by the department shall include a 2641
Cabinet member specified in s. 4, Art. IV of the State 2642
Constitution if deemed appropriate by the department or in 2643
response to a threat and upon written request of such Cabinet 2644
member. This subsection expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2645
Section 78. In order to implement section 212 of the 2024 -2646
2025 General Appropriations Act, subsection (3) of section 2647
288.80125, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2648
288.80125 Triumph Gulf Coast Trust Fund. — 2649
(3) For the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal year, funds shall 2650
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be used for the Rebuild Florida Revolving Loan Fund program to 2651
provide assistance to businesses impacted by Hurricane Michael 2652
as provided in the General Appropriations Act. This subsection 2653
expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2654
Section 79. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 2655
2284 through 2291 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 2656
and notwithstanding the expiration date in section 65 of chapter 2657
2023-240, Laws of Florida, subsection (3) of section 288.8013, 2658
Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 2659
288.8013 Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc.; creation; funding; 2660
investment.— 2661
(3) Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc., shall establish a trust 2662
account at a federally insured financial institution to hold 2663
funds received from the Triumph Gulf Coast Trust Fund and make 2664
deposits and payments. Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc., may invest 2665
surplus funds in the Local Government Surplus Funds Trust Fund, 2666
pursuant to s. 218.407. Earnings generated by investments and 2667
interest of the fund may be retained and us ed to make awards 2668
pursuant to this act or, notwithstanding paragraph (2)(d), for 2669
administrative costs, including costs in excess of the cap. 2670
Administrative costs may include payment of travel and per diem 2671
expenses of board members, audits, salary or other costs for 2672
employed or contracted staff, including required staff under s. 2673
288.8014(9), and other allowable costs. The annual salary for 2674
any employee or contracted staff may not exceed $130,000, and 2675
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associated benefits may not exceed 35 percent of salary. 2676
Section 80. The text of s. 288.8013(3), Florida Statutes, 2677
as carried forward from chapter 2023 -240, Laws of Florida, by 2678
this act expires July 1, 2025, and the text of that subsection 2679
shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2023, except that 2680
any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall 2681
be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such 2682
amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which 2683
expire pursuant to this section. 2684
Section 81. In order to implement Spec ific Appropriations 2685
2024 through 2037, 2037F, 2037G, 2049 through 2055, 2058 through 2686
2062, 2064 through 2072, and 2104 through 2116 of the 2024 -2025 2687
General Appropriations Act, paragraph (h) of subsection (7) of 2688
section 339.135, Florida Statutes, is amende d to read: 2689
339.135 Work program; legislative budget request; 2690
definitions; preparation, adoption, execution, and amendment. — 2691
(7) AMENDMENT OF THE ADOPTED WORK PROGRAM. — 2692
(h)1. Any work program amendment that also adds a new 2693
project, or phase thereof, t o the adopted work program in excess 2694
of $3 million is subject to approval by the Legislative Budget 2695
Commission. Any work program amendment submitted under this 2696
paragraph must include, as supplemental information, a list of 2697
projects, or phases thereof, in t he current 5-year adopted work 2698
program which are eligible for the funds within the 2699
appropriation category being used for the proposed amendment. 2700
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The department shall provide a narrative with the rationale for 2701
not advancing an existing project, or phase the reof, in lieu of 2702
the proposed amendment. 2703
2. If the department submits an amendment to the 2704
Legislative Budget Commission and the commission does not meet 2705
or consider the amendment within 30 days after its submittal, 2706
the chair and vice chair of the commiss ion may authorize the 2707
amendment to be approved pursuant to s. 216.177. This 2708
subparagraph expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2709
Section 82. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2710
3056 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, section 2711
250.245, Florida Stat utes, is amended to read: 2712
250.245 Florida National Guard Joint Enlistment 2713
Enhancement Program. — 2714
(1) The Florida National Guard Joint Enlistment 2715
Enhancement Program (JEEP) is established within the Department 2716
of Military Affairs. The purpose of the prog ram is to motivate 2717
soldiers, airmen, and retirees of the Florida National Guard to 2718
bolster recruitment efforts and increase the force structure of 2719
the Florida National Guard. 2720
(2) As used in this section, the term "recruiting 2721
assistant" means a member of the Florida National Guard or a 2722
retiree of the Florida National Guard who assists in the 2723
recruitment of a new member and who provides motivation, 2724
encouragement, and moral support until the enlistment of such 2725
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new member. 2726
(3) A current member in pay grade E-1 to O-3 or a retiree 2727
in any pay grade is eligible for participation in JEEP as a 2728
recruiting assistant. 2729
(4) The Adjutant General shall provide compensation to 2730
recruiting assistants participating in JEEP. A recruiting 2731
