Florida 2025 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H5003 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to implementing the 2025 -2026 General 2
16	16	Appropriations Act; providing legislative intent; 3
17	17	incorporating by reference certain calculations; 4
18	18	providing an expiration date; amending s. 1011.45, 5
19	19	F.S.; requiring a carry forward spending plan to 6
20	20	commit certain excess reserve balances to specified 7
21	21	projects in a specified manner; providing an 8
22	22	expiration date; authorizing the Agency for Health 9
23	23	Care Administration, in consultation with the 10
24	24	Department of Health, to submit a budget amendment to 11
25	25	realign funding for specified purposes; specifying 12
26	26	requirements for such realignment; providing an 13
27	27	expiration date; authorizing the Agency for Health 14
28	28	Care Administration and the Department of Health to 15
29	29	each submit a budget amendment to realign funding 16
30	30	within the Florida Kidcare program appropriation 17
31	31	categories and to increase budget authority for 18
32	32	certain purposes; specifying the time period within 19
33	33	which each budget amendment must be submitted; 20
34	34	providing an expiration date; amending s. 381.986, 21
35	35	F.S.; extending for 1 f iscal year the exemption of 22
36	36	certain rules pertaining to the medical use of 23
37	37	marijuana from certain rulemaking requirements; 24
38	38	amending s. 14(1), ch. 2017 -232, Laws of Florida; 25
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51	51	exempting certain rules pertaining to medical 26
52	52	marijuana adopted to replace emergenc y rules from 27
53	53	specified rulemaking requirements; providing for the 28
54	54	future expiration and reversion of specified law; 29
55	55	authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration 30
56	56	to submit budget amendments seeking additional 31
57	57	spending authority to implement specifi ed programs and 32
58	58	payments; providing an expiration date; amending s. 33
59	59	408.07, F.S.; revising the definition of the term 34
60	60	"teaching hospital"; providing for future expiration 35
61	61	and reversion; amending s. 409.901, F.S.; providing 36
62	62	definitions; providing an expirat ion date; amending s. 37
63	63	409.908, F.S.; providing requirements for a teaching 38
64	64	hospital's participation in certain programs; defining 39
65	65	the term "teaching hospital"; providing an expiration 40
66	66	date; amending s. 409.910, F.S.; conforming a cross -41
67	67	reference; providing for future expiration and 42
68	68	reversion; prohibiting certain hospitals from 43
69	69	participating in the Low Income Pool Program; 44
70	70	providing an expiration date; amending s. 393.066, 45
71	71	F.S.; removing a requirement that contracted entities 46
72	72	must use a specified management system as a condition 47
73	73	of payment and before billing; authorizing such 48
74	74	entities to maintain an alternate data system that 49
75	75	meets specified standards; prohibiting the Agency for 50
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84	84	F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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88	88	Persons with Disabilities from requiring training on a 51
89	89	specified system in certai n circumstances; providing 52
90	90	for future expiration and reversion; requiring the 53
91	91	Department of Children and Families to submit 54
92	92	quarterly reports to the Executive Office of the 55
93	93	Governor and the Legislature; authorizing the 56
94	94	Department of Children and Families t o submit budget 57
95	95	amendments to increase budget authority to support 58
96	96	specified federal grant programs; providing an 59
97	97	expiration date; authorizing the Department of Health 60
98	98	to submit a budget amendment to increase budget 61
99	99	authority for the Supplemental Nutrition Program for 62
100	100	Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and the Child Care 63
101	101	Food Program if a certain condition is met; providing 64
102	102	an expiration date; authorizing the Department of 65
103	103	Health to submit a budget amendment to increase budget 66
104	104	authority for the HIV/AIDS Pre vention and Treatment 67
105	105	Program if a certain condition is met; providing an 68
106	106	expiration date; requiring the Agency for Health Care 69
107	107	Administration to replace the Florida Medicaid 70
108	108	Management Information System (FMMIS) and fiscal agent 71
109	109	operations with a specifie d new system; specifying 72
110	110	items that may not be included in the new system; 73
111	111	providing directives to the Agency for Health Care 74
112	112	Administration relating to the new system, the Florida 75
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121	121	F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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125	125	Health Care Connection (FX) system; requiring the 76
126	126	Agency for Health Care Ad ministration to meet certain 77
127	127	requirements in replacing FMMIS and the current 78
128	128	Medicaid fiscal agent; requiring the Agency for Health 79
129	129	Care Administration to implement a specified program 80
130	130	governance structure that includes an executive 81
131	131	steering committee; pro viding procedures for use by 82
132	132	the executive steering committee; providing 83
133	133	responsibilities of the executive steering committee; 84
134	134	requiring the establishment of a state agency 85
135	135	stakeholder working group; providing composition of 86
136	136	such group; providing requireme nts for such group; 87
137	137	providing an expiration date; requiring the Agency for 88
138	138	Health Care Administration, in consultation with the 89
139	139	Department of Health, the Agency for Persons with 90
140	140	Disabilities, the Department of Children and Families, 91
141	141	and the Department of C orrections, to competitively 92
142	142	procure a contract with a vendor to negotiate prices 93
143	143	for certain prescribed drugs and biological products; 94
144	144	providing requirements for such contract; authorizing 95
145	145	the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to submit 96
146	146	budget amendments to transfer funding from the 97
147	147	Salaries and Benefits appropriation categories for a 98
148	148	specified purpose; providing an expiration date; 99
149	149	authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration 100
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158	158	F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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162	162	and the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to submit 101
163	163	a budget amendment for a specified purpose; providing 102
164	164	an expiration date; authorizing the Department of 103
165	165	Veterans' Affairs to submit a budget amendment, 104
166	166	subject to Legislative Budget Commission approval, 105
167	167	requesting certain authority; providing an expiration 106
168	168	date; amending s. 409.915, F.S.; extending for 1 year 107
169	169	the expiration of an exception for certain funds used 108
170	170	for the hospital directed payment program; amending s. 109
171	171	394.9082, F.S.; extending for 1 year the expiration of 110
172	172	an authorization to carry forward certain unexpend ed 111
173	173	funds; providing construction; amending s. 216.262, 112
174	174	F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the authority of the 113
175	175	Department of Corrections to submit a budget amendment 114
176	176	for additional positions and appropriations under 115
177	177	certain circumstances; amending s. 215.18 , F.S.; 116
178	178	extending for 1 fiscal year the authority and related 117
179	179	repayment requirements for temporary trust fund loans 118
180	180	to the state court system which are sufficient to meet 119
181	181	the system's appropriation; requiring the Department 120
182	182	of Juvenile Justice to review co unty juvenile 121
183	183	detention payments to determine whether a county has 122
184	184	met specified financial responsibilities; requiring 123
185	185	amounts owed by the county for such financial 124
186	186	responsibilities to be deducted from certain county 125
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195	195	F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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200	200	withheld funds to a specified trust fund; requiring 127
201	201	the Department of Revenue to ensure that such 128
202	202	reductions in amounts distributed do not reduce 129
203	203	distributions below amounts necessary for certain 130
204	204	payments due on bonds and to comply with bon d 131
205	205	covenants; requiring the Department of Revenue to 132
206	206	notify the Department of Juvenile Justice if bond 133
207	207	payment requirements mandate a reduction in deductions 134
208	208	for amounts owed by a county; providing an expiration 135
209	209	date; reenacting s. 27.40(1), (2)(a), (3)(a), (5), 136
210	210	(6), and (7), F.S., relating to court -appointed 137
211	211	counsel; extending for 1 fiscal year provisions 138
212	212	governing the appointment of court -appointed counsel; 139
213	213	providing for the future expiration and reversion of 140
214	214	specified statutory text; reenacting and amendi ng s. 141
215	215	27.5304, F.S., relating to the extension for 1 fiscal 142
216	216	year limitations on compensation for representation in 143
217	217	criminal proceedings; providing for the future 144
218	218	expiration and reversion of specified statutory text; 145
219	219	requiring the Department of Management S ervices to use 146
220	220	tenant broker services to renegotiate or reprocure 147
221	221	certain private lease agreements for office or storage 148
222	222	space; requiring the Department of Management Services 149
223	223	to provide a report to the Governor and the 150
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236	236	Legislature by a specified date; pro viding an 151
237	237	expiration date; prohibiting an agency from 152
238	238	transferring funds from a data processing category to 153
239	239	another category that is not a data processing 154
240	240	category; authorizing the Executive Office of the 155
241	241	Governor to transfer funds between departments for 156
242	242	purposes of aligning amounts paid for risk management 157
243	243	insurance and for human resources services purchased 158
244	244	per statewide contract; providing an expiration date; 159
245	245	authorizing the Department of Management Services to 160
246	246	use certain facility disposition funds fro m the 161
247	247	Architects Incidental Trust Fund to pay for certain 162
248	248	relocation expenses; authorizing the Department of 163
249	249	Management Services to submit budget amendments for 164
250	250	certain purposes related to the relocation; providing 165
251	251	an expiration date; requiring the Departm ent of 166
252	252	Financial Services to replace specified components of 167
253	253	the Florida Accounting Information Resource Subsystem 168
254	254	(FLAIR) and the Cash Management Subsystem (CMS); 169
255	255	specifying certain actions to be taken by the 170
256	256	Department of Financial Services regarding FLA IR and 171
257	257	CMS replacement; providing for the composition of an 172
258	258	executive steering committee to oversee FLAIR and CMS 173
259	259	replacement; prescribing duties and responsibilities 174
260	260	of the executive steering committee; providing an 175
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269	269	F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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273	273	expiration date; reenacting s. 282.709( 3), F.S., 176
274	274	relating to the state agency law enforcement radio 177
275	275	system and interoperability network; providing for 178
276	276	future expiration and reversion of specified statutory 179
277	277	text; authorizing state agencies and other eligible 180
278	278	users of the Statewide Law Enforcemen t Radio System to 181
279	279	use the Department of Management Services contract to 182
280	280	purchase equipment and services; requiring a specified 183
281	281	transaction fee percentage for use of the online 184
282	282	procurement system; providing an expiration date; 185
283	283	amending s. 24.105, F.S.; spec ifying how the 186
284	284	Department of the Lottery's rules are to be adopted, 187
285	285	excluding certain rules for 1 fiscal year regarding 188
286	286	the commission for lottery ticket sales; limiting 189
287	287	additional retailer compensation in a specified 190
288	288	manner; providing for the future expir ation and 191
289	289	reversion of specified statutory text; amending s. 192
290	290	627.351, F.S.; extending for 1 year the specified 193
291	291	authority of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation; 194
292	292	amending s. 110.116, F.S.; extending for 1 year the 195
293	293	directive to the Department of Manageme nt Services to 196
294	294	renew a specified contract; providing a maximum rate 197
295	295	for auxiliary assessments charged to certain state 198
296	296	agencies for contract management; providing an 199
297	297	expiration date; amending s. 284.51, F.S.; extending 200
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310	310	for 1 year a certain pilot program on eTMS treatment; 201
311	311	amending s. amending s. 215.18, F.S.; extending for 1 202
312	312	fiscal year certain authority to transfer funds from 203
313	313	other trust funds in the State Treasury to other trust 204
314	314	funds in certain circumstances; requiring the 205
315	315	Department of Environmental Pro tection to transfer 206
316	316	designated proportions of the revenues deposited in 207
317	317	the Land Acquisition Trust Fund within the department 208
318	318	to land acquisition trust funds in the Department of 209
319	319	Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department of 210
320	320	State, and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 211
321	321	Commission according to specified parameters and 212
322	322	calculations; defining the term "department"; 213
323	323	requiring the Department of Environmental Protection 214
324	324	to make transfers to land acquisition trust funds 215
325	325	monthly; specifying the method of de termining transfer 216
326	326	amounts; authorizing the Department of Environmental 217
327	327	Protection to advance funds from its land acquisition 218
328	328	trust fund to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 219
329	329	Commission's land acquisition trust fund for specified 220
330	330	purposes; providing an exp iration date; reenacting s. 221
331	331	376.3071(15)(g), F.S., relating to the Inland 222
332	332	Protection Trust Fund; exempting specified costs 223
333	333	incurred by certain petroleum storage system owners or 224
334	334	operators during a specified period from the 225
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347	347	prohibition against making paymen ts in excess of 226
348	348	amounts approved by the Department of Environmental 227
349	349	Protection; providing for the future expiration and 228
350	350	reversion of specified statutory text; amending ss. 229
351	351	376.3071 and 376.3072, F.S.; prohibiting certain 230
352	352	deductibles and copays; prohibiting enforcement of 231
353	353	certain monetary caps; requiring certain costs be 232
354	354	absorbed at the expense of the Inland Protection Trust 233
355	355	Fund; providing exceptions; providing an expiration 234
356	356	date; creating the Local Government Water Supply Pilot 235
357	357	Grant Program within the Dep artment of Environmental 236
358	358	Protection for a specified purpose; providing 237
359	359	eligibility and requirements for such program; 238
360	360	requiring the department to develop an application 239
361	361	process; authorizing the department to adopt rules; 240
362	362	providing an expiration date; reena cting s. 380.5105, 241
363	363	F.S.; providing for the future expiration and 242
364	364	reversion of specified statutory text; amending s. 10, 243
365	365	ch. 2022-272, Laws of Florida; extending the Hurricane 244
366	366	Restoration Reimbursement Grant Program for 1 fiscal 245
367	367	year; authorizing the Fish a nd Wildlife Conservation 246
368	368	Commission to use specified funds to provide grants 247
369	369	for a specified purpose; authorizing the Department of 248
370	370	Agriculture and Consumer Services to increase budget 249
371	371	authority for specified program; providing an 250
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384	384	expiration date; amending s. 403.0673, F.S.; requiring 251
385	385	the Department of Environmental Protection to dedicate 252
386	386	certain funds for a specified project; providing an 253
387	387	expiration date; amending s. 375.041, F.S.; requiring 254
388	388	funds for the Land Acquisition Trust Fund to be 255
389	389	appropriated in a specified manner; providing an 256
390	390	expiration date; amending s. 288.80125, F.S.; 257
391	391	extending for 1 fiscal year a requirement that funds 258
392	392	in the Triumph Gulf Coast Trust Fund be related to 259
393	393	Hurricane Michael recovery; reenacting s. 288.8013, 260
394	394	F.S., relating to the Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc., Trust 261
395	395	Fund; providing for the future expiration and 262
396	396	reversion of specified statutory text; amending s. 263
397	397	288.0655, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year a 264
398	398	requirement that certain appropriated funds relating 265
399	399	to the Rural Infrastructure Fund be distributed in a 266
400	400	specified manner; authorizing the Division of 267
401	401	Emergency Management to submit budget amendments to 268
402	402	increase budget authority for certain expenditures; 269
403	403	providing an expiration date; amending s. 282.201, 270
404	404	F.S.; extending the Division o f Emergency Management's 271
405	405	exemption from the use of the state data center; 272
406	406	amending s. 251.001, F.S.; providing that the Florida 273
407	407	State Guard aircraft is assigned to a specified 274
408	408	department for certain uses; requiring the Florida 275
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422	422	understanding; providing an expiration date; amending 277
423	423	s. 443.1113, F.S.; providing that certain improvements 278
424	424	to the Reemployment Assistance Claims and Benefits 279
425	425	Information System are subject to appropriation; 280
426	426	revising the date a certain repo rt from the Department 281
427	427	of Commerce is required to be submitted; revising the 282
428	428	report requirements; requiring the Department of 283
429	429	Management Services to assess an administrative health 284
430	430	insurance assessment on each state agency; providing 285
431	431	the rate of such asses sment; defining the term "state 286
432	432	agency"; providing how a state agency shall remit 287
433	433	certain funds; requiring the Department of Management 288
434	434	Services to take certain actions in case of 289
435	435	delinquencies; requiring the Chief Financial Officer 290
436	436	to transfer funds under specified circumstances; 291
437	437	providing an exception; requiring state agencies to 292
438	438	provide a list of positions that qualify for such 293
439	439	exception by a specified date and to update the list 294
440	440	monthly thereafter; requiring state agencies to 295
441	441	include the administrative health insurance assessment 296
442	442	in their indirect cost plan; requiring agencies to 297
443	443	notify the Department of Management Services regarding 298
444	444	the approval of their updated indirect cost plans; 299
445	445	authorizing the Executive Office of the Governor to 300
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458	458	transfer budget authority between agencies in 301
459	459	specified circumstances; providing that the annual 302
460	460	salaries of the members of the Legislature be 303
461	461	maintained at a specified level; providing an 304
462	462	exception; reenacting s. 215.32(2)(b), F.S., relating 305
463	463	to the authorization for transfe rring unappropriated 306
464	464	cash balances from selected trust funds to the Budget 307
465	465	Stabilization Fund and General Revenue Fund; providing 308
466	466	for future expiration and reversion of specific 309
467	467	statutory text; specifying the type of travel which 310
468	468	may be used with state emp loyee travel funds; 311
469	469	requiring certain information be provided to the 312
470	470	Department of Management Services; requiring such 313
471	471	information be published in a specified manner; 314
472	472	providing exceptions; providing an expiration date; 315
473	473	providing a monetary cap on lodging c osts for state 316
474	474	employee travel to certain meetings organized or 317
475	475	sponsored by a state agency or the judicial branch; 318
476	476	authorizing employees to expend their own funds for 319
477	477	lodging expenses that exceed the monetary caps; 320
478	478	providing an expiration date; amending s. 216.181, 321
479	479	F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the authority of the 322
480	480	Legislative Budget Commission to approve budget 323
481	481	amendments for certain fixed capital outlay projects; 324
482	482	amending s. 216.292, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year 325
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495	495	the requirements for certain tra nsfers; amending s. 326
496	496	11.52, F.S.; extending for 1 year certain state agency 327
497	497	reporting requirements regarding implementation of 328
498	498	legislation; requiring each state agency and the 329
499	499	judicial branch to review reporting requirements and 330
500	500	prepare a specified list; re quiring such list be 331
501	501	submitted to specified parties by a certain date; 332
502	502	requiring the list include certain information; 333
503	503	amending s. 216.013, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year 334
504	504	an exception from certain planning requirements; 335
505	505	amending s. 216.023, F.S.; extend ing for 1 year the a 336
506	506	requirement that certain entities to include a 337
507	507	specified inventory in their legislative budget 338
508	508	request; providing that the use of state funds must be 339
509	509	consistent with specified principles of individual 340
510	510	freedom; providing conditions unde r which the veto of 341
511	511	certain appropriations or proviso language in the 342
512	512	General Appropriations Act voids language that 343
513	513	implements such appropriation; providing for the 344
514	514	continued operation of certain provisions 345
515	515	notwithstanding a future repeal or expiration pr ovided 346
516	516	by the act; providing severability; providing for 347
517	517	contingent retroactivity; providing effective dates. 348
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533	533	Section 1. It is the intent of the Legislature that the 352
534	534	implementing and admin istering provisions of this act apply to 353
535	535	the General Appropriations Act for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year. 354
536	536	Section 2. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 355
537	537	5, 6, 88, 89, and 89A of the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations 356
538	538	Act, the calculations of the F lorida Education Finance Program 357
539	539	for the 2025-2026 fiscal year included in the document titled 358
540	540	"Public School Funding: The Florida Education Finance Program 359
541	541	(FEFP) Fiscal Year 2025 -2026," dated March 28, 2025, and filed 360
542	542	with the Clerk of the House of Repre sentatives, are incorporated 361
543	543	by reference for the purpose of displaying the calculations used 362
544	544	by the Legislature, consistent with the requirements of state 363
545	545	law, in making appropriations for the Florida Education Finance 364
546	546	Program. This section expires July 1 , 2026. 365
547	547	Section 3. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 81 366
548	548	of the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act, the school 367
549	549	readiness reimbursement rates for Fiscal Year 2025 -2026 included 368
550	550	in the document titled "School Readiness Program Reimbursement 369
551	551	Rates Fiscal Year 2025 -2026," dated March 28, 2025, and filed 370
552	552	with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, are incorporated 371
553	553	by reference, consistent with the requirements of state law, in 372
554	554	making appropriations for the school readiness program 373
555	555	allocation. This section expires July 1, 2026. 374
556	556	Section 4. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 375
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570	570	of section 1011.45, Florida Statutes, is renumbered as 377
571	571	subsection (6), subsection (3) is amended , and a new subsection 378
572	572	(5) is added to that section, to read: 379
573	573	1011.45 End of year balance of funds. —Unexpended amounts 380
574	574	in any fund in a university current year operating budget shall 381
575	575	be carried forward and included as the balance forward for that 382
576	576	fund in the approved operating budget for the following year. 383
577	577	(3) A university's carry forward spending plan must 384
578	578	include the estimated cost per planned expenditure and a 385
579	579	timeline for completion of the expenditure. A carry forward 386
580	580	spending plan may include rete ntion of the carry forward balance 387
581	581	as a reserve fund to be used for authorized expenses in 388
582	582	subsequent years. For any annual reserve balance in excess of 389
583	583	the 7 percent minimum carry forward balance pursuant to 390
584	584	subsection (1), the authorized expenditures in a carry forward 391
585	585	spending plan must include a commitment of 12 percent of the 392
586	586	university's Fiscal Year 2025 -2026 state operating fund carry 393
587	587	forward balance to fund a public education capital outlay 394
588	588	project for which an appropriation has previously been prov ided 395
589	589	that requires additional funds for completion and which is 396
590	590	included in the list required by s. 1001.706(12)(d). The carry 397
591	591	forward spending plan shall identify the specific public 398
592	592	education capital outlay project and the amount the university 399
593	593	will contribute towards the fixed capital outlay project 400
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607	607	carry forward spending plan may include: 402
608	608	(a) Commitment of funds to a public education capital 403
609	609	outlay project for which an appropriation has prev iously been 404
610	610	provided that requires additional funds for completion and which 405
611	611	is included in the list required by s. 1001.706(12)(d); 406
612	612	(a)(b) Completion of a renovation, repair, or maintenance 407
613	613	project that is consistent with s. 1013.64(1) or replacement of 408
614	614	a minor facility; 409
615	615	(b)(c) Completion of a remodeling or infrastructure 410
616	616	project, including a project for a developmental research 411
617	617	school, if such project is survey recommended pursuant to s. 412
618	618	1013.31; 413
619	619	(c)(d) Completion of a repair or replacement project 414
620	620	necessary due to damage caused by a natural disaster for 415
621	621	buildings included in the inventory required pursuant to s. 416
622	622	1013.31; 417
623	623	(d)(e) Operating expenditures that support the 418
624	624	university's mission; 419
625	625	(e)(f) Any purpose specified by the board or in the 420
626	626	General Appropriations Act, including the requirements in s. 421
627	627	1001.706(12)(c) or similar requirements pursuant to Board of 422
628	628	Governors regulations; and 423
