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    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act implementing the 2018-2019 General
    3         Appropriations Act; providing legislative intent;
    4         incorporating by reference certain calculations of the
    5         Florida Education Finance Program; providing that
    6         funds for instructional materials must be released and
    7         expended as required in specified proviso language;
    8         amending s. 1002.333, F.S.; specifying that certain
    9         schools of hope are eligible to receive hope
   10         supplemental service allocation funds; specifying
   11         required duties of the State Board of Education for
   12         the 2017-2018 fiscal year; providing for the future
   13         expiration and reversion of specified statutory text;
   14         amending s. 1011.62, F.S.; creating the hope
   15         supplemental services allocation; providing the
   16         purpose of the allocation; specifying the services
   17         that may be funded by the allocation; requiring a plan
   18         for implementation to be developed and submitted to
   19         the appropriate governing body before distribution of
   20         the allocation; providing requirements for
   21         implementation plans; requiring approved plans to be
   22         submitted to the Commissioner of Education by a
   23         specified date; providing for the allocation of funds
   24         for the 2018-2019 fiscal year; creating the mental
   25         health assistance allocation; providing the purpose of
   26         the allocation; providing for the annual allocation of
   27         such funds on a specified basis; prohibiting the use
   28         of allocated funds to supplant funds provided from
   29         other operating funds, to increase salaries, or to
   30         provide bonuses; providing requirements for school
   31         districts and charter schools; providing that required
   32         plans must include certain elements; requiring school
   33         districts to annually submit approved plans to the
   34         commissioner by a specified date; creating the funding
   35         compression allocation; providing the purpose of the
   36         allocation; authorizing funding for the annual
   37         allocation for specified purposes; providing the
   38         calculation for the allocation; amending s. 1012.731,
   39         F.S.; deleting Florida Best and Brightest Teacher
   40         Scholarship Program scholarship awards authorized for
   41         the 2018-2019 school year; incorporating by reference
   42         certain calculations of the Medicaid Disproportionate
   43         Share Hospital program; authorizing the Agency for
   44         Health Care Administration, in consultation with the
   45         Department of Health, to submit a budget amendment to
   46         realign funding for a component of the Children’s
   47         Medical Services program; specifying requirements for
   48         such realignment; authorizing the agency to request
   49         nonoperating budget authority for transferring certain
   50         federal funds to the department; specifying criteria
   51         to be used by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities
   52         in the event that an allocation algorithm and
   53         methodology for the iBudget system is no longer in
   54         effect; providing for the implementation of any new
   55         iBudget allocation algorithm and methodology;
   56         authorizing increased funding for an iBudget under
   57         certain circumstances; amending s. 409.908, F.S.;
   58         revising parameters relating to the prospective
   59         payment methodology for the reimbursement of Medicaid
   60         providers to be implemented for rate-setting purposes;
   61         requiring the agency to establish prospective payment
   62         reimbursement rates for nursing home services as
   63         provided in this act and in the General Appropriations
   64         Act; providing for the future expiration and reversion
   65         of specified statutory text; requiring the Agency for
   66         Health Care Administration to seek authorization from
   67         the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
   68         to modify the period of retroactive Medicaid
   69         eligibility in a manner that ensures that the
   70         modification becomes effective by a certain date;
   71         amending s. 409.911, F.S.; updating the average of
   72         audited disproportionate share data for purposes of
   73         calculating disproportionate share payments; extending
   74         for 1 fiscal year the requirement that the Agency for
   75         Health Care Administration distribute moneys to
   76         hospitals that provide a disproportionate share of
   77         Medicaid or charity care services as set forth in the
   78         General Appropriations Act; amending s. 409.9113,
   79         F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the requirement that
   80         the Agency for Health Care Administration make
   81         disproportionate share payments to teaching hospitals
   82         as set forth in the General Appropriations Act;
   83         amending s. 409.9119, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal
   84         year the requirement that the Agency for Health Care
   85         Administration make disproportionate share payments to
   86         certain specialty hospitals for children as set forth
   87         in the General Appropriations Act; amending s.
   88         216.262, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the
   89         authority of the Department of Corrections to submit a
   90         budget amendment for additional positions and
   91         appropriations under certain circumstances; amending
   92         s. 215.18, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the
   93         authority, and related repayment requirements, for
   94         temporary trust fund loans to the state court system
   95         which are sufficient to meet the system’s
   96         appropriation; authorizing the Department of
   97         Corrections to submit certain budget amendments to
   98         transfer funds into the Inmate Health Services
   99         category; providing that such transfers are subject to
  100         notice, review, and objection procedures; requiring
  101         the Department of Juvenile Justice to review county
  102         juvenile detention payments to ensure that counties
  103         fulfill specified financial responsibilities;
  104         requiring amounts owed by a county for such financial
  105         responsibilities to be deducted from certain county
  106         funds; requiring the Department of Revenue to transfer
  107         withheld funds to a specified trust fund; requiring
  108         the Department of Revenue to ensure that such
  109         reductions in amounts distributed do not reduce
  110         distributions below amounts necessary for certain
  111         payments due on bonds and to comply with bond
  112         covenants; requiring the Department of Revenue to
  113         notify the Department of Juvenile Justice if bond
  114         payment requirements require a reduction in deductions
  115         for amounts owed by a county; prohibiting the
  116         Department of Juvenile Justice from providing to
  117         certain nonfiscally constrained counties
  118         reimbursements or credits against identified juvenile
  119         detention center costs under specified circumstances;
  120         prohibiting a nonfiscally constrained county from
  121         applying, deducting, or receiving such reimbursements
  122         or credits; amending s. 27.5304, F.S.; extending for 1
  123         fiscal year certain limitations on compensation for
  124         private court-appointed counsel; amending s. 1011.80,
  125         F.S.; providing that state funds provided for
  126         postsecondary workforce program operations may be used
  127         for inmate education if specifically appropriated for
  128         such purpose; authorizing a Supreme Court Justice to
  129         designate an alternate facility as his or her official
  130         headquarters for purposes of travel reimbursement;
  131         specifying which expenses may be reimbursed to a
  132         justice; requiring the Chief Justice to coordinate
  133         with an affected justice and other appropriate
  134         officials with respect to implementation; providing
  135         for construction; prohibiting the Supreme Court from
  136         using state funds to lease space in an alternate
