| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to outsourcing of foster care and related |
| 3 | services; amending s. 409.1671, F.S.; providing funding |
| 4 | requirements for contracts established between the |
| 5 | Department of Children and Family Services and certain |
| 6 | community-based agencies; requiring community-based |
| 7 | agencies to document federal earnings and return |
| 8 | undocumented earnings to the department; permitting |
| 9 | contracts with the agencies to be increased by excess |
| 10 | federal earnings; authorizing the department to outsource |
| 11 | certain functions of the agencies; permitting the agencies |
| 12 | to make specified expenditures; specifying method of |
| 13 | payment for fixed-price contracts; providing an effective |
| 14 | date. |
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| 16 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 18 | Section 1. Subsection (12) is added to section 409.1671, |
| 19 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 20 | 409.1671 Foster care and related services; outsourcing.-- |
| 21 | (12) A contract established between the department and a |
| 22 | community-based agency under this section must be funded by a |
| 23 | grant of general revenue and applicable federal funding sources. |
| 24 | Community-based agencies must document federal funds earned, and |
| 25 | federal funds earned that are not documented must be returned to |
| 26 | the department. Notwithstanding subsection (8), the amount of |
| 27 | the annual contract for a community-based agency may be |
| 28 | increased by excess federal funds earned in accordance with s. |
| 29 | 216.181(11). The department may outsource programmatic, |
| 30 | administrative, or fiscal monitoring oversight of community- |
| 31 | based agencies. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a |
| 32 | community-based agency may make expenditures for staff cellular |
| 33 | telephone allowances, contracts requiring deferred payments and |
| 34 | maintenance agreements, security deposits for office leases, |
| 35 | related professional membership dues and professional state |
| 36 | license fees, costs of food and refreshment, and costs of |
| 37 | promotional materials. The method of payment for a fixed-price |
| 38 | contract with a community-based agency shall include provisions |
| 39 | for a 2-month advance payment at the beginning of each fiscal |
| 40 | year with equal monthly payments thereafter. |
| 41 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009. |