assistant shall receive $1,000 for each new member referred by 2732
them to the Florida National Guard upon the enlistment of such 2733
referred member. 2734
(5) The Department of Military Affairs, in cooperation 2735
with the Florida National Guard, shall adopt rules to administer 2736
the program. 2737
(6) This section expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2738
Section 83. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2739
2348 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, subsection (6) 2740
of section 288.0655, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2741
288.0655 Rural Infrastructure Fund. — 2742
(6) For the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal year, the funds 2743
appropriated for the grant program for Florida Panhandle 2744
counties shall be distributed pursuant to and for the purposes 2745
described in the proviso language associated with Specific 2746
Appropriation 2348 2342 of the 2024-2025 2023-2024 General 2747
Appropriations Act. This subsection expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2748
Section 84. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 2749
2705 through 2714 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 2750
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and notwithstanding ss. 216. 181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, 2751
the Division of Emergency Management may submit budget 2752
amendments, subject to the notice, review, and objection 2753
procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to increase budget 2754
authority for projected expenditures due to re imbursements from 2755
federally declared disasters. This section expires July 1, 2025. 2756
Section 85. Effective July 1, 2024, and in order to 2757
implement Specific Appropriation 2693A of the 2024 -2025 General 2758
Appropriations act, subsection (2) of section 282.201 , Florida 2759
Statutes, is amended to read: 2760
282.201 State data center. —The state data center is 2761
established within the department. The provision of data center 2762
services must comply with applicable state and federal laws, 2763
regulations, and policies, including all applicable security, 2764
privacy, and auditing requirements. The department shall appoint 2765
a director of the state data center who has experience in 2766
leading data center facilities and has expertise in cloud -2767
computing management. 2768
(2) USE OF THE STATE DATA CENTER.— 2769
(a) The following are exempt from the use of the state 2770
data center: the Department of Law Enforcement, the Department 2771
of the Lottery's Gaming System, Systems Design and Development 2772
in the Office of Policy and Budget, the regional traffic 2773
management centers as described in s. 335.14(2) and the Office 2774
of Toll Operations of the Department of Transportation, the 2775
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State Board of Administration, state attorneys, public 2776
defenders, criminal conflict and civil regional counsel, capital 2777
collateral regional counsel, and the Florida Housing Finance 2778
Corporation. 2779
(b) The Division of Emergency Management is exempt from 2780
the use of the state data center. This paragraph expires July 1, 2781
2025. 2782
Section 86. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2783
2784 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, subsection (4) 2784
is added to section 320.08053, Florida Statutes, to read: 2785
320.08053 Establishment of specialty license plates. — 2786
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the 2787
department shall extend the pre sale period for the Florida State 2788
Beekeepers Association by an additional 12 months. This 2789
subsection expires July 1, 2025. 2790
Section 87. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2791
2671 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (d) 2792
of subsection (4) of section 112.061, Florida Statutes, is 2793
amended to read: 2794
112.061 Per diem and travel expenses of public officers, 2795
employees, and authorized persons; statewide travel management 2796
system.— 2797
(4) OFFICIAL HEADQUARTERS. —The official headqua rters of an 2798
officer or employee assigned to an office shall be the city or 2799
town in which the office is located except that: 2800
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(d) A Lieutenant Governor who permanently resides outside 2801
of Leon County, may, if he or she so requests, have an 2802
appropriate facility in his or her county designated as his or 2803
her official headquarters for purposes of this section. This 2804
official headquarters may only serve as the Lieutenant 2805
Governor's personal office. The Lieutenant Governor may not use 2806
state funds to lease space in any facility for his or her 2807
official headquarters. 2808
1. A Lieutenant Governor for whom an official headquarters 2809
is established in his or her county of residence pursuant to 2810
this paragraph is eligible for subsistence at a rate to be 2811
established by the Gover nor for each day or partial day that the 2812
Lieutenant Governor is at the State Capitol to conduct official 2813
state business. In addition to the subsistence allowance, a 2814
Lieutenant Governor is eligible for reimbursement for 2815
transportation expenses as provided i n subsection (7) for travel 2816
between the Lieutenant Governor's official headquarters and the 2817
State Capitol to conduct state business. 2818
2. Payment of subsistence and reimbursement for 2819
transportation between a Lieutenant Governor's official 2820
headquarters and the State Capitol shall be made to the extent 2821
appropriated funds are available, as determined by the Governor. 2822
3. This paragraph expires July 1, 2025 2024. 2823
Section 88. (1) In order to implement section 8 of the 2824
2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, beginning July 1, 2024, 2825