  137         facility for use as a justice’s official headquarters;
  138         requiring the Department of Management Services to use
  139         tenant broker services to renegotiate or reprocure
  140         certain private lease agreements for office or storage
  141         space; requiring the Department of Management Services
  142         to provide a report to the Executive Office of the
  143         Governor and the Legislature by a specified date;
  144         specifying the amount of the transaction fee to be
  145         collected for use of the state’s online procurement
  146         system; prohibiting an agency from transferring funds
  147         from a data processing category to another category
  148         that is not a data processing category; authorizing
  149         the Executive Office of the Governor to transfer funds
  150         appropriated in certain appropriation categories
  151         between departments for specified purposes; requiring
  152         the Department of Financial Services to replace
  153         specified components of the Florida Accounting
  154         Information Resource Subsystem (FLAIR) and the Cash
  155         Management Subsystem (CMS); specifying certain actions
  156         to be taken by the Department of Financial Services
  157         regarding FLAIR and CMS replacement; providing for the
  158         composition of an executive steering committee to
  159         oversee FLAIR and CMS replacement; prescribing duties
  160         and responsibilities of the executive steering
  161         committee; amending s. 282.0051, F.S.; revising the
  162         powers, duties, and functions of the Agency for State
  163         Technology with respect to the operational management
  164         and oversight of the state data center; providing for
  165         the future expiration and reversion of specified
  166         statutory text; amending s. 216.181, F.S.; extending
  167         for 1 fiscal year the authority for the Legislative
  168         Budget Commission to increase amounts appropriated to
  169         the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission or the
  170         Department of Environmental Protection for certain
  171         fixed capital outlay projects from specified sources;
  172         amending s. 215.18, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year
  173         the authority of the Governor, if there is a specified
  174         deficiency in a land acquisition trust fund in the
  175         Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the
  176         Department of Environmental Protection, the Department
  177         of State, or the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
  178         Commission, to transfer funds from other trust funds
  179         in the State Treasury as a temporary loan to such
  180         trust fund; providing procedures for the repayment of
  181         the temporary loan; amending s. 375.041, F.S.;
  182         specifying that certain funds for projects dedicated
  183         to restoring Lake Apopka shall be appropriated as
  184         provided under the General Appropriations Act;
  185         reenacting s. 373.470(6)(a), F.S., relating to
  186         Everglades restoration; providing for the future
  187         expiration and reversion of specified statutory text;
  188         amending s. 216.181, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year
  189         the authority of the Legislative Budget Commission to
  190         increase amounts appropriated to the Department of
  191         Environmental Protection for fixed capital outlay
  192         projects using specified funds; specifying additional
  193         information to be included in budget amendments for
  194         projects requiring additional funding; requiring the
  195         Department of Environmental Protection to transfer a
  196         designated proportionate share of the revenues
  197         deposited in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund within
  198         the department to land acquisition trust funds in the
  199         Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the
  200         Department of State, and the Fish and Wildlife
  201         Conservation Commission, according to specified
  202         parameters and calculations; defining the term
  203         “department”; requiring the Department of
  204         Environmental Protection to retain a proportionate
  205         share of revenues; specifying a limit on
  206         distributions; requiring the Department of
  207         Environmental Protection to make transfers to land
  208         acquisition trust funds; specifying the method of
  209         determining transfer amounts; authorizing the
  210         Department of Environmental Protection to advance
  211         funds from its land acquisition trust fund to the Fish
  212         and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s land
  213         acquisition trust fund for specified purposes;
  214         requiring the Department of Environmental Protection
  215         to prorate amounts transferred to the Fish and
  216         Wildlife Conservation Commission; requiring the
  217         Department of Environmental Protection to distribute
  218         moneys transferred from the Land Acquisition Trust
  219         Fund into the Florida Forever Trust Fund in accordance
  220         with a specified distribution formula; amending s.
  221         375.075, F.S.; requiring that a minimum amount of
  222         funds for the Florida Recreation Development
  223         Assistance Program be used for projects that provide
  224         recreational enhancements and opportunities for
  225         children; requiring the Department of Environmental
  226         Protection to award grants by a specified date;
  227         providing limitations with respect to the number of
  228         grant applications a local government may submit and
  229         the maximum project grant amount; specifying
  230         requirements for the selection criteria used by the
  231         department; amending s. 376.3071, F.S.; allocating a
  232         specified sum from the Inland Protection Trust Fund
  233         for the payment of repair, replacement, and
  234         preventative measure costs for storage tanks, piping,
  235         or system components; requiring an owner or operator
  236         to submit an application to the department to receive
  237         funding; prescribing requirements for such
  238         application; specifying requirements, restrictions,
  239         and limitations regarding applications and payments;
  240         prohibiting payments for specified expenses; providing
  241         construction; requiring the department to ensure that
  242         petroleum storage systems approved after a specified
  243         date meet certain standards; amending s. 295.23, F.S.;
  244         transferring duties relating to the administration of
  245         the veterans research and marketing campaign from the
  246         Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation to
  247         Florida Is For Veterans, Inc.; revising the annual
  248         appropriation for the veterans research and marketing
  249         campaign; amending s. 295.21, F.S.; revising the
  250         duties of Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., regarding the
  251         veterans research and marketing campaign to conform to
  252         changes made by the act; providing for the future
  253         expiration and reversion of specified statutory text;
  254         amending s. 427.013, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year
  255         a requirement that the Commission for the
  256         Transportation Disadvantaged allocate and award
  257         appropriated funds for specified purposes; amending s.
  258         321.04, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year provisions
  259         requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
  260         Vehicles to assign the patrol officer assigned to the
  261         Office of the Governor to the Lieutenant Governor and
  262         to assign a patrol officer to a Cabinet member under
  263         certain circumstances; amending s. 339.135, F.S.;
  264         extending for 1 fiscal year provisions authorizing the
  265         Department of Transportation to realign budget
  266         authority to carry out the department’s work program;
  267         amending s. 216.292, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year
  268         a provision that requires a review of certain
  269         transfers of appropriations to ensure compliance with
  270         ch. 216, F.S., and that such transfers are not
  271         contrary to legislative policy and intent; amending s.
