Florida Senate - 2010         (PROPOSED COMMITTEE BILL) SPB 7066
       
       
       
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Children, Families, and
       Elder Affairs
       
       
       
       586-01796A-10                                         20107066__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to independent living transition
    3         services; requiring the Auditor General to perform an
    4         operational audit of the independent living transition
    5         services program administered by the Department of
    6         Children and Family Services; requiring the Office of
    7         Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability
    8         to conduct an evaluation of the independent living
    9         transition services program administered by the
   10         Department of Children and Family Services; requiring
   11         that the results of the audit and evaluation be
   12         reported to the Governor, the Legislature, and the
   13         Secretary of Children and Family Services; providing
   14         an effective date.
   15  
   16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   17  
   18         Section 1. Pursuant to s. 11.45(2), Florida Statutes, the
   19  Auditor General shall perform an operational audit, as defined
   20  in s. 11.45(1), Florida Statutes, of the independent living
   21  transition services program administered by the Department of
   22  Children and Family Services. The audit shall include
   23  examination of the provision of preindependent living services,
   24  life skills services, subsidized independent living services,
   25  aftercare support services, the Road-to-Independence Program,
   26  and transitional support services by the department and its lead
   27  agencies and providers. The results of the audit shall be
   28  provided to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the
   29  Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Secretary of
   30  Children and Family Services, and the appropriate substantive
   31  committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives no
   32  later than January 15, 2011.
   33         Section 2. The Office of Program Policy Analysis and
   34  Government Accountability is directed to evaluate the
   35  independent living transition services program, including how
   36  the Department of Children and Family Services and lead agencies
   37  plan, design, deliver, and oversee the program. The office shall
   38  provide the results of its evaluation to the Governor, the
   39  President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
   40  Representatives, the Secretary of Children and Family Services,
   41  and the appropriate substantive committees of the Senate and the
   42  House of Representatives by January 15, 2011.
   43         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.