629	629	(f)(g) A commitment of funds to a contingency reserve for 424
630	630	expenses incurred as a result of a state of emergency declared 425
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644	644	(5) A university's carry forward spending plan pursuant to 427
645	645	subsection (1) shall provide detailed do cumentation of 428
646	646	expenditures the university applied towards the prior year carry 429
647	647	forward spending plan. 430
648	648	Section 5. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 431
649	649	197 through 225 and 530 of the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations 432
650	650	Act, and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida 433
651	651	Statutes, the Agency for Health Care Administration, in 434
652	652	consultation with the Department of Health, may submit a budget 435
653	653	amendment, subject to the notice, review, and objection 436
654	654	procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to rea lign funding 437
655	655	within and between agencies based on implementation of the 438
656	656	managed medical assistance component of the Statewide Medicaid 439
657	657	Managed Care program for the Children's Medical Services program 440
658	658	of the Department of Health. The funding realignment sha ll 441
659	659	reflect the actual enrollment changes due to the transfer of 442
660	660	beneficiaries from fee -for-service to the capitated Children's 443
661	661	Medical Services network. The Agency for Health Care 444
662	662	Administration may submit a request for nonoperating budget 445
663	663	authority to transfer the federal funds to the Department of 446
664	664	Health pursuant to s. 216.181(12), Florida Statutes. This 447
665	665	section expires July 1, 2026. 448
666	666	Section 6. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 449
667	667	197 through 225 of the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations Act, a nd 450
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680	680	notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 451
681	681	Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 452
682	682	amendment, subject to the notice, review, and objection 453
683	683	procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to realign funding 454
684	684	within the Medicaid program appropriation categories to address 455
685	685	projected surpluses and deficits within the program and to 456
686	686	maximize the use of state trust funds. A single budget amendment 457
687	687	shall be submitted in the last quarter of the 2025 -2026 fiscal 458
688	688	year only. This section expires July 1, 2026. 459
689	689	Section 7. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 460
690	690	179 through 184 and 530 of the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations 461
691	691	Act, and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida 462
692	692	Statutes, the Agency for Health Care Administ ration and the 463
693	693	Department of Health may each submit a budget amendment, subject 464
694	694	to the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, 465
695	695	Florida Statutes, to realign funding within the Florida Kidcare 466
696	696	program appropriation categories, or to increase budget 467
697	697	authority in the Children's Medical Services network category, 468
698	698	to address projected surpluses and deficits within the program 469
699	699	or to maximize the use of state trust funds. A single budget 470
700	700	amendment must be submitted by each agency in the last quarter 471
701	701	of the 2025-2026 fiscal year only. This section expires July 1, 472
702	702	2026. 473
703	703	Section 8. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 474
704	704	461 through 469A of the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations Act, 475
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717	717	subsection (17) of section 381.986, Florida Statutes, is amend ed 476
718	718	to read: 477
719	719	381.986 Medical use of marijuana. — 478
720	720	(17) Rules adopted pursuant to this section before July 1, 479
721	721	2025, are not subject to ss. 120.54(3)(b) and 120.541. This 480
722	722	subsection expires July 1, 2026 2025. 481
723	723	Section 9. Effective July 1, 2025, upon the expiration and 482
724	724	reversion of the amendments made to subsection (1) of section 14 483
725	725	of chapter 2017-232, Laws of Florida, pursuant to section 10 of 484
726	726	chapter 2024-228, Laws of Florida, and in order to implement 485
727	727	Specific Appropriations 461 through 469A of the 202 5-2026 486
728	728	General Appropriations Act, subsection (1) of section 14 of 487
729	729	chapter 2017-232, Laws of Florida, is amended to read: 488
730	730	Section 14. Department of Health; authority to adopt 489
731	731	rules; cause of action. — 490
732	732	(1) EMERGENCY RULEMAKING. — 491
733	733	(a) The Department of Health and the applicable boards 492
734	734	shall adopt emergency rules pursuant to s. 120.54(4), Florida 493
735	735	Statutes, and this section necessary to implement s. 381.986 ss. 494
736	736	381.986 and 381.988, Florida Statutes. If an emergency rule 495
737	737	adopted under this section is held to be unconstitutional or an 496
738	738	invalid exercise of delegated legislative authority, and becomes 497
739	739	void, the department or the applicable boards may adopt an 498
740	740	emergency rule pursuant to this section to replace the rule that 499
741	741	has become void. If the emergency rule adopted to replace the 500
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754	754	void emergency rule is also held to be unconstitutional or an 501
755	755	invalid exercise of delegated legislative authority and becomes 502
756	756	void, the department and the a pplicable boards must follow the 503
757	757	nonemergency rulemaking procedures of the Administrative 504
758	758	Procedures Act to replace the rule that has become void. 505
759	759	(b) For emergency rules adopted under this section, the 506
760	760	department and the applicable boards need not make the findings 507
761	761	required by s. 120.54(4)(a), Florida Statutes. Emergency rules 508
762	762	adopted under this section are exempt from ss. 120.54(3)(b) and 509
763	763	120.541, Florida Statutes. The department and the applicable 510
764	764	boards shall meet the procedural requirements in s. 120.54(4)(a) 511
765	765	s. 120.54(a), Florida Statutes, if the department or the 512
766	766	applicable boards have, before July 1, 2019 the effective date 513
767	767	of this act, held any public workshops or hearings on the 514
768	768	subject matter of the emergency rules adopted under this 515
769	769	subsection. Challenges to emergency rules adopted under this 516
770	770	subsection are subject to the time schedules provided in s. 517
771	771	120.56(5), Florida Statutes. 518
772	772	(c) Emergency rules adopted under this section are exempt 519
773	773	from s. 120.54(4)(c), Florida Statutes, and shall remain in 520
774	774	effect until replaced by rules adopted under the nonemergency 521
775	775	rulemaking procedures of the Administrative Procedures Act. 522
776	776	Rules adopted under the nonemergency rulemaking procedures of 523
777	777	the Administrative Procedures Act to replace emergency rules 524
778	778	adopted under this section are exempt from ss. 120.54(3)(b) and 525
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791	791	120.541, Florida Statutes. By July 1, 2026 January 1, 2018, the 526
792	792	department and the applicable boards shall initiate nonemergency 527
793	793	rulemaking pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act to 528
794	794	replace all emergency rules adopted under this section by 529
795	795	publishing a notice of rule development in the Florida 530
796	796	Administrative Register. Except as provided in paragraph (a), 531
797	797	after July 1, 2026 January 1, 2018, the department and 532
798	798	applicable boards may not adopt rules pursuant to the emergency 533
799	799	rulemaking procedures provided in this section. 534
800	800	Section 10. The amendments to subsection (1) of section 14 535
801	801	of chapter 2017-232, Laws of Florida, made by this act expire 536
802	802	July 1, 2026, and the text of that subsection shall reve rt to 537
803	803	that in existence on June 30, 2019, except that any amendments 538
804	804	to such text enacted other than by this act shall be preserved 539
805	805	and continue to operate to the extent that such amendments are 540
806	806	not dependent upon the portions of text which expire pursuant to 541
807	807	this section. 542
808	808	Section 11. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 543
809	809	203, 204, 207, and 211 of the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations 544
810	810	Act, the Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a 545
811	811	budget amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Sta tutes, 546
812	812	requesting additional spending authority to implement the 547
813	813	federally approved Directed Payment Program for hospitals 548
814	814	statewide providing inpatient and outpatient services to 549
815	815	Medicaid managed care enrollees, the Indirect Medical Education 550
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828	828	(IME) Program, and a nursing workforce expansion and education 551
829	829	program for certain institutions participating in a graduate 552
830	830	medical education or nursing education program. For institutions 553
831	831	participating in the nursing workforce expansion and education 554
832	832	program, the budget amendment must identify the educational 555
833	833	institutions partnering with the teaching hospital. Institutions 556
834	834	participating in the nursing workforce expansion and education 557
835	835	program shall provide quarterly reports to the agency detailing 558
836	836	the number of nurses participating in the program. This section 559
837	837	expires July 1, 2026. 560
838	838	Section 12. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 561
839	839	204, 207, and 211 of the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations Act, 562
840	840	the Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 563
841	841	amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, requesting 564
842	842	additional spending authority to implement the federally 565
843	843	approved Directed Payment Program and fee -for-service 566
844	844	supplemental payments for cancer hospitals that meet the 567
845	845	criteria in 42 U.S.C. s. 13 95ww(d)(1)(B)(v). This section 568
846	846	expires July 1, 2026. 569
847	847	Section 13. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 570
848	848	197 through 225 of the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations Act, the 571
849	849	Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 572
850	850	amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, requesting 573
851	851	additional spending authority to implement the Low Income Pool 574
852	852	component of the Florida Managed Medical Assistance 575
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865	865	Demonstration up to the total computable funds authorized by the 576
866	866	federal Centers for Medicare a nd Medicaid Services. The budget 577
867	867	amendment must include the final terms and conditions of the Low 578
868	868	Income Pool, a proposed distribution model by entity, and a 579
869	869	listing of entities contributing intergovernmental transfers to 580
870	870	support the state match required. In addition, for each entity 581
871	871	included in the distribution model, a signed attestation must be 582
872	872	provided that includes the charity care cost upon which the Low 583
873	873	Income Pool payment is based and an acknowledgment that should 584
874	874	the distribution result in an overp ayment based on the Low 585
875	875	Income Pool cost limit audit, the entity is responsible for 586
876	876	returning that overpayment to the agency for return to the 587
877	877	federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This section 588
878	878	expires July 1, 2026. 589
879	879	Section 14. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 590
880	880	210 and 211 of the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations Act, the 591
881	881	Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 592
882	882	amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, requesting 593
883	883	additional spending authority to impl ement fee-for-service 594
884	884	supplemental payments and a directed payment program for 595
885	885	physicians and subordinate licensed health care practitioners 596
886	886	employed by or under contract with a Florida medical or dental 597
887	887	school, or a public hospital. This section expires J uly 1, 2026. 598
888	888	Section 15. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 599
889	889	208, 211, and 223 of the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations Act, 600
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902	902	the Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 601
903	903	amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, req uesting 602
904	904	additional spending authority to implement a certified 603
905	905	expenditure program for emergency medical transportation 604
906	906	services. This section expires July 1, 2026. 605
907	907	Section 16. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 606
908	908	197 through 216 of the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations Act, the 607
909	909	Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 608
910	910	amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, requesting 609
911	911	additional spending authority to implement the Disproportionate 610
912	912	Share Hospital Program. The budget amendment must include a 611
913	913	proposed distribution model by entity and a listing of entities 612
914	914	contributing intergovernmental transfers and certified public 613
915	915	expenditures to support the state match required. This section 614
916	916	expires July 1, 2026. 615
917	917	Section 17. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 616
918	918	203, 204, 207, 208, 210, 211, and 223 of the 2025 -2026 General 617
919	919	Appropriations Act, subsection (46) of section 408.07, Florida 618
920	920	Statutes, is amended to read: 619
921	921	408.07 Definitions. —As used in this chapter, with the 620
922	922	exception of ss. 408.031 -408.045, the term: 621
923	923	(46) "Teaching hospital" means any Florida hospital 622
924	924	officially affiliated with an accredited Florida medical school 623
925	925	which exhibits activity in the area of graduate medical 624
926	926	education as reflected by at least seve n different graduate 625
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940	940	Council for Graduate Medical Education or the Council on 627
941	941	Postdoctoral Training of the American Osteopathic Association 628
942	942	and the presence of 100 or more full -time equivalent resi dent 629
943	943	physicians. The Legislature Director of the Agency for Health 630
944	944	Care Administration shall be responsible for determining which 631
945	945	hospitals meet this definition. 632
946	946	Section 18. The amendment to s. 408.07(46), Florida 633
947	947	Statutes, made by this act expires Jul y 1, 2026, and the text of 634
948	948	that paragraph shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 635
949	949	2025, except that any amendments to such text enacted other than 636
950	950	by this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the 637
951	951	extent that such amendments are not depen dent upon the portions 638
952	952	of text which expire pursuant to this section. 639
953	953	Section 19. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 640
954	954	203, 204, 207, 208, 210, 211, and 223 of the 2025 -2026 General 641
955	955	Appropriations Act, subsection (12) and subsections (13) thro ugh 642
956	956	(28) of section 409.901, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as 643
957	957	subsection (14) and subsections (16) through (31), respectively, 644
958	958	and new subsections (12), (13), and (15) are added to that 645
959	959	section, to read: 646
960	960	409.901 Definitions; ss. 409.901 -409.920.—As used in ss. 647
961	961	409.901-409.920, except as otherwise specifically provided, the 648
962	962	term: 649
963	963	(12) "Hospital directed payment program" means a 650
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976	976	supplemental payment program approved by the Centers for 651
977	977	Medicare and Medicaid Services to provide directed payments to 652
978	978	hospitals in an amount up to the total difference between 653
979	979	Medicaid reimbursement and costs of care for Medicaid 654
980	980	recipients. This subsection expires July 1, 2026. 655
981	981	(13) "Indirect graduate medical education program" means a 656
982	982	supplemental payment program approved by the Centers for 657
983	983	Medicare and Medicaid Services to provide payments directly to 658
984	984	eligible teaching hospitals based on the hospitals' indirect 659
985	985	graduate medical education costs for services provided. This 660
986	986	subsection expires July 1, 2026. 661
987	987	(15) "Low Income Pool Program" means a supplemental 662
988	988	payment program approved by the Centers for Medicare and 663
989	989	Medicaid Services to provide payments directly to hospitals and 664
990	990	other health care providers to reimburse hospitals and providers 665
991	991	for the costs of uncompensated char ity care for low-income 666
992	992	individuals. This subsection expires July 1, 2026. 667
993	993	Section 20. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 668
994	994	203, 204, 207, 208, 210, 211, and 223 of the 2025 -2026 General 669
995	995	Appropriations Act, subsection (27) is added to section 409.908, 670
996	996	Florida Statutes, to read: 671
997	997	409.908 Reimbursement of Medicaid providers. —Subject to 672
998	998	specific appropriations, the agency shall reimburse Medicaid 673
999	999	providers, in accordance with state and federal law, according 674
1000	1000	to methodologies set forth in the rule s of the agency and in 675
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1013	1013	policy manuals and handbooks incorporated by reference therein. 676
1014	1014	These methodologies may include fee schedules, reimbursement 677
1015	1015	methods based on cost reporting, negotiated fees, competitive 678
1016	1016	bidding pursuant to s. 287.057, and other mech anisms the agency 679
1017	1017	considers efficient and effective for purchasing services or 680
1018	1018	goods on behalf of recipients. If a provider is reimbursed based 681
1019	1019	on cost reporting and submits a cost report late and that cost 682
1020	1020	report would have been used to set a lower reimbu rsement rate 683
1021	1021	for a rate semester, then the provider's rate for that semester 684
1022	1022	shall be retroactively calculated using the new cost report, and 685
1023	1023	full payment at the recalculated rate shall be effected 686
1024	1024	retroactively. Medicare -granted extensions for filing cost 687
1025	1025	reports, if applicable, shall also apply to Medicaid cost 688
1026	1026	reports. Payment for Medicaid compensable services made on 689
1027	1027	behalf of Medicaid-eligible persons is subject to the 690
1028	1028	availability of moneys and any limitations or directions 691
1029	1029	provided for in the General Appropriations Act or chapter 216. 692
1030	1030	Further, nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent 693
1031	1031	or limit the agency from adjusting fees, reimbursement rates, 694
1032	1032	lengths of stay, number of visits, or number of services, or 695
1033	1033	making any other adjustments neces sary to comply with the 696
1034	1034	availability of moneys and any limitations or directions 697
1035	1035	provided for in the General Appropriations Act, provided the 698
1036	1036	adjustment is consistent with legislative intent. 699
1037	1037	(27) A teaching hospital's participation in the hospital 700
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1051	1051	program, as defined in s. 409.901, is contingent on the 702
1052	1052	hospital's participation in the Low Income Pool Program, as 703
1053	1053	defined in s. 409.901. As used in this subsection, the term 704
1054	1054	"teaching hospital" has the same meaning as in s. 408.07 but 705
1055	1055	does not include a cancer hospital that meets the criteria in 42 706
1056	1056	U.S.C. s. 1395ww(d)(1)(B)(v), a public hospital, a medical 707
1057	1057	school physician practice, a federally qualified health center, 708
1058	1058	a rural health clinic, or a behavioral health provider. This 709
1059	1059	subsection expires July 1, 2026. 710
1060	1060	Section 21. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 711
1061	1061	203, 204, 207, 208, 210, 211, and 223 of the 2025 -2026 General 712
1062	1062	Appropriations Act, paragraph (a) of subsection (20) of section 713
1063	1063	409.910, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 714
1064	1064	409.910 Responsibility for payments on behalf of Medicaid -715
1065	1065	eligible persons when other parties are liable. — 716
1066	1066	(20)(a) Entities providing health insurance as defined in 717
1067	1067	s. 624.603, health maintenance organizat ions and prepaid health 718
1068	1068	clinics as defined in chapter 641, and, on behalf of their 719
1069	1069	clients, third-party administrators, pharmacy benefits managers, 720
1070	1070	and any other third parties, as defined in s. 409.901 s. 721
1071	1071	409.901(27), which are legally responsible for paym ent of a 722
1072	1072	claim for a health care item or service as a condition of doing 723
1073	1073	business in the state or providing coverage to residents of this 724
1074	1074	state, shall provide such records and information as are 725
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1087	1087	necessary to accomplish the purpose of this section, unless s uch 726
1088	1088	requirement results in an unreasonable burden. 727
1089	1089	Section 22. The amendment to s. 409.910(20)(a), Florida 728
1090	1090	Statutes, made by this act expires July 1, 2026, and the text of 729
1091	1091	that paragraph shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 730
1092	1092	2025, except that any amendments to such text enacted other than 731
1093	1093	by this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the 732
1094	1094	extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions 733
1095	1095	of text which expire pursuant to this section. 734
1096	1096	Section 23. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 735
1097	1097	203, 204, 207, 208, 210, 211, and 223 of the 2025 -2026 General 736
1098	1098	Appropriations Act, a hospital shall not be eligible to 737
1099	1099	participate in the Low Income Pool Program, as defined in s. 738
1100	1100	409.901, if another hospital with fewer than 300 be ds from the 739
1101	1101	same affiliated health care system has closed or is scheduled to 740
1102	1102	close between March 1, 2025, and January 31, 2026. This section 741
1103	1103	expires July 1, 2026. 742
1104	1104	Section 24. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 743
1105	1105	250 of the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act, subsection (2) 744
1106	1106	of section 393.066, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 745
1107	1107	393.066 Community services and treatment. — 746
1108	1108	(2) Necessary services shall be purchased, rather than 747
1109	1109	provided directly by the agency, when the purchase of services 748
1110	1110	is more cost-efficient than providing them directly. All 749
1111	1111	purchased services must be approved by the agency. As a 750
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1125	1125	under contract with the agency to provide services shall use 752
1126	1126	agency data management systems to document service provision to 753
1127	1127	clients or shall maintain such information in its own data 754
1128	1128	management system and electronically transmit it to the agency 755
1129	1129	data management system in an industry standard electronic format 756
1130	1130	designated by the agency. T he agency shall not require training 757
1131	1131	on the use of agency data management systems by persons or 758
1132	1132	entities that choose to maintain data in their own data 759
1133	1133	management system provided that they electronically transmit 760
1134	1134	required information in a format and freque ncy designated by the 761
1135	1135	agency and shall use such systems to bill for services . 762
1136	1136	Contracted persons and entities shall meet the minimum hardware 763
1137	1137	and software technical requirements established by the agency 764
1138	1138	for the use of such systems. Such persons or entitie s shall also 765
1139	1139	meet any requirements established by the agency for training and 766
1140	1140	professional development of staff providing direct services to 767
1141	1141	clients. 768
1142	1142	Section 25. The amendment to s. 393.066(2), Florida 769
1143	1143	Statutes, made by this act expires July 1, 2026, a nd the text of 770
1144	1144	that paragraph shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 771
1145	1145	2025, except that any amendments to such text enacted other than 772
1146	1146	by this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the 773
1147	1147	extent that such amendments are not dependent upon th e portions 774
1148	1148	of text which expire pursuant to this section. 775
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1162	1162	333 through 370 of the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations Act, and 777
1163	1163	notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 778
1164	1164	Department of Children and Families may submit budget 779
1165	1165	amendments, subject to the notice, review, and objection 780
1166	1166	procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to increase budget 781
1167	1167	authority to support the following federal grant programs: the 782
1168	1168	Supplemental Nutrition Assi stance Grant Program, the Summer 783
1169	1169	Electronic Benefit Transfer, the American Rescue Plan Grant, the 784
1170	1170	State Opioid Response Grant, the Substance Use Prevention and 785
1171	1171	Treatment Block Grant, and the Mental Health Block Grant. This 786
1172	1172	section expires July 1, 2026. 787
1173	1173	Section 27. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 788
1174	1174	439 and 441 of the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations Act, and 789
1175	1175	notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 790
1176	1176	Department of Health may submit a budget amendment, subject to 791
1177	1177	the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, 792
1178	1178	Florida Statutes, to increase budget authority for the 793
1179	1179	Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children 794
1180	1180	(WIC) and the Child Care Food Program if additional federal 795
1181	1181	revenues will be expended i n the 2025-2026 fiscal year. This 796
1182	1182	section expires July 1, 2026. 797
1183	1183	Section 28. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 798
1184	1184	448 and 496 of the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations Act, and 799
1185	1185	notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 800
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1199	1199	the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, 802
1200	1200	Florida Statutes, to increase budget authority for the HIV/AIDS 803
1201	1201	Prevention and Treatment Program if additional federal revenues 804
1202	1202	specific to HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment become available 805
1203	1203	in the 2025-2026 fiscal year. This section expires July 1, 2026. 806
1204	1204	Section 29. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 807
1205	1205	192 of the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act: 808