  272         112.24, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the
  273         authorization, subject to specified requirements, for
  274         the assignment of an employee of a state agency under
  275         an employee interchange agreement; providing that the
  276         annual salaries of the members of the Legislature
  277         shall be maintained at a specified level; reenacting
  278         s. 215.32(2)(b), F.S., relating to the source and use
  279         of certain trust funds; providing for the future
  280         expiration and reversion of specified statutory text;
  281         prohibiting state agencies from entering into
  282         contracts containing certain nondisclosure agreements;
  283         providing conditions under which the veto of certain
  284         appropriations or proviso language in the General
  285         Appropriations Act voids language that implements such
  286         appropriations; providing for the continued operation
  287         of certain provisions notwithstanding a future repeal
  288         or expiration provided by the act; providing
  289         severability; providing effective dates.
  290          
  291  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
  292  
  293         Section 1. It is the intent of the Legislature that the
  294  implementing and administering provisions of this act apply to
  295  the General Appropriations Act for the 2018-2019 fiscal year.
  296         Section 2. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 6,
  297  7, 8, 92, and 93 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act,
  298  the calculations of the Florida Education Finance Program for
  299  the 2018-2019 fiscal year included in the document titled
  300  “Public School Funding: The Florida Education Finance Program,”
  301  dated February 1, 2018, and filed with the Secretary of the
  302  Senate, are incorporated by reference for the purpose of
  303  displaying the calculations used by the Legislature, consistent
  304  with the requirements of state law, in making appropriations for
  305  the Florida Education Finance Program. This section expires July
  306  1, 2019.
  307         Section 3. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 6
  308  and 92 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act, and
  309  notwithstanding ss. 1002.20, 1003.02, 1006.28-1006.42,
  310  1011.62(6)(b)5., and 1011.67, Florida Statutes, relating to the
  311  expenditure of funds provided for instructional materials, for
  312  the 2018-2019 fiscal year, funds provided for instructional
  313  materials shall be released and expended as required in the
  314  proviso language for Specific Appropriation 92 of the 2018-2019
  315  General Appropriations Act. This section expires July 1, 2019.
  316         Section 4. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 6
  317  and 92 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act, paragraphs
  318  (b) and (c) of subsection (10) of section 1002.333, Florida
  319  Statutes, are amended to read:
  320         1002.333 Persistently low-performing schools.—
  321         (10) SCHOOLS OF HOPE PROGRAM.—The Schools of Hope Program
  322  is created within the Department of Education.
  323         (b) A traditional public school that is required to submit
  324  a plan for implementation pursuant to s. 1008.33(4) is eligible
  325  to receive funding for services authorized up to $2,000 per
  326  full-time equivalent student from the hope supplemental services
  327  allocation established under s. 1011.62(16) Schools of Hope
  328  Program based upon the strength of the school’s plan for
  329  implementation and its focus on evidence-based interventions
  330  that lead to student success by providing wrap-around services
  331  that leverage community assets, improve school and community
  332  collaboration, and develop family and community partnerships.
  333  Wrap-around services include, but are not limited to, tutorial
  334  and after-school programs, student counseling, nutrition
  335  education, parental counseling, and adult education. Plans for
  336  implementation may also include models that develop a culture of
  337  attending college, high academic expectations, character
  338  development, dress codes, and an extended school day and school
  339  year. At a minimum, a plan for implementation must:
  340         1. Establish wrap-around services that develop family and
  341  community partnerships.
  342         2. Establish clearly defined and measurable high academic
  343  and character standards.
  344         3. Increase parental involvement and engagement in the
  345  child’s education.
  346         4. Describe how the school district will identify, recruit,
  347  retain, and reward instructional personnel. The state board may
  348  waive the requirements of s. 1012.22(1)(c)5., and suspend the
  349  requirements of s. 1012.34, to facilitate implementation of the
  350  plan.
  351         5. Identify a knowledge-rich curriculum that the school
  352  will use that focuses on developing a student’s background
  353  knowledge.
  354         6. Provide professional development that focuses on
  355  academic rigor, direct instruction, and creating high academic
  356  and character standards.
  357         (c) For the 2017-2018 fiscal year, the state board shall:
  358         1. Provide awards for up to 25 schools and prioritize
  359  awards for implementation plans submitted pursuant to paragraph
  360  (b) that are based on whole school transformation and that are
  361  developed in consultation with the school’s principal.
  362         2. Annually report on the implementation of this subsection
  363  in the report required by s. 1008.345(5), and provide summarized
  364  academic performance reports of each traditional public school
  365  receiving funds.
  366         Section 5. The amendments made by this act to s.
  367  1002.33(10)(b)-(c), Florida Statutes, expire July 1, 2019, and
  368  the text of those paragraphs shall revert to that in existence
  369  on June 30, 2018, except that any amendments to such text
  370  enacted other than by this act shall be preserved and continue
  371  to operate to the extent that such amendments are not dependent
  372  upon the portions of text which expire pursuant to this section.
  373         Section 6.  In order to implement Specific Appropriations 6
  374  and 92 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act, present
  375  subsections (16) and (17) of section 1011.62, Florida Statutes,
  376  are renumbered as subsections (19) and (20), respectively, new
  377  subsections (16) and (17) and subsection (18) are added to that
  378  section, and paragraph (a) of subsection (4) and subsection (14)
  379  of that section are amended, to read:
  380         1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.—If the annual
  381  allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
  382  district for operation of schools is not determined in the
  383  annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
  384  the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
  385  follows:
  386         (4) COMPUTATION OF DISTRICT REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT.—The
  387  Legislature shall prescribe the aggregate required local effort
  388  for all school districts collectively as an item in the General
  389  Appropriations Act for each fiscal year. The amount that each
  390  district shall provide annually toward the cost of the Florida
  391  Education Finance Program for kindergarten through grade 12
  392  programs shall be calculated as follows:
  393         (a) Estimated taxable value calculations.—
  394         1.a. Not later than 2 working days before July 19, the
  395  Department of Revenue shall certify to the Commissioner of
  396  Education its most recent estimate of the taxable value for
  397  school purposes in each school district and the total for all
  398  school districts in the state for the current calendar year
  399  based on the latest available data obtained from the local
  400  property appraisers. The value certified shall be the taxable
  401  value for school purposes for that year, and no further
  402  adjustments shall be made, except those made pursuant to
  403  paragraphs (c) and (d), or an assessment roll change required by
  404  final judicial decisions as specified in paragraph (19)(b)
  405  (16)(b). Not later than July 19, the Commissioner of Education
  406  shall compute a millage rate, rounded to the next highest one
  407  one-thousandth of a mill, which, when applied to 96 percent of
  408  the estimated state total taxable value for school purposes,
  409  would generate the prescribed aggregate required local effort
  410  for that year for all districts. The Commissioner of Education
  411  shall certify to each district school board the millage rate,
  412  computed as prescribed in this subparagraph, as the minimum
  413  millage rate necessary to provide the district required local
  414  effort for that year.
