HB 5013

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to client services fee collections;
3	amending s. 402.33, F.S.; eliminating certain authority of
4	the Department of Children and Family Services and the
5	Department of Health to use fee collections in excess of
6	fee-supported appropriations for certain purposes;
7	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.  Subsection (10) of section 402.33, Florida
12	Statutes, is amended to read:
13	402.33  Department authority to charge fees for services
14	provided.--
15	(10)(a)  Unless otherwise specified by the Legislature, fee
16	collections, including third-party reimbursements, in excess of
17	fee-supported appropriations may be used in conformance with the
18	provisions of chapter 216 to fund nonrecurring expenditures for
19	direct client services and to fund administrative costs of
20	improving the fee collection program of the department. No more
21	than one-sixth of the amount of collections in excess of the
22	amount of appropriations may be used to fund such improvements
23	to the program. Priority consideration for the expenditure of
24	excess collections shall be given to those districts and
25	programs most responsible for the excess. A plan for the use of
26	excess collections not spent in the fiscal year in which
27	collected shall be subject to approval by the Executive Office
28	of the Governor within 90 days from the end of the state fiscal
29	year in which the excess occurs.
30	(b)  For the 2005-2006 fiscal year only, the provisions of
31	paragraph (a) shall not apply. This paragraph expires July 1,
32	2006.
33	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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