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995062
General Appropriations Bill                          Committee       Amendment
SB2200                                                  HHS              37


Senator(s): Myers
moved the following amendment:

Section: 03              EXPLANATION:

On Page: 080             This amendment moves the methadone outpatient treatment
                         program located in the Department of Children and
Spec App:  398           Families, which is contracted with South Florida
                         Substance Abuse, Inc. in the amount of $567,847 in
                         General Revenue to the Department of Health.  Also,
                         inserts proviso that identifies a specific type of
                         provider for the methadone program in South Florida.

NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
_________________________________________________________________________________

                                                  Positions & Amount   Positions & Amount
                                                      DELETE         INSERT

        CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF
        Services
        Substance Abuse Program
        Adult Substance Abuse Prevention, 
        Evaluation And Treatment Services  60910603

        In Section 03  On Page 080
398     Special Categories  100618
        Grants And Aids - Community Substance                
        Abuse Services  IOEB

   1000   From General Revenue Fund               21,435,185     20,867,338
       CA -567,847  FSI2 0  FSI3 0  NR 0  FSI2NR 0  FSI3NR 0

        HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF
        Community Public Health
        Infectious Disease Prevention And Control  64200400

        In Section 03  On Page 097
511     Special Categories  100778
        Grants And Aids - Contracted Services  IOEB

   1000   From General Revenue Fund                2,954,573      3,522,420

     995062  Log:0037  RTS/RTS           03/29/00 08:59:46 PM  Senate  Page: 1
       CA 567,847  FSI2 0  FSI3 0  NR 0  FSI2NR 0  FSI3NR 0

        Following Specific Appropriation 511, INSERT:

From the recurring General Revenue funds in Specific Appropriation 503,
$400,000 in Grants and Aids - AIDS Patient Care, and Specific
Appropriation 511, $467,850 in Grants and Aids - Contracted Services, is
provided to an existing program providing methadone outpatient
treatment, HIV/AIDS, and hepatitis prevention services in Broward and
Palm Beach counties.  The program shall have a minimum of five years
experience in outpatient intervention and prevention services for
HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, other sexually transmitted and communicable
diseases among intravenous opioid (Heroin) users enrolled in a Methadone
program under a Department of Health contract employing Methadone
pharmaco replacement therapy.  Treatment services will target the
Southeast Florida area, and include individuals who reside in, receive
treatment, and/or work in Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, and St Lucie
Counties.  The treatment program sponsor shall be a physician licensed
under F.S. 458 or 459, certified by the American Society of Addiction
Medicine, with a minimum of five years Methadone treatment experience
during the past 7 years in Palm Beach or Broward Counties in direct
patient care in a Florida licensed outpatient Methadone treatment
program.

Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process. However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items.
995062 Log:0037 RTS/RTS 03/29/00 08:59:46 PM Senate Page: 2