  415         b. The General Appropriations Act shall direct the
  416  computation of the statewide adjusted aggregate amount for
  417  required local effort for all school districts collectively from
  418  ad valorem taxes to ensure that no school district’s revenue
  419  from required local effort millage will produce more than 90
  420  percent of the district’s total Florida Education Finance
  421  Program calculation as calculated and adopted by the
  422  Legislature, and the adjustment of the required local effort
  423  millage rate of each district that produces more than 90 percent
  424  of its total Florida Education Finance Program entitlement to a
  425  level that will produce only 90 percent of its total Florida
  426  Education Finance Program entitlement in the July calculation.
  427         2. On the same date as the certification in sub
  428  subparagraph 1.a., the Department of Revenue shall certify to
  429  the Commissioner of Education for each district:
  430         a. Each year for which the property appraiser has certified
  431  the taxable value pursuant to s. 193.122(2) or (3), if
  432  applicable, since the prior certification under sub-subparagraph
  433  1.a.
  434         b. For each year identified in sub-subparagraph a., the
  435  taxable value certified by the appraiser pursuant to s.
  436  193.122(2) or (3), if applicable, since the prior certification
  437  under sub-subparagraph 1.a. This is the certification that
  438  reflects all final administrative actions of the value
  439  adjustment board.
  440         (14) QUALITY ASSURANCE GUARANTEE.—The Legislature may
  441  annually in the General Appropriations Act determine a
  442  percentage increase in funds per K-12 unweighted FTE as a
  443  minimum guarantee to each school district. The guarantee shall
  444  be calculated from prior year base funding per unweighted FTE
  445  student which shall include the adjusted FTE dollars as provided
  446  in subsection (19) (16), quality guarantee funds, and actual
  447  nonvoted discretionary local effort from taxes. From the base
  448  funding per unweighted FTE, the increase shall be calculated for
  449  the current year. The current year funds from which the
  450  guarantee shall be determined shall include the adjusted FTE
  451  dollars as provided in subsection (19) (16) and potential
  452  nonvoted discretionary local effort from taxes. A comparison of
  453  current year funds per unweighted FTE to prior year funds per
  454  unweighted FTE shall be computed. For those school districts
  455  which have less than the legislatively assigned percentage
  456  increase, funds shall be provided to guarantee the assigned
  457  percentage increase in funds per unweighted FTE student. Should
  458  appropriated funds be less than the sum of this calculated
  459  amount for all districts, the commissioner shall prorate each
  460  district’s allocation. This provision shall be implemented to
  461  the extent specifically funded.
  462         (16) HOPE SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES ALLOCATION.The hope
  463  supplemental services allocation is created to provide district
  464  managed turnaround schools, as required under s. 1008.33(4)(a),
  465  and charter schools authorized under s. 1008.33(4)(b), with
  466  funds to offer services designed to improve the overall academic
  467  and community welfare of the schools’ students and their
  468  families.
  469         (a) Services funded by the allocation may include, but are
  470  not limited to, tutorial and after-school programs, student
  471  counseling, nutrition education, and parental counseling. In
  472  addition, services may also include models that develop a
  473  culture that encourages students to complete high school and to
  474  attend college or career training, set high academic
  475  expectations, inspire character development, and include an
  476  extended school day and school year.
  477         (b) Prior to distribution of the allocation, a school
  478  district, for a district turnaround school, or the charter
  479  school governing board for a charter school, as applicable,
  480  shall develop and submit a plan for implementation to its
  481  respective governing body for approval no later than August 1 of
  482  the fiscal year.
  483         (c) At a minimum, the plans required under paragraph (b)
  484  must:
  485         1. Establish comprehensive support services that develop
  486  family and community partnerships;
  487         2. Establish clearly defined and measurable high academic
  488  and character standards;
  489         3. Increase parental involvement and engagement in the
  490  child’s education;
  491         4. Describe how instructional personnel will be identified,
  492  recruited, retained, and rewarded;
  493         5. Provide professional development that focuses on
  494  academic rigor, direct instruction, and creating high academic
  495  and character standards; and
  496         6. Provide focused instruction to improve student academic
  497  proficiency, which may include additional instruction time
  498  beyond the normal school day or school year.
  499         (d) Each school district and hope operator shall submit
  500  approved plans to the commissioner by September 1 of each fiscal
  501  year.
  502         (e) For the 2018-2019 fiscal year, a school that is
  503  selected to receive funding in the 2017-2018 fiscal year
  504  pursuant to s. 1002.333(10)(c) shall receive $2,000 per FTE. A
  505  district-managed turnaround school required under s.
  506  1008.33(4)(a) and a charter school authorized under s.
  507  1008.33(4)(b) are eligible for the remaining funds based on the
  508  school’s unweighted FTE, up to $2,000 per FTE or as provided in
  509  the General Appropriations Act.
  510  
  511  This subsection expires July 1, 2019.
  512         (17) MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE ALLOCATION.—The mental health
  513  assistance allocation is created to provide supplemental funding
  514  to assist school districts in establishing or expanding
  515  comprehensive school-based mental health programs that increase
  516  awareness of mental health issues among children and school-age
  517  youth; train educators and other school staff in detecting and
  518  responding to mental health issues; and connect children, youth,
  519  and families who may experience behavioral health issues with
  520  appropriate services. These funds may be allocated annually in
  521  the General Appropriations Act to each eligible school district
  522  and developmental research school based on each entity’s
  523  proportionate share of Florida Education Finance Program base
  524  funding. The district funding allocation must include a minimum
  525  amount as specified in the General Appropriations Act. Upon
  526  submission and approval of a plan that includes the elements
  527  specified in paragraph (b), charter schools are also entitled to
  528  a proportionate share of district funding for this program. The
  529  allocated funds may not supplant funds that are provided for
  530  this purpose from other operating funds and may not be used to
  531  increase salaries or provide bonuses.