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and on the first day of each month thereafter, the Department of 2826
Management Services shall assess an administrative health 2827
insurance assessment to each state agency equal to the 2828
employer's cost of individual employee health care cov erage for 2829
each vacant position within such agency eligible for coverage 2830
through the Division of State Group Insurance. As used in this 2831
section, the term "state agency" means an agency within the 2832
State Personnel System, the Department of the Lottery, the 2833
Justice Administrative Commission and all entities 2834
administratively housed in the Justice Administrative 2835
Commission, and the state courts system. 2836
(2) Each state agency shall remit the assessed 2837
administrative health insurance assessment under subsection (1) 2838
to the State Employees Health Insurance Trust Fund, for the 2839
State Group Insurance Program, as provided in ss. 110.123 and 2840
110.1239, Florida Statutes, from currently allocated monies for 2841
salaries and benefits, within 30 days after receipt of the 2842
assessment from the Department of Management Services. Should 2843
any state agency become more than 60 days delinquent in payment 2844
of this obligation, the Department of Management Services shall 2845
certify to the Chief Financial Officer the amount due and the 2846
Chief Financial Officer shall transfer the amount due to the 2847
Department of Management Services. 2848
(3) The administrative health insurance assessment shall 2849
apply to all vacant positions funded with state funds whether 2850
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fully or partially funded with state funds. Vacant po sitions 2851
partially funded with state funds shall pay a percentage of the 2852
assessment imposed in subsection (1) equal to the percentage 2853
share of state funds provided for such vacant positions. No 2854
assessment shall apply to vacant positions fully funded with 2855
federal funds. Each state agency shall provide the Department of 2856
Management Services with a complete list of position numbers 2857
that are funded, or partially funded, with federal funding, and 2858
include the percentage of federal funding for each position no 2859
later than July 31, 2024, and shall update the list on the last 2860
day of each month thereafter. For federally funded vacant 2861
positions, or partially funded vacant positions, each state 2862
agency shall immediately take steps to include the 2863
administrative health insura nce assessment in its indirect cost 2864
plan for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and each fiscal year 2865
thereafter. A state agency shall notify the Department of 2866
Management Services, the Executive Office of the Governor, and 2867
the chair of the Senate Committee on Approp riation and the chair 2868
of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, upon 2869
approval of the updated indirect cost plan. If the state agency 2870
is not able to obtain approval from its federal awarding agency, 2871
the state agency must notify the Departmen t of Management 2872
Services, the Executive Office of the Governor, and the 2873
appropriation chairs no later than January 15, 2025. 2874
(4) Pursuant to the notice, review, and objection 2875
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procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the Executive Office 2876
of the Governor may transfer budget authority appropriated in 2877
the Salaries and Benefits appropriation category between 2878
agencies in order to align the appropriations granted with the 2879
assessments that must be paid by each agency to the Department 2880
of Management Services fo r the administrative health insurance 2881
assessment. 2882
(5) This section expires July 1, 2025. 2883
Section 89. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 2884
2800 and 2801 of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, and 2885
notwithstanding s. 11.13(1), Florida Sta tutes, the authorized 2886
salaries for members of the Legislature for the 2024 -2025 fiscal 2887
year shall be set at the same level in effect on July 1, 2010. 2888
This section expires July 1, 2025. 2889
Section 90. In order to implement the transfer of funds 2890
from the General Revenue Fund from trust funds for the 2024 -2025 2891
General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding the expiration 2892
date in section 76 of chapter 2023 -240, Laws of Florida, 2893
paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 215.32, Florida 2894
Statutes, is reenacted to read: 2895
215.32 State funds; segregation. — 2896
(2) The source and use of each of these funds shall be as 2897
follows: 2898
(b)1. The trust funds shall consist of moneys received by 2899
the state which under law or under trust agreement are 2900
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segregated for a purpose au thorized by law. The state agency or 2901
branch of state government receiving or collecting such moneys 2902
is responsible for their proper expenditure as provided by law. 2903
Upon the request of the state agency or branch of state 2904
government responsible for the admin istration of the trust fund, 2905
the Chief Financial Officer may establish accounts within the 2906
trust fund at a level considered necessary for proper 2907
accountability. Once an account is established, the Chief 2908
Financial Officer may authorize payment from that acc ount only 2909
upon determining that there is sufficient cash and releases at 2910
the level of the account. 2911
2. In addition to other trust funds created by law, to the 2912
extent possible, each agency shall use the following trust funds 2913
as described in this subparagra ph for day-to-day operations: 2914
a. Operations or operating trust fund, for use as a 2915
depository for funds to be used for program operations funded by 2916
program revenues, with the exception of administrative 2917
