Bill Text: FL S2502 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Implementing the General Appropriations Act

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-03 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5001 (Ch. 2014-51), HB 5003 (Ch. 2014-53), HB 5101 (Ch. 2014-56) [S2502 Detail]

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       Florida Senate - 2014                                    SB 2502
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Appropriations
       
       
       
       
       
       576-03311-14                                          20142502__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to implementing the General
    3         Appropriations Act; providing legislative intent;
    4         incorporating by reference certain calculations of the
    5         Florida Education Finance Program for the 2014-2015
    6         fiscal year; providing that funds for instructional
    7         materials shall be released and expended as required
    8         in specified proviso language, notwithstanding other
    9         provisions of law; amending s. 1011.62, F.S.;
   10         increasing the number of schools eligible for
   11         categorical funding for supplemental academic
   12         instruction and for the research-based reading
   13         instruction allocation; suspending for the 2014-2015
   14         fiscal year a provision authorizing the Legislature to
   15         provide a virtual education contribution to the
   16         Florida Education Finance Program; amending s.
   17         1002.32, F.S.; requiring that eligible lab schools
   18         that have a permanent high school center receive a
   19         proportional share of the sparsity supplement;
   20         amending s. 1013.64, F.S.; revising the basis for
   21         allocating fixed-capital outlay funds for existing
   22         satisfactory facilities; incorporating by reference
   23         certain calculations of the Medicaid Low-Income Pool
   24         and Disproportionate Share Hospital programs for the
   25         2014-2015 fiscal year; providing requirements
   26         governing the continuation of the Department of
   27         Health’s Florida Onsite Sewage Nitrogen Reduction
   28         Strategies Study; specifying certain prohibitions
   29         before completion of the study; prioritizing which
   30         categories of individuals on the Agency for Persons
   31         with Disabilities wait list will be offered a slot on
   32         the Medicaid home and community-based waiver programs;
   33         allowing an individual to continue receiving waiver
   34         services if his or her parent or guardian is an
   35         active-duty service member transferred to Florida;
   36         providing that individuals remaining on the wait list
   37         are not entitled to an administrative proceeding;
   38         prohibiting behavioral health managing entities
   39         contracting with the Department of Children and
   40         Families from conducting provider network procurements
   41         during the 2014-2015 fiscal year; amending s. 216.262,
   42         F.S.; authorizing the Department of Corrections to
   43         submit a budget amendment for additional positions to
   44         operate additional prison bed capacity under certain
   45         circumstances; authorizing the Department of Legal
   46         Affairs to spend certain appropriated funds on
   47         programs that were funded by the department from
   48         specific appropriations in general appropriations acts
   49         in previous years; requiring the Department of
   50         Juvenile Justice to comply with specified
   51         reimbursement limitations with respect to payments to
   52         hospitals or health care providers for health care
   53         services; authorizing certain payments pursuant to a
   54         contracted rate only until the contract expires or is
   55         renewed; defining the term “hospital” for purposes of
   56         such limitations; directing the Department of
   57         Management Services to use a tenant broker to
   58         renegotiate or reprocure leases for office or storage
   59         space and provide a report to the Legislature;
   60         reenacting s. 624.502, F.S., relating to a requirement
   61         that fees for service of process upon the Chief
   62         Financial Officer or Office of Insurance Regulation be
   63         deposited into the Administrative Trust Fund; amending
   64         s. 161.143, F.S.; providing an allocation in the
   65         General Appropriations Act for inlet management
   66         funding; amending s. 216.181, F.S.; authorizing the
   67         Legislative Budget Commission to increase amounts
   68         appropriated to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
   69         Commission or the Department of Environmental
   70         Protection for fixed capital outlay projects; amending
   71         s. 259.032, F.S.; authorizing the transfer of moneys
   72         in the Conservation and Recreation Lands Trust Fund to
   73         the Save Our Everglades Trust Fund to support certain
   74         Everglades restoration projects; amending s. 375.041,
   75         F.S.; providing for the transfer of moneys from the
   76         Land Acquisition Trust Fund to support the Total
   77         Maximum Daily Loads Program; providing for the
   78         transfer of moneys in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund
   79         to the Save Our Everglades Trust Fund to support
   80         certain Everglades restoration projects; amending s.
   81         373.59, F.S.; revising the allocation of moneys from
   82         the Water Management Lands Trust Fund; authorizing
   83         specified funds to be deposited into the Save Our
   84         Everglades Trust Fund to support certain Everglades
   85         restoration projects; amending s. 376.30711, F.S.;
   86         requiring that all task assignments, work orders, and
   87         contracts for providers under the Petroleum
   88         Restoration Program must meet certain requirements;
   89         amending s. 403.7095, F.S.; requiring the Department
   90         of Environmental Protection to award a specified
   91         amount in grants to certain counties for solid waste
   92         programs; authorizing the Fish and Wildlife
   93         Conservation Commission to pay a bounty for captured
   94         and destroyed lionfish; amending s. 339.135, F.S.;
   95         authorizing the Department of Transportation to use
   96         appropriated funds to support the establishment of a
   97         statewide system of interconnected multiuse trails and
   98         related facilities; amending s. 335.065, F.S.;
   99         authorizing the Department of Transportation to use
  100         certain funds to support the establishment of a
  101         statewide system of interconnected multiuse trails and
  102         related facilities; providing criteria for
  103         prioritizing trail projects; providing for the
  104         reversion of unobligated funds appropriated for
  105         certain transportation and economic development
  106         projects; prohibiting a state agency from initiating a
  107         competitive solicitation for a product or service
  108         under certain circumstances; authorizing the Executive
  109         Office of the Governor to transfer funds between
  110         departments for purposes of aligning amounts paid for
  111         risk management premiums and for purposes of aligning
  112         amounts paid for human resource management services;
  113         amending s. 112.24, F.S.; providing conditions on the
  114         assignment of an employee of a state agency; providing
  115         that the annual salary of the members of the
  116         Legislature be maintained at a specified level;
  117         reenacting s. 215.32(2)(b), F.S., relating to the
  118         source and use of certain trust funds; providing a
  119         legislative determination that the issuance of new
  120         debt is in the best interests of the state and
  121         necessary to address a critical state emergency;
  122         limiting the use of travel funds to activities that
  123         are critical to an agency’s mission; providing
  124         exceptions; authorizing certain agencies to request
  125         the transfer of resources between Data Processing
  126         Services appropriation categories and appropriation
  127         categories for operation based upon changes to the
  128         data center services consolidation schedule;
  129         authorizing the Executive Office of the Governor to
  130         transfer funds for use by the state’s designated
  131         primary data centers; prohibiting an agency from
  132         transferring funds from a data processing category to
  133         another category; reenacting and amending s.
  134         110.12315(2)(b) and (7)(a), F.S., relating to the
  135         state employee prescription drug program; updating
  136         provisions specifying copayment amounts; providing for
  137         the effect of a veto of one or more specific
  138         appropriations or proviso to which implementing
  139         language refers; providing for the continued operation
  140         of certain provisions notwithstanding a future repeal
  141         or expiration provided by this act; providing for
  142         severability; providing effective dates.
  143          
  144  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
  145  
  146         Section 1. It is the intent of the Legislature that the
  147  implementing and administering provisions of this act apply to
  148  the General Appropriations Act for the 2014-2015 fiscal year.