  532         (a) Prior to distribution of the allocation:
  533         1. The district must annually develop and submit a detailed
  534  plan outlining the local program and planned expenditures to the
  535  district school board for approval.
  536         2. A charter school must annually develop and submit a
  537  detailed plan outlining the local program and planned
  538  expenditures of the funds in the plan to its governing body for
  539  approval. After the plan is approved by the governing body, it
  540  must be provided to its school district for submission to the
  541  commissioner.
  542         (b) The plans required under paragraph (a) must include, at
  543  a minimum, all of the following elements:
  544         1. A collaborative effort or partnership between the school
  545  district and at least one local community program or agency
  546  involved in mental health to provide or to improve prevention,
  547  diagnosis, and treatment services for students;
  548         2. Programs to assist students in dealing with bullying,
  549  trauma, and violence;
  550         3. Strategies or programs to reduce the likelihood of at
  551  risk students developing social, emotional, or behavioral health
  552  problems or substance use disorders;
  553         4. Strategies to improve the early identification of
  554  social, emotional, or behavioral problems or substance use
  555  disorders and to improve the provision of early intervention
  556  services;
  557         5. Strategies to enhance the availability of school-based
  558  crisis intervention services and appropriate referrals for
  559  students in need of mental health services; and
  560         6. Training opportunities for school personnel in the
  561  techniques and supports needed to identify students who have
  562  trauma histories and who have or are at risk of having a mental
  563  illness, and in the use of referral mechanisms that effectively
  564  link such students to appropriate treatment and intervention
  565  services in the school and in the community.
  566         (c) The districts shall submit approved plans to the
  567  commissioner by August 1 of each fiscal year.
  568  
  569  This subsection expires July 1, 2019.
  570         (18) FUNDING COMPRESSION ALLOCATION.—The Legislature may
  571  provide an annual funding compression allocation in the General
  572  Appropriations Act. The allocation is created to provide
  573  additional funding to school districts and developmental
  574  research schools whose total funds per FTE in the prior year
  575  were less than the statewide average. Using the most recent
  576  prior year FEFP calculation for each eligible school district,
  577  the total funds per FTE shall be subtracted from the state
  578  average funds per FTE, not including any adjustments made
  579  pursuant to paragraph (19)(b). The resulting funds per FTE
  580  difference, or a portion thereof, as designated in the General
  581  Appropriations Act, shall then be multiplied by the school
  582  district’s total unweighted FTE to provide the allocation. If
  583  the calculated funds are greater than the amount included in the
  584  General Appropriations Act, they must be prorated to the
  585  appropriation amount based on each participating school
  586  district’s share.
  587  
  588  This subsection expires July 1, 2019.
  589         Section 7. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 6
  590  and 92 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act, paragraph
  591  (c) of subsection (3) of section 1012.731, Florida Statutes, is
  592  amended to read:
  593         1012.731 The Florida Best and Brightest Teacher Scholarship
  594  Program.—
  595         (3)
  596         (c) Notwithstanding the requirements of this subsection,
  597  for the 2017-2018, 2018-2019, and 2019-2020 school years, any
  598  classroom teacher who:
  599         1. Was evaluated as highly effective pursuant to s. 1012.34
  600  in the school year immediately preceding the year in which the
  601  scholarship will be awarded shall receive a scholarship of
  602  $1200, including a classroom teacher who received an award
  603  pursuant to paragraph (a).
  604         2. Was evaluated as effective pursuant to s. 1012.34 in the
  605  school year immediately preceding the year in which the
  606  scholarship will be awarded a scholarship of up to $800. If the
  607  number of eligible classroom teachers under this subparagraph
  608  exceeds the total allocation, the department shall prorate the
  609  per-teacher scholarship amount.
  610  
  611  This paragraph expires July 1, 2020.
  612         Section 8. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 200
  613  of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act, the calculations
  614  for the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital program for the
  615  2018-2019 fiscal year contained in the document titled “Medicaid
  616  Hospital Funding Program,” dated January 26, 2018, and filed
  617  with the Secretary of the Senate, are incorporated by reference
  618  for the purpose of displaying the calculations used by the
  619  Legislature, consistent with the requirements of state law, in
  620  making appropriations for the Medicaid Disproportionate Share
  621  Hospital program. This section expires July 1, 2019.
  622         Section 9. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
  623  193 through 220 and 524 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations
  624  Act, and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida
  625  Statutes, the Agency for Health Care Administration, in
  626  consultation with the Department of Health, may submit a budget
  627  amendment, subject to the notice, review, and objection
  628  procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to realign funding
  629  within and between agencies based on implementation of the
  630  Managed Medical Assistance component of the Statewide Medicaid
  631  Managed Care program for the Children’s Medical Services program
  632  of the Department of Health. The funding realignment shall
  633  reflect the actual enrollment changes due to the transfer of
  634  beneficiaries from fee-for-service to the capitated Children’s
  635  Medical Services Network. The Agency for Health Care
  636  Administration may submit a request for nonoperating budget
  637  authority to transfer the federal funds to the Department of
  638  Health pursuant to s. 216.181(12), Florida Statutes. This
  639  section expires July 1, 2019.
  640         Section 10. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
  641  242 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act:
  642         (1) If during the 2018-2019 fiscal year, the Agency for
  643  Persons with Disabilities ceases to have an allocation algorithm
  644  and methodology adopted by valid rule pursuant to s. 393.0662,
  645  Florida Statutes, the agency shall use the following until it
  646  adopts a new allocation algorithm and methodology:
  647         (a) Each client’s iBudget in effect as of the date the
  648  agency ceases to have an allocation algorithm and methodology
  649  adopted by valid rule pursuant to s. 393.0662, Florida Statutes,
  650  shall remain at that funding level.
  651         (b) The Agency for Persons with Disabilities shall
  652  determine the iBudget for a client newly enrolled in the home
  653  and community-based services waiver program using the same
  654  allocation algorithm and methodology used for the iBudgets
  655  determined between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2017.