activities when the operations or operating trust fu nd is a 2918
proprietary fund. 2919
b. Operations and maintenance trust fund, for use as a 2920
depository for client services funded by third -party payors. 2921
c. Administrative trust fund, for use as a depository for 2922
funds to be used for management activities that are departmental 2923
in nature and funded by indirect cost earnings and assessments 2924
against trust funds. Proprietary funds are excluded from the 2925
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requirement of using an administrative trust fund. 2926
d. Grants and donations trust fund, for use as a 2927
depository for funds to be used for allowable grant or donor 2928
agreement activities funded by restricted contractual revenue 2929
from private and public nonfederal sources. 2930
e. Agency working capital trust fund, for use as a 2931
depository for funds to be used pursuant to s. 216.27 2. 2932
f. Clearing funds trust fund, for use as a depository for 2933
funds to account for collections pending distribution to lawful 2934
recipients. 2935
g. Federal grant trust fund, for use as a depository for 2936
funds to be used for allowable grant activities funded by 2937
restricted program revenues from federal sources. 2938
2939
To the extent possible, each agency must adjust its internal 2940
accounting to use existing trust funds consistent with the 2941
requirements of this subparagraph. If an agency does not have 2942
trust funds listed in t his subparagraph and cannot make such 2943
adjustment, the agency must recommend the creation of the 2944
necessary trust funds to the Legislature no later than the next 2945
scheduled review of the agency's trust funds pursuant to s. 2946
215.3206. 2947
3. All such moneys are h ereby appropriated to be expended 2948
in accordance with the law or trust agreement under which they 2949
were received, subject always to the provisions of chapter 216 2950
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relating to the appropriation of funds and to the applicable 2951
laws relating to the deposit or exp enditure of moneys in the 2952
State Treasury. 2953
4.a. Notwithstanding any provision of law restricting the 2954
use of trust funds to specific purposes, unappropriated cash 2955
balances from selected trust funds may be authorized by the 2956
Legislature for transfer to the B udget Stabilization Fund and 2957
General Revenue Fund in the General Appropriations Act. 2958
b. This subparagraph does not apply to trust funds 2959
required by federal programs or mandates; trust funds 2960
established for bond covenants, indentures, or resolutions whose 2961
revenues are legally pledged by the state or public body to meet 2962
debt service or other financial requirements of any debt 2963
obligations of the state or any public body; the Division of 2964
Licensing Trust Fund in the Department of Agriculture and 2965
Consumer Services; the State Transportation Trust Fund; the 2966
trust fund containing the net annual proceeds from the Florida 2967
Education Lotteries; the Florida Retirement System Trust Fund; 2968
trust funds under th e management of the State Board of Education 2969
or the Board of Governors of the State University System, where 2970
such trust funds are for auxiliary enterprises, self -insurance, 2971
and contracts, grants, and donations, as those terms are defined 2972
by general law; trust funds that serve as clearing funds or 2973
accounts for the Chief Financial Officer or state agencies; 2974
trust funds that account for assets held by the state in a 2975
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trustee capacity as an agent or fiduciary for individuals, 2976
private organizations, or other gove rnmental units; and other 2977
trust funds authorized by the State Constitution. 2978
Section 91. The text of s. 215.32(2)(b), Florida Statutes, 2979
as carried forward from chapter 2011 -47, Laws of Florida, by 2980
this act, expires July 1, 2025, and the text of that par agraph 2981
shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2011, except that 2982
any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall 2983
be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such 2984
amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text whic h 2985
expire pursuant to this section. 2986
Section 92. In order to implement appropriations in the 2987
2024-2025 General Appropriations Act for state employee travel, 2988
the funds appropriated to each state agency which may be used 2989
for travel by state employees are l imited during the 2024 -2025 2990
fiscal year to travel for activities that are critical to each 2991
state agency's mission. Funds may not be used for travel by 2992
state employees to foreign countries, other states, conferences, 2993
staff training activities, or other admi nistrative functions 2994
unless the agency head has approved, in writing, that such 2995
activities are critical to the agency's mission. The agency head 2996
shall consider using teleconferencing and other forms of 2997
electronic communication to meet the needs of the prop osed 2998
activity before approving mission -critical travel. This section 2999
does not apply to travel for law enforcement purposes, military 3000
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purposes, emergency management activities, or public health 3001
activities. This section expires July 1, 2025. 3002
Section 93. In order to implement appropriations in the 3003
2024-2025 General Appropriations Act for state employee travel 3004
and notwithstanding s. 112.061, Florida Statutes, costs for 3005
lodging associated with a meeting, conference, or convention 3006
organized or sponsored in wh ole or in part by a state agency or 3007
the judicial branch may not exceed $225 per day. An employee may 3008
expend his or her own funds for any lodging expenses in excess 3009
