| 1 | Representative(s) Saunders offered the following: |
| 2 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 3 | Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert: |
| 4 | Section 1. Subsection (1), paragraph (a) of subsection |
| 5 | (2), paragraph (a) of subsection (10), and subsections (12) and |
| 6 | (14) of section 1004.445, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 7 | 1004.445 Ronald Reagan Johnnie B. Byrd, Sr., Alzheimer's |
| 8 | Center and Research Institute.-- |
| 9 | (1) The Ronald Reagan Johnnie B. Byrd, Sr., Alzheimer's |
| 10 | Center and Research Institute is established at the University |
| 11 | of South Florida. |
| 12 | (2)(a) The State Board of Education shall enter into an |
| 13 | agreement for the utilization of the facilities on the campus of |
| 14 | the University of South Florida to be known as the Ronald Reagan |
| 15 | Johnnie B. Byrd, Sr., Alzheimer's Center and Research Institute, |
| 16 | including all furnishings, equipment, and other chattels used in |
| 17 | the operation of those facilities, with a Florida not-for-profit |
| 18 | corporation organized solely for the purpose of governing and |
| 19 | operating the Ronald Reagan Johnnie B. Byrd, Sr., Alzheimer's |
| 20 | Center and Research Institute. This not-for-profit corporation, |
| 21 | acting as an instrumentality of the state, shall govern and |
| 22 | operate the Ronald Reagan Johnnie B. Byrd, Sr., Alzheimer's |
| 23 | Center and Research Institute in accordance with the terms of |
| 24 | the agreement between the State Board of Education and the not- |
| 25 | for-profit corporation. The not-for-profit corporation may, with |
| 26 | the prior approval of the Board of Governors, create either for- |
| 27 | profit or not-for-profit corporate subsidiaries, or both, to |
| 28 | fulfill its mission. The not-for-profit corporation and its |
| 29 | subsidiaries are authorized to receive, hold, invest, and |
| 30 | administer property and any moneys acquired from private, local, |
| 31 | state, and federal sources, as well as technical and |
| 32 | professional income generated or derived from practice |
| 33 | activities of the institute, for the benefit of the institute |
| 34 | and the fulfillment of its mission. Effective July 1, 2007, the |
| 35 | agreement authority provided to the State Board of Education is |
| 36 | transferred to the Board of Governors. |
| 37 | (10) The following information is confidential and exempt |
| 38 | from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24, Art. I of the State Constitution: |
| 39 | (a) Personal identifying information relating to clients |
| 40 | of programs created or funded through the Ronald Reagan Johnnie |
| 41 | B. Byrd, Sr., Alzheimer's Center and Research Institute that is |
| 42 | held by the institute, the University of South Florida, the |
| 43 | Board of Governors, or the State Board of Education; |
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| 45 | Any governmental entity that demonstrates a need to access such |
| 46 | confidential and exempt information in order to perform its |
| 47 | duties and responsibilities shall have access to such |
| 48 | information. |
| 49 | (12) Beginning in fiscal year 2007-2008 2006-2007, the sum |
| 50 | of $7.5 $15 million is appropriated annually from recurring |
| 51 | funds in the General Revenue Fund to the Grants and Donations |
| 52 | Trust Fund within the Department of Elderly Affairs for the |
| 53 | Ronald Reagan Johnnie B. Byrd, Sr., Alzheimer's Center and |
| 54 | Research Institute at the University of South Florida for the |
| 55 | purposes as provided under paragraph (6)(a), conducting and |
| 56 | supporting research, providing institutional research grants and |
| 57 | investigator-initiated research grants, developing and operating |
| 58 | integrated data projects, and providing assistance to |
| 59 | statutorily designated memory disorder clinics as provided under |
| 60 | s. 430.502. Not less than 80 percent of the appropriated funds |
| 61 | shall be expended for these purposes, and not less than 20 |
| 62 | percent of the appropriated funds shall be expended for peer- |
| 63 | reviewed investigator-initiated research grants. |
| 64 | (14) The Legislature shall review the performance, the |
| 65 | outcomes, and the financial management of the Ronald Reagan |
| 66 | Johnnie B. Byrd, Sr., Alzheimer's Center and Research Institute |
| 67 | during the 2010 Regular Session of the Legislature and shall |
| 68 | determine the most appropriate funding source and means of |
| 69 | funding the center and institute based on its review. |
| 70 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |
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| 73 | Remove the entire title and insert: |
| 74 | A bill to be entitled |
| 75 | An act relating to Alzheimer's disease research; amending |
| 76 | s. 1004.445, F.S.; renaming the Johnnie B. Byrd, Sr., |
| 77 | Alzheimer's Center and Research Institute as the Ronald |
| 78 | Reagan Alzheimer's Center and Research Institute; |
| 79 | providing a reduced appropriation to the Ronald Reagan |
| 80 | Alzheimer's Center and Research Institute; providing an |
| 81 | effective date. |