1206	1206	(1) The Agency for Health C are Administration shall 809
1207	1207	replace the current Florida Medicaid Management Information 810
1208	1208	System (FMMIS) and fiscal agent operations with a system that is 811
1209	1209	modular, interoperable, and scalable for the Florida Medicaid 812
1210	1210	program that complies with all applicable fe deral and state laws 813
1211	1211	and requirements. The agency may not include in the program to 814
1212	1212	replace the current FMMIS and fiscal agent contract: 815
1213	1213	(a) Functionality that duplicates any of the information 816
1214	1214	systems of the other health and human services state agencie s; 817
1215	1215	(b) Procurement for agency requirements external to 818
1216	1216	Medicaid programs with the intent to leverage the Medicaid 819
1217	1217	technology infrastructure for other purposes without legislative 820
1218	1218	appropriation or legislative authorization to procure these 821
1219	1219	requirements. The new system, the Florida Health Care Connection 822
1220	1220	(FX) system, must provide better integration with subsystems 823
1221	1221	supporting Florida's Medicaid program; uniformity, consistency, 824
1222	1222	and improved access to data; and compatibility with the Centers 825
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1235	1235	for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Medicaid Information 826
1236	1236	Technology Architecture (MITA) as the system matures and expands 827
1237	1237	its functionality; or 828
1238	1238	(c) Any contract executed after July 1, 2022, not 829
1239	1239	including staff augmentation services purchased off the 830
1240	1240	Department of Managem ent Services Information Technology staff 831
1241	1241	augmentation state term contract that are not deliverables based 832
1242	1242	fixed price contracts. 833
1243	1243	(2) For purposes of replacing FMMIS and the current 834
1244	1244	Medicaid fiscal agent, the Agency for Health Care Administration 835
1245	1245	shall: 836
1246	1246	(a) Prioritize procurements for the replacement of the 837
1247	1247	current functions of FMMIS and the responsibilities of the 838
1248	1248	current Medicaid fiscal agent, to minimize the need to extend 839
1249	1249	all or portions of the current fiscal agent contract. 840
1250	1250	(b) Comply with and no t exceed the Centers for Medicare 841
1251	1251	and Medicaid Services funding authorizations for the FX system. 842
1252	1252	(c) Ensure compliance and uniformity with the published 843
1253	1253	MITA framework and guidelines. 844
1254	1254	(d) Ensure that all business requirements and technical 845
1255	1255	specifications have been provided to all affected state agencies 846
1256	1256	for their review and input and approved by the executive 847
1257	1257	steering committee established in paragraph (h). 848
1258	1258	(e) Consult with the Executive Office of the Governor's 849
1259	1259	working group for interagency informat ion technology integration 850
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1272	1272	for the development of competitive solicitations that provide 851
1273	1273	for data interoperability and shared information technology 852
1274	1274	services across the state's health and human services agencies. 853
1275	1275	(f) Implement a data governance structure for the program 854
1276	1276	to coordinate data sharing and interoperability across state 855
1277	1277	health care entities. 856
1278	1278	(g) Establish a continuing oversight team for each 857
1279	1279	contract pursuant to s. 287.057(26). The teams must provide 858
1280	1280	quarterly reports to the executive steering committee 859
1281	1281	summarizing the status of the contract, the pace of 860
1282	1282	deliverables, the quality of deliverables, contractor 861
1283	1283	responsiveness, and contractor performance. 862
1284	1284	(h) Implement a program governance structure that includes 863
1285	1285	an executive steering committee composed of: 864
1286	1286	1. The Secretary of Health Care Administration, or the 865
1287	1287	executive sponsor of the program. 866
1288	1288	2. A representative of the Division of Health Care Finance 867
1289	1289	and Data of the Agency for Health Care Administration, appointed 868
1290	1290	by the Secretary of Health Care Administration. 869
1291	1291	3. Two representatives from the Division of Medicaid 870
1292	1292	Policy, Quality, and Operations of the Agency for Health Care 871
1293	1293	Administration, appointed by the Secretary of Health Care 872
1294	1294	Administration. 873
1295	1295	4. A representative of the Division of He alth Care Policy 874
1296	1296	and Oversight of the Agency for Health Care Administration, 875
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1310	1310	5. A representative of the Florida Center for Health 877
1311	1311	Information and Transparency of the Agency for Health Care 878
1312	1312	Administration, appointed by the Secretary of Health Care 879
1313	1313	Administration. 880
1314	1314	6. The Chief Information Officer of the Agency for Health 881
1315	1315	Care Administration, or his or her designee. 882
1316	1316	(3)(a) The Secretary of Health Care Administration or the 883
1317	1317	executive sponsor of the program shall serve as chair of the 884
1318	1318	executive steering committee, and the committee shall take 885
1319	1319	action by a vote of at least 5 affirmative votes with the chair 886
1320	1320	voting on the prevailing side. A quorum of the executive 887
1321	1321	steering committee consists of a t least 5 members. 888
1322	1322	(b)1. The chair shall establish a program finance and 889
1323	1323	contracting working group composed of: 890
1324	1324	a. The FX program director. 891
1325	1325	b. A representative from the agency's Office of the 892
1326	1326	General Counsel. 893
1327	1327	c. A representative from the agency's D ivision of 894
1328	1328	Administration. 895
1329	1329	d. Representatives from each continuing oversight team. 896
1330	1330	e. The FX program strategic roadmap manager. 897
1331	1331	f. The FX program project managers. 898
1332	1332	g. The FX program risk manager. 899
1333	1333	h. Any other personnel deemed necessary by the cha ir. 900
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1347	1347	the program status and all contract and program operations, 902
1348	1348	policies, risks and issues related to the budget, spending plans 903
1349	1349	and contractual obligations, and shall develop recommendations 904
1350	1350	to the executive steering committee for improvement. The working 905
1351	1351	group shall review all change requests that impact the program's 906
1352	1352	scope, schedule, or budget related to contract management and 907
1353	1353	vendor payments and submit those recommended for adoption to the 908
1354	1354	executive steering committee. The chair shall request input from 909
1355	1355	the working group on agenda items for each scheduled meeting. 910
1356	1356	The program shall make available program staff to the group, as 911
1357	1357	needed, for the group to fulfill its duties. 912
1358	1358	(c)1. The chair shal l establish a state agency stakeholder 913
1359	1359	working group composed of: 914
1360	1360	a. The executive sponsor of the FX program. 915
1361	1361	b. A representative of the Department of Children and 916
1362	1362	Families, appointed by the Secretary of Children and Families. 917
1363	1363	c. A representative of the Department of Health, appointed 918
1364	1364	by the State Surgeon General. 919
1365	1365	d. A representative of the Agency for Persons with 920
1366	1366	Disabilities, appointed by the director of the Agency for 921
1367	1367	Persons with Disabilities. 922
1368	1368	e. A representative from the Florida Healthy Kids 923
1369	1369	Corporation. 924
1370	1370	f. A representative from the Department of Elder Affairs, 925
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1384	1384	g. The state chief information officer, or his or her 927
1385	1385	designee. 928
1386	1386	h. A representative of the Department of Financial 929
1387	1387	Services who has experience with the state's financial 930
1388	1388	processes, including development of the PALM system, appointed 931
1389	1389	by the Chief Financial Officer. 932
1390	1390	2. The working group shall meet at least quarterly to 933
1391	1391	review the program status and all program operations, policies, 934
1392	1392	risks and issues that may impact the operations external to the 935
1393	1393	Agency for Health Care Administration FX program, and shall 936
1394	1394	develop recommendations to the executive steering committee for 937
1395	1395	improvement. The chair shall request input from the working 938
1396	1396	group on agenda items for each scheduled meeting. The program 939
1397	1397	shall make available program staff to the group to provide 940
1398	1398	system demonstrations and any program documentation, as needed, 941
1399	1399	for the group to fulfill its duties. 942
1400	1400	(4) The executive steering committee has the overall 943
1401	1401	responsibility for ensuring that the program to replace FMMIS 944
1402	1402	and the Medicaid fiscal agent meets its primary business 945
1403	1403	objectives and shall: 946
1404	1404	(a) Identify and recommend to the Executive Office of the 947
1405	1405	Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the 948
1406	1406	House of Representatives any statutory changes needed to 949
1407	1407	implement the modular replacement to standardize, to the fullest 950
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1421	1421	processes. 952
1422	1422	(b) Review and approve any changes to the program's scope, 953
1423	1423	schedule, and budget. 954
1424	1424	(c) Review and approve any changes to the program's 955
1425	1425	strategic roadmap. 956
1426	1426	(d) Review and approve change requests th at impact the 957
1427	1427	program's scope, schedule, or budget recommended for adoption by 958
1428	1428	the program finance and contracting working group. 959
1429	1429	(e) Review recommendations provided by the program working 960
1430	1430	groups. 961
1431	1431	(f) Review vendor scorecards, reports, and notification s 962
1432	1432	produced by the continuing oversight teams. 963
1433	1433	(g) Ensure that adequate resources are provided throughout 964
1434	1434	all phases of the program. 965
1435	1435	(h) Approve all major program deliverables. 966
1436	1436	(i) Review and verify that all procurement and contractual 967
1437	1437	documents associated with the replacement of the current FMMIS 968
1438	1438	and Medicaid fiscal agent align with the scope, schedule, and 969
1439	1439	anticipated budget for the program. 970
1440	1440	(5) This section expires July 1, 2026. 971
1441	1441	Section 30. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 972
1442	1442	211, 212, 262, 272, 328, 474, and 496 of the 2025 -2026 General 973
1443	1443	Appropriations Act, the Agency for Health Care Administration, 974
1444	1444	in consultation with the Department of Health, the Agency for 975
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1457	1457	Persons with Disabilities, the Department of Children and 976
1458	1458	Families, and the Department of Corrections, shall competitively 977
1459	1459	procure a contract with a vendor to negotiate, for these 978
1460	1460	agencies, prices for prescribed drugs and biological products 979
1461	1461	excluded from the programs established under s. 381.02035, 980
1462	1462	Florida Statutes, and inelig ible under 21 U.S.C. s. 384, 981
1463	1463	including, but not limited to, insulin and epinephrine. The 982
1464	1464	contract may allow the vendor to directly purchase these 983
1465	1465	products for participating agencies when feasible and 984
1466	1466	advantageous. The contracted vendor will be compensated on a 985
1467	1467	contingency basis, paid from a portion of the savings achieved 986
1468	1468	by its price negotiation or purchase of the prescription drugs 987
1469	1469	and products. This section expires July 1, 2026. 988
1470	1470	Section 31. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 989
1471	1471	254, 260, 261, 265, 270, and 271 of the 2025 -2026 General 990
1472	1472	Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, 991
1473	1473	Florida Statutes, the Agency for Persons with Disabilities may 992
1474	1474	submit budget amendments, subject to the notice, review, and 993
1475	1475	objection procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to 994
1476	1476	transfer funding from the Salaries and Benefits appropriation 995
1477	1477	categories to categories used for contractual services in order 996
1478	1478	to support additional staff augmentation resources needed at the 997
1479	1479	Developmental Disability Center s. This section expires July 1, 998
1480	1480	2026. 999
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1494	1494	219 and 242 of the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations Act, and 1001
1495	1495	notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 1002
1496	1496	Agency for Health Care Administr ation and the Agency for Persons 1003
1497	1497	with Disabilities may submit budget amendments, subject to the 1004
1498	1498	notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, Florida 1005
1499	1499	Statutes, at least 3 days before the effective date of the 1006
1500	1500	action to increase budget authority t o support the 1007
1501	1501	implementation of the home and community -based services Medicaid 1008
1502	1502	waiver program of the Agency for Persons with Disabilities. This 1009
1503	1503	section expires July 1, 2026. 1010
1504	1504	Section 33. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1011
1505	1505	557 of the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act, and 1012
1506	1506	notwithstanding chapter 216, Florida Statutes, the Department of 1013
1507	1507	Veterans' Affairs may submit a budget amendment, subject to 1014
1508	1508	Legislative Budget Commission approval, requesting the authority 1015
1509	1509	to establish positions in excess o f the number authorized by the 1016
1510	1510	Legislature, increase appropriations from the Operations and 1017
1511	1511	Maintenance Trust Fund, or provide necessary salary rate 1018
1512	1512	sufficient to provide for essential staff for veterans' nursing 1019
1513	1513	homes, if the department projects that addi tional direct care 1020
1514	1514	staff are needed to meet its established staffing ratio. This 1021
1515	1515	section expires July 1, 2026. 1022
1516	1516	Section 34. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1023
1517	1517	211 of the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act, subsection (1) 1024
1518	1518	of section 409.915, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1025
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1531	1531	409.915 County contributions to Medicaid. —Although the 1026
1532	1532	state is responsible for the full portion of the state share of 1027
1533	1533	the matching funds required for the Medicaid program, the state 1028
1534	1534	shall charge the counties an annu al contribution in order to 1029
1535	1535	acquire a certain portion of these funds. 1030
1536	1536	(1)(a) As used in this section, the term "state Medicaid 1031
1537	1537	expenditures" means those expenditures used as matching funds 1032
1538	1538	for the federal Medicaid program. 1033
1539	1539	(b) The term does not include funds specially assessed by 1034
1540	1540	any local governmental entity and used as the nonfederal share 1035
1541	1541	for the hospital directed payment program after July 1, 2021. 1036
1542	1542	This paragraph expires July 1, 2026 2025. 1037
1543	1543	Section 35. In order to implement Specific Appropriation s 1038
1544	1544	359, 361, 362, 363, and 370A of the 2025 -2026 General 1039
1545	1545	Appropriations Act, paragraph (c) of subsection (9) of section 1040
1546	1546	394.9082, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1041
1547	1547	394.9082 Behavioral health managing entities. — 1042
1548	1548	(9) FUNDING FOR MANAGING ENTITIES. — 1043
1549	1549	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for the 2023-2024 1044
1550	1550	fiscal year and the 2024-2025 fiscal year and the 2025-2026 1045
1551	1551	fiscal year, a managing entity may carry forward documented 1046
1552	1552	unexpended funds appropriated from the State Opioid Settlement 1047
1553	1553	Trust Fund from one fiscal year to the next. Funds carried 1048
1554	1554	forward pursuant to this paragraph are not included in the 8 1049
1555	1555	percent cumulative cap that may be carried forward. This 1050
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1568	1568	paragraph expires July 1, 2026 July 1, 2025. 1051
1569	1569	Section 36. In order to implement Specific Appropr iations 1052
1570	1570	584 through 668 and 692 through 723 of the 2025 -2026 General 1053
1571	1571	Appropriations Act, subsection (4) of section 216.262, Florida 1054
1572	1572	Statutes, is amended to read: 1055
1573	1573	216.262 Authorized positions. — 1056
1574	1574	(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter 1057
1575	1575	relating to increasing the number of authorized positions, and 1058
1576	1576	for the 2025-2026 2024-2025 fiscal year only, if the actual 1059
1577	1577	inmate population of the Department of Corrections exceeds the 1060
1578	1578	inmate population projections of the February 21, 2025 December 1061
1579	1579	15, 2023, Criminal Justice Estimating Conference by 1 percent 1062
1580	1580	for 2 consecutive months or 2 percent for any month, the 1063
1581	1581	Executive Office of the Governor, with the approval of the 1064
1582	1582	Legislative Budget Commission, shall immediately notify the 1065
1583	1583	Criminal Justice Estimating Conf erence, which shall convene as 1066
1584	1584	soon as possible to revise the estimates. The Department of 1067
1585	1585	Corrections may then submit a budget amendment requesting the 1068
1586	1586	establishment of positions in excess of the number authorized by 1069
1587	1587	the Legislature and additional appropr iations from unallocated 1070
1588	1588	general revenue sufficient to provide for essential staff, fixed 1071
1589	1589	capital improvements, and other resources to provide 1072
1590	1590	classification, security, food services, health services, and 1073
1591	1591	other variable expenses within the institutions to accommodate 1074
1592	1592	the estimated increase in the inmate population. All actions 1075
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1605	1605	taken pursuant to this subsection are subject to review and 1076
1606	1606	approval by the Legislative Budget Commission. This subsection 1077
1607	1607	expires July 1, 2026 2025. 1078
1608	1608	Section 37. In order to imple ment Specific Appropriations 1079
1609	1609	2956 through 3018A of the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations Act, 1080
1610	1610	subsection (2) of section 215.18, Florida Statutes, is amended 1081
1611	1611	to read: 1082
1612	1612	215.18 Transfers between funds; limitation. — 1083
1613	1613	(2) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may receive one 1084
1614	1614	or more trust fund loans to ensure that the state court system 1085
1615	1615	has funds sufficient to meet its appropriations in the 2025-2026 1086
1616	1616	2024-2025 General Appropriations Act. If the Chief Justice 1087
1617	1617	accesses the loan, he or she must notify the Governo r and the 1088
1618	1618	chairs of the legislative appropriations committees in writing. 1089
1619	1619	The loan must come from other funds in the State Treasury which 1090
1620	1620	are for the time being or otherwise in excess of the amounts 1091
1621	1621	necessary to meet the just requirements of such last -mentioned 1092
1622	1622	funds. The Governor shall order the transfer of funds within 5 1093
1623	1623	days after the written notification from the Chief Justice. If 1094
1624	1624	the Governor does not order the transfer, the Chief Financial 1095
1625	1625	Officer shall transfer the requested funds. The loan of funds 1096
1626	1626	from which any money is temporarily transferred must be repaid 1097
1627	1627	by the end of the 2025-2026 2024-2025 fiscal year. This 1098
1628	1628	subsection expires July 1, 2026 2025. 1099
1629	1629	Section 38. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1100
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1643	1643	(1) The Department of Juvenile Justice is required to 1102
1644	1644	review county juvenile detention payments to ensure that 1103
1645	1645	counties fulfill their financial responsibilities required in s. 1104
1646	1646	985.6865, Florida Statutes. If the Department of Juvenile 1105
1647	1647	Justice determines that a county has not met its obligations, 1106
1648	1648	the department shall direct the Department of Revenue to deduct 1107
1649	1649	the amount owed to the Department of Juvenile Justice from the 1108
1650	1650	funds provided to the county under s. 218.23, Florida Stat utes. 1109
1651	1651	The Department of Revenue shall transfer the funds withheld to 1110
1652	1652	the Shared County/State Juvenile Detention Trust Fund. 1111
1653	1653	(2) As an assurance to holders of bonds issued by counties 1112
1654	1654	before July 1, 2025, for which distributions made pursuant to s. 1113
1655	1655	218.23, Florida Statutes, are pledged, or bonds issued to refund 1114
1656	1656	such bonds which mature no later than the bonds they refunded 1115
1657	1657	and which result in a reduction of debt service payable in each 1116
1658	1658	fiscal year, the amount available for distribution to a county 1117
1659	1659	shall remain as provided by law and continue to be subject to 1118
1660	1660	any lien or claim on behalf of the bondholders. The Department 1119
1661	1661	of Revenue must ensure, based on information provided by an 1120
1662	1662	affected county, that any reduction in amounts distributed 1121
1663	1663	pursuant to subsecti on (1) does not reduce the amount of 1122
1664	1664	distribution to a county below the amount necessary for the 1123
1665	1665	timely payment of principal and interest when due on the bonds 1124
1666	1666	and the amount necessary to comply with any covenant under the 1125
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1679	1679	bond resolution or other document s relating to the issuance of 1126
1680	1680	the bonds. If a reduction to a county's monthly distribution 1127
1681	1681	must be decreased in order to comply with this section, the 1128
1682	1682	Department of Revenue must notify the Department of Juvenile 1129
1683	1683	Justice of the amount of the decrease, and t he Department of 1130
1684	1684	Juvenile Justice must send a bill for payment of such amount to 1131
1685	1685	the affected county. 1132
1686	1686	(3) This section expires July 1, 2026. 1133
1687	1687	Section 39. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1134
1688	1688	733 through 754, 880 through 1002A, and 1020 throug h 1050A of 1135
1689	1689	the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding 1136
1690	1690	the expiration date in section 41 of chapter 2024 -228, Laws of 1137
1691	1691	Florida, subsection (1), paragraph (a) of subsection (2), 1138
1692	1692	paragraph (a) of subsection (3), and subsections (5), (6), and 1139
1693	1693	(7) of section 27.40, Florida Statutes, are reenacted to read: 1140
1694	1694	27.40 Court-appointed counsel; circuit registries; minimum 1141
1695	1695	requirements; appointment by court. — 1142
1696	1696	(1) Counsel shall be appointed to represent any individual 1143
1697	1697	in a criminal or civil proceeding entitled to court-appointed 1144
1698	1698	counsel under the Federal or State Constitution or as authorized 1145
1699	1699	by general law. The court shall appoint a public defender to 1146
1700	1700	represent indigent persons as authorized in s. 27.51. The office 1147
1701	1701	of criminal conflict and civil regio nal counsel shall be 1148
1702	1702	appointed to represent persons in those cases in which provision 1149
1703	1703	is made for court-appointed counsel, but only after the public 1150
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1717	1717	defender is unable to provide representation due to a conflict 1152
1718	1718	of interest or is not authorized to provide representation. The 1153
1719	1719	public defender shall report, in the aggregate, the specific 1154
1720	1720	basis of all conflicts of interest certified to the court. On a 1155
1721	1721	quarterly basis, the public defender shall submi t this 1156
1722	1722	information to the Justice Administrative Commission. 1157
1723	1723	(2)(a) Private counsel shall be appointed to represent 1158
1724	1724	persons in those cases in which provision is made for court -1159
1725	1725	appointed counsel but only after the office of criminal conflict 1160
1726	1726	and civil regional counsel has been appointed and has certified 1161
1727	1727	to the court in writing that the criminal conflict and civil 1162
1728	1728	regional counsel is unable to provide representation due to a 1163
1729	1729	conflict of interest. The criminal conflict and civil regional 1164
1730	1730	counsel shall report, in the aggregate, the specific basis of 1165
1731	1731	all conflicts of interest certified to the court. On a quarterly 1166
1732	1732	basis, the criminal conflict and civil regional counsel shall 1167
1733	1733	submit this information to the Justice Administrative 1168
1734	1734	Commission. 1169
1735	1735	(3) In using a registry: 1170
1736	1736	(a) The chief judge of the circuit shall compile a list of 1171
1737	1737	attorneys in private practice, by county and by category of 1172
1738	1738	cases, and provide the list to the clerk of court in each 1173
1739	1739	county. The chief judge of the circuit may restrict the number 1174
1740	1740	of attorneys on the general registry list. To be included on a 1175
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1754	1754	1. Meets any minimum requirements established by the chief 1177
1755	1755	judge and by general law for court appointment; 1178
1756	1756	2. Is available to represent indigent defendants in cases 1179
1757	1757	requiring court appointment of private counsel; and 1180
1758	1758	3. Is willing to abide by the terms of the contract for 1181
1759	1759	services, s. 27.5304, and this section. 1182
1760	1760	1183
1761	1761	To be included on a registry, an attorney must enter into a 1184
1762	1762	contract for services wit h the Justice Administrative 1185
1763	1763	Commission. Failure to comply with the terms of the contract for 1186
1764	1764	services may result in termination of the contract and removal 1187
1765	1765	from the registry. Each attorney on the registry is responsible 1188
1766	1766	for notifying the clerk of the cour t and the Justice 1189
1767	1767	Administrative Commission of any change in his or her status. 1190
1768	1768	Failure to comply with this requirement is cause for termination 1191
1769	1769	of the contract for services and removal from the registry until 1192
1770	1770	the requirement is fulfilled. 1193
1771	1771	(5) The Justice Administrative Commission shall approve 1194
1772	1772	uniform contract forms for use in procuring the services of 1195
1773	1773	private court-appointed counsel and uniform procedures and forms 1196
1774	1774	for use by a court-appointed attorney in support of billing for 1197
1775	1775	attorney's fees, costs, a nd related expenses to demonstrate the 1198
1776	1776	attorney's completion of specified duties. Such uniform 1199
1777	1777	contracts and forms for use in billing must be consistent with 1200
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1791	1791	must contain the following statemen t: "The State of Florida's 1202
1792	1792	performance and obligation to pay under this contract is 1203
1793	1793	contingent upon an annual appropriation by the Legislature." 1204
1794	1794	(6) After court appointment, the attorney must immediately 1205
1795	1795	file a notice of appearance with the court indicat ing acceptance 1206
1796	1796	of the appointment to represent the defendant and of the terms 1207