  656         (2) After a new allocation algorithm and methodology is
  657  adopted by final rule, a client’s new iBudget shall be
  658  determined based on the new allocation algorithm and methodology
  659  and shall take effect as of the client’s next support plan
  660  update.
  661         (3) Funding allocated under subsections (1) and (2) may be
  662  increased pursuant to s. 393.0662(1)(b), Florida Statutes, or as
  663  necessary to comply with federal regulations.
  664         (4) This section expires July 1, 2019.
  665         Section 11. Effective October 1, 2018, in order to
  666  implement Specific Appropriations 217 and 218 of the 2018-2019
  667  General Appropriations Act, section 8 of chapter 2017-129, Laws
  668  of Florida, is amended to read:
  669         Section 8. Effective October 1, 2018, subsection (2) of
  670  section 409.908, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  671         409.908 Reimbursement of Medicaid providers.—Subject to
  672  specific appropriations, the agency shall reimburse Medicaid
  673  providers, in accordance with state and federal law, according
  674  to methodologies set forth in the rules of the agency and in
  675  policy manuals and handbooks incorporated by reference therein.
  676  These methodologies may include fee schedules, reimbursement
  677  methods based on cost reporting, negotiated fees, competitive
  678  bidding pursuant to s. 287.057, and other mechanisms the agency
  679  considers efficient and effective for purchasing services or
  680  goods on behalf of recipients. If a provider is reimbursed based
  681  on cost reporting and submits a cost report late and that cost
  682  report would have been used to set a lower reimbursement rate
  683  for a rate semester, then the provider’s rate for that semester
  684  shall be retroactively calculated using the new cost report, and
  685  full payment at the recalculated rate shall be effected
  686  retroactively. Medicare-granted extensions for filing cost
  687  reports, if applicable, shall also apply to Medicaid cost
  688  reports. Payment for Medicaid compensable services made on
  689  behalf of Medicaid eligible persons is subject to the
  690  availability of moneys and any limitations or directions
  691  provided for in the General Appropriations Act or chapter 216.
  692  Further, nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent
  693  or limit the agency from adjusting fees, reimbursement rates,
  694  lengths of stay, number of visits, or number of services, or
  695  making any other adjustments necessary to comply with the
  696  availability of moneys and any limitations or directions
  697  provided for in the General Appropriations Act, provided the
  698  adjustment is consistent with legislative intent.
  699         (2)(a)1. Reimbursement to nursing homes licensed under part
  700  II of chapter 400 and state-owned-and-operated intermediate care
  701  facilities for the developmentally disabled licensed under part
  702  VIII of chapter 400 must be made prospectively.
  703         2. Unless otherwise limited or directed in the General
  704  Appropriations Act, reimbursement to hospitals licensed under
  705  part I of chapter 395 for the provision of swing-bed nursing
  706  home services must be made on the basis of the average statewide
  707  nursing home payment, and reimbursement to a hospital licensed
  708  under part I of chapter 395 for the provision of skilled nursing
  709  services must be made on the basis of the average nursing home
  710  payment for those services in the county in which the hospital
  711  is located. When a hospital is located in a county that does not
  712  have any community nursing homes, reimbursement shall be
  713  determined by averaging the nursing home payments in counties
  714  that surround the county in which the hospital is located.
  715  Reimbursement to hospitals, including Medicaid payment of
  716  Medicare copayments, for skilled nursing services shall be
  717  limited to 30 days, unless a prior authorization has been
  718  obtained from the agency. Medicaid reimbursement may be extended
  719  by the agency beyond 30 days, and approval must be based upon
  720  verification by the patient’s physician that the patient
  721  requires short-term rehabilitative and recuperative services
  722  only, in which case an extension of no more than 15 days may be
  723  approved. Reimbursement to a hospital licensed under part I of
  724  chapter 395 for the temporary provision of skilled nursing
  725  services to nursing home residents who have been displaced as
  726  the result of a natural disaster or other emergency may not
  727  exceed the average county nursing home payment for those
  728  services in the county in which the hospital is located and is
  729  limited to the period of time which the agency considers
  730  necessary for continued placement of the nursing home residents
  731  in the hospital.
  732         (b) Subject to any limitations or directions in the General
  733  Appropriations Act, the agency shall establish and implement a
  734  state Title XIX Long-Term Care Reimbursement Plan for nursing
  735  home care in order to provide care and services in conformance
  736  with the applicable state and federal laws, rules, regulations,
  737  and quality and safety standards and to ensure that individuals
  738  eligible for medical assistance have reasonable geographic
  739  access to such care.
  740         1. The agency shall amend the long-term care reimbursement
  741  plan and cost reporting system to create direct care and
  742  indirect care subcomponents of the patient care component of the
  743  per diem rate. These two subcomponents together shall equal the
  744  patient care component of the per diem rate. Separate prices
  745  shall be calculated for each patient care subcomponent,
  746  initially based on the September 2016 rate setting cost reports
  747  and subsequently based on the most recently audited cost report
  748  used during a rebasing year. The direct care subcomponent of the
  749  per diem rate for any providers still being reimbursed on a cost
  750  basis shall be limited by the cost-based class ceiling, and the
  751  indirect care subcomponent may be limited by the lower of the
  752  cost-based class ceiling, the target rate class ceiling, or the
  753  individual provider target. The ceilings and targets apply only
  754  to providers being reimbursed on a cost-based system. Effective
  755  October 1, 2018, a prospective payment methodology shall be
  756  implemented for rate setting purposes with the following
  757  parameters:
  758         a. Peer Groups, including:
  759         (I) North-SMMC Regions 1-9, less Palm Beach and Okeechobee
  760  Counties; and
  761         (II) South-SMMC Regions 10-11, plus Palm Beach and
  762  Okeechobee Counties.
  763         b. Percentage of Median Costs based on the cost reports
  764  used for September 2016 rate setting:
  765         (I) Direct Care Costs....................105 100 percent.
  766         (II) Indirect Care Costs......................92 percent.
  767         (III) Operating Costs.........................86 percent.
  768         c. Floors:
  769         (I) Direct Care Component.....................95 percent.
  770         (II) Indirect Care Component................92.5 percent.
  771         (III) Operating Component...........................None.
