Florida Senate - 2014                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/HB 7105, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             04/30/2014 11:05 AM       .      05/02/2014 10:08 PM       
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       Senator Richter moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 1060 and 1061
    4  insert:
    5         Section 24. Present subsections (5) through (11) of section
    6  456.025, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (4)
    7  through (10), respectively, and present subsections (4) and (6)
    8  are amended to read:
    9         456.025 Fees; receipts; disposition.—
   10         (4) Each board, or the department if there is no board, may
   11  charge a fee not to exceed $25, as determined by rule, for the
   12  issuance of a wall certificate pursuant to s. 456.013(2)
   13  requested by a licensee who was licensed prior to July 1, 1998,
   14  or for the issuance of a duplicate wall certificate requested by
   15  any licensee.
   16         (5)(6) If the cash balance of the trust fund at the end of
   17  any fiscal year exceeds the total appropriation provided for the
   18  regulation of the health care professions in the prior fiscal
   19  year, the boards, in consultation with the department, may lower
   20  the license renewal fees. When the department determines, based
   21  on long-range estimates of revenue, that a profession’s trust
   22  fund balance exceeds the amount required to cover necessary
   23  functions, each board, or the department when there is no board,
   24  may adopt rules to administer the waiver of initial application
   25  fees, initial licensure fees, unlicensed activity fees, or
   26  renewal fees for that profession. The waiver of renewal fees may
   27  not exceed 2 years.
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   30  And the title is amended as follows:
   31         Between lines 67 and 68
   32  insert:
   33         amending s. 456.025, F.S.; deleting a fee provision
   34         for the issuance of wall certificates for various
   35         health profession licenses; authorizing the boards or
   36         the department to adopt rules waiving certain fees for
   37         a specified period in certain circumstances;