1797	1797	of the uniform contract as specified in subsection (5). 1208
1798	1798	(7)(a) A private attorney appointed by the court from the 1209
1799	1799	registry to represent a client is entitled to payment as 1210
1800	1800	provided in s. 27.5304 so long as the requirements of subsection 1211
1801	1801	(1) and paragraph (2)(a) are met. An attorney appointed by the 1212
1802	1802	court who is not on the registry list may be compensated under 1213
1803	1803	s. 27.5304 only if the court finds in the order of appointment 1214
1804	1804	that there were no registry attorneys available for 1215
1805	1805	representation for that case and only if the requirements of 1216
1806	1806	subsection (1) and paragraph (2)(a) are met. 1217
1807	1807	(b)1. The flat fee established in s. 27.5304 and the 1218
1808	1808	General Appropriations Act shall be presumed by th e court to be 1219
1809	1809	sufficient compensation. The attorney shall maintain appropriate 1220
1810	1810	documentation, including contemporaneous and detailed hourly 1221
1811	1811	accounting of time spent representing the client. If the 1222
1812	1812	attorney fails to maintain such contemporaneous and detaile d 1223
1813	1813	hourly records, the attorney waives the right to seek 1224
1814	1814	compensation in excess of the flat fee established in s. 27.5304 1225
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1828	1828	are subject to review by the Justice Administrative Commission 1227
1829	1829	and audit by the Auditor General, subject to the attorney -client 1228
1830	1830	privilege and work-product privilege. The attorney shall 1229
1831	1831	maintain the records and documents in a manner that enables the 1230
1832	1832	attorney to redact any information subject to a privilege in 1231
1833	1833	order to facilitate the commission's review of the records and 1232
1834	1834	documents and not to impede such review. The attorney may redact 1233
1835	1835	information from the records and documents only to the extent 1234
1836	1836	necessary to comply with the privilege. The Justice 1235
1837	1837	Administrative Commission shall review such records and shall 1236
1838	1838	contemporaneously document such review before authorizing 1237
1839	1839	payment to an attorney. Objections by or on behalf of the 1238
1840	1840	Justice Administrative Commission to records or documents or to 1239
1841	1841	claims for payment by the attorney shall be p resumed correct by 1240
1842	1842	the court unless the court determines, in writing, that 1241
1843	1843	competent and substantial evidence exists to justify overcoming 1242
1844	1844	the presumption. 1243
1845	1845	2. If an attorney fails, refuses, or declines to permit 1244
1846	1846	the commission or the Auditor General to r eview documentation 1245
1847	1847	for a case as provided in this paragraph, the attorney waives 1246
1848	1848	the right to seek, and the commission may not pay, compensation 1247
1849	1849	in excess of the flat fee established in s. 27.5304 and the 1248
1850	1850	General Appropriations Act for that case. 1249
1851	1851	3. A finding by the commission that an attorney has waived 1250
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1865	1865	established in s. 27.5304 and the General Appropriations Act, as 1252
1866	1866	provided in this paragraph, shall be presumed to be correct, 1253
1867	1867	unless the court det ermines, in writing, that competent and 1254
1868	1868	substantial evidence exists to justify overcoming the 1255
1869	1869	presumption. 1256
1870	1870	Section 40. The text of s. 27.40(1), (2)(a), (3)(a), (5), 1257
1871	1871	(6), and (7), Florida Statutes, as carried forward from chapter 1258
1872	1872	2019-116, Laws of Florida, by this act, expires July 1, 2026, 1259
1873	1873	and the text of those subsections and paragraphs, as applicable, 1260
1874	1874	shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2019, except that 1261
1875	1875	any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall 1262
1876	1876	be preserved and contin ue to operate to the extent that such 1263
1877	1877	amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which 1264
1878	1878	expire pursuant to this section. 1265
1879	1879	Section 41. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1266
1880	1880	733 through 754, 880 through 1002A, and 1020 through 1050A of 1267
1881	1881	the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding 1268
1882	1882	the expiration date in section 43 of chapter 2024 -228, Laws of 1269
1883	1883	Florida, subsection (13) of section 27.5304, Florida Statutes, 1270
1884	1884	is amended, and subsections (1), (3), (6), (7), and (11), and 1271
1885	1885	paragraphs (a) through (e) of subsection (12) of that section 1272
1886	1886	are reenacted, to read: 1273
1887	1887	27.5304 Private court -appointed counsel; compensation; 1274
1888	1888	notice.— 1275
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1902	1902	manner prescribed in s. 27.40(1) and (2)(a) shall be co mpensated 1277
1903	1903	by the Justice Administrative Commission only as provided in 1278
1904	1904	this section and the General Appropriations Act. The flat fees 1279
1905	1905	prescribed in this section are limitations on compensation. The 1280
1906	1906	specific flat fee amounts for compensation shall be establ ished 1281
1907	1907	annually in the General Appropriations Act. The attorney also 1282
1908	1908	shall be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses in 1283
1909	1909	accordance with s. 29.007. If the attorney is representing a 1284
1910	1910	defendant charged with more than one offense in the same case, 1285
1911	1911	the attorney shall be compensated at the rate provided for the 1286
1912	1912	most serious offense for which he or she represented the 1287
1913	1913	defendant. This section does not allow stacking of the fee 1288
1914	1914	limits established by this section. 1289
1915	1915	(3) The court retains primary authority an d responsibility 1290
1916	1916	for determining the reasonableness of all billings for attorney 1291
1917	1917	fees, costs, and related expenses, subject to statutory 1292
1918	1918	limitations and the requirements of s. 27.40(7). Private court -1293
1919	1919	appointed counsel is entitled to compensation upon final 1294
1920	1920	disposition of a case. 1295
1921	1921	(6) For compensation for representation pursuant to a 1296
1922	1922	court appointment in a proceeding under chapter 39: 1297
1923	1923	(a) At the trial level, compensation for representation 1298
1924	1924	for dependency proceedings shall not exceed $1,450 for the first 1299
1925	1925	year following the date of appointment and shall not exceed $700 1300
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1938	1938	each year thereafter. Compensation shall be paid based upon 1301
1939	1939	representation of a parent irrespective of the number of case 1302
1940	1940	numbers that may be assigned or the number of children involved, 1303
1941	1941	including any children born during the pendency of the 1304
1942	1942	proceeding. Any appeal, except for an appeal from an 1305
1943	1943	adjudication of dependency, shall be completed by the trial 1306
1944	1944	attorney and is considered compensated by the flat fee for 1307
1945	1945	dependency proceedings. 1308
1946	1946	1. Counsel may bill the flat fee not exceeding $1,450 1309
1947	1947	following disposition or upon dismissal of the petition. 1310
1948	1948	2. Counsel may bill the annual flat fee not exceeding $700 1311
1949	1949	following the first judicial review in the second year following 1312
1950	1950	the date of appointment and each year thereafter as long as the 1313
1951	1951	case remains under protective supervision. 1314
1952	1952	3. If the court grants a motion to reactivate protective 1315
1953	1953	supervision, the attorney shall receive the annual flat fee not 1316
1954	1954	exceeding $700 following the first judicial review and up to an 1317
1955	1955	additional $700 each year thereafter. 1318
1956	1956	4. If, during the course of dependency proceedings, a 1319
1957	1957	proceeding to terminate parental rights is initiated, 1320
1958	1958	compensation shall be as set forth in paragraph (b). If counsel 1321
1959	1959	handling the dependency proceed ing is not authorized to handle 1322
1960	1960	proceedings to terminate parental rights, the counsel must 1323
1961	1961	withdraw and new counsel must be appointed. 1324
1962	1962	(b) At the trial level, compensation for representation in 1325
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1975	1975	termination of parental rights proceedings shall not exceed 1326
1976	1976	$1,800 for the first year following the date of appointment and 1327
1977	1977	shall not exceed $700 each year thereafter. Compensation shall 1328
1978	1978	be paid based upon representation of a parent irrespective of 1329
1979	1979	the number of case numbers that may be assigned or the number of 1330
1980	1980	children involved, including any children born during the 1331
1981	1981	pendency of the proceeding. Any appeal, except for an appeal 1332
1982	1982	from an order granting or denying termination of parental 1333
1983	1983	rights, shall be completed by trial counsel and is considered 1334
1984	1984	compensated by the flat fee for termination of parental rights 1335
1985	1985	proceedings. If the individual has dependency proceedings 1336
1986	1986	ongoing as to other children, those proceedings are considered 1337
1987	1987	part of the termination of parental rights proceedings as long 1338
1988	1988	as that termination of paren tal rights proceeding is ongoing. 1339
1989	1989	1. Counsel may bill the flat fee not exceeding $1,800 30 1340
1990	1990	days after rendition of the final order. Each request for 1341
1991	1991	payment submitted to the Justice Administrative Commission must 1342
1992	1992	include the trial counsel's certification that: 1343
1993	1993	a. Counsel discussed grounds for appeal with the parent or 1344
1994	1994	that counsel attempted and was unable to contact the parent; and 1345
1995	1995	b. No appeal will be filed or that a notice of appeal and 1346
1996	1996	a motion for appointment of appellate counsel, containing the 1347
1997	1997	signature of the parent, have been filed. 1348
1998	1998	2. Counsel may bill the annual flat fee not exceeding $700 1349
1999	1999	following the first judicial review in the second year after the 1350
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2012	2012	date of appointment and each year thereafter as long as the 1351
2013	2013	termination of parental right s proceedings are still ongoing. 1352
2014	2014	(c) For appeals from an adjudication of dependency, 1353
2015	2015	compensation may not exceed $1,800. 1354
2016	2016	1. Counsel may bill a flat fee not exceeding $1,200 upon 1355
2017	2017	filing the initial brief or the granting of a motion to 1356
2018	2018	withdraw. 1357
2019	2019	2. If a brief is filed, counsel may bill an additional 1358
2020	2020	flat fee not exceeding $600 upon rendition of the mandate. 1359
2021	2021	(d) For an appeal from an adjudication of termination of 1360
2022	2022	parental rights, compensation may not exceed $3,500. 1361
2023	2023	1. Counsel may bill a flat fee not exceeding $1,750 upon 1362
2024	2024	filing the initial brief or the granting of a motion to 1363
2025	2025	withdraw. 1364
2026	2026	2. If a brief is filed, counsel may bill an additional 1365
2027	2027	flat fee not exceeding $1,750 upon rendition of the mandate. 1366
2028	2028	(7) Counsel eligible to receive compensation fr om the 1367
2029	2029	state for representation pursuant to court appointment made in 1368
2030	2030	accordance with the requirements of s. 27.40(1) and (2)(a) in a 1369
2031	2031	proceeding under chapter 384, chapter 390, chapter 392, chapter 1370
2032	2032	393, chapter 394, chapter 397, chapter 415, chapter 743, c hapter 1371
2033	2033	744, or chapter 984 shall receive compensation not to exceed the 1372
2034	2034	limits prescribed in the General Appropriations Act. Any such 1373
2035	2035	compensation must be determined as provided in s. 27.40(7). 1374
2036	2036	(11) It is the intent of the Legislature that the flat 1375
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2049	2049	fees prescribed under this section and the General 1376
2050	2050	Appropriations Act comprise the full and complete compensation 1377
2051	2051	for private court-appointed counsel. It is further the intent of 1378
2052	2052	the Legislature that the fees in this section are prescribed for 1379
2053	2053	the purpose of providing counsel with notice of the limit on the 1380
2054	2054	amount of compensation for representation in particular 1381
2055	2055	proceedings and the sole procedure and requirements for 1382
2056	2056	obtaining payment for the same. 1383
2057	2057	(a) If court-appointed counsel moves to withdraw prior to 1384
2058	2058	the full performance of his or her duties through the completion 1385
2059	2059	of the case, the court shall presume that the attorney is not 1386
2060	2060	entitled to the payment of the full flat fee established under 1387
2061	2061	this section and the General Appropriations Act. 1388
2062	2062	(b) If court-appointed counsel is allowed to withdraw from 1389
2063	2063	representation prior to the full performance of his or her 1390
2064	2064	duties through the completion of the case and the court appoints 1391
2065	2065	a subsequent attorney, the total compensation for the initial 1392
2066	2066	and any and all subsequent att orneys may not exceed the flat fee 1393
2067	2067	established under this section and the General Appropriations 1394
2068	2068	Act, except as provided in subsection (12). 1395
2069	2069	1396
2070	2070	This subsection constitutes notice to any subsequently appointed 1397
2071	2071	attorney that he or she will not be compensated t he full flat 1398
2072	2072	fee. 1399
2073	2073	(12) The Legislature recognizes that on rare occasions an 1400
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2086	2086	attorney may receive a case that requires extraordinary and 1401
2087	2087	unusual effort. 1402
2088	2088	(a) If counsel seeks compensation that exceeds the limits 1403
2089	2089	prescribed by law, he or she must file a m otion with the chief 1404
2090	2090	judge for an order approving payment of attorney fees in excess 1405
2091	2091	of these limits. 1406
2092	2092	1. Before filing the motion, the counsel shall deliver a 1407
2093	2093	copy of the intended billing, together with supporting 1408
2094	2094	affidavits and all other necessary docum entation, to the Justice 1409
2095	2095	Administrative Commission. 1410
2096	2096	2. The Justice Administrative Commission shall review the 1411
2097	2097	billings, affidavit, and documentation for completeness and 1412
2098	2098	compliance with contractual and statutory requirements and shall 1413
2099	2099	contemporaneously document such review before authorizing 1414
2100	2100	payment to an attorney. If the Justice Administrative Commission 1415
2101	2101	objects to any portion of the proposed billing, the objection 1416
2102	2102	and supporting reasons must be communicated in writing to the 1417
2103	2103	private court-appointed counsel. The counsel may thereafter file 1418
2104	2104	his or her motion, which must specify whether the commission 1419
2105	2105	objects to any portion of the billing or the sufficiency of 1420
2106	2106	documentation, and shall attach the commission's letter stating 1421
2107	2107	its objection. 1422
2108	2108	(b) Following receipt of the motion to exceed the fee 1423
2109	2109	limits, the chief judge or a single designee shall hold an 1424
2110	2110	evidentiary hearing. The chief judge may select only one judge 1425
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2123	2123	per circuit to hear and determine motions pursuant to this 1426
2124	2124	subsection, except multicounty circuit s and the eleventh circuit 1427
2125	2125	may have up to two designees. 1428
2126	2126	1. At the hearing, the attorney seeking compensation must 1429
2127	2127	prove by competent and substantial evidence that the case 1430
2128	2128	required extraordinary and unusual efforts. The chief judge or 1431
2129	2129	single designee shall consider criteria such as the number of 1432
2130	2130	witnesses, the complexity of the factual and legal issues, and 1433
2131	2131	the length of trial. The fact that a trial was conducted in a 1434
2132	2132	case does not, by itself, constitute competent substantial 1435
2133	2133	evidence of an extraordinary and unusual effort. In a criminal 1436
2134	2134	case, relief under this section may not be granted if the number 1437
2135	2135	of work hours does not exceed 75 or the number of the state's 1438
2136	2136	witnesses deposed does not exceed 20. 1439
2137	2137	2. Objections by or on behalf of the Justice 1440
2138	2138	Administrative Commission to records or documents or to claims 1441
2139	2139	for payment by the attorney shall be presumed correct by the 1442
2140	2140	court unless the court determines, in writing, that competent 1443
2141	2141	and substantial evidence exists to justify overcoming the 1444
2142	2142	presumption. The chie f judge or single designee shall enter a 1445
2143	2143	written order detailing his or her findings and identifying the 1446
2144	2144	extraordinary nature of the time and efforts of the attorney in 1447
2145	2145	the case which warrant exceeding the flat fee established by 1448
2146	2146	this section and the Gener al Appropriations Act. 1449
2147	2147	(c) A copy of the motion and attachments shall be served 1450
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2160	2160	on the Justice Administrative Commission at least 20 business 1451
2161	2161	days before the date of a hearing. The Justice Administrative 1452
2162	2162	Commission has standing to appear before the court , and may 1453
2163	2163	appear in person or telephonically, including at the hearing 1454
2164	2164	under paragraph (b), to contest any motion for an order 1455
2165	2165	approving payment of attorney fees, costs, or related expenses 1456
2166	2166	and may participate in a hearing on the motion by use of 1457
2167	2167	telephonic or other communication equipment. The Justice 1458
2168	2168	Administrative Commission may contract with other public or 1459
2169	2169	private entities or individuals to appear before the court for 1460
2170	2170	the purpose of contesting any motion for an order approving 1461
2171	2171	payment of attorney fees, costs, or related expenses. The fact 1462
2172	2172	that the Justice Administrative Commission has not objected to 1463
2173	2173	any portion of the billing or to the sufficiency of the 1464
2174	2174	documentation is not binding on the court. 1465
2175	2175	(d) If the chief judge or a single designee finds that 1466
2176	2176	counsel has proved by competent and substantial evidence that 1467
2177	2177	the case required extraordinary and unusual efforts, the chief 1468
2178	2178	judge or single designee shall order the compensation to be paid 1469
2179	2179	to the attorney at a percentage above the flat fee rate, 1470
2180	2180	depending on the extent of the unusual and extraordinary effort 1471
2181	2181	required. The percentage must be only the rate necessary to 1472
2182	2182	ensure that the fees paid are not confiscatory under common law. 1473
2183	2183	The percentage may not exceed 200 percent of the established 1474
2184	2184	flat fee, absent a specific finding that 200 percent of the flat 1475
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2197	2197	fee in the case would be confiscatory. If the chief judge or 1476
2198	2198	single designee determines that 200 percent of the flat fee 1477
2199	2199	would be confiscatory, he or she shall order the amount of 1478
2200	2200	compensation using an hou rly rate not to exceed $75 per hour for 1479
2201	2201	a noncapital case and $100 per hour for a capital case. However, 1480
2202	2202	the compensation calculated by using the hourly rate shall be 1481
2203	2203	only that amount necessary to ensure that the total fees paid 1482
2204	2204	are not confiscatory, subje ct to the requirements of s. 1483
2205	2205	27.40(7). 1484
2206	2206	(e) Any order granting relief under this subsection must 1485
2207	2207	be attached to the final request for a payment submitted to the 1486
2208	2208	Justice Administrative Commission and must satisfy the 1487
2209	2209	requirements of subparagraph (b)2. 1488
2210	2210	(13) Notwithstanding the limitation set forth in 1489
2211	2211	subsection (5) and for the 2025-2026 2024-2025 fiscal year only, 1490
2212	2212	the compensation for representation in a criminal proceeding may 1491
2213	2213	not exceed the following: 1492
2214	2214	(a) For misdemeanors and juveniles represented a t the 1493
2215	2215	trial level: $2,000. 1494
2216	2216	(b) For noncapital, nonlife felonies represented at the 1495
2217	2217	trial level: $15,000. 1496
2218	2218	(c) For life felonies represented at the trial level: 1497
2219	2219	$15,000. 1498
2220	2220	(d) For capital cases represented at the trial level: 1499
2221	2221	$25,000. For purposes of thi s paragraph, a "capital case" is any 1500
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2234	2234	offense for which the potential sentence is death and the state 1501
2235	2235	has not waived seeking the death penalty. 1502
2236	2236	(e) For representation on appeal: $9,000. 1503
2237	2237	(f) This subsection expires July 1, 2026 2025. 1504
2238	2238	Section 42. The text of s. 27.5304(1), (3), (7), (11), and 1505
2239	2239	(12)(a)-(e), Florida Statutes, as carried forward from chapter 1506
2240	2240	2019-116, Laws of Florida, and the text of s. 27.5304(6), 1507
2241	2241	Florida Statutes, as carried forward from chapter 2024 -228, Laws 1508
2242	2242	of Florida, by this act, ex pire July 1, 2026, and the text of 1509
2243	2243	those subsections and paragraphs, as applicable, shall revert to 1510
2244	2244	that in existence on June 30, 2019, except that any amendments 1511
2245	2245	to such text enacted other than by this act shall be preserved 1512
2246	2246	and continue to operate to the extent that such amendments are 1513
2247	2247	not dependent upon the portions of text which expire pursuant to 1514
2248	2248	this section. 1515
2249	2249	Section 43. In order to implement appropriations used to 1516
2250	2250	pay existing lease contracts for private lease space in excess 1517
2251	2251	of 2,000 square feet in the 2025-2026 General Appropriations 1518
2252	2252	Act, the Department of Management Services, with the cooperation 1519
2253	2253	of the agencies having the existing lease contracts for office 1520
2254	2254	or storage space, shall use tenant broker services to 1521
2255	2255	renegotiate or reprocure all priv ate lease agreements for office 1522
2256	2256	or storage space expiring between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 1523
2257	2257	2027, in order to reduce costs in future years. The department 1524
2258	2258	shall incorporate this initiative into its 2024 master leasing 1525
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2271	2271	report required under s. 255.249(7), Florida Statutes, and may 1526
2272	2272	use tenant broker services to explore the possibilities of 1527
2273	2273	collocating office or storage space, to review the space needs 1528
2274	2274	of each agency, and to review the length and terms of potential 1529
2275	2275	renewals or renegotiations. The department s hall provide a 1530
2276	2276	report to the Executive Office of the Governor, the President of 1531
2277	2277	the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by 1532
2278	2278	November 1, 2025, which lists each lease contract for private 1533
2279	2279	office or storage space, the status of renegotiatio ns, and the 1534
2280	2280	savings achieved. This section expires July 1, 2026. 1535
2281	2281	Section 44. In order to implement appropriations 1536
2282	2282	authorized in the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations Act for data 1537
2283	2283	center services, and notwithstanding s. 216.292(2)(a), Florida 1538
2284	2284	Statutes, an agency may not transfer funds from a data 1539
2285	2285	processing category to a category other than another data 1540
2286	2286	processing category. This section expires July 1, 2026. 1541
2287	2287	Section 45. In order to implement the appropriation of 1542
2288	2288	funds in the appropriation category "Sp ecial Categories-Risk 1543
2289	2289	Management Insurance" in the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations 1544
2290	2290	Act, and pursuant to the notice, review, and objection 1545
2291	2291	procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the Executive Office 1546
2292	2292	of the Governor may transfer funds appropriated in t hat category 1547
2293	2293	between departments in order to align the budget authority 1548
2294	2294	granted with the premiums paid by each department for risk 1549
2295	2295	management insurance. This section expires July 1, 2026. 1550
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2308	2308	Section 46. In order to implement the appropriation of 1551
2309	2309	funds in the appropriation category "Special Categories -Transfer 1552
2310	2310	to Department of Management Services -Human Resources Services 1553
2311	2311	Purchased per Statewide Contract" in the 2025 -2026 General 1554
2312	2312	Appropriations Act, and pursuant to the notice, review, and 1555
2313	2313	objection procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the 1556
2314	2314	Executive Office of the Governor may transfer funds appropriated 1557
2315	2315	in that category between departments in order to align the 1558
2316	2316	budget authority granted with the assessments that must be paid 1559
2317	2317	by each agency to the Departm ent of Management Services for 1560
2318	2318	human resource management services. This section expires July 1, 1561
2319	2319	2026. 1562
2320	2320	Section 47. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1563
2321	2321	2602 in the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act in the Building 1564
2322	2322	Relocation appropriation cat egory from the Architects Incidental 1565
2323	2323	Trust Fund of the Department of Management Services, and in 1566
2324	2324	accordance with s. 215.196, Florida Statutes: 1567
2325	2325	(1) Upon the final disposition of a state -owned building, 1568
2326	2326	the Department of Management Services may use up to 5 percent of 1569
2327	2327	facility disposition funds from the Architects Incidental Trust 1570
2328	2328	Fund to defer, offset, or otherwise pay for all or a portion of 1571
2329	2329	relocation expenses, including furniture, fixtures, and 1572
2330	2330	equipment for state agencies impacted by the disposition of the 1573
2331	2331	department's managed facilities in the Florida Facilities Pool. 1574
2332	2332	The extent of the financial assistance provided to impacted 1575
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2345	2345	state agencies shall be determined by the department. 1576
2346	2346	(2) The Department of Management Services may submit 1577
2347	2347	budget amendments for an increase in appropriation if necessary 1578
2348	2348	for the implementation of this section pursuant to the 1579
2349	2349	provisions of chapter 216, Florida Statutes. Budget amendments 1580
2350	2350	for an increase in appropriation shall include a detailed plan 1581
2351	2351	providing all estimated costs and relocation proposals. 1582
2352	2352	(3) This section expires July 1, 2026. 1583
2353	2353	Section 48. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1584
2354	2354	2217 through 2220B of the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations Act: 1585
2355	2355	(1) The Department of Financial Services shall replace the 1586
2356	2356	four main components of the Florida Accounting Information 1587
2357	2357	Resource Subsystem (FLAIR), which include central FLAIR, 1588
2358	2358	departmental FLAIR, payroll, and information warehouse, and 1589
2359	2359	shall replace the cash management and accounting management 1590
2360	2360	components of the Cash Management Subsystem (CMS) with an 1591