  772         d. Pass-through PaymentsReal Estate and Personal Property
  773  Taxes and Property Insurance.
  774         e. Quality Incentive Program Payment Pool7.5 6 percent of
  775  September 2016 non-property related payments of included
  776  facilities.
  777         f. Quality Score Threshold to Quality for Quality Incentive
  778  Payment..................20th percentile of included facilities.
  779         g. Fair Rental Value System Payment Parameters:
  780         (I) Building Value per Square Foot based on 2018 RS Means.
  781         (II) Land Valuation...10 percent of Gross Building value.
  782         (III) Facility Square Footage......Actual Square Footage.
  783         (IV) Moveable Equipment Allowance.........$8,000 per bed.
  784         (V) Obsolescence Factor......................1.5 percent.
  785         (VI) Fair Rental Rate of Return................8 percent.
  786         (VII) Minimum Occupancy.......................90 percent.
  787         (VIII) Maximum Facility Age.....................40 years.
  788         (IX) Minimum Square Footage per Bed..................350.
  789         (X) Maximum Square Footage for Bed...................500.
  790         (XI) Minimum Cost of a renovation/replacements$500 per bed.
  791         h. Ventilator Supplemental payment of $200 per Medicaid day
  792  of 40,000 ventilator Medicaid days per fiscal year.
  793         2. The direct care subcomponent shall include salaries and
  794  benefits of direct care staff providing nursing services
  795  including registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and
  796  certified nursing assistants who deliver care directly to
  797  residents in the nursing home facility, allowable therapy costs,
  798  and dietary costs. This excludes nursing administration, staff
  799  development, the staffing coordinator, and the administrative
  800  portion of the minimum data set and care plan coordinators. The
  801  direct care subcomponent also includes medically necessary
  802  dental care, vision care, hearing care, and podiatric care.
  803         3. All other patient care costs shall be included in the
  804  indirect care cost subcomponent of the patient care per diem
  805  rate, including complex medical equipment, medical supplies, and
  806  other allowable ancillary costs. Costs may not be allocated
  807  directly or indirectly to the direct care subcomponent from a
  808  home office or management company.
  809         4. On July 1 of each year, the agency shall report to the
  810  Legislature direct and indirect care costs, including average
  811  direct and indirect care costs per resident per facility and
  812  direct care and indirect care salaries and benefits per category
  813  of staff member per facility.
  814         5. Every fourth year, the agency shall rebase nursing home
  815  prospective payment rates to reflect changes in cost based on
  816  the most recently audited cost report for each participating
  817  provider.
  818         6. A direct care supplemental payment may be made to
  819  providers whose direct care hours per patient day are above the
  820  80th percentile and who provide Medicaid services to a larger
  821  percentage of Medicaid patients than the state average.
  822         7. For the period beginning on October 1, 2018, and ending
  823  on September 30, 2021, the agency shall reimburse providers the
  824  greater of their September 2016 cost-based rate or their
  825  prospective payment rate. Effective October 1, 2021, the agency
  826  shall reimburse providers the greater of 95 percent of their
  827  cost-based rate or their rebased prospective payment rate, using
  828  the most recently audited cost report for each facility. This
  829  subparagraph shall expire September 30, 2023.
  830         8. Pediatric, Florida Department of Veterans Affairs, and
  831  government-owned facilities are exempt from the pricing model
  832  established in this subsection and shall remain on a cost-based
  833  prospective payment system. Effective October 1, 2018, the
  834  agency shall set rates for all facilities remaining on a cost
  835  based prospective payment system using each facility’s most
  836  recently audited cost report, eliminating retroactive
  837  settlements.
  838  
  839  It is the intent of the Legislature that the reimbursement plan
  840  achieve the goal of providing access to health care for nursing
  841  home residents who require large amounts of care while
  842  encouraging diversion services as an alternative to nursing home
  843  care for residents who can be served within the community. The
  844  agency shall base the establishment of any maximum rate of
  845  payment, whether overall or component, on the available moneys
  846  as provided for in the General Appropriations Act. The agency
  847  may base the maximum rate of payment on the results of
  848  scientifically valid analysis and conclusions derived from
  849  objective statistical data pertinent to the particular maximum
  850  rate of payment.
  851         Section 12. Effective October 1, 2018, in order to
  852  implement Specific Appropriations 217 and 218 of the 2018-2019
  853  General Appropriations Act, subsection (23) of section 409.908,
  854  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  855         409.908 Reimbursement of Medicaid providers.—Subject to
  856  specific appropriations, the agency shall reimburse Medicaid
  857  providers, in accordance with state and federal law, according
  858  to methodologies set forth in the rules of the agency and in
  859  policy manuals and handbooks incorporated by reference therein.
  860  These methodologies may include fee schedules, reimbursement
  861  methods based on cost reporting, negotiated fees, competitive
  862  bidding pursuant to s. 287.057, and other mechanisms the agency
  863  considers efficient and effective for purchasing services or
  864  goods on behalf of recipients. If a provider is reimbursed based
  865  on cost reporting and submits a cost report late and that cost
  866  report would have been used to set a lower reimbursement rate
  867  for a rate semester, then the provider’s rate for that semester
  868  shall be retroactively calculated using the new cost report, and
  869  full payment at the recalculated rate shall be effected
  870  retroactively. Medicare-granted extensions for filing cost
  871  reports, if applicable, shall also apply to Medicaid cost
  872  reports. Payment for Medicaid compensable services made on
  873  behalf of Medicaid eligible persons is subject to the
  874  availability of moneys and any limitations or directions
  875  provided for in the General Appropriations Act or chapter 216.
  876  Further, nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent
  877  or limit the agency from adjusting fees, reimbursement rates,
  878  lengths of stay, number of visits, or number of services, or
  879  making any other adjustments necessary to comply with the
  880  availability of moneys and any limitations or directions
  881  provided for in the General Appropriations Act, provided the
  882  adjustment is consistent with legislative intent.
  883         (23)(a) The agency shall establish rates at a level that
  884  ensures no increase in statewide expenditures resulting from a
  885  change in unit costs for county health departments effective
  886  July 1, 2011. Reimbursement rates shall be as provided in the
  887  General Appropriations Act.
  888         (b)1. Base rate reimbursement for inpatient services under
  889  a diagnosis-related group payment methodology shall be provided
  890  in the General Appropriations Act.