of $225 per day. For purposes of this section, a meeting does 3010
not include travel activities for conducting an audit, 3011
examination, inspection, or investigation or travel activities 3012
related to a litigation or emergency response. This section 3013
expires July 1, 2025. 3014
Section 94. In order to implement the appropriations and 3015
reappropriations authoriz ed in the 2024-2025 General 3016
Appropriations Act, paragraph (d) of subsection (11) of section 3017
216.181, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 3018
216.181 Approved budgets for operations and fixed capital 3019
outlay.— 3020
(11) 3021
(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) and pa ragraph (2)(b), 3022
and for the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal year only, the 3023
Legislative Budget Commission may approve budget amendments for 3024
new fixed capital outlay projects or increase the amounts 3025
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appropriated to state agencies for fixed capital outlay 3026
projects. This paragraph expires July 1, 2025 2024. 3027
3028
The provisions of this subsection are subject to the notice and 3029
objection procedures set forth in s. 216.177. 3030
Section 95. In order to implement the salaries and 3031
benefits, expenses, other personal services, contracted 3032
services, special categories, and operating capital outlay 3033
categories of the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 3034
paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 216.292, Florida 3035
Statutes, is amended to r ead: 3036
216.292 Appropriations nontransferable; exceptions. — 3037
(2) The following transfers are authorized to be made by 3038
the head of each department or the Chief Justice of the Supreme 3039
Court whenever it is deemed necessary by reason of changed 3040
conditions: 3041
(a) The transfer of appropriations funded from identical 3042
funding sources, except appropriations for fixed capital outlay, 3043
and the transfer of amounts included within the total original 3044
approved budget and plans of releases of appropriations as 3045
furnished pursuant to ss. 216.181 and 216.192, as follows: 3046
1. Between categories of appropriations within a budget 3047
entity, if no category of appropriation is increased or 3048
decreased by more than 5 percent of the original approved budget 3049
or $250,000, whichever is grea ter, by all action taken under 3050
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this subsection. 3051
2. Between budget entities within identical categories of 3052
appropriations, if no category of appropriation is increased or 3053
decreased by more than 5 percent of the original approved budget 3054
or $250,000, whichever is greater, by all action taken under 3055
this subsection. 3056
3. Any agency exceeding salary rate established pursuant 3057
to s. 216.181(8) on June 30th of any fiscal year shall not be 3058
authorized to make transfers pursuant to subparagraphs 1. and 2. 3059
in the subsequent fiscal year. 3060
4. Notice of proposed transfers under subparagraphs 1. and 3061
2. shall be provided to the Executive Office of the Governor and 3062
the chairs of the legislative appropriations committees at least 3063
3 days prior to agency implementation in orde r to provide an 3064
opportunity for review. The review shall be limited to ensuring 3065
that the transfer is in compliance with the requirements of this 3066
paragraph. 3067
5. For the 2024-2025 2023-2024 fiscal year, the review 3068
shall ensure that transfers proposed pursua nt to this paragraph 3069
comply with this chapter, maximize the use of available and 3070
appropriate trust funds, and are not contrary to legislative 3071
policy and intent. This subparagraph expires July 1, 2025 2024. 3072
Section 96. In order to implement appropriatio ns in the 3073
2024-2025 General Appropriations Act for the acquisitions of 3074
motor vehicles, and notwithstanding chapter 287, Florida 3075
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Statutes, relating to the purchase of motor vehicles from a 3076
state term contract, state agencies may purchase vehicles from 3077
nonstate term contract vendors without prior approval from the 3078
Department of Management Services, provided the cost of the 3079
motor vehicle is equal to or less than the cost of a similar 3080
class of vehicle found on a state term contract and provided the 3081
funds for the purchase have been specifically appropriated. This 3082
section expires July 1, 2025. 3083
Section 97. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 3084
2880 in the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 3085
notwithstanding s. 255.25(3)(a), Florida Statutes, the 3086
Department of Management Services, the Executive Office of the 3087
Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Chief Financial 3088
Officer, and the Attorney General are authorized to enter into a 3089
lease as a lessee not to exceed 24 months for the use of space 3090
in a privately owned building, even if such space is 5,000 3091
square feet or more, without having to advertise or receive 3092
competitive solicitations. This section expires July 1, 2025. 3093
Section 98. In order to implement section 171 of the 2024 -3094
2025 General Appropriations Act: 3095
(1) The Department of Environmental Protection shall 3096
negotiate and, upon a mutual agreement with any willing seller, 3097
purchase lands or interests in lands, subject to appraisals and 3098
pursuant to chapter 253, Florida Statutes, within the foll owing 3099
land areas: 3100
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(a) The Caloosahatchee Big Cypress Corridor, which 3101
consists of approximately 75,000 acres in Hendry and Collier 3102
Counties connecting the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge 3103
and the Big Cypress National Preserve to the Dinner Island 3104
Wildlife Management Area, the Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest, 3105