2361	2361	integrated enterprise system that allows the state to organize, 1592
2362	2362	define, and standardize its financial management business 1593
2363	2363	processes and that complies with ss. 215.90 -215.96, Florida 1594
2364	2364	Statutes. The department may not inclu de in the replacement of 1595
2365	2365	FLAIR and CMS: 1596
2366	2366	(a) Functionality that duplicates any of the other 1597
2367	2367	information subsystems of the Florida Financial Management 1598
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2382	2382	functions included in the P ersonnel Information System, the 1601
2383	2383	Purchasing Subsystem, or the Legislative Appropriations 1602
2384	2384	System/Planning and Budgeting Subsystem. 1603
2385	2385	(2) For purposes of replacing FLAIR and CMS, the 1604
2386	2386	Department of Financial Services shall: 1605
2387	2387	(a) Take into consideration the c ost and implementation 1606
2388	2388	data identified for Option 3 as recommended in the March 31, 1607
2389	2389	2014, Florida Department of Financial Services FLAIR Study, 1608
2390	2390	version 031. 1609
2391	2391	(b) Ensure that all business requirements and technical 1610
2392	2392	specifications have been provided to all state agencies for 1611
2393	2393	their review and input and approved by the executive steering 1612
2394	2394	committee established in paragraph (c), including any updates to 1613
2395	2395	these documents. 1614
2396	2396	(c) Implement a project governance structure that includes 1615
2397	2397	an executive steering committee composed of: 1616
2398	2398	1. The Chief Financial Officer or the executive sponsor of 1617
2399	2399	the project. 1618
2400	2400	2. A representative of the Division of Treasury of the 1619
2401	2401	Department of Financial Services, appointed by the Chief 1620
2402	2402	Financial Officer. 1621
2403	2403	3. The Chief Information Officers of the Department of 1622
2404	2404	Financial Services and the Department of Environmental 1623
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2406	2406	4. Two employees from the Division of Accounting and 1625
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2419	2419	Auditing of the Department of Financial Services, appointed by 1626
2420	2420	the Chief Financial Officer. Each employee must ha ve experience 1627
2421	2421	relating to at least one of the four main components that 1628
2422	2422	compose FLAIR. 1629
2423	2423	5. Two employees from the Executive Office of the 1630
2424	2424	Governor, appointed by the Governor. One employee must have 1631
2425	2425	experience relating to the Legislative Appropriations 1632
2426	2426	System/Planning and Budgeting Subsystem. 1633
2427	2427	6. One employee from the Department of Revenue, appointed 1634
2428	2428	by the executive director, who has experience using or 1635
2429	2429	maintaining the department's finance and accounting systems. 1636
2430	2430	7. Two employees from the Department of Management 1637
2431	2431	Services, appointed by the Secretary of Management Services. One 1638
2432	2432	employee must have experience relating to the department's 1639
2433	2433	personnel information subsystem and one employee must have 1640
2434	2434	experience relating to the department's purchasing subsystem. 1641
2435	2435	8. A state agency administrative services director, 1642
2436	2436	appointed by the Governor. 1643
2437	2437	9. Two employees from the Agency for Health Care 1644
2438	2438	Administration. One employee shall be the executive sponsor of 1645
2439	2439	the Florida Health Care Connection (FX) System or his or her 1646
2440	2440	designee, appointed by the Secretary of Health Care 1647
2441	2441	Administration, and one employee shall be the Deputy Secretary 1648
2442	2442	for Operations or his or her designee. 1649
2443	2443	10. The State Chief Information Officer, or his or her 1650
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2456	2456	designee, as a nonvoting member. The State Ch ief Information 1651
2457	2457	Officer, or his or her designee, shall provide monthly status 1652
2458	2458	reports to the executive steering committee pursuant to the 1653
2459	2459	oversight responsibilities in s. 282.0051, Florida Statutes. 1654
2460	2460	11. One employee from the Department of Business and 1655
2461	2461	Professional Regulation who has experience in finance and 1656
2462	2462	accounting and FLAIR, appointed by the Secretary of Business and 1657
2463	2463	Professional Regulation. 1658
2464	2464	12. One employee from the Florida Fish and Wildlife 1659
2465	2465	Conservation Commission who has experience using or main taining 1660
2466	2466	the commission's finance and accounting systems, appointed by 1661
2467	2467	the Chair of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation 1662
2468	2468	Commission. 1663
2469	2469	13. The budget director of the Department of Education, or 1664
2470	2470	his or her designee. 1665
2471	2471	(3)(a) The Chief Financial Officer or the executive 1666
2472	2472	sponsor of the project shall serve as chair of the executive 1667
2473	2473	steering committee, and the committee shall take action by a 1668
2474	2474	vote of at least eight affirmative votes with the Chief 1669
2475	2475	Financial Officer or the executive sponsor of the project vo ting 1670
2476	2476	on the prevailing side. A quorum of the executive steering 1671
2477	2477	committee consists of at least 10 members. 1672
2478	2478	(b) No later than 14 days before a meeting of the 1673
2479	2479	executive steering committee, the chair shall request input from 1674
2480	2480	committee members on agenda item s for the next scheduled 1675
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2493	2493	meeting. 1676
2494	2494	(c) The chair shall establish a working group consisting 1677
2495	2495	of FLAIR users, state agency technical staff who maintain 1678
2496	2496	applications that integrate with FLAIR, and no less than four 1679
2497	2497	state agency finance and accounting or budg et directors. The 1680
2498	2498	working group shall meet at least monthly to review PALM 1681
2499	2499	functionality, assess project impacts to state financial 1682
2500	2500	business processes and agency staff, and develop recommendations 1683
2501	2501	to the executive steering committee for improvements. The c hair 1684
2502	2502	shall request input from the working group on agenda items for 1685
2503	2503	each scheduled meeting. The PALM project team shall dedicate a 1686
2504	2504	staff member to the group and provide system demonstrations and 1687
2505	2505	any project documentation, as needed, for the group to fulfil l 1688
2506	2506	its duties. 1689
2507	2507	(d) The chair shall request all agency project sponsors to 1690
2508	2508	provide bimonthly status reports to the executive steering 1691
2509	2509	committee. The form and format of the bimonthly status reports 1692
2510	2510	shall be developed by the Florida PALM project and provided to 1693
2511	2511	the executive steering committee meeting for approval. Such 1694
2512	2512	agency status reports shall provide information to the executive 1695
2513	2513	steering committee on the activities and ongoing work within the 1696
2514	2514	agency to prepare their systems and impacted employees for the 1697
2515	2515	deployment of the Florida PALM System. The first bimonthly 1698
2516	2516	status report is due September 1, 2025, and bimonthly 1699
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2530	2530	(4) The executive steering committee has the overall 1701
2531	2531	responsibility for ensuring that the project to replace FLAIR 1702
2532	2532	and CMS meets its primary business objectives and shall: 1703
2533	2533	(a) Identify and recommend to the Executive Office of the 1704
2534	2534	Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the 1705
2535	2535	House of Representatives any statutory changes needed to 1706
2536	2536	implement the replacement subsystem that will standardize, to 1707
2537	2537	the fullest extent possible, the state's financial management 1708
2538	2538	business processes. 1709
2539	2539	(b) Review and approve any changes to the project's scope, 1710
2540	2540	schedule, and budget which do not conflict with the requirements 1711
2541	2541	of subsection (1). 1712
2542	2542	(c) Ensure that adequate resources are provided throughout 1713
2543	2543	all phases of the project. 1714
2544	2544	(d) Approve all major project deliverables and any cost 1715
2545	2545	changes to each deliverable over $250,000. 1716
2546	2546	(e) Approve contract amendments and changes to all 1717
2547	2547	contract-related documents associated with the replacement of 1718
2548	2548	FLAIR and CMS. 1719
2549	2549	(f) Review, and approve as warranted, the format of the 1720
2550	2550	bimonthly agency status reports to include meaningful 1721
2551	2551	information on each agency's progress in planning for the 1722
2552	2552	Florida PALM Major Implementation, covering the agency's people, 1723
2553	2553	processes, technology, and data transformation activities. 1724
2554	2554	(g) Ensure compliance with ss. 216.181(16), 216.311, 1725
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2567	2567	216.313, 282.318(4)(h), and 287.058, Florida Statutes. 1726
2568	2568	(5) This section expires July 1, 202 6. 1727
2569	2569	Section 49. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1728
2570	2570	2698 of the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act, and 1729
2571	2571	notwithstanding the expiration date in section 53 of chapter 1730
2572	2572	2024-228, Laws of Florida, subsection (3) of section 282.709, 1731
2573	2573	Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 1732
2574	2574	282.709 State agency law enforcement radio system and 1733
2575	2575	interoperability network. — 1734
2576	2576	(3) In recognition of the critical nature of the statewide 1735
2577	2577	law enforcement radio communications system, the Legislature 1736
2578	2578	finds that there is an imm ediate danger to the public health, 1737
2579	2579	safety, and welfare, and that it is in the best interest of the 1738
2580	2580	state to continue partnering with the system's current operator. 1739
2581	2581	The Legislature finds that continuity of coverage is critical to 1740
2582	2582	supporting law enforcement , first responders, and other public 1741
2583	2583	safety users. The potential for a loss in coverage or a lack of 1742
2584	2584	interoperability between users requires emergency action and is 1743
2585	2585	a serious concern for officers' safety and their ability to 1744
2586	2586	communicate and respond to vari ous disasters and events. 1745
2587	2587	(a) The department, pursuant to s. 287.057(11), shall 1746
2588	2588	enter into a 15-year contract with the entity that was operating 1747
2589	2589	the statewide radio communications system on January 1, 2021. 1748
2590	2590	The contract must include: 1749
2591	2591	1. The purchase of radios; 1750
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2604	2604	2. The upgrade to the Project 25 communications standard; 1751
2605	2605	3. Increased system capacity and enhanced coverage for 1752
2606	2606	system users; 1753
2607	2607	4. Operations, maintenance, and support at a fixed annual 1754
2608	2608	rate; 1755
2609	2609	5. The conveyance of communications towers to the 1756
2610	2610	department; and 1757
2611	2611	6. The assignment of communications tower leases to the 1758
2612	2612	department. 1759
2613	2613	(b) The State Agency Law Enforcement Radio System Trust 1760
2614	2614	Fund is established in the department and funded from surcharges 1761
2615	2615	collected under ss. 318.18, 320.0802, and 3 28.72. Upon 1762
2616	2616	appropriation, moneys in the trust fund may be used by the 1763
2617	2617	department to acquire the equipment, software, and engineering, 1764
2618	2618	administrative, and maintenance services it needs to construct, 1765
2619	2619	operate, and maintain the statewide radio system. Moneys in the 1766
2620	2620	trust fund from surcharges shall be used to help fund the costs 1767
2621	2621	of the system. Upon completion of the system, moneys in the 1768
2622	2622	trust fund may also be used by the department for payment of the 1769
2623	2623	recurring maintenance costs of the system. 1770
2624	2624	Section 50. The text of s. 282.709(3), Florida Statutes, 1771
2625	2625	as carried forward from chapter 2021 -37, Laws of Florida, by 1772
2626	2626	this act, expires July 1, 2026, and the text of that subsection 1773
2627	2627	shall revert to that in existence on June 1, 2021, except that 1774
2628	2628	any amendments to such t ext enacted other than by this act shall 1775
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2641	2641	be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such 1776
2642	2642	amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which 1777
2643	2643	expire pursuant to this section. 1778
2644	2644	Section 51. In order to implement appropriations relatin g 1779
2645	2645	to the purchase of equipment and services related to the 1780
2646	2646	Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) as authorized in 1781
2647	2647	the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding s. 1782
2648	2648	287.057, Florida Statutes, state agencies and other eligible 1783
2649	2649	users of the SLERS network may use the Department of Management 1784
2650	2650	Services SLERS contract for purchase of equipment and services. 1785
2651	2651	This section expires July 1, 2026. 1786
2652	2652	Section 52. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1787
2653	2653	2616 through 2626 of the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations Act, 1788
2654	2654	and notwithstanding rule 60A -1.031, Florida Administrative Code, 1789
2655	2655	the transaction fee as identified in s. 287.057(24)(c), Florida 1790
2656	2656	Statutes, shall be collected for use of the online procurement 1791
2657	2657	system and is 0.7 percent for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year only. 1792
2658	2658	This section expires July 1, 2026. 1793
2659	2659	Section 53. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1794
2660	2660	2542 through 2564 of the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations Act, 1795
2661	2661	and upon the expiration and reversion of the amendments made by 1796
2662	2662	section 57 of chapter 2024-228, Laws of Florida, paragraph (i) 1797
2663	2663	of subsection (9) of section 24.105, Florida Statutes, is 1798
2664	2664	amended to read: 1799
2665	2665	24.105 Powers and duties of department. —The department 1800
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2678	2678	shall: 1801
2679	2679	(9) Adopt rules governing the establishment and operation 1802
2680	2680	of the state lottery, including: 1803
2681	2681	(i) The manner and amount of compensation of retailers , 1804
2682	2682	except for the 2025-2026 fiscal year only, effective July 1, 1805
2683	2683	2025, the commission for lottery ticket sales shall be 6 percent 1806
2684	2684	of the purchase price of each ticket sold or issued as a prize 1807
2685	2685	by a retailer. Any additional retailer compensation is limited 1808
2686	2686	to the Florida Lottery Retailer Bonus Commission program 1809
2687	2687	appropriated in Specific Appropriation 2834 of the 2025 -2026 1810
2688	2688	General Appropriations Act . 1811
2689	2689	Section 54. The amendment to s. 24.105(9)(i), Florida 1812
2690	2690	Statutes, made by this act expires July 1, 2026, and the text of 1813
2691	2691	that paragraph shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 1814
2692	2692	2023, except that any amendments to such text enacted other than 1815
2693	2693	by this act shall be preserved an d continue to operate to the 1816
2694	2694	extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions 1817
2695	2695	of text which expire pursuant to this section. 1818
2696	2696	Section 55. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1819
2697	2697	2733 through 2740A of the 2025-2026 General Appropriat ions Act, 1820
2698	2698	paragraph (ll) of subsection (6) of section 627.351, Florida 1821
2699	2699	Statutes, is reenacted and amended to read: 1822
2700	2700	627.351 Insurance risk apportionment plans. — 1823
2701	2701	(6) CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION. — 1824
2702	2702	(ll)1. In addition to any other method of al ternative 1825
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2715	2715	dispute resolution authorized by state law, the corporation may 1826
2716	2716	adopt policy forms that provide for the resolution of disputes 1827
2717	2717	regarding its claim determinations, including disputes regarding 1828
2718	2718	coverage for, or the scope and value of, a claim, in a 1829
2719	2719	proceeding before the Division of Administrative Hearings. Any 1830
2720	2720	such policies are not subject to s. 627.70154. All proceedings 1831
2721	2721	in the Division of Administrative Hearings pursuant to such 1832
2722	2722	policies are subject to ss. 57.105 and 768.79 as if filed in the 1833
2723	2723	courts of this state and are not considered chapter 120 1834
2724	2724	administrative proceedings. Rule 1.442, Florida Rules of Civil 1835
2725	2725	Procedure, applies to any offer served pursuant to s. 768.79, 1836
2726	2726	except that, notwithstanding any provision in Rule 1.442, 1837
2727	2727	Florida Rules of Civi l Procedure, to the contrary, an offer 1838
2728	2728	shall not be served earlier than 10 days after filing the 1839
2729	2729	request for hearing with the Division of Administrative Hearings 1840
2730	2730	and shall not be served later than 10 days before the date set 1841
2731	2731	for the final hearing. The admi nistrative law judge in such 1842
2732	2732	proceedings shall award attorney fees and other relief pursuant 1843
2733	2733	to ss. 57.105 and 768.79. The corporation may not seek, and the 1844
2734	2734	office may not approve, a maximum hourly rate for attorney fees. 1845
2735	2735	2. The corporation may contract with the division to 1846
2736	2736	conduct proceedings to resolve disputes regarding its claim 1847
2737	2737	determinations as may be provided for in the applicable policies 1848
2738	2738	of insurance. This subparagraph expires July 1, 2026 2025. 1849
2739	2739	Section 56. Effective upon this act becoming la w, and in 1850
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2752	2752	order to implement Specific Appropriations 2665 through 2671A of 1851
2753	2753	the Fiscal Year 2025 -2026 General Appropriations Act, 1852
2754	2754	notwithstanding the proviso language for Specific Appropriation 1853
2755	2755	2966 in chapter 2023 -239, Laws of Florida, section 110.116, 1854
2756	2756	Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1855
2757	2757	110.116 Personnel information system; payroll procedures. — 1856
2758	2758	(1) The Department of Management Services shall establish 1857
2759	2759	and maintain, in coordination with the payroll system of the 1858
2760	2760	Department of Financial Services, a com plete personnel 1859
2761	2761	information system for all authorized and established positions 1860
2762	2762	in the state service, with the exception of employees of the 1861
2763	2763	Legislature, unless the Legislature chooses to participate. The 1862
2764	2764	department may contract with a vendor to provide th e personnel 1863
2765	2765	information system. The specifications shall be developed in 1864
2766	2766	conjunction with the payroll system of the Department of 1865
2767	2767	Financial Services and in coordination with the Auditor General. 1866
2768	2768	The Department of Financial Services shall determine that the 1867
2769	2769	position occupied by each employee has been authorized and 1868
2770	2770	established in accordance with the provisions of s. 216.251. The 1869
2771	2771	Department of Management Services shall develop and maintain a 1870
2772	2772	position numbering system that will identify each established 1871
2773	2773	position, and such information shall be a part of the payroll 1872
2774	2774	system of the Department of Financial Services. With the 1873
2775	2775	exception of employees of the Legislature, unless the 1874
2776	2776	Legislature chooses to participate, this system shall include 1875
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2789	2789	all career service position s and those positions exempted from 1876
2790	2790	career service provisions, notwithstanding the funding source of 1877
2791	2791	the salary payments, and information regarding persons receiving 1878
2792	2792	payments from other sources. Necessary revisions shall be made 1879
2793	2793	in the personnel and payrol l procedures of the state to avoid 1880
2794	2794	duplication insofar as is feasible. A list shall be organized by 1881
2795	2795	budget entity to show the employees or vacant positions within 1882
2796	2796	each budget entity. This list shall be available to the Speaker 1883
2797	2797	of the House of Representativ es and the President of the Senate 1884
2798	2798	upon request. 1885
2799	2799	(2) In recognition of the critical nature of the statewide 1886
2800	2800	personnel and payroll system commonly known as People First, the 1887
2801	2801	Legislature finds that it is in the best interest of the state 1888
2802	2802	to continue partnering with the current People First third -party 1889
2803	2803	operator. The People First System annually processes 500,000 1890
2804	2804	employment applications, 455,000 personnel actions, and the 1891
2805	2805	state's $9.5-billion payroll. The Legislature finds that the 1892
2806	2806	continuity of operations of the People First System and the 1893
2807	2807	critical functions it provides such as payroll, employee health 1894
2808	2808	insurance benefit records, and other critical services must not 1895
2809	2809	be interrupted. Presently, the Chief Financial Officer is 1896
2810	2810	undertaking the development of a new statewide accounting and 1897
2811	2811	financial management system, commonly known as the Planning, 1898
2812	2812	Accounting, and Ledger Management (PALM) system, scheduled to be 1899
2813	2813	operational in the year 2026. The procurement and implementation 1900
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2826	2826	of an entire replacement of the People F irst System will impede 1901
2827	2827	the timeframe needed to successfully integrate the state's 1902
2828	2828	payroll system with the PALM system. In order to maintain 1903
2829	2829	continuity of operations and to ensure the successful completion 1904
2830	2830	of the PALM system, the Legislature directs that: 1905
2831	2831	(a) The department, pursuant to s. 287.057(11), shall 1906
2832	2832	enter into a 3-year contract extension with the entity operating 1907
2833	2833	the People First System on January 1, 2024. The contract 1908
2834	2834	extension must: 1909
2835	2835	1. Provide for the integration of the current People First 1910
2836	2836	System with PALM. 1911
2837	2837	2. Exclude major functionality updates or changes to the 1912
2838	2838	People First System prior to completion of the PALM system. This 1913
2839	2839	does not include: 1914
2840	2840	a. Routine system maintenance such as code updates 1915
2841	2841	following open enrollment; or 1916
2842	2842	b. The technical remediation necessary to integrate the 1917
2843	2843	system with PALM within the PALM project's planned 1918
2844	2844	implementation schedule. 1919
2845	2845	3. Include project planning and analysis deliverables 1920
2846	2846	necessary to: 1921
2847	2847	a. Detail and document the state's functional 1922
2848	2848	requirements. 1923
2849	2849	b. Estimate the cost of transitioning the current People 1924
2850	2850	First System to a cloud computing infrastructure within the 1925
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2863	2863	contract extension and after the successful integration with 1926
2864	2864	PALM. The project cost evaluation shall estimate the annual cost 1927
2865	2865	and capacity growth required to host the system in a cloud 1928
2866	2866	environment. 1929
2867	2867	1930
2868	2868	The department shall develop these system specifications in 1931
2869	2869	conjunction with the Department of Financial Services and the 1932
2870	2870	Auditor General. 1933
2871	2871	4. Include technical support for state agencies that may 1934
2872	2872	need assistance in remediating or integrating current financial 1935
2873	2873	shadow systems with People First in order to integrate with PALM 1936
2874	2874	or the cloud version of People First. 1937
2875	2875	5. Include organizational change management and training 1938
2876	2876	deliverables needed to support the implementation of PALM 1939
2877	2877	payroll functionality and the People First System cloud upgrade. 1940
2878	2878	Responsibilities of the operator and the department shall be 1941
2879	2879	outlined in a project role and responsibility assignment chart 1942
2880	2880	within the contract. 1943
2881	2881	6. Include an option to renew the contract for one 1944
2882	2882	additional year. 1945
2883	2883	(b) The department shall submit, no later than June 30, 1946
2884	2884	2026, its project planning and detailed cost estimate to upgrade 1947
2885	2885	the current People First System to the chair of the Senate 1948
2886	2886	Committee on Appropria tions, the chair of the House of 1949
2887	2887	Representatives Budget Appropriations Committee, and the 1950
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2900	2900	Executive Office of the Governor's Office of Policy and Budget, 1951
2901	2901	for preliminary review and consideration of funding the 1952
2902	2902	department's Fiscal Year 2026 -2027 legislative budget request to 1953
2903	2903	update the system. 1954
2904	2904	(c) This subsection expires July 1, 2026 2025. 1955
2905	2905	Section 57. In order to implement the appropriation of 1956
2906	2906	funds in the appropriation category "Northwest Regional Data 1957
2907	2907	Center" in the 2025-2026 General Appropriations A ct, and 1958
2908	2908	pursuant to the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 1959
2909	2909	216.177, Florida Statutes, the Executive Office of the Governor 1960
2910	2910	may transfer funds appropriated in that category between 1961
2911	2911	departments in order to align the budget authority granted based 1962
2912	2912	on the estimated costs for data processing services for the 1963
2913	2913	2025-2026 fiscal year. This section expires July 1, 2026. 1964
2914	2914	Section 58. In order to implement appropriations 1965
2915	2915	authorized in the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations Act for state 1966
2916	2916	data center services, auxiliary assessments charged to state 1967
2917	2917	agencies related to contract management services provided to 1968
2918	2918	Northwest Regional Data Center shall not exceed 3 percent. This 1969
2919	2919	section expires July 1, 2026. 1970
2920	2920	Section 59. In order to implement section 128 of the 2025-1971
2921	2921	2026 General Appropriations Act, section 284.51, Florida 1972
2922	2922	Statutes, is amended to read: 1973
2923	2923	284.51 Electroencephalogram combined transcranial magnetic 1974
2924	2924	stimulation treatment pilot program. — 1975
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2936	2936
2937	2937	(1) As used in this section, the term: 1976
2938	2938	(a) "Division" means t he Division of Risk Management of 1977
2939	2939	the Department of Financial Services. 1978
2940	2940	(b) "Electroencephalogram combined Transcranial Magnetic 1979
2941	2941	Stimulation" or "eTMS" means treatment in which transcranial 1980
2942	2942	magnetic stimulation frequency pulses are tuned to the patient's 1981
2943	2943	physiology and biometric data. 1982
2944	2944	(c) "First responder" has the same meaning as provided in 1983
2945	2945	s. 112.1815(1). 1984
2946	2946	(d) "Veteran" means: 1985
2947	2947	1. A veteran as defined in 38 U.S.C. s. 101(2); 1986
2948	2948	2. A person who served in a reserve component as defined 1987
2949	2949	in 38 U.S.C. s. 101(27); or 1988
