Florida Senate - 2009              PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
       Bill No. SB 1666
       
       
       
       
       
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       Proposed Committee Substitute by the Committee on Health and
       Human Services Appropriations
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to community-based agencies; amending
    3         s. 409.1671, F.S.; requiring the Department of
    4         Children and Family Services to ensure that contracts
    5         entered into with community-based agencies are funded
    6         by a grant of general revenue and federal funding
    7         sources; requiring community-based agencies to
    8         document federal earnings; authorizing the department
    9         to contract for the oversight of the community-based
   10         agencies; specifying permissible expenditures;
   11         requiring the department to enter into certain
   12         contracts with community-based agencies; authorizing
   13         community-based agencies to retain any interest earned
   14         on advances to expend on allowable child welfare and
   15         related services; requiring the department to develop
   16         reporting requirements; providing an effective date.
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   18  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   20         Section 1. Subsections (12), (13), and (14) are added to
   21  section 409.1671, Florida Statutes, to read:
   22         409.1671 Foster care and related services; outsourcing.—
   23         (12) The department shall ensure that a contract entered
   24  into with each community-based agency pursuant to this section
   25  is funded by a grant of general revenue and by applicable
   26  federal funding sources. Each community-based agency is
   27  responsible for documenting federal earnings, and federal
   28  earnings not documented shall be returned to the department.
   29  Notwithstanding subsection (8), each community-based agency’s
   30  annual contract amount may be increased by excess federal
   31  earnings in accordance with s. 216.181(11). The department may
   32  contract for the programmatic, administration, or fiscal
   33  oversight of each community-based agency. Notwithstanding any
   34  other provision of law, the following community-based-agency
   35  expenditures are permissible:
   36         (a) Cellular telephone allowances for staff;
   37         (b) Contracts requiring deferred payments and maintenance
   38  agreements;
   39         (c) Security deposits for office leases;
   40         (d) Related professional membership dues and professional
   41  state license fees;
   42         (e) Food and refreshment; and
   43         (f) Promotional materials.
   44         (13) The department shall enter into a fixed-price contract
   45  with each community-based agency which has a 2-month advance
   46  payment at the beginning of the fiscal year followed by equal
   47  monthly payments.
   48         (14) Notwithstanding s. 216.181(16)(b), each community
   49  based agency may retain any interest earned on advances to
   50  expend on allowable child welfare and related services. The
   51  department shall develop reporting requirements that require
   52  each community-based agency to annually document its interest
   53  earnings and associated expenditures.
   54         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.