Florida Senate - 2014                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/HB 7141, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Altman moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 555 and 556
    4  insert:
    5         Section 10. Section 409.991, Florida Statutes, is created
    6  to read:
    7         409.991Allocation of funds for community-based care lead
    8  agencies.—
    9         (1)As used in this section, the term:
   10         (a)“Core services funding” means all funds allocated to
   11  community-based care lead agencies operating under contract with
   12  the department pursuant to s. 409.1671, with the following
   13  exceptions:
   14         1.Funds appropriated for independent living;
   15         2.Funds appropriated for maintenance adoption subsidies;
   16         3.Funds allocated by the department for protective
   17  investigations training;
   18         4.Nonrecurring funds;
   19         5.Designated mental health wrap-around services funds; and
   20         6.Funds for special projects for a designated community
   21  based care lead agency.
   22         (b)“Fair-share funding allocation model” means an
   23  allocation model that uses the following factors:
   24         1.Proportion of child abuse hotline workload; and
   25         2.Proportion of children in care;
   26         (c)“Proportion of child abuse hotline workload” means the
   27  weighted average of the following subcomponents:
   28         1.The average number of initial and additional child abuse
   29  reports received during the most recent calendar year based on
   30  child protective investigations trend reports as determined by
   31  the department. This subcomponent shall be weighted as 20
   32  percent of the factor.
   33         2.The average count of children in investigations in the
   34  most recent calendar year based on child protective
   35  investigations trend reports as determined by the department.
   36  This subcomponent shall be weighted as 40 percent of the factor.
   37         3.The average count of children in investigations with a
   38  verified finding of abuse in the most recent calendar year based
   39  on child protective investigations trend reports as determined
   40  by the department. This subcomponent shall be weighted as 40
   41  percent of the factor.
   42         (d)“Proportion of children in care” means the proportion
   43  of the aggregate number of children in care receiving out-of
   44  home services and the number of children receiving in-home case
   45  management services during the most recent calendar year.
   46         1.The subcomponent of out-of-home care shall be weighted
   47  as 60 percent of the factor.
   48         2.The subcomponent of in-home case management services
   49  shall be weighted as 40 percent of the factor.
   50         (2)The fair-share model proportion shall be calculated
   51  based on the following weights:
   52         (b)Proportion of child abuse hotline workload shall be
   53  weighted as 70 percent of the total;
   54         (c)Proportion of children in care shall be weighted as 30
   55  percent of the total.
   56         (3)Beginning in the 2014-2015 state fiscal year, the
   57  recurring core services funding for each community-based care
   58  lead agency shall be based on the prior year recurring base of
   59  such funding.
   60         (4)Unless otherwise specified in the General
   61  Appropriations Act, any new funds shall be allocated based on
   62  the fair-share funding allocation model. New allocations to core
   63  services funding shall be allocated only to community-based care
   64  lead agencies when such agencies’ current funding proportion is
   65  less than their proportion of funding based upon the fair-share
   66  funding allocation model.
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   68  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   69  And the title is amended as follows:
   70         Between lines 51 and 52
   71  insert:
   72         creating s. 409.991, F.S.; defining terms; providing
   73         requirements for the allocation of funds for
   74         community-based lead care agencies;