and the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed Wildlife and 3106
Environmental Area; and 3107
(b) The Ocala-to-Osceola Wildlife Corridor, which consists 3108
of approximately 1.6 million acres in Alachua, Baker, Bradford, 3109
Clay, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Lake, Marion, Putnam, Union, 3110
and Volusia Counties connecting the Osceola National Forest to 3111
the Ocala National Forest. 3112
(2) To reduce the state's land management costs, the 3113
Department of Environmental Pro tection shall offer, at the 3114
selling property owner's option, negotiated terms for each 3115
property owner within the Caloosahatchee Big Cypress Corridor to 3116
lease all or a portion of the property for fair market value for 3117
agricultural purposes for 10 -year terms. 3118
(a) Each lease must include, at the option of the lessee, 3119
at least two 5-year extensions, so long as the lessee is in 3120
compliance with the lease terms. 3121
(b) Any agricultural uses authorized may not be more 3122
intensive than historical or existing uses and must be 3123
authorized by any applicable agricultural land use designations. 3124
All agricultural practices must be conducted in compliance with 3125
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the applicable best management practices adopted by the 3126
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 3127
(3) This section expires July 1, 2025. 3128
Section 99. In order to implement sections 271 and 272 of 3129
the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding 3130
ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the Executive Office 3131
of the Governor's Office of Policy and Budget may submit a 3132
budget amendment to the Legislative Budget Commission pursuant 3133
to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, to realign funding, within and 3134
between agencies, in appropriation categories specifically 3135
authorized for the implementation of the state's award from the 3136
federal Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (Public Law 117 -3137
2). The funding realignment shall address projected surpluses 3138
and deficits in existing programs and maximize the state's 3139
utilization of federal funds, which must be fully obligated by 3140
December 31, 2024. The Executive Office of the Governor shall 3141
submit a budget amendment to realign federal funds no later than 3142
December 31, 2024. This section expires July 1, 2025. 3143
Section 100. In order to implement specific appropriations 3144
containing salary rate in the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations 3145
Act, and notwithstanding s. 216.181(8)(b), Florida Statutes, the 3146
annual salary rate for the Department of Corrections and the 3147
Department of Highway Safety and M otor Vehicles shall be 3148
controlled at the budget entity level. This section expires July 3149
1, 2025. 3150
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Section 101. Effective upon this act becoming a law, and 3151
in order to implement sections 255 and 281 of the 2024 -2025 3152
General Appropriations Act, subsection (4) of section 339.08, 3153
Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 3154
339.08 Use of moneys in State Transportation Trust Fund. — 3155
(4) Notwithstanding any other law, and for the 2023 -2024 3156
and 2024-2025 fiscal years year only, funds are appropriated to 3157
the State Transportation Trust Fund from the General Revenue 3158
Fund and the Discretionary Sales Surtax Clearing Trust Fund as 3159
provided in the General Appropriations Act. The department is 3160
not required to deplete the resources transferred from the 3161
General Revenue Fund f or the fiscal year as required in s. 3162
339.135(3)(b), and the funds may not be used in calculating the 3163
required quarterly cash balance of the trust fund as required in 3164
s. 339.135(6)(b). The department shall track and account for 3165
appropriated funds from the G eneral Revenue Fund as a separate 3166
funding source for eligible projects on the State Highway System 3167
and from the Discretionary Sales Surtax Clearing Trust Fund for 3168
eligible projects pursuant to the General Appropriations Act. 3169
This subsection expires July 1, 2025 2024. 3170
Section 102. Effective upon this act becoming a law, and 3171
in order to implement section 284 of the 2024 -2025 General 3172
Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding s. 212.20, Florida 3173
Statutes, the Department of Revenue shall retain interest 3174
earnings associated with the funds held in the separate account 3175
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for Hillsborough County established within the Discretionary 3176
Sales Surtax Clearing Trust Fund pursuant to section 155 of 3177
chapter 2022-156, Laws of Florida. Such funds shall be used to 3178
implement the temporary suspension of surtaxes authorized in s. 3179
212.054(9)(b), Florida Statutes. This section expires July 1, 3180
2025. 3181
Section 103. In order to implement section 255 of the 3182
2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding 3183
section 215 of chapter 2023-239, Laws of Florida, the Department 3184
of Transportation is authorized to retain the interest earnings 3185
on funds appropriated to implement the Moving Florida Forward 3186
Plan. The interest earnings must be used by the department to 3187
implement the plan. This section expires July 1, 2025. 3188
Section 104. In order to implement appropriations for 3189
state agencies in the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act, 3190
section 11.52, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 3191
11.52 Implementation of enacted legislation. —Each state 3192
agency shall provide the Legislature and the Executive Office of 3193
the Governor with information about the status of implementation 3194
of recently enacted legislation. The implementation status must 3195