  149         Section 2. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 9,
  150  10, 11, 96, and 97 of the 2014-2015 General Appropriations Act,
  151  the calculations of the Florida Education Finance Program for
  152  the 2014-2015 fiscal year in the document entitled “Public
  153  School Funding-The Florida Education Finance Program,” dated____
  154  ____, 2014, and filed with the Secretary of the Senate, are
  155  incorporated by reference for the purpose of displaying the
  156  calculations used by the Legislature, consistent with the
  157  requirements of state law, in making appropriations for the
  158  Florida Education Finance Program. This section expires July 1,
  159  2015.
  160         Section 3. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 9
  161  and 96 of the 2014-2015 General Appropriations Act and
  162  notwithstanding the provisions of ss. 1006.28 through 1006.42,
  163  1002.20, 1003.02, 1011.62(6)(b)5., and 1011.67, Florida
  164  Statutes, relating to the expenditure of funds provided for
  165  instructional materials, for the 2014-2015 fiscal year, funds
  166  provided for instructional materials shall be released and
  167  expended as required in the proviso language attached to
  168  Specific Appropriation 96. This section expires July 1, 2015.
  169         Section 4. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 9
  170  and 96 of the 2014-2015, General Appropriations Act, paragraph
  171  (f) of subsection (1), paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection (9),
  172  and subsection (11) of section 1011.62, Florida Statutes, are
  173  amended to read:
  174         1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.—If the annual
  175  allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
  176  district for operation of schools is not determined in the
  177  annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
  178  the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
  179  follows:
  180         (1) COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR
  181  OPERATION.—The following procedure shall be followed in
  182  determining the annual allocation to each district for
  183  operation:
  184         (f) Supplemental academic instruction; categorical fund.—
  185         1. There is created a categorical fund to provide
  186  supplemental academic instruction to students in kindergarten
  187  through grade 12. This paragraph may be cited as the
  188  “Supplemental Academic Instruction Categorical Fund.”
  189         2. Categorical funds for supplemental academic instruction
  190  shall be allocated annually to each school district in the
  191  amount provided in the General Appropriations Act. These funds
  192  are shall be in addition to the funds appropriated on the basis
  193  of FTE student membership in the Florida Education Finance
  194  Program and shall be included in the total potential funds of
  195  each district. These funds shall be used to provide supplemental
  196  academic instruction to students enrolled in the K-12 program.
  197  For the 2012-2013, 2013-2014, and 2014-2015 fiscal year years,
  198  each school district that has one or more of the 300 100 lowest
  199  performing elementary schools based on the state reading
  200  assessment shall use these funds, together with the funds
  201  provided in the district’s research-based reading instruction
  202  allocation and other available funds, to provide an additional
  203  hour of instruction beyond the normal school day for each day of
  204  the entire school year for intensive reading instruction for the
  205  students in each of these schools. This additional hour of
  206  instruction must be provided only by teachers or reading
  207  specialists who are effective in teaching reading. Students
  208  enrolled in these schools who have level 5 assessment scores may
  209  participate in the additional hour of instruction on an optional
  210  basis. Exceptional student education centers are shall not be
  211  included in the 300 100 schools. After this requirement has been
  212  met, supplemental instruction strategies may include, but are
  213  not limited to: modified curriculum, reading instruction, after
  214  school instruction, tutoring, mentoring, class size reduction,
  215  extended school year, intensive skills development in summer
  216  school, and other methods for improving student achievement.
  217  Supplemental instruction may be provided to a student in any
  218  manner and at any time during or beyond the regular 180-day term
  219  identified by the school as being the most effective and
  220  efficient way to best help that student progress from grade to
  221  grade and to graduate.
  222         3. Effective with the 1999-2000 fiscal year, Funding on the
  223  basis of FTE membership beyond the 180-day regular term shall be
  224  provided in the FEFP only for students enrolled in juvenile
  225  justice education programs or in education programs for
  226  juveniles placed in secure facilities or programs under s.
  227  985.19. Funding for instruction beyond the regular 180-day
  228  school year for all other K-12 students shall be provided
  229  through the supplemental academic instruction categorical fund
  230  and other state, federal, and local fund sources with ample
  231  flexibility for schools to provide supplemental instruction to
  232  assist students in progressing from grade to grade and
  233  graduating.
  234         4. The Florida State University School, as a lab school, is
  235  authorized to expend from its FEFP or Lottery Enhancement Trust
  236  Fund allocation the cost to the student of remediation in
  237  reading, writing, or mathematics for any graduate who requires
  238  remediation at a postsecondary educational institution.
  239         5. Beginning in the 1999-2000 school year, Dropout
  240  prevention programs as defined in ss. 1003.52, 1003.53(1)(a),
  241  (b), and (c), and 1003.54 shall be included in group 1 programs
  242  under subparagraph (d)3.
  243         (9) RESEARCH-BASED READING INSTRUCTION ALLOCATION.—
  244         (a) The research-based reading instruction allocation is
  245  created to provide comprehensive reading instruction to students
  246  in kindergarten through grade 12. For the 2012-2013, 2013-2014,
  247  and 2014-2015 fiscal year years, in each school district that
  248  has one or more of the 300 100 lowest-performing elementary
  249  schools based on the state reading assessment, priority shall be
  250  given to providing an additional hour per day of intensive
  251  reading instruction beyond the normal school day for each day of
  252  the entire school year for the students in each school. Students
  253  enrolled in these schools who have level 5 assessment scores may
  254  participate in the additional hour of instruction on an optional
  255  basis. Exceptional student education centers are shall not be
  256  included in the 300 100 schools. The intensive reading
  257  instruction delivered in this additional hour and for other
  258  students shall include: research-based reading instruction that
  259  has been proven to accelerate progress of students exhibiting a
  260  reading deficiency; differentiated instruction based on student
  261  assessment data to meet students’ specific reading needs;
  262  explicit and systematic reading development in phonemic
  263  awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, with
  264  more extensive opportunities for guided practice, error
  265  correction, and feedback; and the integration of social studies,
  266  science, and mathematics-text reading, text discussion, and
  267  writing in response to reading. For the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014
  268  fiscal years, a school district may not hire more reading
  269  coaches than were hired during the 2011-2012 fiscal year unless
  270  all students in kindergarten through grade 5 who demonstrate a
  271  reading deficiency, as determined by district and state
  272  assessments, including students scoring Level 1 or Level 2 on
  273  FCAT Reading, are provided an additional hour per day of
  274  intensive reading instruction beyond the normal school day for
  275  each day of the entire school year.
  276         (c) Funds allocated under this subsection must be used to
  277  provide a system of comprehensive reading instruction to
  278  students enrolled in the K-12 programs, which may include the
  279  following:
  280         1. The provision of an additional hour per day of intensive
  281  reading instruction to students in the 300 100 lowest-performing
  282  elementary schools by teachers and reading specialists who are
  283  effective in teaching reading.
  284         2. Kindergarten through grade 5 reading intervention
  285  teachers to provide intensive intervention during the school day
  286  and in the required extra hour for students identified as having
  287  a reading deficiency.
  288         3. The provision of highly qualified reading coaches to
  289  specifically support teachers in making instructional decisions
  290  based on student data, and improve teacher delivery of effective
  291  reading instruction, intervention, and reading in the content
  292  areas based on student need.
  293         4. Professional development for school district teachers in
  294  scientifically based reading instruction, including strategies
  295  to teach reading in content areas and with an emphasis on
  296  technical and informational text.
  297         5. The provision of summer reading camps for all students
  298  in kindergarten through grade 2 who demonstrate a reading
  299  deficiency as determined by district and state assessments, and
  300  students in grades 3 through 5 who score at Level 1 on FCAT
  301  Reading.
  302         6. The provision of supplemental instructional materials
  303  that are grounded in scientifically based reading research.
