Bill Text: FL S7056 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Department of Children and Families

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (N/A - Dead) 2013-04-04 - Submit as committee bill by Appropriations (SB 1518) [S7056 Detail]

Download: Florida-2013-S7056-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2013         (PROPOSED COMMITTEE BILL) SPB 7056
       
       
       
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Appropriations
       
       
       
       
       576-02516A-13                                         20137056__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to Department of Children and
    3         Families; amending s. 394.9082, F.S.; providing for
    4         the carrying forward, expenditure, and return of
    5         unexpended funds paid to entities contracting with the
    6         department to manage the delivery of behavioral health
    7         services; amending s. 409.16713, F.S.; revising
    8         recurring core services funding for community-based
    9         care lead agencies; providing an effective date.
   10  
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Present subsections (9) and (10) of section
   14  394.9082, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (10)
   15  and (11), respectively, and new subsection (9) is added to that
   16  section, to read:
   17         394.9082 Behavioral health managing entities.—
   18         (9) FUNDING FOR MANAGING ENTITIES.—
   19         (a) A contract established between the department and a
   20  managing entity under this section shall be funded by general
   21  revenue, other applicable state funds, or applicable federal
   22  funding sources. A managing entity may carry forward documented
   23  unexpended state funds from one fiscal year to the next;
   24  however, the cumulative amount carried forward may not exceed 8
   25  percent of the total contract. Any unexpended state funds in
   26  excess of that percentage must be returned to the department.
   27  The funds carried forward may not be used in a way that would
   28  create increased recurring future obligations or for any program
   29  or service that is not currently authorized under the existing
   30  contract with the department. Expenditures of funds carried
   31  forward must be separately reported to the department. Any
   32  unexpended funds that remain at the end of the contract period
   33  shall be returned to the department. Funds carried forward may
   34  be retained through contract renewals and new procurements as
   35  long as the same managing entity is retained by the department.
   36         (b) The method of payment for a fixed-price contract with a
   37  managing entity must provide for a 2-month advance payment at
   38  the beginning of each fiscal year and equal monthly payments
   39  thereafter.
   40         Section 2. Subsections (3) and (4) of section 409.16713,
   41  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   42         409.16713 Allocation of funds for community-based care lead
   43  agencies.—
   44         (3) Beginning in the 2013-2014 2011-2012 state fiscal year,
   45  90 75 percent of the recurring core services funding for each
   46  community-based care lead agency shall be based on the prior
   47  year recurring base of core services funds and 10 25 percent
   48  shall be based on the equity allocation model.
   49         (4) Unless otherwise specified in the General
   50  Appropriations Act For the 2011-2012 state fiscal year, any new
   51  core services funds shall be allocated based on the equity
   52  allocation model. Such allocations must shall be proportional to
   53  the proportion of funding based on the equity model and
   54  allocated only to the community-based care lead agency contracts
   55  if where the current funding proportion is less than the
   56  proportion of funding based on the equity model.
   57         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.