Bill Amendment: FL S2518 | 2024 | Regular Session
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Bill Title: Health and Human Services
Status: 2024-03-08 - Ordered engrossed, then enrolled [S2518 Detail]
Download: Florida-2024-S2518-Senate_Floor_Conference_Committee_Amendment_243308.html
Bill Title: Health and Human Services
Status: 2024-03-08 - Ordered engrossed, then enrolled [S2518 Detail]
Download: Florida-2024-S2518-Senate_Floor_Conference_Committee_Amendment_243308.html
Florida Senate - 2024 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2518 Ì243308$Î243308 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Conference Committee on SB 2518 recommended the following: 1 Senate Conference Committee Amendment (with title 2 amendment) 3 4 Delete everything after the enacting clause 5 and insert: 6 Section 1. Present subsection (9) of section 381.4019, 7 Florida Statutes, as amended by SB 7016, 2024 Regular Session, 8 is redesignated as subsection (10), and a new subsection (9) is 9 added to that section, to read: 10 381.4019 Dental Student Loan Repayment Program.—The Dental 11 Student Loan Repayment Program is established to support the 12 state Medicaid program and promote access to dental care by 13 supporting qualified dentists and dental hygienists who treat 14 medically underserved populations in dental health professional 15 shortage areas or medically underserved areas. 16 (9) Any payments made under this section and subsequently 17 returned by a financial institution to the department may be 18 deposited into the Grants and Donations Trust Fund to be used 19 for the same purpose. Notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, 20 the department may submit budget amendments, subject to the 21 notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, to 22 increase budget authority to make payments under this section. 23 Section 2. Present subsection (8) of section 1009.65, 24 Florida Statutes, as transferred, renumbered as section 381.402, 25 Florida Statutes, and amended by SB 7016, 2024 Regular Session, 26 is redesignated as subsection (9), and a new subsection (8) is 27 added to that section, to read: 28 381.402 Florida Reimbursement Assistance for Medical 29 Education Program.— 30 (8) Any payments made under this section and subsequently 31 returned by a financial institution to the Department of Health 32 may be deposited into the Grants and Donations Trust Fund to be 33 used for the same purpose. Notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 34 216.292, the department may submit budget amendments, subject to 35 the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, to 36 increase budget authority to make payments under this section. 37 Section 3. Subsection (4) and paragraph (b) of subsection 38 (5) of section 420.622, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 39 420.622 State Office on Homelessness; Council on 40 Homelessness.— 41 (4) The State Office on Homelessness shall accept and 42 administer moneys appropriated to it to provide annual challenge 43 grants to lead agencies of continuums of care designated by the 44 State Office on Homelessness under s. 420.6225. The department 45 shall establish varying levels of grant awards up to $1.2 46 million$750,000per continuum of care lead agency. The 47 department, in consultation with the Council on Homelessness, 48 shall specify a grant award level in the notice of the 49 solicitation of grant applications. 50 (a) To qualify for the grant, a continuum of care lead 51 agency must develop and implement a local continuum of care plan 52 for its designated catchment area. The services and housing 53 funded through the grant must be implemented through the 54 continuum of care’s coordinated entry system as provided in s. 55 420.6225(5)(b) and must be designed to assess and refer persons 56 seeking assistance to the appropriate housing intervention and 57 service provider. The continuum of care lead agency shall also 58 document the commitment of local government or private 59 organizations to provide matching funds or in-kind support in an 60 amount equal to 25 percent of the grant requested. Expenditures 61 of leveraged funds or resources, including third-party cash or 62 in-kind contributions, are authorized only for eligible 63 activities carried out in connection with a project in which 64 such funds or resources have not been used as leverage or match 65 for any other project or program. The expenditures must be 66 certified through a written commitment. 67 (b) Preference must be given to those continuum of care 68 lead agencies that have demonstrated the ability of their 69 continuum of care to help households move out of homelessness. 70 (c) The grant may be used to fund any of the housing, 71 program, or service needs included in the local continuum of 72 care plan. The continuum of care lead agency may allocate the 73 grant to programs, services, or housing providers that implement 74 the local continuum of care plan. The continuum of care lead 75 agency may provide subgrants to a local agency to implement 76 programs or services or provide housing identified for funding 77 in the continuum of care lead agency’s application to the 78 department. A continuum of care lead agency may spend a maximum 79 of 10 percent of its funding on administrative costs. 80 (d) The continuum of care lead agency shall submit a final 81 report to the department documenting the outcomes achieved by 82 the grant-funded programs in enabling persons who are homeless 83 to return to permanent housing, thereby ending such person’s 84 episode of homelessness. 85 (5) The State Office on Homelessness may administer moneys 86 given to it to provide homeless housing assistance grants 87 annually to continuum of care lead agencies recognized by the 88 State Office on Homelessness to acquire, construct, or 89 rehabilitate permanent housing units for homeless persons. These 90 moneys shall consist of any sums that the state may appropriate, 91 as well as money received from donations, gifts, bequests, or 92 any other public or private source, which are intended to 93 acquire, construct, or rehabilitate permanent housing units for 94 homeless persons. 95 (b) Funding for any particular project may not exceed $1.2 96 million$750,000. 97 Section 4. Subsection (10) is added to section 430.204, 98 Florida Statutes, to read: 99 430.204 Community-care-for-the-elderly core services; 100 departmental powers and duties.— 101 (10) An area agency on aging may carry forward documented 102 unexpended state funds from one fiscal year to the next. The 103 cumulative amount carried forward may not exceed 10 percent of 104 the area agency’s planning and service area allocation for the 105 community-care-for-the-elderly program. Funds that are carried 106 forward from one fiscal year to the next are subject to all of 107 the following conditions: 108 (a) The funds may not be used in any manner that would 109 create increased recurring future obligations, and such funds 110 may not be used for any type of program or service that is not 111 currently authorized by existing contracts. 112 (b) Expenditures of the funds must be separately reported 113 to the department. 114 (c) Any unexpended funds that remain at the end of the 115 contract period must be returned to the department. 116 (d) The funds may be retained through any contract renewals 117 or any new procurements as long as the same area agency on aging 118 is retained by the department. 119 Section 5. Implementation of chapter 2023-277, Laws of 120 Florida, by the Agency for Health Care Administration and the 121 Florida Healthy Kids Corporation is contingent upon federal 122 approval through a Medicaid waiver or a state plan amendment. 123 This section shall take effect upon this act becoming a law. 124 Section 6. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this 125 act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon 126 this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 127 2024. 128 129 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 130 And the title is amended as follows: 131 Delete everything before the enacting clause 132 and insert: 133 A bill to be entitled 134 An act relating to health and human services; amending 135 ss. 381.4019 and 381.402, F.S.; providing for the 136 deposit and use of funds from the Dental Student Loan 137 Repayment Program and the Florida Reimbursement 138 Assistance for Medical Education Program, 139 respectively, which are returned by a financial 140 institution to the Department of Health; authorizing 141 the department to submit budget amendments for a 142 specified purpose; amending s. 420.622, F.S.; revising 143 the cap on the grant award levels for continuum of 144 care lead agencies designated by the State Office on 145 Homelessness; amending s. 430.204, F.S.; authorizing 146 area agencies on aging to carry forward a specified 147 percentage of documented unexpended state funds, 148 subject to certain conditions; providing that 149 implementation of specified provisions of law 150 regarding Florida Kidcare program eligibility are 151 contingent upon certain federal approval; providing 152 effective dates.