  304         7. The provision of intensive interventions for students in
  305  kindergarten through grade 12 who have been identified as having
  306  a reading deficiency or who are reading below grade level as
  307  determined by the FCAT.
  308         (11) VIRTUAL EDUCATION CONTRIBUTION.—Except for the 2014
  309  2015 fiscal year, the Legislature may annually provide in the
  310  Florida Education Finance Program a virtual education
  311  contribution. The amount of the virtual education contribution
  312  shall be the difference between the amount per FTE established
  313  in the General Appropriations Act for virtual education and the
  314  amount per FTE for each district and the Florida Virtual School,
  315  which may be calculated by taking the sum of the base FEFP
  316  allocation, the discretionary local effort, the state-funded
  317  discretionary contribution, the discretionary millage
  318  compression supplement, the research-based reading instruction
  319  allocation, and the instructional materials allocation, and then
  320  dividing by the total unweighted FTE. This difference shall be
  321  multiplied by the virtual education unweighted FTE for programs
  322  and options identified in s. 1002.455(3) and the Florida Virtual
  323  School and its franchises to equal the virtual education
  324  contribution and shall be included as a separate allocation in
  325  the funding formula.
  326         Section 5. The amendments to s. 1011.62(1)(f), (9)(a) and
  327  (c), and (11), Florida Statutes, made by this act expire July 1,
  328  2015, and the text of those subsections and paragraphs shall
  329  revert to that in existence on June 30, 2014, except that any
  330  amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall be
  331  preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such
  332  amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which
  333  expire pursuant to this section.
  334         Section 6. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 9
  335  and 96 of the 2014-2015 General Appropriations Act, paragraph
  336  (a) of subsection (9) of section 1002.32, Florida Statutes, is
  337  amended to read:
  338         1002.32 Developmental research (laboratory) schools.—
  339         (9) FUNDING.—Funding for a lab school, including a charter
  340  lab school, shall be provided as follows:
  341         (a) Each lab school shall be allocated its proportional
  342  share of operating funds from the Florida Education Finance
  343  Program as provided in s. 1011.62 based on the county in which
  344  the lab school is located and the General Appropriations Act.
  345  The nonvoted ad valorem millage that would otherwise be required
  346  for lab schools shall be allocated from state funds. The
  347  required local effort funds calculated pursuant to s. 1011.62
  348  shall be allocated from state funds to the schools as a part of
  349  the allocation of operating funds pursuant to s. 1011.62. Each
  350  eligible lab school in operation as of September 1, 2013 2002,
  351  which has a permanent high school center must shall also receive
  352  a proportional share of the sparsity supplement as calculated
  353  pursuant to s. 1011.62. In addition, each lab school shall
  354  receive its proportional share of all categorical funds, with
  355  the exception of s. 1011.68, and new categorical funds enacted
  356  after July 1, 1994, for the purpose of elementary or secondary
  357  academic program enhancement. The sum of funds available as
  358  provided in this paragraph shall be included annually in the
  359  Florida Education Finance Program and appropriate categorical
  360  programs funded in the General Appropriations Act.
  361         Section 7. The amendments to s. 1002.32(9)(a), Florida
  362  Statutes, made by this act expire July 1, 2015, and the text of
  363  that paragraph shall revert to that in existence on June 30,
  364  2014, except that any amendments to such text enacted other than
  365  by this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the
  366  extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions
  367  of text which expire pursuant to this section.
  368         Section 8. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 25
  369  of the 2014-2015 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (a) of
  370  subsection (1) of section 1013.64, Florida Statutes, is amended
  371  to read:
  372         1013.64 Funds for comprehensive educational plant needs;
  373  construction cost maximums for school district capital
  374  projects.—Allocations from the Public Education Capital Outlay
  375  and Debt Service Trust Fund to the various boards for capital
  376  outlay projects shall be determined as follows:
  377         (1)(a)1. Funds for remodeling, renovation, maintenance,
  378  repairs, and site improvement for existing satisfactory
  379  facilities shall be given priority consideration by the
  380  Legislature for appropriations allocated to the boards from the
  381  total amount of the Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt
  382  Service Trust Fund appropriated. These funds shall be calculated
  383  pursuant to the following basic formula: the building value
  384  times the building age over the sum of the years’ digits
  385  assuming a 50-year building life. For modular noncombustible
  386  facilities, a 35-year life shall be used, and for relocatable
  387  facilities, a 20-year life shall be used. “Building value” is
  388  calculated by multiplying each building’s total assignable
  389  square feet times the appropriate net-to-gross conversion rate
  390  found in state board rules and that product times the current
  391  average new construction cost. “Building age” is calculated by
  392  multiplying the prior year’s building age times 1 minus the
  393  prior year’s sum received from this subsection divided by the
  394  prior year’s building value. To the net result shall be added
  395  the number 1. Each board shall receive the percentage generated
  396  by the preceding formula of the total amount appropriated for
  397  the purposes of this section.
  398         2. Notwithstanding subparagraph 1., and for the 2014-2015
  399  fiscal year only, funds appropriated for remodeling, renovation,
  400  maintenance, repairs, and site improvement for existing
  401  satisfactory facilities shall be allocated by prorating the
  402  total appropriation based on each school district’s share of the
  403  2013-2014 reported fixed capital outlay FTE. This subparagraph
  404  expires July 1, 2015.
  405         Section 9. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
  406  203, 210, 211, 212, and 215 of the 2014-2015 General
  407  Appropriations Act, the calculations for the Medicaid Low-Income
  408  Pool and Disproportionate Share Hospital programs, and the
  409  parameters and calculations for the diagnosis-related group
  410  (DRG) methodology for hospital reimbursement, for the 2014-2015
  411  fiscal year contained in the document entitled “Medicaid
  412  Hospital Funding Programs,” dated __________, 2014, and filed
  413  with the Secretary of the Senate, are incorporated by reference
  414  for the purpose of displaying the calculations used by the
  415  Legislature, consistent with the requirements of state law, in
  416  making appropriations for the Medicaid Low-Income Pool and
  417  Disproportionate Share Hospital programs, and the parameters and
  418  calculations for the DRG methodology for hospital reimbursement.
  419  This section expires July 1, 2015.
  420         Section 10. (1) In order to implement Specific
  421  Appropriation 490 of the 2014-2015 General Appropriations Act,
  422  the following requirements govern the continuation of the
  423  Department of Health’s Florida Onsite Sewage Nitrogen Reduction
  424  Strategies Study:
  425         (a) The Department of Health’s underlying contract for the
  426  study remains in full force and effect and funding for
  427  continuation of the study is provided through the department.
  428         (b) The Department of Health, the Department of Health’s
  429  Research Review and Advisory Committee, and the Department of
  430  Environmental Protection shall work together to provide the
  431  necessary technical oversight of the continuation of the study.
  432         (c) Management and oversight of the continuation of the
  433  study must be consistent with the terms of the existing
  434  contract. However, the main focus and priority to be completed
  435  is testing and recommending cost-effective passive technology
  436  design criteria for nitrogen reduction. Notwithstanding any
  437  other law, before the study is completed, a state agency may not
  438  adopt or implement a rule or policy that:
  439         1. Mandates, establishes, or implements more restrictive
  440  nitrogen reduction standards to existing or new onsite sewage
  441  treatment systems or modification of such systems; or
  442         2. Directly or indirectly, such as through an
  443  administrative order developed by the Department of
  444  Environmental Protection as part of a basin management action
  445  plan adopted pursuant to s. 403.067, Florida Statutes, requires
  446  the use of performance-based treatment systems or similar
  447  technology. However, more restrictive nitrogen reduction
  448  standards for onsite systems may be required through a basin
  449  management action plan if such plan is phased in after
  450  completion of the study.