2950	2950	3. A person who served in the National Guard of any state. 1989
2951	2951	(2) The division shall select a provider to establish a 1990
2952	2952	statewide pilot program to make eTMS available for veterans, 1991
2953	2953	first responders, and immediate family members of veterans and 1992
2954	2954	first responders with: 1993
2955	2955	(a) Substance use disorders. 1994
2956	2956	(b) Mental illness. 1995
2957	2957	(c) Sleep disorders. 1996
2958	2958	(d) Traumatic brain injuries. 1997
2959	2959	(e) Sexual trauma. 1998
2960	2960	(f) Posttraumatic stress disorder and accompanying 1999
2961	2961	comorbidities. 2000
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2974	2974	(g) Concussions. 2001
2975	2975	(h) Other brain trauma. 2002
2976	2976	(i) Quality of life issues affecting human performance, 2003
2977	2977	including issues related to or resulting from problems with 2004
2978	2978	cognition and problems maintaining attention, concentration, or 2005
2979	2979	focus. 2006
2980	2980	(3) The provider must display a history of serving vetera n 2007
2981	2981	and first responder populations at a statewide level. The 2008
2982	2982	provider shall establish a network for in -person and offsite 2009
2983	2983	care with the goal of providing statewide access. Consideration 2010
2984	2984	shall be provided to locations with a large population of first 2011
2985	2985	responders and veterans. In addition to traditional eTMS 2012
2986	2986	devices, the provider may utilize nonmedical Portable Magnetic 2013
2987	2987	Stimulation devices to improve access to underserved populations 2014
2988	2988	in remote areas or to be used to serve as a pre -post treatment 2015
2989	2989	or a stand-alone device. The provider shall be required to 2016
2990	2990	establish and operate a clinical practice and to evaluate 2017
2991	2991	outcomes of such clinical practice. 2018
2992	2992	(4) The pilot program shall include: 2019
2993	2993	(a) The establishment of a peer -to-peer support network by 2020
2994	2994	the provider made available to all individuals receiving 2021
2995	2995	treatment under the program. 2022
2996	2996	(b) The requirement that each individual who receives 2023
2997	2997	treatment under the program also must receive neurophysiological 2024
2998	2998	monitoring, monitoring for symptoms of substance use and other 2025
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3011	3011	mental health disorders, and access to counseling and wellness 2026
3012	3012	programming. Each individual who receives treatment must also 2027
3013	3013	participate in the peer -to-peer support network established by 2028
3014	3014	the provider. 2029
3015	3015	(c) The establishment of protocols which include the use 2030
3016	3016	of adopted stimulation frequency and intensity modulation based 2031
3017	3017	on EEGs done on days 0, 10, and 20 and motor threshold testing, 2032
3018	3018	as well as clinical symptoms, signs, and biometrics. 2033
3019	3019	(d) The requirement that protocols and outcomes of any 2034
3020	3020	treatment provided by the clinical practice shall be collected 2035
3021	3021	and reported by the provider quarterly to the division, the 2036
3022	3022	President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of 2037
3023	3023	Representatives. Such report shall include the biodata metrics 2038
3024	3024	and all expenditures and accou nting of the use of funds received 2039
3025	3025	from the department. 2040
3026	3026	(e) The requirement that protocols and outcomes of any 2041
3027	3027	treatment provided by the clinical practice shall be collected 2042
3028	3028	and reported to the University of South Florida and may be 2043
3029	3029	provided by the provi der to any relevant Food and Drug 2044
3030	3030	Administration studies or trials. 2045
3031	3031	(5) The division may adopt rules to implement this 2046
3032	3032	section. 2047
3033	3033	(6) This section expires July 1, 2026 2025. 2048
3034	3034	Section 60. In order to implement specific appropriations 2049
3035	3035	from the land acquisition trust funds within the Department of 2050
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3048	3048	Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department of 2051
3049	3049	Environmental Protection, the Department of State, and the Fish 2052
3050	3050	and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which are contained in the 2053
3051	3051	2025-2026 General Appropriati ons Act, subsection (3) of section 2054
3052	3052	215.18, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2055
3053	3053	215.18 Transfers between funds; limitation. — 2056
3054	3054	(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) and only with respect 2057
3055	3055	to a land acquisition trust fund in the Department of 2058
3056	3056	Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department of 2059
3057	3057	Environmental Protection, the Department of State, or the Fish 2060
3058	3058	and Wildlife Conservation Commission, whenever there is a 2061
3059	3059	deficiency in a land acquisition trust fund which would render 2062
3060	3060	that trust fund temporarily insuff icient to meet its just 2063
3061	3061	requirements, including the timely payment of appropriations 2064
3062	3062	from that trust fund, and other trust funds in the State 2065
3063	3063	Treasury have moneys that are for the time being or otherwise in 2066
3064	3064	excess of the amounts necessary to meet the just requirements, 2067
3065	3065	including appropriated obligations, of those other trust funds, 2068
3066	3066	the Governor may order a temporary transfer of moneys from one 2069
3067	3067	or more of the other trust funds to a land acquisition trust 2070
3068	3068	fund in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Ser vices, the 2071
3069	3069	Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of State, 2072
3070	3070	or the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Any action 2073
3071	3071	proposed pursuant to this subsection is subject to the notice, 2074
3072	3072	review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, and the Governor 2075
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3082	3082
3083	3083
3084	3084
3085	3085	shall provide notice of such action at least 7 days before the 2076
3086	3086	effective date of the transfer of trust funds, except that 2077
3087	3087	during July 2025 2024, notice of such action shall be provided 2078
3088	3088	at least 3 days before the effective date of a transfer unless 2079
3089	3089	such 3-day notice is waived by the chair and vice chair of the 2080
3090	3090	Legislative Budget Commission. Any transfer of trust funds to a 2081
3091	3091	land acquisition trust fund in the Department of Agriculture and 2082
3092	3092	Consumer Services, the Department of Environmental Protection, 2083
3093	3093	the Department of State, or the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 2084
3094	3094	Commission must be repaid to the trust funds from which the 2085
3095	3095	moneys were loaned by the end of the 2025-2026 2024-2025 fiscal 2086
3096	3096	year. The Legislature has determined that the repayment of the 2087
3097	3097	other trust fund moneys temporarily loaned to a land acquisition 2088
3098	3098	trust fund in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer 2089
3099	3099	Services, the Department of Environmental Protection, the 2090
3100	3100	Department of State, or the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 2091
3101	3101	Commission pursuant to this subsection is an allowable use of 2092
3102	3102	the moneys in a land acquisition trust fund because the moneys 2093
3103	3103	from other trust funds temporarily loaned to a land acquisition 2094
3104	3104	trust fund shall be expended solely and exclusively in 2095
3105	3105	accordance with s. 28, Art. X of th e State Constitution. This 2096
3106	3106	subsection expires July 1, 2026 2025. 2097
3107	3107	Section 61. (1) In order to implement specific 2098
3108	3108	appropriations from the land acquisition trust funds within the 2099
3109	3109	Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department 2100
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3122	3122	of Environmental Protection, the Department of State, and the 2101
3123	3123	Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission which are contained in 2102
3124	3124	the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act, the Department of 2103
3125	3125	Environmental Protection shall transfer revenues from the Land 2104
3126	3126	Acquisition Trust Fund within the department to the land 2105
3127	3127	acquisition trust funds within the Department of Agriculture and 2106
3128	3128	Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and 2107
3129	3129	Wildlife Conservation Commission as provided in this section. As 2108
3130	3130	used in this section, the term "department" means the Department 2109
3131	3131	of Environmental Protection. 2110
3132	3132	(2) After subtracting any required debt service payments, 2111
3133	3133	the proportionate share of revenues to be transferred to each 2112
3134	3134	land acquisition trust fund shall be calculated by dividing the 2113
3135	3135	appropriations from each of the land acquisition trust funds for 2114
3136	3136	the fiscal year by the total appropriations from the Land 2115
3137	3137	Acquisition Trust Fund within the department and the land 2116
3138	3138	acquisition trust funds within the Department of Agriculture and 2117
3139	3139	Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and 2118
3140	3140	Wildlife Conservation Commission for the fiscal year. The 2119
3141	3141	department shall transfer the proportionate share of the 2120
3142	3142	revenues in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund within the 2121
3143	3143	department on a monthly basis to the appropriate land 2122
3144	3144	acquisition trust funds within the Department of Agriculture and 2123
3145	3145	Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and 2124
3146	3146	Wildlife Conservation Commission and shall retain its 2125
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3159	3159	proportionate share of the revenues in the Land Acquisitio n 2126
3160	3160	Trust Fund within the department. Total distributions to a land 2127
3161	3161	acquisition trust fund within the Department of Agriculture and 2128
3162	3162	Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and 2129
3163	3163	Wildlife Conservation Commission may not exceed the total 2130
3164	3164	appropriations from such trust fund for the fiscal year. 2131
3165	3165	(3) In addition, the department shall transfer from the 2132
3166	3166	Land Acquisition Trust Fund to land acquisition trust funds 2133
3167	3167	within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the 2134
3168	3168	Department of State, and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 2135
3169	3169	Commission amounts equal to the difference between the amounts 2136
3170	3170	appropriated in chapter 2024 -231, Laws of Florida, to the 2137
3171	3171	department's Land Acquisition Trust Fund and the other land 2138
3172	3172	acquisition trust funds, and the amount s actually transferred 2139
3173	3173	between those trust funds during the 2024 -2025 fiscal year. 2140
3174	3174	(4) The department may advance funds from the beginning 2141
3175	3175	unobligated fund balance in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund to 2142
3176	3176	the Land Acquisition Trust Fund within the Fish and Wildlife 2143
3177	3177	Conservation Commission needed for cash flow purposes based on a 2144
3178	3178	detailed expenditure plan. The department shall prorate amounts 2145
3179	3179	transferred quarterly to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 2146
3180	3180	Commission to recoup the amount of funds advanced by June 30, 2147
3181	3181	2026. 2148
3182	3182	(5) This section expires July 1, 2026. 2149
3183	3183	Section 62. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2150
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3196	3196	1609 of the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act, and 2151
3197	3197	notwithstanding the expiration date in section 66 of chapter 2152
3198	3198	2024-228, Laws of Florida, pa ragraph (g) of subsection (15) of 2153
3199	3199	section 376.3071, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 2154
3200	3200	376.3071 Inland Protection Trust Fund; creation; purposes; 2155
3201	3201	funding.— 2156
3202	3202	(15) ETHANOL OR BIODIESEL DAMAGE; PREVENTIVE MEASURES. —The 2157
3203	3203	department shall pay, pursuant t o this subsection, up to $10 2158
3204	3204	million each fiscal year from the fund for the costs of labor 2159
3205	3205	and equipment to repair or replace petroleum storage systems 2160
3206	3206	that may have been damaged due to the storage of fuels blended 2161
3207	3207	with ethanol or biodiesel, or for prevent ive measures to reduce 2162
3208	3208	the potential for such damage. 2163
3209	3209	(g) Payments may not be made for the following: 2164
3210	3210	1. Proposal costs or costs related to preparation of the 2165
3211	3211	application and required documentation; 2166
3212	3212	2. Certified public accountant costs; 2167
3213	3213	3. Except as provided in paragraph (j), any costs in 2168
3214	3214	excess of the amount approved by the department under paragraph 2169
3215	3215	(b) or which are not in substantial compliance with the purchase 2170
3216	3216	order; 2171
3217	3217	4. Costs associated with storage tanks, piping, or 2172
3218	3218	ancillary equipment that has previously been repaired or 2173
3219	3219	replaced for which costs have been paid under this section; 2174
3220	3220	5. Facilities that are not in compliance with department 2175
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3233	3233	storage tank rules, until the noncompliance issues have been 2176
3234	3234	resolved; or 2177
3235	3235	6. Costs associated with dama ge to petroleum storage 2178
3236	3236	systems caused in whole or in part by causes other than the 2179
3237	3237	storage of fuels blended with ethanol or biodiesel. 2180
3238	3238	Section 63. The text of s. 376.3071(15)(g), Florida 2181
3239	3239	Statutes, as carried forward from chapter 2020 -114, Laws of 2182
3240	3240	Florida, by this act, expires July 1, 2026, and the text of that 2183
3241	3241	paragraph shall revert to that in existence on July 1, 2020, but 2184
3242	3242	not including any amendments made by this act or chapter 2020 -2185
3243	3243	114, Laws of Florida, and any amendments to such text enacted 2186
3244	3244	other than by this act shall be preserved and continue to 2187
3245	3245	operate to the extent that such amendments are not dependent 2188
3246	3246	upon the portion of text which expires pursuant to this section. 2189
3247	3247	Section 64. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2190
3248	3248	1609 of the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (i) 2191
3249	3249	is added to subsection (13) of section 376.3071, Florida 2192
3250	3250	Statutes, to read: 2193
3251	3251	376.3071 Inland Protection Trust Fund; creation; purposes; 2194
3252	3252	funding.— 2195
3253	3253	(13) PETROLEUM CLEANUP PARTICIPATION PROGRAM. —To encourage 2196
3254	3254	detection, reporting, and cleanup of contamination caused by 2197
3255	3255	discharges of petroleum or petroleum products, the department 2198
3256	3256	shall, within the guidelines established in this subsection, 2199
3257	3257	implement a cleanup program to provide rehabilitation funding 2200
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3270	3270	assistance for all property contaminated by discharges of 2201
3271	3271	petroleum or petroleum products from a petroleum storage system 2202
3272	3272	occurring before January 1, 1995. Eligibility is subject to an 2203
3273	3273	annual appropriation from the fund. Additionally, funding for 2204
3274	3274	eligible sites is contingent upon annual appropriation in 2205
3275	3275	subsequent years. Such continued state funding is not an 2206
3276	3276	entitlement or a vested right under this subsection. Eligibility 2207
3277	3277	shall be determined in the program, notwithstanding any other 2208
3278	3278	provision of law, consent order, order, judgment, or ordinance 2209
3279	3279	to the contrary. 2210
3280	3280	(i) Notwithstanding this section, for the 2025 -2026 fiscal 2211
3281	3281	year, program deductibles and copayments shall not be assessed, 2212
3282	3282	monetary caps shall not be enforced, and all costs for 2213
3283	3283	activities described in this subsection shall be absorbed at the 2214
3284	3284	expense of the Inland Protection Trust Fund, without recourse to 2215
3285	3285	reimbursement or recovery, with the following exceptions: 2216
3286	3286	1. This paragraph does not apply to a site where the 2217
3287	3287	department has been denied site access to implement this 2218
3288	3288	section. 2219
3289	3289	2. This paragraph does not authorize or require 2220
3290	3290	reimbursement from the fund for costs expended before the 2221
3291	3291	beginning of the grace period. 2222
3292	3292	3. Upon discovery by the depart ment that the owner or 2223
3293	3293	operator of a petroleum storage system has been grossly 2224
3294	3294	negligent in the maintenance of such petroleum storage system; 2225
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3307	3307	has, with willful intent to conceal the existence of a serious 2226
3308	3308	discharge, falsified inventory or reconciliation re cords 2227
3309	3309	maintained with respect to the site at which such system is 2228
3310	3310	located; or has intentionally damaged such petroleum storage 2229
3311	3311	system, the site at which such system is located shall be 2230
3312	3312	ineligible for participation in the incentive program and the 2231
3313	3313	owner shall be liable for all costs due to discharges from 2232
3314	3314	petroleum storage systems at that site. 2233
3315	3315	2234
3316	3316	This paragraph expires July 1, 2026. 2235
3317	3317	Section 65. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2236
3318	3318	1609 of the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act, subsection (5) 2237
3319	3319	of section 376.3072, Florida Statutes, is renumbered as 2238
3320	3320	subsection (6) and a new subsection (5) is added to that 2239
3321	3321	section, to read: 2240
3322	3322	376.3072 Florida Petroleum Liability and Restoration 2241
3323	3323	Insurance Program.— 2242
3324	3324	(5) Notwithstanding subsections (1) -(4), for the 2025-2026 2243
3325	3325	fiscal year, program deductibles or copayments shall not be 2244
3326	3326	assessed, monetary caps shall not be enforced, and all costs for 2245
3327	3327	activities described in this section shall be absorbed at the 2246
3328	3328	expense of the Inland Protection Trust Fund, without recour se to 2247
3329	3329	reimbursement or recovery, with the following exceptions: 2248
3330	3330	(a) This subsection does not apply to a site where the 2249
3331	3331	department has been denied site access to implement this 2250
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3342	3342
3343	3343
3344	3344	section. 2251
3345	3345	(b) This subsection does not authorize or require 2252
3346	3346	reimbursement from the fund for costs expended before the 2253
3347	3347	beginning of the grace period. 2254
3348	3348	(c) Upon discovery by the department that the owner or 2255
3349	3349	operator of a petroleum storage system has been grossly 2256
3350	3350	negligent in the maintenance of such petroleum storage system; 2257
3351	3351	has, with willful intent to conceal the existence of a serious 2258
3352	3352	discharge, falsified inventory or reconciliation records 2259
3353	3353	maintained with respect to the site at which such system is 2260
3354	3354	located; or has intentionally damaged such petroleum storage 2261
3355	3355	system, the site at whi ch such system is located shall be 2262
3356	3356	ineligible for participation in the incentive program and the 2263
3357	3357	owner shall be liable for all costs due to discharges from 2264
3358	3358	petroleum storage systems at that site. 2265
3359	3359	2266
3360	3360	This subsection expires July 1, 2026. 2267
3361	3361	Section 66. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 2268
3362	3362	1536 through 1557A of the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations Act, 2269
3363	3363	the Local Government Water Supply Pilot Grant Program is created 2270
3364	3364	within the Department of Environmental Protection. In 2271
3365	3365	recognition of the area's uniqu e water source constraints, 2272
3366	3366	including the protection of the Coastal Floridan aquifer, the 2273
3367	3367	Department of Environmental Protection shall implement the pilot 2274
3368	3368	program to provide funds to local governments for water supply 2275
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3381	3381	infrastructure, including distribution and transmission 2276
3382	3382	facilities. To be eligible for the pilot program, a water supply 2277
3383	3383	infrastructure project must be located within Region I or Region 2278
3384	3384	II of the Northwest Florida Regional Water Supply Plan. If a 2279
3385	3385	developer is involved in the project, the Depar tment of 2280
3386	3386	Environmental Protection shall require match funding equal to 2281
3387	3387	the amount of the grant request from local, federal, or private 2282
3388	3388	funds. The Department of Environmental Protection shall 2283
3389	3389	expeditiously develop an application process and may adopt rules 2284
3390	3390	to implement this pilot program. This section expires July 1, 2285
3391	3391	2026. 2286
3392	3392	Section 67. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2287
3393	3393	1502 of the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act, and 2288
3394	3394	notwithstanding the expiration date in section 71 of chapter 2289
3395	3395	2024-228, Laws of Florida, section 380.5105, Florida Statutes, 2290
3396	3396	is reenacted to read: 2291
3397	3397	380.5105 The Stan Mayfield Working Waterfronts; Florida 2292
3398	3398	Forever program.— 2293
3399	3399	(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, 2294
3400	3400	it is the intent of the Legislature that the t rust shall 2295
3401	3401	administer the working waterfronts land acquisition program as 2296
3402	3402	set forth in this section. 2297
3403	3403	(a) The trust and the Department of Agriculture and 2298
3404	3404	Consumer Services shall jointly develop rules specifically 2299
3405	3405	establishing an application process and a process for the 2300
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3417	3417
3418	3418	evaluation, scoring and ranking of working waterfront projects. 2301
3419	3419	The proposed rules jointly developed pursuant to this paragraph 2302
3420	3420	shall be promulgated by the trust. Such rules shall establish a 2303
3421	3421	system of weighted criteria to give increased pr iority to 2304
3422	3422	projects: 2305
3423	3423	1. Within a municipality with a population less than 2306
3424	3424	30,000; 2307
3425	3425	2. Within a municipality or area under intense growth and 2308
3426	3426	development pressures, as evidenced by a number of factors, 2309
3427	3427	including a determination that the municipality's gro wth rate 2310
3428	3428	exceeds the average growth rate for the state; 2311
3429	3429	3. Within the boundary of a community redevelopment agency 2312
3430	3430	established pursuant to s. 163.356; 2313
3431	3431	4. Adjacent to state -owned submerged lands designated as 2314
3432	3432	an aquatic preserve identified in s. 258.39; or 2315
3433	3433	5. That provide a demonstrable benefit to the local 2316
3434	3434	economy. 2317
3435	3435	(b) For projects that will require more than the grant 2318
3436	3436	amount awarded for completion, the applicant must identify in 2319
3437	3437	their project application funding sources that will provide the 2320
3438	3438	difference between the grant award and the estimated project 2321
3439	3439	completion cost. Such rules may be incorporated into those 2322
3440	3440	developed pursuant to s. 380.507(11). 2323
3441	3441	(c) The trust shall develop a ranking list based on 2324
3442	3442	criteria identified in paragraph (a) for proposed fee simple and 2325
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3455	3455	less-than-fee simple acquisition projects developed pursuant to 2326
3456	3456	this section. The trust shall, by the first Board of Trustees of 2327
3457	3457	the Internal Improvement Trust Fund meeting in February, present 2328
3458	3458	the ranking list pursuant to this section to th e board of 2329
3459	3459	trustees for final approval of projects for funding. The board 2330
3460	3460	of trustees may remove projects from the ranking list but may 2331
3461	3461	not add projects. 2332
3462	3462	(d) Grant awards, acquisition approvals, and terms of 2333
3463	3463	less-than-fee acquisitions shall be approved b y the trust. 2334
3464	3464	Waterfront communities that receive grant awards must submit 2335
3465	3465	annual progress reports to the trust identifying project 2336
3466	3466	activities which are complete, and the progress achieved in 2337
3467	3467	meeting the goals outlined in the project application. The trust 2338
3468	3468	must implement a process to monitor and evaluate the performance 2339
3469	3469	of grant recipients in completing projects that are funded 2340
3470	3470	through the working waterfronts program. 2341
3471	3471	(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, 2342
3472	3472	it is the intent of the Legislat ure that the Department of 2343
3473	3473	Environmental Protection shall administer the working 2344
3474	3474	waterfronts capital outlay grant program as set forth in this 2345
3475	3475	section to support the commercial fishing industry, including 2346
3476	3476	the infrastructure for receiving or unloading seafo od for the 2347
3477	3477	purpose of supporting the seafood economy. 2348
3478	3478	(a) The working waterfronts capital outlay grant program 2349
3479	3479	is created to provide funding to assist commercial saltwater 2350
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3492	3492	products or commercial saltwater wholesale dealer or retailer 2351
3493	3493	license holders and seafood houses in maintaining their 2352
3494	3494	operations. 2353
3495	3495	(b) Eligible costs and expenditures include fixed capital 2354
3496	3496	outlay and operating capital outlay, including, but not limited 2355
3497	3497	to, the repair and maintenance or replacement of equipment, the 2356
3498	3498	repair and maintenan ce or replacement of water -adjacent 2357
3499	3499	facilities or infrastructure, and the construction or renovation 2358
3500	3500	of shoreside facilities. 2359
3501	3501	(c) The applicant must demonstrate a benefit to the local 2360
3502	3502	economy. 2361
3503	3503	(d) Grant recipients must submit annual progress reports 2362
3504	3504	to the department identifying project activities that are 2363
3505	3505	complete and the progress achieved in meeting the goals outlined 2364
3506	3506	in the project application. 2365
3507	3507	(e) The department shall implement a process to monitor 2366
3508	3508	and evaluate the performance of grant recipients in completing 2367
3509	3509	projects funded through the program. 2368
3510	3510	Section 68. The text of s. 380.5105, Florida Statutes, as 2369
3511	3511	carried forward from chapter 2024 -228, Laws of Florida, by this 2370
3512	3512	act expire July 1, 2026, and the text of that section shall 2371
3513	3513	revert to that in existence on June 30, 2024, except that any 2372
3514	3514	amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall be 2373
3515	3515	preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such 2374
3516	3516	amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which 2375
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3529	3529	expire pursuant to this sectio n. 2376
3530	3530	Section 69. In order to implement section 163 of the 2025 -2377
3531	3531	2026 General Appropriations Act, section 10 of chapter 2022 -272, 2378
