SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 660

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Brown-Waite moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 2, lines 17-27, delete those lines

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16  and insert:  furnished under contract. Notwithstanding the

17  provisions of s. 215.425, all documented federal funds earned

18  for the current fiscal year by the department and

19  community-based agencies which exceed the amount appropriated

20  by the Legislature shall be distributed to all entities that

21  contributed to the excess earnings based on a schedule and

22  methodology developed by the department and approved by the

23  Executive Office of the Governor. Distribution shall be pro

24  rata based on total earnings and shall be made only to those

25  entities that contributed to excess earnings. Excess earnings

26  of community-based agencies shall be used only in the district

27  in which they were earned. Additional state funds appropriated

28  by the Legislature for community-based agencies or made

29  available pursuant to the budgetary amendment process

30  described in s. 216.177 shall be transferred to the

31  community-based agencies. The department shall amend a

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 660

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 1  community-based agency's contract to permit expenditure of the

 2  funds. The distribution program applies only to entities that

 3  were under privatization contracts as of July 1, 1999. This

 4  program is authorized for a period of 3 years beginning July

 5  1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2002. The Office of Program

 6  Policy Analysis and Government Accountability shall review

 7  this program and report to the Legislature by December 31,

 8  2001. The review shall assess the program to determine how the

 9  additional resources were used, the number of additional

10  clients served, the improvements in quality of service

11  attained, the performance outcomes associated with the

12  additional resources, and the feasibility of continuing or

13  expanding this program. The methodology must provide for the

14  transfer of

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18  And the title is amended as follows:

19         On page 1, lines 4-11, delete those lines

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22         for distribution of documented federal funds in

23         excess of amounts appropriated by the

24         Legislature; providing uses for such funds;

25         providing for a review of the distribution

26         program and a report; specifying that an agency

27         that provides

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