  451         (2) This section expires July 1, 2015.
  452         Section 11. (1) In order to implement Specific
  453  Appropriation 268 of the 2014-2015 General Appropriations Act,
  454  and notwithstanding s. 393.065(5), Florida Statutes, individuals
  455  from the Medicaid home and community-based waiver programs wait
  456  list shall be offered a slot on the waiver as follows:
  457         (a) Individuals in category 1, which includes clients
  458  deemed to be in crisis as described in rule, shall be given top
  459  priority in moving from the wait list to the waiver.
  460         (b) Individuals in category 2, at the time of finalization
  461  of an adoption with placement in the family home, reunification
  462  with family members with placement in a family home, or
  463  permanent placement with a relative in a family home, shall be
  464  moved to the waiver.
  465         (c) In selecting individuals in category 3 or category 4,
  466  the Agency for Persons with Disabilities shall use the Agency
  467  for Persons with Disabilities Wait List Prioritization Tool,
  468  dated March 15, 2013. Those individuals whose needs score
  469  highest on the Wait List Prioritization Tool shall be moved to
  470  the waiver during the 2014-2015 fiscal year, to the extent funds
  471  are available.
  472         (2) The agency shall allow an individual who meets the
  473  eligibility requirements provided under s. 393.065(1), Florida
  474  Statutes, to receive home and community-based services in this
  475  state if the individual’s parent or legal guardian is an active
  476  duty military service member and, at the time of the service
  477  member’s transfer to Florida, the individual was receiving home
  478  and community-based services in another state.
  479         (3) Upon the placement of individuals on the waiver
  480  pursuant to subsection (1), individuals remaining on the wait
  481  list are deemed not to have been substantially affected by
  482  agency action and are, therefore, not entitled to a hearing
  483  under s. 393.125, Florida Statutes, or administrative proceeding
  484  under chapter 120, Florida Statutes. This section expires July
  485  1, 2015.
  486         Section 12. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
  487  350 through 366D and 371 through 374 of the 2014-2015 General
  488  Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding any other law, in order
  489  to provide consistency and continuity in the provision of mental
  490  health and substance abuse treatment services to individuals
  491  throughout the state, behavioral health managing entities
  492  contracting with the Department of Children and Families
  493  pursuant to s. 394.9082, Florida Statutes, may not conduct
  494  provider network procurements during the 2014-2015 fiscal year.
  495  The department shall amend its contracts with each managing
  496  entity if necessary to remove contractual provisions that have
  497  the effect of requiring a managing entity to conduct a provider
  498  network procurement during the 2014-2015 fiscal year. This
  499  section expires July 1, 2015.
  500         Section 13. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
  501  625 through 734 and 747 through 786 of the 2014-2015 General
  502  Appropriations Act, subsection (4) of section 216.262, Florida
  503  Statutes, is amended to read:
  504         216.262 Authorized positions.—
  505         (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter relating
  506  to increasing the number of authorized positions, and for the
  507  2014-2015 2013-2014 fiscal year only, if the actual inmate
  508  population of the Department of Corrections exceeds the inmate
  509  population projections of the February 27, 2014 February 19,
  510  2013, Criminal Justice Estimating Conference by 1 percent for 2
  511  consecutive months or 2 percent for any month, the Executive
  512  Office of the Governor, with the approval of the Legislative
  513  Budget Commission, shall immediately notify the Criminal Justice
  514  Estimating Conference, which shall convene as soon as possible
  515  to revise the estimates. The Department of Corrections may then
  516  submit a budget amendment requesting the establishment of
  517  positions in excess of the number authorized by the Legislature
  518  and additional appropriations from unallocated general revenue
  519  sufficient to provide for essential staff, fixed capital
  520  improvements, and other resources to provide classification,
  521  security, food services, health services, and other variable
  522  expenses within the institutions to accommodate the estimated
  523  increase in the inmate population. All actions taken pursuant to
  524  this subsection are subject to review and approval by the
  525  Legislative Budget Commission. This subsection expires July 1,
  526  2015 2014.
  527         Section 14. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
  528  1322 and 1323 of the 2014-2015 General Appropriations Act, the
  529  Department of Legal Affairs may expend appropriated funds in
  530  those specific appropriations on the same programs that were
  531  funded by the department pursuant to specific appropriations
  532  made in general appropriations acts in previous years. This
  533  section expires July 1, 2015.
  534         Section 15. (1) In order to implement Specific
  535  Appropriations 1130, 1135, 1136, 1142, 1143, 1147, 1148, 1184,
  536  1186, 1192, 1193, 1194, 1205, and 1210 of the 2014-2015 General
  537  Appropriations Act, the Department of Juvenile Justice must
  538  comply with the following reimbursement limitations:
  539         (a) Payments to a hospital or a health care provider may
  540  not exceed 110 percent of the Medicare allowable rate for any
  541  health care services provided if there is no contract between
  542  the department and the hospital or the health care provider
  543  providing services at a hospital;
  544         (b) The department may continue to make payments for health
  545  care services at the currently contracted rates through the
  546  current term of the contract if a contract has been executed
  547  between the department and a hospital or a health care provider
  548  providing services at a hospital; however, payments may not
  549  exceed 110 percent of the Medicare allowable rate after the
  550  current term of the contract expires or after the contract is
  551  renewed during the 2014-2015 fiscal year;
  552         (c) Payments may not exceed 110 percent of the Medicare
  553  allowable rate under a contract executed on or after July 1,
  554  2014, between the department and a hospital or a health care
  555  provider providing services at a hospital; and
  556         (d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a)-(c), the department may
  557  pay up to 125 percent of the Medicare allowable rate for health
  558  care services at a hospital that reports or has reported a
  559  negative operating margin for the previous fiscal year to the
  560  Agency for Health Care Administration through hospital-audited
  561  financial data.
  562         (2) As used in this section, the term “hospital” means a
  563  hospital licensed under chapter 395, Florida Statutes.
  564         (3) This section expires July 1, 2015.
  565         Section 16. In order to implement appropriations used for
  566  the payment of existing lease contracts for private lease space
  567  in excess of 2,000 square feet in the 2014-2015 General
  568  Appropriations Act, the Department of Management Services, with
  569  the cooperation of the agencies having the existing lease
  570  contracts for office or storage space, shall use tenant broker
  571  services to renegotiate or reprocure all private lease
  572  agreements for office or storage space expiring between July 1,
  573  2015, and June 30, 2017, in order to reduce costs in future
  574  years. The department shall incorporate this initiative into its
  575  2014 Master Leasing Report and may use tenant broker services to
  576  explore the possibilities of colocating office or storage space,
  577  to review the space needs of each agency, and to review the
  578  length and terms of potential renewals or renegotiations. The
  579  department shall provide a report to the Executive Office of the
  580  Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
  581  House of Representatives by November 1, 2014, which lists each
  582  lease contract for private office or storage space, the status
  583  of renegotiations, and the savings achieved. This section
  584  expires July 1, 2015.