3532	3532	Laws of Florida, as amended by section 72 of chapter 2024 -228, 2379
3533	3533	Laws of Florida, is amended to read: 2380
3534	3534	Section 10. Hurricane Restoration Reimbursement Grant 2381
3535	3535	Program.— 2382
3536	3536	(1) There is hereby created within the Department of 2383
3537	3537	Environmental Protection the Hurricane Restoration Reimbursement 2384
3538	3538	Grant Program for the purpose of providing financial assistance 2385
3539	3539	to mitigate coastal beach eros ion for coastal homeowners whose 2386
3540	3540	property was significantly impacted by Hurricane Ian or 2387
3541	3541	Hurricane Nicole in 2022. The department is authorized to 2388
3542	3542	provide financial assistance grants to eligible recipients 2389
3543	3543	located in Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, D uval, Flagler, 2390
3544	3544	Indian River, Lee, Manatee, Martin, Nassau, Palm Beach, Saint 2391
3545	3545	Johns, Saint Lucie, Sarasota, and Volusia Counties. 2392
3546	3546	(2) The department may provide grants to property owners 2393
3547	3547	to mitigate for coastal beach erosion caused by Hurricane Ian or 2394
3548	3548	Hurricane Nicole during 2022. Grant funding may only be used to 2395
3549	3549	reimburse a property owner for construction costs: 2396
3550	3550	(a) Related to sand placement and temporary or permanent 2397
3551	3551	coastal armoring construction projects to mitigate coastal beach 2398
3552	3552	erosion and may not be used for the repair of residential 2399
3553	3553	structures. 2400
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3566	3566	(b) Incurred as a result of preparation for or damage 2401
3567	3567	sustained from Hurricane Ian or Hurricane Nicole in 2022. 2402
3568	3568	(c) Incurred after September 23, 2022. 2403
3569	3569	(d) Related to a project that has been permitted, is 2404
3570	3570	exempt from permitting requirements, or is otherwise authorized 2405
3571	3571	by law. 2406
3572	3572	(3) Financial assistance grants may only be provided to 2407
3573	3573	mitigate damage to property located in Brevard, Broward, 2408
3574	3574	Charlotte, Collier, Duval, Flagler, Indian River, Lee, Manatee, 2409
3575	3575	Martin, Nassau, Palm Beach, Saint Johns, Saint Lucie, Sarasota, 2410
3576	3576	and Volusia Counties that is a: 2411
3577	3577	(a) Residential property that meets the following 2412
3578	3578	requirements: 2413
3579	3579	1. The parcel must be a single -family, site-built, 2414
3580	3580	residential property or a multi -family, site-built, residential 2415
3581	3581	property not to exceed four units; and 2416
3582	3582	2. The homeowner must have been granted a homestead 2417
3583	3583	exemption on the home under chapter 196, Florida Statutes; 2418
3584	3584	(b) Residential condominium, as defined in chapter 718, 2419
3585	3585	Florida Statutes; or 2420
3586	3586	(c) Cooperative, as defined in chapter 719, Florida 2421
3587	3587	Statutes. 2422
3588	3588	(4)(a) The department shall reimburse 100 percent of the 2423
3589	3589	cost of eligible sand placement projects. For armoring projects 2424
3590	3590	on residential properties eligible under paragraph (3)(a), the 2425
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3603	3603	department shall cost-share with $1 provided by the property 2426
3604	3604	owner for every $1 provided by the state with a maximum of 2427
3605	3605	$300,000 in state funding toward the actual cost of an eligible 2428
3606	3606	project. For armoring projects on properties eligible under 2429
3607	3607	paragraphs (3)(b) and (c), the department shall cost -share with 2430
3608	3608	$1 provided by the property owner for every $1 provided by the 2431
3609	3609	state with a maximum of $600,000 in state funding toward the 2432
3610	3610	actual cost of an eligible project. The department shall 2433
3611	3611	prioritize applicants who are lo w-income or moderate-income 2434
3612	3612	persons, as defined in s. 420.0004, Florida Statutes. Grants 2435
3613	3613	will be awarded to property owners for eligible projects 2436
3614	3614	following the receipt of a completed application on a first -2437
3615	3615	come, first-served basis until funding is exhauste d. 2438
3616	3616	1. Applications may be submitted beginning February 1, 2439
3617	3617	2023. 2440
3618	3618	2. Applicants must include evidence that the project meets 2441
3619	3619	the criteria in subsections (2) and (3). 2442
3620	3620	(b) If the department determines that an application meets 2443
3621	3621	the requirements of this se ction, the department shall enter 2444
3622	3622	into a cost-share grant agreement with the applicant consistent 2445
3623	3623	with this section. 2446
3624	3624	(c) The department shall disburse grant funds on a 2447
3625	3625	reimbursement basis. In order to receive reimbursement, property 2448
3626	3626	owners must submit, a t a minimum: 2449
3627	3627	1. If applicable, the permit issued under chapter 161, 2450
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3640	3640	Florida Statutes, or applicable statute, and evidence that the 2451
3641	3641	project complies with all permitting requirements. 2452
3642	3642	2. All invoices and payment receipts for eligible 2453
3643	3643	projects. 2454
3644	3644	3. If applicable, documentation that the eligible project 2455
3645	3645	was completed by a licensed professional or contractor. 2456
3646	3646	(5) Beginning July 1, 2024, local governments and 2457
3647	3647	municipalities may apply for program funds to implement large 2458
3648	3648	scale sand placement projects locate d in a county listed in 2459
3649	3649	subsection (1). Impacted counties and municipalities may request 2460
3650	3650	funding for such projects that protect upland structures and 2461
3651	3651	provide benefits to property owners at large. Funding will be 2462
3652	3652	distributed on a first -come, first-served basis. Up to 100 2463
3653	3653	percent of costs are eligible. Projects must be able to be 2464
3654	3654	completed by July 1, 2026 2025. No more than 50 percent of 2465
3655	3655	remaining funds will be used for this purpose. 2466
3656	3656	(6) No later than January 31, 2023, the department shall 2467
3657	3657	adopt emergency rules prescribing the procedures, 2468
3658	3658	administration, and criteria for approving the applications for 2469
3659	3659	the Hurricane Restoration Reimbursement Grant Program. The 2470
3660	3660	department is authorized, and all conditions are deemed met, to 2471
3661	3661	adopt emergency rules under ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54(4), 2472
3662	3662	Florida Statutes, to implement this section. The Legislature 2473
3663	3663	finds that such emergency rulemaking authority is necessary to 2474
3664	3664	address critical shoreline erosion which may result in the loss 2475
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3677	3677	of property by homeowners in those areas of the state that 2476
3678	3678	sustained damage due to Hurricane Ian or Hurricane Nicole during 2477
3679	3679	2022. Such rules shall remain effective until the funding in the 2478
3680	3680	grant program is exhausted or this sec tion expires for 6 months 2479
3681	3681	after the date of adoption. 2480
3682	3682	(7) This section expires July 1, 2026 2025. 2481
3683	3683	Section 70. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2482
3684	3684	1725 of the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act and 2483
3685	3685	notwithstanding s. 823.11(4)(c), Florida S tatutes, the Fish and 2484
3686	3686	Wildlife Conservation Commission may use funds appropriated for 2485
3687	3687	the derelict vessel removal program for grants to local 2486
3688	3688	governments or to remove, store, destroy, and dispose of, or to 2487
3689	3689	pay private contractors to remove, store, destroy, and dispose 2488
3690	3690	of, derelict vessels or vessels declared a public nuisance 2489
3691	3691	pursuant to s. 327.73(1)(aa), Florida Statutes. This section 2490
3692	3692	expires July 1, 2026. 2491
3693	3693	Section 71. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2492
3694	3694	1456 of the 2025-2026 General Appropriat ions Act, and 2493
3695	3695	notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 2494
3696	3696	Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may submit 2495
3697	3697	budget amendments, subject to the notice, review, and objection 2496
3698	3698	procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to increase budget 2497
3699	3699	authority for the National School Lunch Program. This section 2498
3700	3700	expires July 1, 2026. 2499
3701	3701	Section 72. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2500
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3714	3714	1555 of the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act, subsection (9) 2501
3715	3715	of section 403.0673, Florida Statutes, is renumbered as 2502
3716	3716	subsection (10), respectively, and a new subsection (9) is added 2503
3717	3717	to that section, to read: 2504
3718	3718	403.0673 Water quality improvement grant program. —A grant 2505
3719	3719	program is established within the Department of Environmental 2506
3720	3720	Protection to address wast ewater, stormwater, and agricultural 2507
3721	3721	sources of nutrient loading to surface water or groundwater. 2508
3722	3722	(9) Notwithstanding the requirements of subsections (1) -2509
3723	3723	(7), the department shall include the water initiatives funded 2510
3724	3724	in the 2025-2026 General Appropriatio ns Act in the grant 2511
3725	3725	program. This subsection expires July 1, 2026. 2512
3726	3726	Section 73. In order to implement appropriations from the 2513
3727	3727	Land Acquisition Trust Fund within the Department of 2514
3728	3728	Environmental Protection in the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations 2515
3729	3729	Act, paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section 375.041, Florida 2516
3730	3730	Statutes, is amended to read: 2517
3731	3731	375.041 Land Acquisition Trust Fund. — 2518
3732	3732	(3) Funds distributed into the Land Acquisition Trust Fund 2519
3733	3733	pursuant to s. 201.15 shall be applied: 2520
3734	3734	(b) Of the funds remaining after the payments required 2521
3735	3735	under paragraph (a), but before funds may be appropriated, 2522
3736	3736	pledged, or dedicated for other uses: 2523
3737	3737	1. A minimum of the lesser of 25 percent or $200 million 2524
3738	3738	shall be appropriated annually for Everglades projects that 2525
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3751	3751	implement the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan as set 2526
3752	3752	forth in s. 373.470, including the Central Everglades Planning 2527
3753	3753	Project subject to congressional authorization; the Long -Term 2528
3754	3754	Plan as defined in s. 373.4592(2); and the Northern Everglades 2529
3755	3755	and Estuaries Protection Program as set forth in s. 373.4595. 2530
3756	3756	From these funds, $32 million shall be distributed each fiscal 2531
3757	3757	year through the 2023 -2024 fiscal year to the South Florida 2532
3758	3758	Water Management District for the Long -Term Plan as defined in 2533
3759	3759	s. 373.4592(2). After ded ucting the $32 million distributed 2534
3760	3760	under this subparagraph, from the funds remaining, a minimum of 2535
3761	3761	the lesser of 76.5 percent or $100 million shall be appropriated 2536
3762	3762	each fiscal year through the 2025 -2026 fiscal year for the 2537
3763	3763	planning, design, engineering, an d construction of the 2538
3764	3764	Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan as set forth in s. 2539
3765	3765	373.470, including the Central Everglades Planning Project, the 2540
3766	3766	Everglades Agricultural Area Storage Reservoir Project, the Lake 2541
3767	3767	Okeechobee Watershed Project, the C -43 West Basin Storage 2542
3768	3768	Reservoir Project, the Indian River Lagoon -South Project, the 2543
3769	3769	Western Everglades Restoration Project, and the Picayune Strand 2544
3770	3770	Restoration Project. The Department of Environmental Protection 2545
3771	3771	and the South Florida Water Management District shal l give 2546
3772	3772	preference to those Everglades restoration projects that reduce 2547
3773	3773	harmful discharges of water from Lake Okeechobee to the St. 2548
3774	3774	Lucie or Caloosahatchee estuaries in a timely manner. For the 2549
3775	3775	purpose of performing the calculation provided in this 2550
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3788	3788	subparagraph, the amount of debt service paid pursuant to 2551
3789	3789	paragraph (a) for bonds issued after July 1, 2016, for the 2552
3790	3790	purposes set forth under this paragraph shall be added to the 2553
3791	3791	amount remaining after the payments required under paragraph 2554
3792	3792	(a). The amount of the d istribution calculated shall then be 2555
3793	3793	reduced by an amount equal to the debt service paid pursuant to 2556
3794	3794	paragraph (a) on bonds issued after July 1, 2016, for the 2557
3795	3795	purposes set forth under this subparagraph. 2558
3796	3796	2. A minimum of the lesser of 7.6 percent or $50 mi llion 2559
3797	3797	shall be appropriated annually for spring restoration, 2560
3798	3798	protection, and management projects. For the purpose of 2561
3799	3799	performing the calculation provided in this subparagraph, the 2562
3800	3800	amount of debt service paid pursuant to paragraph (a) for bonds 2563
3801	3801	issued after July 1, 2016, for the purposes set forth under this 2564
3802	3802	paragraph shall be added to the amount remaining after the 2565
3803	3803	payments required under paragraph (a). The amount of the 2566
3804	3804	distribution calculated shall then be reduced by an amount equal 2567
3805	3805	to the debt service pai d pursuant to paragraph (a) on bonds 2568
3806	3806	issued after July 1, 2016, for the purposes set forth under this 2569
3807	3807	subparagraph. 2570
3808	3808	3. The sum of $5 million shall be appropriated annually 2571
3809	3809	each fiscal year through the 2025 -2026 fiscal year to the St. 2572
3810	3810	Johns River Water Ma nagement District for projects dedicated to 2573
3811	3811	the restoration of Lake Apopka. This distribution shall be 2574
3812	3812	reduced by an amount equal to the debt service paid pursuant to 2575
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3825	3825	paragraph (a) on bonds issued after July 1, 2016, for the 2576
3826	3826	purposes set forth in this subp aragraph. 2577
3827	3827	4. The sum of $64 million is appropriated and shall be 2578
3828	3828	transferred to the Everglades Trust Fund for the 2018 -2019 2579
3829	3829	fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, for the EAA 2580
3830	3830	reservoir project pursuant to s. 373.4598. Any funds remaining 2581
3831	3831	in any fiscal year shall be made available only for Phase II of 2582
3832	3832	the C-51 reservoir project or projects identified in 2583
3833	3833	subparagraph 1. and must be used in accordance with laws 2584
3834	3834	relating to such projects. Any funds made available for such 2585
3835	3835	purposes in a fiscal year are in addition to the amount 2586
3836	3836	appropriated under subparagraph 1. This distribution shall be 2587
3837	3837	reduced by an amount equal to the debt service paid pursuant to 2588
3838	3838	paragraph (a) on bonds issued after July 1, 2017, for the 2589
3839	3839	purposes set forth in this subparagraph. 2590
3840	3840	5. The sum of $50 million shall be appropriated annually 2591
3841	3841	to the South Florida Water Management District for the Lake 2592
3842	3842	Okeechobee Watershed Restoration Project in accordance with s. 2593
3843	3843	373.4599. This distribution must be reduced by an amount equal 2594
3844	3844	to the debt service paid pursuant to paragraph (a) on bonds 2595
3845	3845	issued after July 1, 2021, for the purposes set forth in this 2596
3846	3846	subparagraph. 2597
3847	3847	6. The sum of $100 million shall be appropriated annually 2598
3848	3848	to the Department of Environmental Protection for the 2599
3849	3849	acquisition of land pu rsuant to s. 259.105. 2600
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3862	3862	7. Notwithstanding subparagraph 3., for the 2025 -2026 2601
3863	3863	fiscal year, funds shall be appropriated as provided in the 2602
3864	3864	General Appropriations Act. This subparagraph expires July 1, 2603
3865	3865	2026. 2604
3866	3866	Section 74. In order to implement section 156 of the 2025-2605
3867	3867	2026 General Appropriations Act, subsection (3) of section 2606
3868	3868	288.80125, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2607
3869	3869	288.80125 Triumph Gulf Coast Trust Fund. — 2608
3870	3870	(3) For the 2025-2026 2024-2025 fiscal year, funds shall 2609
3871	3871	be used for the Rebuild Florida R evolving Loan Fund program to 2610
3872	3872	provide assistance to businesses impacted by Hurricane Michael 2611
3873	3873	as provided in the General Appropriations Act. This subsection 2612
3874	3874	expires July 1, 2026 2025. 2613
3875	3875	Section 75. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 2614
3876	3876	2059 through 2064 of the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act, 2615
3877	3877	and notwithstanding the expiration date in section 80 of chapter 2616
3878	3878	2024-228, Laws of Florida, subsection (3) of section 288.8013, 2617
3879	3879	Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 2618
3880	3880	288.8013 Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc.; creation; funding; 2619
3881	3881	investment.— 2620
3882	3882	(3) Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc., shall establish a trust 2621
3883	3883	account at a federally insured financial institution to hold 2622
3884	3884	funds received from the Triumph Gulf Coast Trust Fund and make 2623
3885	3885	deposits and payments. Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc., may invest 2624
3886	3886	surplus funds in the Local Government Surplus Funds Trust Fund, 2625
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3899	3899	pursuant to s. 218.407. Earnings generated by investments and 2626
3900	3900	interest of the fund may be retained and used to make awards 2627
3901	3901	pursuant to this act or, notwithstanding paragraph ( 2)(d), for 2628
3902	3902	administrative costs, including costs in excess of the cap. 2629
3903	3903	Administrative costs may include payment of travel and per diem 2630
3904	3904	expenses of board members, audits, salary or other costs for 2631
3905	3905	employed or contracted staff, including required staff under s. 2632
3906	3906	288.8014(9), and other allowable costs. The annual salary for 2633
3907	3907	any employee or contracted staff may not exceed $130,000, and 2634
3908	3908	associated benefits may not exceed 35 percent of salary. 2635
3909	3909	Section 76. The text of s. 288.8013(3), Florida Statutes, 2636
3910	3910	as carried forward from chapter 2024 -228, Laws of Florida, by 2637
3911	3911	this act expires July 1, 2026, and the text of that subsection 2638
3912	3912	shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2023, except that 2639
3913	3913	any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall 2640
3914	3914	be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such 2641
3915	3915	amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which 2642
3916	3916	expire pursuant to this section. 2643
3917	3917	Section 77. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2644
3918	3918	2113 of the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act, s ubsection (6) 2645
3919	3919	of section 288.0655, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2646
3920	3920	288.0655 Rural Infrastructure Fund. — 2647
3921	3921	(6) For the 2025-2026 2024-2025 fiscal year, the funds 2648
3922	3922	appropriated for the grant program for Florida Panhandle 2649
3923	3923	counties shall be distributed pursuant to and for the purposes 2650
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3936	3936	described in the proviso language associated with Specific 2651
3937	3937	Appropriation 2113 2348 of the 2025-2026 2024-2025 General 2652
3938	3938	Appropriations Act. This subsection expires July 1, 2026 2025. 2653
3939	3939	Section 78. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 2654
3940	3940	2445 through 2454 of the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations Act, 2655
3941	3941	and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, 2656
3942	3942	the Division of Emergency Management may submit budget 2657
3943	3943	amendments, subject to the notice, review, and obje ction 2658
3944	3944	procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to increase budget 2659
3945	3945	authority for projected expenditures due to reimbursements from 2660
3946	3946	federally declared disasters. This section expires July 1, 2026. 2661
3947	3947	Section 79. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2662
3948	3948	2432 of the 2025-2026 General Appropriations act, subsection (2) 2663
3949	3949	of section 282.201, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2664
3950	3950	282.201 State data center. —The state data center is 2665
3951	3951	established within the department. The provision of data center 2666
3952	3952	services must comply with applicable state and federal laws, 2667
3953	3953	regulations, and policies, including all applicable security, 2668
3954	3954	privacy, and auditing requirements. The department shall appoint 2669
3955	3955	a director of the state data center who has experience in 2670
3956	3956	leading data center facilities and has expertise in cloud -2671
3957	3957	computing management. 2672
3958	3958	(2) USE OF THE STATE DATA CENTER. — 2673
3959	3959	(a) The following are exempt from the use of the state 2674
3960	3960	data center: the Department of Law Enforcement, the Department 2675
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3973	3973	of the Lottery's Gaming System , Systems Design and Development 2676
3974	3974	in the Office of Policy and Budget, the regional traffic 2677
3975	3975	management centers as described in s. 335.14(2) and the Office 2678
3976	3976	of Toll Operations of the Department of Transportation, the 2679
3977	3977	State Board of Administration, state attorn eys, public 2680
3978	3978	defenders, criminal conflict and civil regional counsel, capital 2681
3979	3979	collateral regional counsel, and the Florida Housing Finance 2682
3980	3980	Corporation. 2683
3981	3981	(b) The Division of Emergency Management is exempt from 2684
3982	3982	the use of the state data center. This paragrap h expires July 1, 2685
3983	3983	2026 2025. 2686
3984	3984	Section 80. In order to implement Specific Appropriation s 2687
3985	3985	2791 through 2799 of the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations Act, 2688
3986	3986	subsection (12) is added to section 251.001, Florida Statutes, 2689
3987	3987	to read: 2690
3988	3988	251.001 Florida State Guard Act.— 2691
3989	3989	(12) Pursuant to s. 287.16(4), unless the Governor has 2692
3990	3990	issued a declaration of a state of emergency due to a natural 2693
3991	3991	emergency as those terms are defined in s. 252.34, in the 2694
3992	3992	previous 30 days, Florida State Guard aircraft shall be assigned 2695
3993	3993	to the Department of Law Enforcement for daily training activity 2696
3994	3994	and operational use by the department. No later than July 31, 2697
3995	3995	2025, the Florida State Guard and the department must sign a 2698
3996	3996	Memorandum of Understanding implementing the terms of the 2699
3997	3997	assignment of aircraft. This subsection expires July 1, 2026. 2700
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4010	4010	Section 81. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2701
4011	4011	2089 of the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act, subsections 2702
4012	4012	(4) and (5) of section 443.1113, Florida Statutes, are amended 2703
4013	4013	to read: 2704
4014	4014	443.1113 Reemployment Assistance Claims and Benefits 2705
4015	4015	Information System.— 2706
4016	4016	(4)(a) The Department of Commerce shall perform an annual 2707
4017	4017	review of the system and identify enhancements or modernization 2708
4018	4018	efforts that improve the delivery of services to claimants and 2709
4019	4019	employers and reporting to state and federal entities. These 2710
4020	4020	improvements are subject to appropriation, and must include, but 2711
4021	4021	need not be limited to: 2712
4022	4022	1. Infrastructure upgrades through cloud services. 2713
4023	4023	2. Software improvements. 2714
4024	4024	3. Enhanced data analytics and re porting. 2715
4025	4025	4. Increased cybersecurity pursuant to s. 282.318. 2716
4026	4026	(b) The department shall seek input on recommended 2717
4027	4027	enhancements from, at a minimum, the following entities: 2718
4028	4028	1. The Florida Digital Service within the Department of 2719
4029	4029	Management Services. 2720
4030	4030	2. The General Tax Administration Program Office within 2721
4031	4031	the Department of Revenue. 2722
4032	4032	3. The Division of Accounting and Auditing within the 2723
4033	4033	Department of Financial Services. 2724
4034	4034	(5) By September 1, 2025 October 1, 2023, and each year 2725
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4047	4047	thereafter, the Department o f Commerce shall submit a 2726
4048	4048	Reemployment Assistance Claims and Benefits Information System 2727
4049	4049	report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the 2728
4050	4050	Speaker of the House of Representatives. The report must, at a 2729
4051	4051	minimum, include: 2730
4052	4052	(a) A summary of clearly defined deliverables and 2731
4053	4053	measurable outcomes of maintenance, enhancement, and 2732
4054	4054	modernization efforts over the last fiscal year. 2733
4055	4055	(b) A plan for the next 2 fiscal years 3-year outlook of 2734
4056	4056	recommended enhancements or modernization efforts that includes 2735
4057	4057	projected nonrecurring project costs, clear deliverables, and 2736
4058	4058	timeframes for completion of each enhancement or modernization 2737
4059	4059	effort in priority order, and the projected recurring operations 2738
4060	4060	and maintenance costs after the completion of each enhancement 2739
4061	4061	or modernization effort. 2740
4062	4062	Section 82. (1) In order to implement section 8 of the 2741
4063	4063	2025-2026 General Appropriations Act, beginning July 1, 2025, 2742
4064	4064	and on the first day of each month thereafter, the Department of 2743
4065	4065	Management Services shall assess an administrative health 2744
4066	4066	insurance assessment to each state agency equal to the 2745
4067	4067	employer's cost of individual employee health care coverage for 2746
4068	4068	each vacant position within such agency eligible for coverage 2747
4069	4069	through the Division of State Group Insurance. As used in this 2748
4070	4070	section, the term "state agency" means an agency within the 2749
4071	4071	State Personnel System, the Department of the Lottery, the 2750
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4084	4084	Justice Administrative Commission and all entities 2751
4085	4085	administratively housed in the Justice Administrative 2752
4086	4086	Commission, and the state courts syst em. 2753
4087	4087	(2) Each state agency shall remit the assessed 2754
4088	4088	administrative health insurance assessment under subsection (1) 2755
4089	4089	to the State Employees Health Insurance Trust Fund, for the 2756
4090	4090	State Group Insurance Program, as provided in ss. 110.123 and 2757
4091	4091	110.1239, Florida Statutes, from currently allocated monies for 2758
4092	4092	salaries and benefits, within 30 days after receipt of the 2759
4093	4093	assessment from the Department of Management Services. Should 2760
4094	4094	any state agency become more than 60 days delinquent in payment 2761
4095	4095	of this obligation, the Department of Management Services shall 2762
4096	4096	certify to the Chief Financial Officer the amount due and the 2763