be provided 90 days following the effective date of the 3196
legislation and updated each August 1 thereafter until all 3197
provisions of the legislation have been fully implemented. The 3198
implementation status report must include, at a minimum, for 3199
each enacted legislation the actions or steps taken to implement 3200
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the legislation and planned actions or steps for implementation, 3201
such as any rules proposed for implementation, any procurements 3202
required, any contract executed to assist the agency in the 3203
implementation, any contracts executed to implement or 3204
administer the legislat ion, programs started, or federal waivers 3205
requested; any expenditures made directly related to the 3206
implementation; and any impediments or delays in implementation. 3207
No later than 14 days prior to the next regular legislative 3208
session, the state agency shall provide an update of any changes 3209
to the implementation status, notify the legislature of any 3210
protests of rulemaking or other communications regarding the 3211
implementation of the legislation, and identify any policy 3212
issues that need to be resolved by the legi slature to ensure 3213
timely and effective implementation of the legislation. This 3214
section expires July 1, 2025. 3215
Section 105. In order to implement appropriations for 3216
state agencies and the judicial branch in the 2024 -2025 General 3217
Appropriations Act, each state agency and the judicial branch 3218
shall review all reports required of the agency or the judicial 3219
branch by statute, prepare a list of such reports that the 3220
agency would recommend to modify or repeal in a template 3221
provided by the Executive Office of the Governor, and shall 3222
submit such list to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of 3223
the House of Representatives, and the Executive Office of the 3224
Governor no later than October 15, 2024. At a minimum, the list 3225
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must include the report name; the statutory a uthority for the 3226
report; the first year that the report was required; a 3227
descriptive rationale that supports the recommended modification 3228
or repeal, which may include any information or recommendation 3229
for alternative availability of the information required by the 3230
report such as a current online source; and proposed statutory 3231
language to effectuate any recommended modification. This 3232
section expires July 1, 2025. 3233
Section 106. In order to implement appropriations for 3234
state agencies and the judicial branch in the 2024-2025 General 3235
Appropriations Act, subsection (7) is added to section 216.013, 3236
Florida Statutes, to read: 3237
216.013 Long-range program plan.—State agencies and the 3238
judicial branch shall develop long -range program plans to 3239
achieve state goals usin g an interagency planning process that 3240
includes the development of integrated agency program service 3241
outcomes. The plans shall be policy based, priority driven, 3242
accountable, and developed through careful examination and 3243
justification of all agency and judi cial branch programs. 3244
(7) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, each 3245
state executive agency and the judicial branch is not required 3246
to develop or post a long -range program plan by September 30, 3247
2024, for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, except in cir cumstances 3248
outlined in any updated written instructions prepared by the 3249
Executive Office of the Governor in consultation with the chairs 3250
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of the legislative appropriations committees. This subsection 3251
expires July 1, 2025. 3252
Section 107. In order to implem ent appropriations for 3253
state agencies and the judicial branch in the 2024 -2025 General 3254
Appropriations Act, subsections (7) through (10) of section 3255
216.023, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (8) 3256
through (11), respectively, and a new subsection (7) is added to 3257
that section, to read: 3258
216.023 Legislative budget requests to be furnished to 3259
Legislature by agencies. — 3260
(7) As part of the legislative budget request, each state 3261
agency and the judicial branch shall include an inventory of all 3262
ongoing technology-related projects that have a cumulative 3263
estimated or realized cost of more than $1 million. The 3264
inventory must, at a minimum, contain all of the following 3265
information: 3266
(a) The name of the technology system. 3267
(b) A brief description of the pur pose and function of the 3268
system. 3269
(c) A brief description of the goals of the project. 3270
(d) The initiation date of the project. 3271
(e) The key performance indicators for the project. 3272
(f) Any other metrics for the project evaluating the 3273
health and status of the project. 3274
(g) The original and current baseline estimated end dates 3275
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of the project. 3276
(h) The original and current estimated costs of the 3277
project. 3278
(i) Total funds appropriated or allocated to the project 3279
and the current realized cost for the pro ject by fiscal year. 3280
3281
For purposes of this subsection, an ongoing technology -related 3282
project is one which has been funded or has had or is expected 3283
to have expenditures in more than one fiscal year. An ongoing 3284
technology-related project does not include th e continuance of 3285
existing hardware and software maintenance agreements, renewal 3286
of existing software licensing agreements, or the replacement of 3287
desktop units with new technology that is substantially similar 3288
to the technology being replaced. This subsecti on expires July 3289
1, 2025. 3290
Section 108. (1) In order to implement section 285 in the 3291