  585         Section 17. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
  586  2277 through 2285 of the 2014-2015 General Appropriations Act,
  587  section 624.502, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
  588         624.502 Service of process fee.—In all instances as
  589  provided in any section of the insurance code and s. 48.151(3)
  590  in which service of process is authorized to be made upon the
  591  Chief Financial Officer or the director of the office, the
  592  plaintiff shall pay to the department or office a fee of $15 for
  593  such service of process, which fee shall be deposited into the
  594  Administrative Trust Fund.
  595         Section 18. The amendment to s. 624.502, Florida Statutes,
  596  as carried forward by this act from chapter 2013-41, Laws of
  597  Florida, expires July 1, 2015, and the text of that section
  598  shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2013, except that
  599  any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall
  600  be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such
  601  amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which
  602  expire pursuant to this section.
  603         Section 19. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
  604  1653 of the 2014-2015 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (e)
  605  of subsection (5) of section 161.143, Florida Statutes, is
  606  amended to read:
  607         161.143 Inlet management; planning, prioritizing, funding,
  608  approving, and implementing projects.—
  609         (5) The department shall annually provide an inlet
  610  management project list, in priority order, to the Legislature
  611  as part of the department’s budget request. The list must
  612  include studies, projects, or other activities that address the
  613  management of at least 10 separate inlets and that are ranked
  614  according to the criteria established under subsection (2).
  615         (e) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b), and for the
  616  2014-2015 2013-2014 fiscal year only, the amount allocated for
  617  inlet management funding is provided in the General
  618  Appropriations Act. This paragraph expires July 1, 2015 2014.
  619         Section 20. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
  620  1727A, 1727B, 1777A, and 1843A of the 2014-2015 General
  621  Appropriations Act, paragraph (d) is added to subsection (11) of
  622  section 216.181, Florida Statutes, to read:
  623         216.181 Approved budgets for operations and fixed capital
  624  outlay.—
  625         (11)
  626         (d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (b) and (2)(b), and for the
  627  2014-2015 fiscal year only, the Legislative Budget Commission
  628  may authorize increases of the amounts appropriated to the Fish
  629  and Wildlife Conservation Commission or the Department of
  630  Environmental Protection for fixed capital outlay projects,
  631  including additional fixed capital outlay projects, using funds
  632  provided to the state from the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund
  633  administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; funds
  634  provided to the state from the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund
  635  related to the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist
  636  Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast Act of
  637  2012 (RESTORE Act); or funds provided by the British Petroleum
  638  Corporation (BP) for natural resources damage assessment early
  639  restoration projects. Concurrent with submission of an amendment
  640  to the Legislative Budget Commission pursuant to this paragraph,
  641  any project that carries a continuing commitment for future
  642  appropriations by the Legislature must be specifically
  643  identified, together with the projected amount of the future
  644  commitment associated with the project and the fiscal years in
  645  which the commitment is expected to commence. This paragraph
  646  expires July 1, 2015.
  647  
  648  The provisions of this subsection are subject to the notice and
  649  objection procedures set forth in s. 216.177.
  650         Section 21. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
  651  1627A and section 38 of the 2014-2015 General Appropriations
  652  Act, paragraph (f) is added to subsection (11) of section
  653  259.032, Florida Statutes, to read:
  654         259.032 Conservation and Recreation Lands Trust Fund;
  655  purpose.—
  656         (11)
  657         (f) For the 2014-2015 fiscal year only, moneys in the
  658  Conservation and Recreation Lands Trust Fund may be transferred
  659  pursuant to s. 216.181(12) to the Save Our Everglades Trust Fund
  660  to support Everglades restoration projects included in the final
  661  report of the Select Committee on Indian River Lagoon and Lake
  662  Okeechobee Basin, dated November 8, 2013. This paragraph expires
  663  July 1, 2015.
  664         Section 22. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
  665  1627A and 1646 and section 38 of the 2013-2014 General
  666  Appropriations Act, paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (3) of
  667  section 375.041, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  668         375.041 Land Acquisition Trust Fund.—
  669         (3)
  670         (b) In addition to the uses allowed under paragraph (a),
  671  for the 2014-2015 2013-2014 fiscal year, moneys in the Land
  672  Acquisition Trust Fund may be transferred to support the Total
  673  Maximum Daily Loads Program as provided in the General
  674  Appropriations Act. This paragraph expires July 1, 2015 2014.
  675         (c) For the 2014-2015 2013-2014 fiscal year only, moneys in
  676  the Land Acquisition Trust Fund may be transferred to the Save
  677  Our Everglades Trust Fund for Everglades restoration pursuant to
  678  s. 216.181(12) to support Everglades restoration projects
  679  included in the final report of the Select Committee on Indian
  680  River Lagoon and Lake Okeechobee Basin, dated November 8, 2013.
  681  This paragraph expires July 1, 2015 2014.
  682         Section 23. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
  683  1625 and 1627A and section 38 of the 2014-2015 General
  684  Appropriations Act, subsection (12) of section 373.59, Florida
  685  Statutes, is amended to read:
  686         373.59 Water Management Lands Trust Fund.—
  687         (12) Notwithstanding subsection (8), and for the 2014-2015
  688  2013-2014 fiscal year only, the moneys from the Water Management
  689  Lands Trust Fund are allocated as follows:
  690         (a) An amount necessary to pay debt service on bonds issued
  691  before February 1, 2009, by the South Florida Water Management
  692  District and the St. Johns River Water Management District,
  693  which are secured by revenues provided pursuant to this section,
  694  or to fund debt service reserve funds, rebate obligations, or
  695  other amounts payable with respect to such bonds.
  696         (b) Eight million dollars to be transferred to the General
  697  Revenue Fund.
  698         (c) Three million dollars may be transferred pursuant to s.
  699  216.181(12) to the Save Our Everglades Trust Fund to support
  700  Everglades restoration projects included in the final report of
  701  the Select Committee on Indian River Lagoon and Lake Okeechobee
  702  Basin, dated November 8, 2013.
  703         (d) Any remaining funds to be provided in accordance with
  704  the General Appropriations Act.
  705         (c) Three million dollars to be distributed to the Suwannee
  706  River Water Management District for springs restoration and
  707  protection projects.
  708         (d) Three million dollars to be distributed to the
  709  Northwest Florida Water Management District for Apalachicola Bay
  710  water quality improvement projects.
  711         (e) Four million dollars to be distributed to the South
  712  Florida Water Management District for J.W. Corbett Levee system
  713  improvements.
  714         (f) One million dollars to be distributed to the Southwest
  715  Florida Water Management District for Duck Slough/Thousand Oaks
  716  flood mitigation.
  717         (g) The remaining appropriation to be distributed to the
  718  Suwannee River Water Management District.
  719  
  720  This subsection expires July 1, 2015 2014.
  721         Section 24. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
  722  1627 of the 2014-2015 General Appropriations Act, the recurring
  723  $12 million appropriated from the General Revenue Fund and the
  724  recurring $20 million appropriated from the Water Management
  725  Lands Trust Fund to the Department of Environmental Protection
  726  for the Restoration Strategies Regional Water Quality Plan
  727  provided in chapter 2013-59, Laws of Florida, shall be deposited
  728  into the Save Our Everglades Trust Fund within the department to
  729  support Everglades restoration projects included in the final
  730  report of the Select Committee on Indian River Lagoon and Lake
  731  Okeechobee Basin, dated November 8, 2013. This section expires
  732  July 1, 2015.
  733         Section 25. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
  734  1697A of the 2014-2015 General Appropriations Act, paragraphs
  735  (d) and (e) of subsection (2) of section 376.30711, Florida
  736  Statutes, are amended to read:
  737         376.30711 Preapproved site rehabilitation, effective March
  738  29, 1995.—
  739         (2)
  740         (d) All task assignments, work orders, and contracts for
  741  providers under the Petroleum Restoration Program entered into
  742  by the department on or after July 1, 2013, pursuant to this
  743  section and ss. 376.3071 and 376.30713 must:
  744         1. Be procured through competitive bidding pursuant to s.