4097	4097	Chief Financial Officer shall transfer the amount due to the 2764
4098	4098	Department of Management Services. 2765
4099	4099	(3) The administrative health insurance assessment shall 2766
4100	4100	apply to all vacant positions funded with state funds whether 2767
4101	4101	fully or partially funded with state funds. Vacant positions 2768
4102	4102	partially funded with state funds shall pay a percentage of the 2769
4103	4103	assessment imposed in subsection (1) equal to the percentage 2770
4104	4104	share of state funds provided for such vacant positions. No 2771
4105	4105	assessment shall apply to vacant positions fully funded with 2772
4106	4106	federal funds. Each state agency shall provide the Department of 2773
4107	4107	Management Services with a complete list of position numbers 2774
4108	4108	that are funded, or partially funded, with federal funding, and 2775
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4121	4121	include the percentage of federal funding for each position no 2776
4122	4122	later than July 31, 2025, and shall update the list on the last 2777
4123	4123	day of each month thereafter. For federally funded vacant 2778
4124	4124	positions, or partially funded vacant positions, each state 2779
4125	4125	agency shall immediately take steps to include the 2780
4126	4126	administrative health insurance assessment in its indirect cost 2781
4127	4127	plan for the 2026-2027 fiscal year and each fiscal year 2782
4128	4128	thereafter. A state agency shall notify the Depa rtment of 2783
4129	4129	Management Services, the Executive Office of the Governor, and 2784
4130	4130	the chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriation and the chair 2785
4131	4131	of the House of Representatives Budget Committee, upon approval 2786
4132	4132	of the updated indirect cost plan. If the state agency is not 2787
4133	4133	able to obtain approval from its federal awarding agency, the 2788
4134	4134	state agency must notify the Department of Management Services, 2789
4135	4135	the Executive Office of the Governor, and the appropriation 2790
4136	4136	chairs no later than January 15, 2026. 2791
4137	4137	(4) Pursuant to the n otice, review, and objection 2792
4138	4138	procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the Executive Office 2793
4139	4139	of the Governor may transfer budget authority appropriated in 2794
4140	4140	the Salaries and Benefits appropriation category between 2795
4141	4141	agencies in order to align the appropriatio ns granted with the 2796
4142	4142	assessments that must be paid by each agency to the Department 2797
4143	4143	of Management Services for the administrative health insurance 2798
4144	4144	assessment. 2799
4145	4145	(5) This section expires July 1, 2026. 2800
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4157	4157
4158	4158	Section 83. In order to implement Specific Appropriat ions 2801
4159	4159	2530 and 2531 of the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations Act, and 2802
4160	4160	notwithstanding s. 11.13(1), Florida Statutes, the authorized 2803
4161	4161	salaries for members of the Legislature for the 2025 -2026 fiscal 2804
4162	4162	year shall be set at the same level in effect on July 1, 2010 . 2805
4163	4163	This section expires July 1, 2026. 2806
4164	4164	Section 84. In order to implement the transfer of funds 2807
4165	4165	from the General Revenue Fund from trust funds for the 2025 -2026 2808
4166	4166	General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding the expiration 2809
4167	4167	date in section 91 of chapter 2 024-228, Laws of Florida, 2810
4168	4168	paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 215.32, Florida 2811
4169	4169	Statutes, is reenacted to read: 2812
4170	4170	215.32 State funds; segregation. — 2813
4171	4171	(2) The source and use of each of these funds shall be as 2814
4172	4172	follows: 2815
4173	4173	(b)1. The trust funds shall consist of moneys received by 2816
4174	4174	the state which under law or under trust agreement are 2817
4175	4175	segregated for a purpose authorized by law. The state agency or 2818
4176	4176	branch of state government receiving or collecting such moneys 2819
4177	4177	is responsible for their proper expenditure as provided by law. 2820
4178	4178	Upon the request of the state agency or branch of state 2821
4179	4179	government responsible for the administration of the trust fund, 2822
4180	4180	the Chief Financial Officer may establish accounts within the 2823
4181	4181	trust fund at a level co nsidered necessary for proper 2824
4182	4182	accountability. Once an account is established, the Chief 2825
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4192	4192
4193	4193
4194	4194
4195	4195	Financial Officer may authorize payment from that account only 2826
4196	4196	upon determining that there is sufficient cash and releases at 2827
4197	4197	the level of the account. 2828
4198	4198	2. In addition to other trust funds created by law, to the 2829
4199	4199	extent possible, each agency shall use the following trust funds 2830
4200	4200	as described in this subparagraph for day -to-day operations: 2831
4201	4201	a. Operations or operating trust fund, for use as a 2832
4202	4202	depository for funds to be used for program operations funded by 2833
4203	4203	program revenues, with the exception of administrative 2834
4204	4204	activities when the operations or operating trust fund is a 2835
4205	4205	proprietary fund. 2836
4206	4206	b. Operations and maintenance trust fund, for use as a 2837
4207	4207	depository for client services f unded by third-party payors. 2838
4208	4208	c. Administrative trust fund, for use as a depository for 2839
4209	4209	funds to be used for management activities that are departmental 2840
4210	4210	in nature and funded by indirect cost earnings and assessments 2841
4211	4211	against trust funds. Proprietary funds are excluded from the 2842
4212	4212	requirement of using an administrative trust fund. 2843
4213	4213	d. Grants and donations trust fund, for use as a 2844
4214	4214	depository for funds to be used for allowable grant or donor 2845
4215	4215	agreement activities funded by restricted contractual revenue 2846
4216	4216	from private and public nonfederal sources. 2847
4217	4217	e. Agency working capital trust fund, for use as a 2848
4218	4218	depository for funds to be used pursuant to s. 216.272. 2849
4219	4219	f. Clearing funds trust fund, for use as a depository for 2850
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4229	4229
4230	4230
4231	4231
4232	4232	funds to account for collections pending distributio n to lawful 2851
4233	4233	recipients. 2852
4234	4234	g. Federal grant trust fund, for use as a depository for 2853
4235	4235	funds to be used for allowable grant activities funded by 2854
4236	4236	restricted program revenues from federal sources. 2855
4237	4237	2856
4238	4238	To the extent possible, each agency must adjust its internal 2857
4239	4239	accounting to use existing trust funds consistent with the 2858
4240	4240	requirements of this subparagraph. If an agency does not have 2859
4241	4241	trust funds listed in this subparagraph and cannot make such 2860
4242	4242	adjustment, the agency must recommend the creation of the 2861
4243	4243	necessary trust funds to the Legislature no later than the next 2862
4244	4244	scheduled review of the agency's trust funds pursuant to s. 2863
4245	4245	215.3206. 2864
4246	4246	3. All such moneys are hereby appropriated to be expended 2865
4247	4247	in accordance with the law or trust agreement under which they 2866
4248	4248	were received, subject always to the provisions of chapter 216 2867
4249	4249	relating to the appropriation of funds and to the applicable 2868
4250	4250	laws relating to the deposit or expenditure of moneys in the 2869
4251	4251	State Treasury. 2870
4252	4252	4.a. Notwithstanding any provision of law restricting the 2871
4253	4253	use of trust funds to specific purposes, unappropriated cash 2872
4254	4254	balances from selected trust funds may be authorized by the 2873
4255	4255	Legislature for transfer to the Budget Stabilization Fund and 2874
4256	4256	General Revenue Fund in the General Appropriations Act. 2875
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4267	4267
4268	4268
4269	4269	b. This subparagraph does no t apply to trust funds 2876
4270	4270	required by federal programs or mandates; trust funds 2877
4271	4271	established for bond covenants, indentures, or resolutions whose 2878
4272	4272	revenues are legally pledged by the state or public body to meet 2879
4273	4273	debt service or other financial requirements of a ny debt 2880
4274	4274	obligations of the state or any public body; the Division of 2881
4275	4275	Licensing Trust Fund in the Department of Agriculture and 2882
4276	4276	Consumer Services; the State Transportation Trust Fund; the 2883
4277	4277	trust fund containing the net annual proceeds from the Florida 2884
4278	4278	Education Lotteries; the Florida Retirement System Trust Fund; 2885
4279	4279	trust funds under the management of the State Board of Education 2886
4280	4280	or the Board of Governors of the State University System, where 2887
4281	4281	such trust funds are for auxiliary enterprises, self -insurance, 2888
4282	4282	and contracts, grants, and donations, as those terms are defined 2889
4283	4283	by general law; trust funds that serve as clearing funds or 2890
4284	4284	accounts for the Chief Financial Officer or state agencies; 2891
4285	4285	trust funds that account for assets held by the state in a 2892
4286	4286	trustee capacity as an agent or fiduciary for individuals, 2893
4287	4287	private organizations, or other governmental units; and other 2894
4288	4288	trust funds authorized by the State Constitution. 2895
4289	4289	Section 85. The text of s. 215.32(2)(b), Florida Statutes, 2896
4290	4290	as carried forward from chapter 2011 -47, Laws of Florida, by 2897
4291	4291	this act, expires July 1, 2026, and the text of that paragraph 2898
4292	4292	shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2011, except that 2899
4293	4293	any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall 2900
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4305	4305
4306	4306	be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such 2901
4307	4307	amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which 2902
4308	4308	expire pursuant to this section. 2903
4309	4309	Section 86. In order to implement appropriations in the 2904
4310	4310	2025-2026 General Appropriations Act for state employee travel, 2905
4311	4311	the funds appropriat ed to each state agency which may be used 2906
4312	4312	for travel by state employees are limited during the 2025 -2026 2907
4313	4313	fiscal year to travel for activities that are critical to each 2908
4314	4314	state agency's mission. Funds may not be used for travel by 2909
4315	4315	state employees to foreign c ountries, other states, conferences, 2910
4316	4316	staff training activities, or other administrative functions 2911
4317	4317	unless the agency head has approved, in writing, that such 2912
4318	4318	activities are critical to the agency's mission. When state 2913
4319	4319	funds are used for a state employee to travel outside the state 2914
4320	4320	of Florida, a state agency must provide to the Department of 2915
4321	4321	Management Services, all itineraries, travel expenses, and 2916
4322	4322	related documentation detailing the costs incurred by the state 2917
4323	4323	employee. This information must be reported to the department on 2918
4324	4324	the first day of each month for any travel by state employees in 2919
4325	4325	the previous month, and the department shall compile and publish 2920
4326	4326	to their website a quarterly report detailing any such travel. 2921
4327	4327	The agency head shall consider using telec onferencing and other 2922
4328	4328	forms of electronic communication to meet the needs of the 2923
4329	4329	proposed activity before approving mission -critical travel. This 2924
4330	4330	section does not apply to travel within the state for law 2925
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4341	4341
4342	4342
4343	4343	enforcement purposes, military purposes, emergency m anagement 2926
4344	4344	activities, or public health activities. This section expires 2927
4345	4345	July 1, 2026. 2928
4346	4346	Section 87. In order to implement appropriations in the 2929
4347	4347	2025-2026 General Appropriations Act for state employee travel 2930
4348	4348	and notwithstanding s. 112.061, Florida Statute s, costs for 2931
4349	4349	lodging associated with a meeting, conference, or convention 2932
4350	4350	organized or sponsored in whole or in part by a state agency or 2933
4351	4351	the judicial branch may not exceed $225 per day. An employee may 2934
4352	4352	expend his or her own funds for any lodging expenses in excess 2935
4353	4353	of $225 per day. For purposes of this section, a meeting does 2936
4354	4354	not include travel activities for conducting an audit, 2937
4355	4355	examination, inspection, or investigation or travel activities 2938
4356	4356	related to a litigation or emergency response. This section 2939
4357	4357	expires July 1, 2026. 2940
4358	4358	Section 88. In order to implement the appropriations and 2941
4359	4359	reappropriations authorized in the 2025 -2026 General 2942
4360	4360	Appropriations Act, paragraph (d) of subsection (11) of section 2943
4361	4361	216.181, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2944
4362	4362	216.181 Approved budgets for operations and fixed capital 2945
4363	4363	outlay.— 2946
4364	4364	(11) 2947
4365	4365	(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) and paragraph (2)(b), 2948
4366	4366	and for the 2025-2026 2024-2025 fiscal year only, the 2949
4367	4367	Legislative Budget Commission may approve budget amendments for 2950
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4377	4377
4378	4378
4379	4379
4380	4380	new fixed capital ou tlay projects or increase the amounts 2951
4381	4381	appropriated to state agencies for fixed capital outlay 2952
4382	4382	projects. This paragraph expires July 1, 2026 2025. 2953
4383	4383	2954
4384	4384	The provisions of this subsection are subject to the notice and 2955
4385	4385	objection procedures set forth in s. 216.177. 2956
4386	4386	Section 89. In order to implement the salaries and 2957
4387	4387	benefits, expenses, other personal services, contracted 2958
4388	4388	services, special categories, and operating capital outlay 2959
4389	4389	categories of the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations Act, 2960
4390	4390	paragraph (a) of subsection ( 2) of section 216.292, Florida 2961
4391	4391	Statutes, is amended to read: 2962
4392	4392	216.292 Appropriations nontransferable; exceptions. — 2963
4393	4393	(2) The following transfers are authorized to be made by 2964
4394	4394	the head of each department or the Chief Justice of the Supreme 2965
4395	4395	Court whenever it is deemed necessary by reason of changed 2966
4396	4396	conditions: 2967
4397	4397	(a) The transfer of appropriations funded from identical 2968
4398	4398	funding sources, except appropriations for fixed capital outlay, 2969
4399	4399	and the transfer of amounts included within the total original 2970
4400	4400	approved budget and plans of releases of appropriations as 2971
4401	4401	furnished pursuant to ss. 216.181 and 216.192, as follows: 2972
4402	4402	1. Between categories of appropriations within a budget 2973
4403	4403	entity, if no category of appropriation is increased or 2974
4404	4404	decreased by more than 5 percent of the original approved budget 2975
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4415	4415
4416	4416
4417	4417	or $250,000, whichever is greater, by all action taken under 2976
4418	4418	this subsection. 2977
4419	4419	2. Between budget entities within identical categories of 2978
4420	4420	appropriations, if no category of appropriation is increased or 2979
4421	4421	decreased by more than 5 percent of the original approved budget 2980
4422	4422	or $250,000, whichever is greater, by all action taken under 2981
4423	4423	this subsection. 2982
4424	4424	3. Any agency exceeding salary rate established pursuant 2983
4425	4425	to s. 216.181(8) on June 30th of any fiscal year shall not be 2984
4426	4426	authorized to make transfers pursuant to subparagraphs 1. and 2. 2985
4427	4427	in the subsequent fiscal year. 2986
4428	4428	4. Notice of proposed tran sfers under subparagraphs 1. and 2987
4429	4429	2. shall be provided to the Executive Office of the Governor and 2988
4430	4430	the chairs of the legislative appropriations committees at least 2989
4431	4431	3 days prior to agency implementation in order to provide an 2990
4432	4432	opportunity for review. The revi ew shall be limited to ensuring 2991
4433	4433	that the transfer is in compliance with the requirements of this 2992
4434	4434	paragraph. 2993
4435	4435	5. For the 2025-2026 2024-2025 fiscal year, the review 2994
4436	4436	shall ensure that transfers proposed pursuant to this paragraph 2995
4437	4437	comply with this chapter, m aximize the use of available and 2996
4438	4438	appropriate trust funds, and are not contrary to legislative 2997
4439	4439	policy and intent. This subparagraph expires July 1, 2026 2025. 2998
4440	4440	Section 90. In order to implement appropriations for state 2999
4441	4441	agencies in the 2025 -2026 General Appropriations Act, section 3000
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4454	4454	11.52, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 3001
4455	4455	11.52 Implementation of enacted legislation. —Each state 3002
4456	4456	agency shall provide the Legislature and the Executive Office of 3003
4457	4457	the Governor with information about the status of implementat ion 3004
4458	4458	of recently enacted legislation. The implementation status must 3005
4459	4459	be provided 90 days following the effective date of the 3006
4460	4460	legislation and updated each August 1 thereafter until all 3007
4461	4461	provisions of the legislation have been fully implemented. The 3008
4462	4462	implementation status report must include, at a minimum, for 3009
4463	4463	each enacted legislation, the actions or steps taken to 3010
4464	4464	implement the legislation and planned actions or steps for 3011
4465	4465	implementation, such as any rules proposed for implementation, 3012
4466	4466	any procurements required, any contract executed to assist the 3013
4467	4467	agency in the implementation, any contracts executed to 3014
4468	4468	implement or administer the legislation, programs started, or 3015
4469	4469	federal waivers requested; any expenditures made directly 3016
4470	4470	related to the implementation; and any imped iments or delays in 3017
4471	4471	implementation. No later than 14 days prior to the next regular 3018
4472	4472	legislative session, the state agency shall provide an update of 3019
4473	4473	any changes to the implementation status, notify the Legislature 3020
4474	4474	of any protests of rulemaking or other com munications regarding 3021
4475	4475	the implementation of the legislation, and identify any policy 3022
4476	4476	issues that need to be resolved by the Legislature to ensure 3023
4477	4477	timely and effective implementation of the legislation. This 3024
4478	4478	section expires July 1, 2026 2025. 3025
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4491	4491	Section 91. In order to implement appropriations for state 3026
4492	4492	agencies and the judicial branch in the 2025 -2026 General 3027
4493	4493	Appropriations Act, each state agency and the judicial branch 3028
4494	4494	shall review all reports required of the agency or the judicial 3029
4495	4495	branch by statute, prep are a list of such reports that the 3030
4496	4496	agency would recommend to modify or repeal in a template 3031
4497	4497	provided by the Executive Office of the Governor, and shall 3032
4498	4498	submit such list to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of 3033
4499	4499	the House of Representatives, and the E xecutive Office of the 3034
4500	4500	Governor no later than October 15, 2025. At a minimum, the list 3035
4501	4501	must include the report name; the statutory authority for the 3036
4502	4502	report; the first year that the report was required; a 3037
4503	4503	descriptive rationale that supports the recommended modification 3038
4504	4504	or repeal, which may include any information or recommendation 3039
4505	4505	for alternative availability of the information required by the 3040
4506	4506	report such as a current online source; and proposed statutory 3041
4507	4507	language to effectuate any recommended modification. This 3042
4508	4508	section expires July 1, 2026. 3043
4509	4509	Section 92. In order to implement appropriations for state 3044
4510	4510	agencies and the judicial branch in the 2025 -2026 General 3045
4511	4511	Appropriations Act, subsection (7) of section 216.013, Florida 3046
4512	4512	Statutes, is amended to read: 3047
4513	4513	216.013 Long-range program plan.—State agencies and the 3048
4514	4514	judicial branch shall develop long -range program plans to 3049
4515	4515	achieve state goals using an interagency planning process that 3050
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4527	4527
4528	4528	includes the development of integrated agency program service 3051
4529	4529	outcomes. The plans sh all be policy based, priority driven, 3052
4530	4530	accountable, and developed through careful examination and 3053
4531	4531	justification of all agency and judicial branch programs. 3054
4532	4532	(7) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, each 3055
4533	4533	state executive agency and the judicial br anch are not required 3056
4534	4534	to develop or post a long -range program plan by September 30, 3057
4535	4535	2025 2024, for the 2026-2027 2025-2026 fiscal year, except in 3058
4536	4536	circumstances outlined in any updated written instructions 3059
4537	4537	prepared by the Executive Office of the Governor in consultation 3060
4538	4538	with the chairs of the legislative appropriations committees. 3061
4539	4539	This subsection expires July 1, 2026 2025. 3062
4540	4540	Section 93. In order to implement appropriations for state 3063
4541	4541	agencies and the judicial branch in the 2025 -2026 General 3064
4542	4542	Appropriations Act, subsection (7) of section 216.023, Florida 3065
4543	4543	Statutes, is amended to read: 3066
4544	4544	216.023 Legislative budget requests to be furnished to 3067
4545	4545	Legislature by agencies. — 3068
4546	4546	(7) As part of the legislative budget request, each state 3069
4547	4547	agency and the judicial branch shall include an inventory of all 3070
4548	4548	ongoing technology-related projects that have a cumulative 3071
4549	4549	estimated or realized cost of more than $1 million. The 3072
4550	4550	inventory must, at a minimum, contain all of the following 3073
4551	4551	information: 3074
4552	4552	(a) The name of the technology system. 3075
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4564	4564
4565	4565	(b) A brief description of the purpose and function of the 3076
4566	4566	system. 3077
4567	4567	(c) A brief description of the goals of the project. 3078
4568	4568	(d) The initiation date of the project. 3079
4569	4569	(e) The key performance indicators for the project. 3080
4570	4570	(f) Any other metrics for the pro ject evaluating the 3081
4571	4571	health and status of the project. 3082
4572	4572	(g) The original and current baseline estimated end dates 3083
4573	4573	of the project. 3084
4574	4574	(h) The original and current estimated costs of the 3085
4575	4575	project. 3086
4576	4576	(i) Total funds appropriated or allocated to the project 3087
4577	4577	and the current realized cost for the project by fiscal year. 3088
4578	4578	3089
4579	4579	For purposes of this subsection, an ongoing technology -related 3090
4580	4580	project is one which has been funded or has had or is expected 3091
4581	4581	to have expenditures in more than one fiscal year. An ongoing 3092
4582	4582	technology-related project does not include the continuance of 3093
4583	4583	existing hardware and software maintenance agreements, the 3094
4584	4584	renewal of existing software licensing agreements, or the 3095
4585	4585	replacement of desktop units with new technology that is 3096
4586	4586	substantially similar to the technology being replaced. This 3097
4587	4587	subsection expires July 1, 2026 2025. 3098
4588	4588	Section 94. In order to implement the 2025 -2026 General 3099
4589	4589	Appropriations Act, the use of state funds must be consistent 3100
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4601	4601
4602	4602	with the following principles of individual freedom: 3101
4603	4603	(1) No person is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, 3102
4604	4604	whether consciously or unconsciously, solely by virtue of his or 3103
4605	4605	her race or sex. 3104
4606	4606	(2) No race is inherently superior to another race. 3105
4607	4607	(3) No person should be discriminated against or receive 3106
4608	4608	adverse treatment solely or partly on the basis of race, color, 3107
4609	4609	national origin, religion, disability, or sex. 3108
4610	4610	(4) Meritocracy or traits such as a hard work ethic are 3109
4611	4611	not racist but fundamental to the right to pursue happiness and 3110
4612	4612	be rewarded for industry. 3111
4613	4613	(5) A person, by virtue of his or her race or sex, does 3112
4614	4614	not bear responsibility for actions committed in the past by 3113
4615	4615	other members of the same race or sex. 3114
4616	4616	(6) A person should not be instructed that he or she must 3115
4617	4617	feel guilt, anguish, or other forms of psych ological distress 3116
4618	4618	for actions, in which he or she played no part, committed in the 3117
4619	4619	past by other members of the same race or sex. 3118
4620	4620	Section 95. Any section of this act which implements a 3119
4621	4621	specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso 3120
4622	4622	language in the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act is void if 3121
4623	4623	the specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso 3122
4624	4624	language is vetoed. Any section of this act which implements 3123
4625	4625	more than one specific appropriation or more than one portion of 3124
4626	4626	specifically identified proviso language in the 2025 -2026 3125
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4639	4639	General Appropriations Act is void if all the specific 3126
4640	4640	appropriations or portions of specifically identified proviso 3127
4641	4641	language are vetoed. 3128
4642	4642	Section 96. If any other act passed during the 2025 3129
4643	4643	Regular Session of the Legislature contains a provision that is 3130
4644	4644	substantively the same as a provision in this act, but that 3131
4645	4645	removes or is otherwise not subject to the future repeal applied 3132
4646	4646	to such provision by this act, the Legislature intends that the 3133
4647	4647	provision in the oth er act takes precedence and continues to 3134
4648	4648	operate, notwithstanding the future repeal provided by this act. 3135
4649	4649	Section 97. If any provision of this act or its 3136
4650	4650	application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the 3137
4651	4651	invalidity does not affect other pr ovisions or applications of 3138
4652	4652	the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision 3139
4653	4653	or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are 3140
4654	4654	severable. 3141
4655	4655	Section 98. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this 3142
4656	4656	act and except for this sec tion, which shall take effect upon 3143
4657	4657	this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 3144
4658	4658	2025, or, if this act fails to become a law until after that 3145
4659	4659	date, it shall take effect upon becoming a law and shall operate 3146
4660	4660	retroactively to July 1, 2025 . 3147