HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1E CS
1	CHAMBER ACTION
2	Senate House
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12	Representative Gannon offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with title amendment)
15	Between line(s) 710 and 711, insert:
16	Section 5. For the 2003-2004 fiscal year, the sum of $20
17	million is appropriated from nonrecurring general revenue to the
18	Agency for Health Care Administration to provide comprehensive
19	health insurance coverage to Title XXI children eligible under
20	the Florida Kidcare Program. Notwithstanding any language
21	contained in the 2003-2004 General Appropriations Act,
22	including, but not limited to, Specific Appropriations 144
23	through 147, such funds shall be used during fiscal year 2003-
24	2004:
25	(1) To provide Kidcare benefits and coverage for Title XXI
26	eligible children on the waiting list as of the effective date
27	of this act.
28	(2) For Title XXI eligible children not on the waiting
29	list as of the effective date of this act but for whom
30	application is subsequently made for Kidcare benefits.
31	(3) To prevent disenrollment of children currently
32	enrolled in Title XXI programs.
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34	In order to maximize federal funds, the agency is granted in
35	compliance with chapter 216, Florida Statutes, additional budget
36	authority to expand existing programs using increased federal
37	funding through Title XXI of the Social Security Act.
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40	Remove line(s) 11-45, and insert:
41	An act relating to economic development; creating s.
42	288.955, F.S.; providing definitions; creating the Scripps
43	Florida Funding Corporation to facilitate the
44	establishment and operation of a biomedical research
45	institution for the purposes of enhancing education and
46	research and promoting economic development and diversity;
47	providing for a board of directors; prohibiting conflicts
48	of interest; providing penalties; providing powers and
49	duties of the corporation; providing for investment of
50	funds; requiring an operating plan; requiring the
51	corporation and a grantee entity to enter into a contract;
52	providing contract requirements; providing for performance
53	expectations and performance measures; providing
54	requirements and criteria; providing for disbursement and
55	reinvestment of funds; requiring reports, audits, and
56	evaluations; limiting the use of funds; providing that the
57	appropriation of funds does not constitute a debt of the
58	state or a subdivision of the state nor does it subject
59	the state or a subdivision to liability; providing for
60	extension of certain deadlines in certain situations in
61	which the grantee cannot meet contract conditions with
62	limitations; providing for resumption of such deadlines;
63	amending s. 20.435, F.S.; providing for additional funds
64	to be deposited into the Biomedical Research Trust Fund;
65	deleting a provision for future termination date of the
66	fund; amending s. 403.973, F.S.; specifying that projects
67	that are part of the biomedical research institution and
68	campus are eligible for the expedited permitting process;
69	providing for challenges to state agency action in
70	expedited permitting related to the institution and
71	campus; providing legislative intent with respect to
72	creating economic opportunity and improving public health
73	through the establishment of a biomedical research
74	institution; providing appropriations; providing an
75	effective date.