  745  287.056, s. 287.057, or s. 287.0595.
  746         2. Require that a statement under oath be executed and
  747  provided to the department concurrently with the execution of
  748  the task assignments, work orders, or contracts by:
  749         a. All owners, responsible parties, and cleanup contractors
  750  and subcontractors, that no compensation, remuneration, or gift
  751  of any kind, directly or indirectly, has been solicited,
  752  offered, accepted, paid, or received in exchange for designation
  753  or employment in connection with the cleanup of an eligible
  754  site, except for the compensation paid by the department to the
  755  contractor for the cleanup.
  756         b. All cleanup contractors and subcontractors receiving
  757  compensation for cleanup of eligible sites, that they have never
  758  paid, offered, or provided any compensation in exchange for
  759  being designated or hired to do cleanup work, except for
  760  compensation for the cleanup work.
  761  
  762  This paragraph expires June 30, 2015 2014.
  763         (e) Any owner, responsible party, or cleanup contractor or
  764  subcontractor who falsely executes a statement required pursuant
  765  to subparagraph (d)2. is prohibited from participating in the
  766  Petroleum Restoration Program. This paragraph expires June 30,
  767  2015 2014.
  768         Section 26. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
  769  1700 of the 2014-2015 General Appropriations Act, subsection (5)
  770  of section 403.7095, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  771         403.7095 Solid waste management grant program.—
  772         (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
  773  and for the 2014-2015 2013-2014 fiscal year only, the Department
  774  of Environmental Protection shall award the sum of $3 million in
  775  grants equally to counties having populations of fewer than
  776  100,000 for waste tire and litter prevention, recycling
  777  education, and general solid waste programs. This subsection
  778  expires July 1, 2015 2014.
  779         Section 27. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
  780  1839A of the 2014-2015 General Appropriations Act, the Fish and
  781  Wildlife Conservation Commission may pay a bounty for each
  782  lionfish captured and destroyed from state or adjacent federal
  783  waters during participating lionfish derbies. This section
  784  expires July 1, 2015.
  785         Section 28. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
  786  1913 of the 2014-2015 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (i)
  787  is added to subsection (4) of section 339.135, Florida Statutes,
  788  and subsection (5) of that section is amended, to read:
  789         339.135 Work program; legislative budget request;
  790  definitions; preparation, adoption, execution, and amendment.—
  791         (4) FUNDING AND DEVELOPING A TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM.—
  792         (i) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), and for the 2014-2015
  793  fiscal year only, the Department of Transportation may use
  794  appropriated funds to support the establishment of a statewide
  795  system of interconnected multiuse trails and to pay the costs of
  796  planning, land acquisition, design, and construction of such
  797  trails and related facilities. Funds specifically appropriated
  798  for this purpose may not reduce, delete, or defer any existing
  799  projects funded as of July 1, 2014, in the Department of
  800  Transportation 5-year work program. This paragraph expires July
  801  1, 2015.
  802         (5) ADOPTION OF THE WORK PROGRAM.—
  803         (a) The original approved budget for operational and fixed
  804  capital expenditures for the department shall be the Governor’s
  805  budget recommendation and the first year of the tentative work
  806  program, as both are amended by the General Appropriations Act
  807  and any other act containing appropriations. In accordance with
  808  the appropriations act, the department shall, before the
  809  beginning of the fiscal year, adopt a final work program that
  810  includes which shall only include the original approved budget
  811  for the department for the ensuing fiscal year, together with
  812  any roll forwards approved pursuant to paragraph (6)(c), and the
  813  portion of the tentative work program for the following 4 fiscal
  814  years revised in accordance with the original approved budget
  815  for the department for the ensuing fiscal year together with the
  816  roll forwards. The adopted work program may include only those
  817  projects submitted as part of the tentative work program
  818  developed under the provisions of subsection (4), plus any
  819  projects that which are separately identified by specific
  820  appropriation in the General Appropriations Act and any roll
  821  forwards approved pursuant to paragraph (6)(c). However, any
  822  transportation project of the department which is identified by
  823  specific appropriation in the General Appropriations Act shall
  824  be deducted from the funds annually distributed to the
  825  respective district pursuant to paragraph (4)(a). In addition,
  826  the department may shall not in any year include any project or
  827  allocate funds to a program in the adopted work program that is
  828  contrary to existing law for that particular year. Projects may
  829  shall not be undertaken unless they are listed in the adopted
  830  work program.
  831         (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), and for the 2014-2015
  832  fiscal year only, the Department of Transportation may use
  833  appropriated funds to support the establishment of a statewide
  834  system of interconnected multiuse trails and to pay the costs of
  835  planning, land acquisition, design, and construction of such
  836  trails and related facilities. Funds specifically appropriated
  837  for this purpose may not reduce, delete, or defer any existing
  838  projects funded as of July 1, 2014, in the Department of
  839  Transportation 5-year work program. This paragraph expires July
  840  1, 2015.
  841         Section 29. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
  842  1913 of the 2014-2015 General Appropriations Act, subsections
  843  (4) and (5) are added to section 335.065, Florida Statutes, to
  844  read:
  845         335.065 Bicycle and pedestrian ways along state roads and
  846  transportation facilities.—
  847         (4) The department may use appropriated funds to support
  848  the establishment of a statewide system of interconnected
  849  multiuse trails and to pay the costs of planning, land
  850  acquisition, design, and construction of such trails and related
  851  facilities. The department shall give funding priority to
  852  projects that:
  853         (a) Are identified by the Florida Greenways and Trails
  854  Council as priorities within the Florida Greenways and Trails
  855  System pursuant to chapter 260.
  856         (b) Support the transportation needs of bicyclists and
  857  pedestrians.
  858         (c) Have national, statewide, or regional importance.
  859         (d) Facilitate an interconnected system of trails by
  860  completing gaps in existing trails.
  861         (5) A project funded under subsection (4) shall:
  862         (a) Be included in the department’s work program developed
  863  pursuant to s. 339.135.
  864         (b) Be operated and maintained by an entity other than the
  865  department upon completion of construction. The department is
  866  not obligated to provide funds for the operation and maintenance
  867  of the project.
  868  
  869  This subsection expires July 1, 2015.
  870         Section 30. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
  871  1913 of the 2014-2015 General Appropriations Act, and
  872  notwithstanding s. 339.135(6)(c), Florida Statutes, the
  873  unobligated funds appropriated for transportation and economic
  874  development projects in Specific Appropriation 1891, Chapter
  875  2013-40, Laws of Florida, shall revert immediately. For the
  876  purposes of this section, the term unobligated funds does not
  877  include funding for projects for which grant agreements have
  878  been executed for specific transportation economic development
  879  projects.
  880         Section 31. In order to implement the appropriation of
  881  funds in the contracted services and expense categories of the
  882  2014-2015 General Appropriations Act, no state agency may
  883  initiate a competitive solicitation for a product or service if
  884  the completion of such competitive solicitation would:
  885         (1) Require a change in law; or
  886         (2) Require a change to the agency’s budget other than a
  887  transfer authorized in s. 216.292(2) or (3), Florida Statutes,
  888  unless the initiation of such competitive solicitation is
  889  specifically authorized in law, in the General Appropriations
  890  Act, or by the Legislative Budget Commission.
  891  
  892  This section does not apply to a competitive solicitation for
  893  which the agency head certifies that a valid emergency exists.
