Bill Amendment: FL H5001 | 2019 | Regular Session

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: General Appropriations Act

Status: 2019-04-04 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2500 (Ch. 2019-115), HB 5011 (Ch. 2019-95), HB 5301 (Ch. 2019-118), HB 5303 (Ch. 2019-161), HB 5401 (Ch. 2019-141), SB 2502 (Ch. 2019-116), SB 2504 (Ch. 2019-117), SB 7016 (Ch. 2019-8) [H5001 Detail]

Download: Florida-2019-H5001-Senate_Floor_Amendment_990004.html

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990004                                                            No.   5
                    HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL AMENDMENT
                                  HB5001 

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Representative(s): McGhee
offered the following amendment:

In Section: 03 On Page: 084 Specific Appropriation:  349
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Explanation:
Deletes funding in Specific Appropriation 349 for Automated Income 
Verification and provides the same funding to Specific Appropriation 450 
for the Covering Kids & Families Program.
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        CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF
        Services
        Program: Economic Self Sufficiency 
        Program
        Economic Self Sufficiency Services

        In Section 03  On Page 084
349     Special Categories
        Contracted Services

          General Revenue Fund                    16,767,061     13,463,870
          Federal Grants Trust Fund               23,862,772     20,558,962

DELETE the proviso immediately following Specific Appropriation 349:

From  the  funds  in  Specific  Appropriation 349, the nonrecurring sums
of  $3,303,191  from  the  General  Revenue fund and $3,003,810 from the
Federal Grants Trust Fund are provided to continue the existing contract
for  automated  commercial wage verification services for the purpose of
acquiring  current  employment  and  income  information for eligibility
determination  and  periodic  recertification  for  the following public
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benefit  programs:  Supplemental  Nutrition Assistance (SNAP), Temporary
Assistance  for Needy Families (TANF), and Medicaid. Funds shall be used
to  automate  the  eligibility determination process, to improve program
integrity  and  to  detect  and  deter fraud, waste, and abuse in public
benefit programs administered by the Department of Children and Families
(HB 9151).

        HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF
        Program: Community Public Health
        Community Health Promotion

        In Section 03  On Page 098
450     Special Categories
        Grants And Aids - Contracted Services

          General Revenue Fund                    20,908,836     24,212,027
          Federal Grants Trust Fund               10,099,572     13,403,382

At the end of existing proviso language, following Specific 
Appropriation 450, INSERT:

From funds in Specific Appropriation 450, $3,303,191 from the General 
Revenue Fund and $3,303,810 from the Federal Grants Trust Fund is 
provided to the Covering Kids & Families Program at the University of 
South Florida to issue navigator grants to facilitate and promote health 
insurance coverage for uninsured Floridians under the Affordable Care 
Act.

Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process. However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items.

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