2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, the Florida Turnpike 3292
Enterprise shall establish a toll relief program effective April 3293
1, 2024, through March 31, 2025, for all Flo rida toll facilities 3294
or Florida toll facility entities that use a Florida -issued 3295
transponder or are interoperable with the Department of 3296
Transportation's prepaid electronic transponder toll system. 3297
(a) As used in this subsection, the term: 3298
1. "Qualifying account" means a private prepaid SunPass 3299
account or another Florida -based electronic prepaid toll program 3300
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account in good standing. 3301
2. "Qualifying transaction" means a paid transponder -based 3302
toll transaction incurred by a two -axle vehicle for travel on a 3303
Florida toll facility using a Florida issued transponder linked 3304
to a qualifying account. 3305
(b) A qualifying account that records 35 or more 3306
qualifying transactions per transponder per calendar month is 3307
eligible for an account credit equal to 50 percent of the amount 3308
paid in that calendar month for the qualifying transactions per 3309
transponder. The account credit shall be posted to the 3310
qualifying account the month after the credit is earned. 3311
(c) A SunPass or other transponder issued by a Flo rida 3312
toll entity must be linked to a qualifying account. 3313
(2) From the funds appropriated in the General 3314
Appropriations Act, the Department of Transportation shall 3315
reimburse the department, the Florida Turnpike Enterprise, and 3316
other Florida toll facilitie s or Florida toll facility entities 3317
for account credits issued for promotional purposes as 3318
authorized in s. 338.161(1), Florida Statutes, and under the 3319
toll relief program created by this section. The department 3320
shall provide reimbursements to support comp liance with 3321
covenants made with the bondholders of the department, the 3322
Florida Turnpike Enterprise, or other Florida toll facility 3323
entities which are in the trust indentures or resolutions 3324
adopted in connection with the issuance of such bonds. The 3325
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department may not use appropriated funds for administration, 3326
contracted services, or expenses of the department, the Florida 3327
Turnpike Enterprise, a Florida toll facility or Florida toll 3328
facility entity, or any contractor or vendor thereof. 3329
(3) The department ma y reimburse each Florida toll 3330
facility or Florida toll facility entities, as applicable, from 3331
appropriated funds for the amount of actual account credits 3332
issued, based upon auditable reports prepared by the Florida 3333
toll facility or Florida toll facility en tities which aggregate 3334
the account credits issued. The reports must include any 3335
documentation required by the department to provide the 3336
department with sufficient information for reimbursement of 3337
account credits issued. 3338
(4) Any unexpended balance of fund s as of May 30, 2025, 3339
shall immediately revert to the General Revenue Fund. 3340
(5) The department shall submit quarterly reports to the 3341
Executive Office of the Governor and the chairs of the 3342
legislative appropriations committees documenting reimbursements 3343
issued under this program to the department, the Florida 3344
Turnpike Enterprise, and other Florida toll facilities and 3345
Florida toll facility entities. The department's report must 3346
include supporting documentation with auditable data to support 3347
the account credits issued. 3348
(6) By the end of the month following each quarter, the 3349
department shall reconcile all disbursements and transfers for 3350
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reimbursement, transfer to the General Revenue Fund all interest 3351
earnings from the appropriated funds, and provide a report of 3352
reconciliation to the Executive Office of the Governor and the 3353
chairs of the legislative appropriations committees. 3354
(7) This section expires May 30, 2025. 3355
Section 109. Any section of this act which implements a 3356
specific appropriation or specifica lly identified proviso 3357
language in the 2024 -2025 General Appropriations Act is void if 3358
the specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso 3359
language is vetoed. Any section of this act which implements 3360
more than one specific appropriation or more t han one portion of 3361
specifically identified proviso language in the 2024 -2025 3362
General Appropriations Act is void if all the specific 3363
appropriations or portions of specifically identified proviso 3364
language are vetoed. 3365
Section 110. If any other act passed during the 2024 3366
Regular Session of the Legislature contains a provision that is 3367
substantively the same as a provision in this act, but that 3368
removes or is otherwise not subject to the future repeal applied 3369
to such provision by this act, the Legislature inte nds that the 3370
provision in the other act takes precedence and continues to 3371
operate, notwithstanding the future repeal provided by this act. 3372
Section 111. If any provision of this act or its 3373
application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the 3374
invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of 3375
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the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision 3376
or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are 3377
severable. 3378
Section 112. Except as otherwise expressly provided in 3379
this act and except for this section, which shall take effect 3380
upon this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 3381
2024, or, if this act fails to become a law until after that 3382
date, it shall take effect upon becoming a law and shall operate 3383
retroactively to July 1, 2024 . 3384