  894  This section expires July 1, 2015.
  895         Section 32. In order to implement the appropriation of
  896  funds in the appropriation category “Special Categories-Risk
  897  Management Insurance” in the 2014-2015 General Appropriations
  898  Act, and pursuant to the notice, review, and objection
  899  procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the Executive Office
  900  of the Governor may transfer funds appropriated in that category
  901  between departments in order to align the budget authority
  902  granted with the premiums paid by each department for risk
  903  management insurance. This section expires July 1, 2015.
  904         Section 33. In order to implement the appropriation of
  905  funds in the appropriation category “Special Categories-Transfer
  906  to Department of Management Services-Human Resources Services
  907  Purchased per Statewide Contract” in the 2014-2015 General
  908  Appropriations Act, and pursuant to the notice, review, and
  909  objection procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the
  910  Executive Office of the Governor may transfer funds appropriated
  911  in that category between departments in order to align the
  912  budget authority granted with the assessments that must be paid
  913  by each agency to the Department of Management Services for
  914  human resource management services. This section expires July 1,
  915  2015.
  916         Section 34. In order to implement appropriations for
  917  salaries and benefits in the 2014-2015 General Appropriations
  918  Act, subsection (6) of section 112.24, Florida Statutes, is
  919  amended to read:
  920         112.24 Intergovernmental interchange of public employees.
  921  To encourage economical and effective utilization of public
  922  employees in this state, the temporary assignment of employees
  923  among agencies of government, both state and local, and
  924  including school districts and public institutions of higher
  925  education is authorized under terms and conditions set forth in
  926  this section. State agencies, municipalities, and political
  927  subdivisions are authorized to enter into employee interchange
  928  agreements with other state agencies, the Federal Government,
  929  another state, a municipality, or a political subdivision
  930  including a school district, or with a public institution of
  931  higher education. State agencies are also authorized to enter
  932  into employee interchange agreements with private institutions
  933  of higher education and other nonprofit organizations under the
  934  terms and conditions provided in this section. In addition, the
  935  Governor or the Governor and Cabinet may enter into employee
  936  interchange agreements with a state agency, the Federal
  937  Government, another state, a municipality, or a political
  938  subdivision including a school district, or with a public
  939  institution of higher learning to fill, subject to the
  940  requirements of chapter 20, appointive offices which are within
  941  the executive branch of government and which are filled by
  942  appointment by the Governor or the Governor and Cabinet. Under
  943  no circumstances shall employee interchange agreements be
  944  utilized for the purpose of assigning individuals to participate
  945  in political campaigns. Duties and responsibilities of
  946  interchange employees shall be limited to the mission and goals
  947  of the agencies of government.
  948         (6) For the 2014-2015 2013-2014 fiscal year only, the
  949  assignment of an employee of a state agency as provided in this
  950  section may be made if recommended by the Governor or Chief
  951  Justice, as appropriate, and approved by the chairs of the
  952  legislative appropriations committees. Such actions shall be
  953  deemed approved if neither chair provides written notice of
  954  objection within 14 days after receiving notice of the action
  955  pursuant to s. 216.177. This subsection expires July 1, 2015
  956  2014.
  957         Section 35. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
  958  2674 and 2675 of the 2014-2015 General Appropriations Act and
  959  notwithstanding s. 11.13(1), Florida Statutes, the authorized
  960  salaries for members of the Legislature for the 2014-2015 fiscal
  961  year shall be set at the same level in effect on July 1, 2010.
  962  This section expires July 1, 2015.
  963         Section 36. In order to implement the transfer of funds to
  964  the General Revenue Fund from trust funds in the 2014-2015
  965  General Appropriations Act, paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of
  966  section 215.32, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
  967         215.32 State funds; segregation.—
  968         (2) The source and use of each of these funds shall be as
  969  follows:
  970         (b)1. The trust funds shall consist of moneys received by
  971  the state which under law or under trust agreement are
  972  segregated for a purpose authorized by law. The state agency or
  973  branch of state government receiving or collecting such moneys
  974  is responsible for their proper expenditure as provided by law.
  975  Upon the request of the state agency or branch of state
  976  government responsible for the administration of the trust fund,
  977  the Chief Financial Officer may establish accounts within the
  978  trust fund at a level considered necessary for proper
  979  accountability. Once an account is established, the Chief
  980  Financial Officer may authorize payment from that account only
  981  upon determining that there is sufficient cash and releases at
  982  the level of the account.
  983         2. In addition to other trust funds created by law, to the
  984  extent possible, each agency shall use the following trust funds
  985  as described in this subparagraph for day-to-day operations:
  986         a. Operations or operating trust fund, for use as a
  987  depository for funds to be used for program operations funded by
  988  program revenues, with the exception of administrative
  989  activities when the operations or operating trust fund is a
  990  proprietary fund.
  991         b. Operations and maintenance trust fund, for use as a
  992  depository for client services funded by third-party payors.
  993         c. Administrative trust fund, for use as a depository for
  994  funds to be used for management activities that are departmental
  995  in nature and funded by indirect cost earnings and assessments
  996  against trust funds. Proprietary funds are excluded from the
  997  requirement of using an administrative trust fund.
  998         d. Grants and donations trust fund, for use as a depository
  999  for funds to be used for allowable grant or donor agreement
 1000  activities funded by restricted contractual revenue from private
 1001  and public nonfederal sources.
 1002         e. Agency working capital trust fund, for use as a
 1003  depository for funds to be used pursuant to s. 216.272.
 1004         f. Clearing funds trust fund, for use as a depository for
 1005  funds to account for collections pending distribution to lawful
 1006  recipients.
 1007         g. Federal grant trust fund, for use as a depository for
 1008  funds to be used for allowable grant activities funded by
 1009  restricted program revenues from federal sources.
 1010  
 1011  To the extent possible, each agency must adjust its internal
 1012  accounting to use existing trust funds consistent with the
 1013  requirements of this subparagraph. If an agency does not have
 1014  trust funds listed in this subparagraph and cannot make such
 1015  adjustment, the agency must recommend the creation of the
 1016  necessary trust funds to the Legislature no later than the next
 1017  scheduled review of the agency’s trust funds pursuant to s.
 1018  215.3206.
 1019         3. All such moneys are hereby appropriated to be expended
 1020  in accordance with the law or trust agreement under which they
 1021  were received, subject always to the provisions of chapter 216
 1022  relating to the appropriation of funds and to the applicable
 1023  laws relating to the deposit or expenditure of moneys in the
 1024  State Treasury.
 1025         4.a. Notwithstanding any provision of law restricting the
 1026  use of trust funds to specific purposes, unappropriated cash
 1027  balances from selected trust funds may be authorized by the
 1028  Legislature for transfer to the Budget Stabilization Fund and
 1029  General Revenue Fund in the General Appropriations Act.
 1030         b. This subparagraph does not apply to trust funds required
 1031  by federal programs or mandates; trust funds established for
 1032  bond covenants, indentures, or resolutions whose revenues are
 1033  legally pledged by the state or public body to meet debt service
 1034  or other financial requirements of any debt obligations of the
 1035  state or any public body; the Division of Licensing Trust Fund
 1036  in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; the
 1037  State Transportation Trust Fund; the trust fund containing the
 1038  net annual proceeds from the Florida Education Lotteries; the
 1039  Florida Retirement System Trust Fund; trust funds under the
 1040  management of the State Board of Education or the Board of
 1041  Governors of the State University System, where such trust funds
 1042  are for auxiliary enterprises, self-insurance, and contracts,
 1043  grants, and donations, as those terms are defined by general
 1044  law; trust funds that serve as clearing funds or accounts for
 1045  the Chief Financial Officer or state agencies; trust funds that
 1046  account for assets held by the state in a trustee capacity as an
 1047  agent or fiduciary for individuals, private organizations, or
 1048  other governmental units; and other trust funds authorized by
 1049  the State Constitution.
