| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to health and human services hurricane |
| 3 | relief; providing legislative findings; providing lump-sum |
| 4 | appropriations for support services to the elderly, |
| 5 | children and families, and the developmentally disabled; |
| 6 | requiring notice of transfer of funds into certain |
| 7 | appropriations categories; providing an effective date. |
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 11 | Section 1. The Legislature finds that immediate assistance |
| 12 | is needed to provide nutritional, medical, and social services |
| 13 | to the elderly, children, families, individuals with |
| 14 | disabilities, low-income individuals, and the communities in |
| 15 | which they live to address the impact of Hurricanes Charley, |
| 16 | Frances, Jeanne, and Ivan and Tropical Storm Bonnie, which |
| 17 | struck the state during 2004. |
| 18 | Section 2. The sum of $12,000,000 from the Federal Grants |
| 19 | Trust Fund is hereby appropriated in lump sum to the Department |
| 20 | of Elderly Affairs for the purpose of providing support services |
| 21 | relating to the 2004 hurricanes to the elderly during the 2004- |
| 22 | 2005 fiscal year. |
| 23 | Section 3. The sums of $4,704,736 from the Social Services |
| 24 | Block Grant Trust Fund and $4,500,000 from the Alcohol, Drug |
| 25 | Abuse, and Mental Health Trust Fund are hereby appropriated in |
| 26 | lump sum to the Department of Children and Family Services for |
| 27 | the purpose of providing support services relating to the 2004 |
| 28 | hurricanes to children and families during the 2004-2005 fiscal |
| 29 | year. |
| 30 | Section 4. The sum of $1,313,429 from the Social Services |
| 31 | Block Grant Trust Fund is hereby appropriated in lump sum to the |
| 32 | Agency for Persons with Disabilities for the purpose of |
| 33 | providing support services relating to the 2004 hurricanes to |
| 34 | the developmentally disabled during the 2004-2005 fiscal year. |
| 35 | Section 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of section |
| 36 | 216.177, Florida Statutes, requiring a 14-day notice for interim |
| 37 | budget actions, and pursuant to section 216.351, Florida |
| 38 | Statutes, the Executive Office of the Governor shall provide |
| 39 | notice of the allocation of the lump-sum appropriations |
| 40 | authorized by this act into traditional appropriations |
| 41 | categories to the chair and vice chair of the Legislative Budget |
| 42 | Commission at least 3 working days prior to the effective date |
| 43 | of such allocation. |
| 44 | Section 6. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |