Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 718
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  02/24/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Ring) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 25 - 43
    4  and insert:
    5         (c)1. Upon request by a person who has a developmental,
    6  hearing, or visual disability, or by a parent or guardian of a
    7  child or ward who has a developmental, hearing, or visual
    8  disability, the department shall issue an identification card
    9  exhibiting a capital “D” for the person, child, or ward if the
   10  person or the parent or guardian of the child or ward submits:
   11         a. Payment of an additional $10 fee; and
   12         b. Proof acceptable to the department of a diagnosis by a
   13  licensed physician of a developmental disability as defined in
   14  s. 393.063 or a hearing or visual disability.
   15         2. The department shall deposit the additional $10 fee into
   16  the Agency for Persons with Disabilities Operations and
   17  Maintenance Trust Fund under s. 20.1971(2).
   18         3. A replacement identification card that includes the
   19  designation may be issued without payment of the fee required
   20  under s. 322.21(1)(f).
   21         4. The department shall develop rules to facilitate the
   22  issuance, requirements, and oversight of developmental, hearing,
   23  or visual disability identification cards under this section.
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   26  And the title is amended as follows:
   27         Delete lines 6 - 16
   28  and insert:
   29         has a developmental, hearing, or visual disability
   30         under certain circumstances; requiring payment of an
   31         additional fee and proof of diagnosis by a licensed
   32         physician; requiring the fee to be deposited into the
   33         Agency for Persons with Disabilities Operations and
   34         Maintenance Trust Fund; authorizing issuance of a
   35         replacement identification card that includes the
   36         special designation without payment of a specified
   37         fee; requiring the department to develop rules to
   38         facilitate the issuance, requirements, and oversight
   39         of developmental, hearing, or visual disability
   40         identification cards;