 1050         Section 37. The amendment to s. 215.32(2)(b), Florida
 1051  Statutes, as carried forward by this act from chapter 2011-47,
 1052  Laws of Florida, expires July 1, 2015, and the text of that
 1053  paragraph shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2011,
 1054  except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by
 1055  this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the
 1056  extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions
 1057  of text which expire pursuant to this section.
 1058         Section 38. In order to implement the issuance of new debt
 1059  authorized in the 2014-2015 General Appropriations Act, and
 1060  pursuant to s. 215.98, Florida Statutes, the Legislature
 1061  determines that the authorization and issuance of debt for the
 1062  2014-2015 fiscal year should be implemented, is in the best
 1063  interest of the state, and is necessary to address a critical
 1064  state emergency. This section expires July 1, 2015.
 1065         Section 39. In order to implement appropriations in the
 1066  2014-2015 General Appropriations Act for state employee travel,
 1067  the funds appropriated to each state agency, which may be used
 1068  for travel by state employees, shall be limited during the 2014
 1069  2015 fiscal year to travel for activities that are critical to
 1070  each state agency’s mission. Funds may not be used for travel by
 1071  state employees to foreign countries, other states, conferences,
 1072  staff-training activities, or other administrative functions
 1073  unless the agency head has approved, in writing, that such
 1074  activities are critical to the agency’s mission. The agency head
 1075  shall consider using teleconferencing and other forms of
 1076  electronic communication to meet the needs of the proposed
 1077  activity before approving mission-critical travel. This section
 1078  does not apply to travel for law enforcement purposes, military
 1079  purposes, emergency management activities, or public health
 1080  activities. This section expires July 1, 2015.
 1081         Section 40. In order to implement appropriations authorized
 1082  in the 2014-2015 General Appropriations Act for data center
 1083  services scheduled for consolidation in the 2014-2015 fiscal
 1084  year, and pursuant to the notice, review, and objection
 1085  procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the consolidating
 1086  agencies may request the transfer of resources between Data
 1087  Processing Services appropriation categories and the
 1088  appropriation categories for operations based upon changes to
 1089  the consolidation schedule. This section expires July 1, 2015.
 1090         Section 41. In order to implement appropriations authorized
 1091  in the 2014-2015 General Appropriations Act for each of the
 1092  state’s designated primary data centers funded from the data
 1093  processing appropriation category for computing services of user
 1094  agencies, and pursuant to the notice, review, and objection
 1095  procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the Executive Office
 1096  of the Governor may transfer funds appropriated for data
 1097  processing in the 2014-2015 General Appropriations Act between
 1098  agencies in order to align the budget authority granted with the
 1099  utilization rate of each department. This section expires July
 1100  1, 2015.
 1101         Section 42. In order to implement appropriations authorized
 1102  in the 2014-2015 General Appropriations Act for data center
 1103  services, and notwithstanding s. 216.292(2)(a), Florida
 1104  Statutes, except as authorized in sections 40 and 41 of this
 1105  act, no agency may transfer funds from a data processing
 1106  category to a category other than another data processing
 1107  category. This section expires July 1, 2015.
 1108         Section 43. In order to implement section 8 of the 2014
 1109  2015 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (b) of subsection (2)
 1110  of section 110.12315, Florida Statutes, is reenacted, and
 1111  paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of that section is reenacted and
 1112  amended, to read:
 1113         110.12315 Prescription drug program.—The state employees’
 1114  prescription drug program is established. This program shall be
 1115  administered by the Department of Management Services, according
 1116  to the terms and conditions of the plan as established by the
 1117  relevant provisions of the annual General Appropriations Act and
 1118  implementing legislation, subject to the following conditions:
 1119         (2) In providing for reimbursement of pharmacies for
 1120  prescription medicines dispensed to members of the state group
 1121  health insurance plan and their dependents under the state
 1122  employees’ prescription drug program:
 1123         (b) There shall be a 30-day supply limit for prescription
 1124  card purchases and 90-day supply limit for mail order or mail
 1125  order prescription drug purchases. The Department of Management
 1126  Services may implement a 90-day supply limit program for certain
 1127  maintenance drugs as determined by the department at retail
 1128  pharmacies participating in the program if the department
 1129  determines it to be in the best financial interest of the state.
 1130         (7) Under the state employees’ prescription drug program
 1131  copayments must be made as follows:
 1132         (a) Effective January 1, 2014 2013, for the State Group
 1133  Health Insurance Standard Plan:
 1134         1. For generic drug with card $7.
 1135         2. For preferred brand name drug with card $30.
 1136         3. For nonpreferred brand name drug with card $50.
 1137         4. For generic mail order drug $14.
 1138         5. For preferred brand name mail order drug $60.
 1139         6. For nonpreferred brand name mail order drug $100.
 1140         Section 44. (1) The amendment to s. 110.12315(2)(b),
 1141  Florida Statutes, as carried forward by this act from chapter
 1142  2013-41, Laws of Florida, expires July 1, 2015, and the text of
 1143  that paragraph shall revert to that in existence on June 30,
 1144  2012, except that any amendments to such text enacted other than
 1145  by this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the
 1146  extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions
 1147  of text which expire pursuant to this section.
 1148         (2) The amendment to s. 110.12315(7)(a), Florida Statutes,
 1149  as carried forward by this act from chapter 2013-41, Laws of
 1150  Florida, expires July 1, 2015, and the text of that paragraph
 1151  shall revert to that in existence on December 31, 2010, except
 1152  that any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act
 1153  shall be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that
 1154  such amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text
 1155  which expire pursuant to this section.
 1156         Section 45. Any section of this act which implements a
 1157  specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso
 1158  language in the 2014-2015 General Appropriations Act is void if
 1159  the specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso
 1160  language is vetoed. Any section of this act which implements
 1161  more than one specific appropriation or more than one portion of
 1162  specifically identified proviso language in the 2014-2015
 1163  General Appropriations Act is void if all the specific
 1164  appropriations or portions of specifically identified proviso
 1165  language are vetoed.
 1166         Section 46. If any other act passed during the 2014 Regular
 1167  Session contains a provision that is substantively the same as a
 1168  provision in this act, but that removes or is otherwise not
 1169  subject to the future repeal applied to such provision by this
 1170  act, the Legislature intends that the provision in the other act
 1171  takes precedence and continues to operate, notwithstanding the
 1172  future repeal provided by this act.
 1173         Section 47. If any provision of this act or its application
 1174  to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity
 1175  does not affect other provisions or applications of the act
 1176  which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
 1177  application, and to this end the provisions of this act are
 1178  severable.
 1179         Section 48. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
 1180  act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon
 1181  this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1,
 1182  2014; or, if this act fails to become a law until after that
 1183  date, it shall take effect upon becoming a law and operate
 1184  retroactively to July 1, 2014.

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