| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to workforce innovation; amending s. |
| 3 | 445.007, F.S.; authorizing designation of a regional |
| 4 | workforce board as a one-stop operator and direct provider |
| 5 | of certain services by agreement of the chief elected |
| 6 | official and the Governor; requiring Workforce Florida, |
| 7 | Inc., to establish certain procedures and criteria; |
| 8 | providing for certain time limitations; providing an |
| 9 | effective date. |
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 13 | Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 445.007, Florida |
| 14 | Statutes, is amended, present subsections (6) through (8) of |
| 15 | that section are redesignated as subsections (7) through (9), |
| 16 | respectively, and a new subsection (6) is added to that section, |
| 17 | to read: |
| 18 | 445.007 Regional workforce boards.-- |
| 19 | (5) Workforce Florida, Inc., shall implement a training |
| 20 | program for the regional workforce boards to familiarize board |
| 21 | members with the state's workforce development goals and |
| 22 | strategies. |
| 23 | (6) The regional workforce board shall designate all local |
| 24 | service providers and may shall not transfer this authority to a |
| 25 | third party. In order to exercise independent oversight, The |
| 26 | regional workforce board may shall not be designated as a one- |
| 27 | stop operator and direct provider of intake, assessment, |
| 28 | eligibility determinations, or other direct provider services |
| 29 | except training services. Such designation may occur only with |
| 30 | the agreement of the chief elected official and the Governor as |
| 31 | specified in 29 U.S.C. s. 2832(f)(2). Workforce Florida, Inc., |
| 32 | shall establish procedures by which permission to operate under |
| 33 | this subsection shall be requested and criteria under which such |
| 34 | permission may be granted. The criteria shall include, but not |
| 35 | be limited to, a reduction in the cost of providing the |
| 36 | permitted services. Such permission shall be for a period not to |
| 37 | exceed 3 years for any single request submitted by any regional |
| 38 | workforce board. |
| 39 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008. |