  891         2.(c) Base rate reimbursement for outpatient services under
  892  an enhanced ambulatory payment group methodology shall be
  893  provided in the General Appropriations Act.
  894         3. Prospective payment system reimbursement for nursing
  895  home services shall be as provided in subsection (2) and in the
  896  General Appropriations Act
  897         (d) This subsection applies to the following provider
  898  types:
  899         1. Nursing homes.
  900         2. County health departments.
  901         (e) The agency shall apply the effect of this subsection to
  902  the reimbursement rates for nursing home diversion programs.
  903         Section 13. The amendments made by this act to ss.
  904  409.908(2) and (23), Florida Statutes, expire July 1, 2019, and
  905  the text of those subsections shall revert to that in existence
  906  on October 1, 2018, not including any amendments made by this
  907  act, except that any amendments to such text enacted other than
  908  by this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the
  909  extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions
  910  of text which expire pursuant to this section.
  911         Section 14. Effective upon this act becoming a law, in
  912  order to implement Specific Appropriations 199, 203, 204, 206,
  913  208, and 217 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act, the
  914  Agency for Health Care Administration shall seek authorization
  915  from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to
  916  modify the period of retroactive Medicaid eligibility from 90
  917  days to 30 days in a manner that ensures that the modification
  918  becomes effective on July 1, 2018.
  919         Section 15. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
  920  200 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act, subsections (2)
  921  and (10) of section 409.911, Florida Statutes, are amended to
  922  read:
  923         409.911 Disproportionate share program.—Subject to specific
  924  allocations established within the General Appropriations Act
  925  and any limitations established pursuant to chapter 216, the
  926  agency shall distribute, pursuant to this section, moneys to
  927  hospitals providing a disproportionate share of Medicaid or
  928  charity care services by making quarterly Medicaid payments as
  929  required. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 409.915, counties
  930  are exempt from contributing toward the cost of this special
  931  reimbursement for hospitals serving a disproportionate share of
  932  low-income patients.
  933         (2) The Agency for Health Care Administration shall use the
  934  following actual audited data to determine the Medicaid days and
  935  charity care to be used in calculating the disproportionate
  936  share payment:
  937         (a) The average of the 2010, 2011, and 2012 2009, 2010, and
  938  2011 audited disproportionate share data to determine each
  939  hospital’s Medicaid days and charity care for the 2018-2019
  940  2017-2018 state fiscal year.
  941         (b) If the Agency for Health Care Administration does not
  942  have the prescribed 3 years of audited disproportionate share
  943  data as noted in paragraph (a) for a hospital, the agency shall
  944  use the average of the years of the audited disproportionate
  945  share data as noted in paragraph (a) which is available.
  946         (c) In accordance with s. 1923(b) of the Social Security
  947  Act, a hospital with a Medicaid inpatient utilization rate
  948  greater than one standard deviation above the statewide mean or
  949  a hospital with a low-income utilization rate of 25 percent or
  950  greater shall qualify for reimbursement.
  951         (10) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the
  952  contrary, for the 2018-2019 2017-2018 state fiscal year, the
  953  agency shall distribute moneys to hospitals providing a
  954  disproportionate share of Medicaid or charity care services as
  955  provided in the 2018-2019 2017-2018 General Appropriations Act.
  956  This subsection expires July 1, 2019 2018.
  957         Section 16. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
  958  200 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act, subsection (3)
  959  of section 409.9113, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  960         409.9113 Disproportionate share program for teaching
  961  hospitals.—In addition to the payments made under s. 409.911,
  962  the agency shall make disproportionate share payments to
  963  teaching hospitals, as defined in s. 408.07, for their increased
  964  costs associated with medical education programs and for
  965  tertiary health care services provided to the indigent. This
  966  system of payments must conform to federal requirements and
  967  distribute funds in each fiscal year for which an appropriation
  968  is made by making quarterly Medicaid payments. Notwithstanding
  969  s. 409.915, counties are exempt from contributing toward the
  970  cost of this special reimbursement for hospitals serving a
  971  disproportionate share of low-income patients. The agency shall
  972  distribute the moneys provided in the General Appropriations Act
  973  to statutorily defined teaching hospitals and family practice
  974  teaching hospitals, as defined in s. 395.805, pursuant to this
  975  section. The funds provided for statutorily defined teaching
  976  hospitals shall be distributed as provided in the General
  977  Appropriations Act. The funds provided for family practice
  978  teaching hospitals shall be distributed equally among family
  979  practice teaching hospitals.
  980         (3) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the
  981  contrary, for the 2018-2019 2017-2018 state fiscal year, the
  982  agency shall make disproportionate share payments to teaching
  983  hospitals, as defined in s. 408.07, as provided in the 2018-2019
  984  2017-2018 General Appropriations Act. This subsection expires
  985  July 1, 2019 2018.
  986         Section 17. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
  987  200 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act, subsection (4)
  988  of section 409.9119, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  989         409.9119 Disproportionate share program for specialty
  990  hospitals for children.—In addition to the payments made under
  991  s. 409.911, the Agency for Health Care Administration shall
  992  develop and implement a system under which disproportionate
  993  share payments are made to those hospitals that are separately
  994  licensed by the state as specialty hospitals for children, have
  995  a federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  996  certification number in the 3300-3399 range, have Medicaid days
  997  that exceed 55 percent of their total days and Medicare days
  998  that are less than 5 percent of their total days, and were
  999  licensed on January 1, 2013, as specialty hospitals for
 1000  children. This system of payments must conform to federal
 1001  requirements and must distribute funds in each fiscal year for
 1002  which an appropriation is made by making quarterly Medicaid
 1003  payments. Notwithstanding s. 409.915, counties are exempt from
 1004  contributing toward the cost of this special reimbursement for
 1005  hospitals that serve a disproportionate share of low-income
 1006  patients. The agency may make disproportionate share payments to
 1007  specialty hospitals for children as provided for in the General
 1008  Appropriations Act.
 1009         (4) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the
 1010  contrary, for the 2018-2019 2017-2018 state fiscal year, for
 1011  hospitals achieving full compliance under subsection (3), the
 1012  agency shall make disproportionate share payments to specialty
 1013  hospitals for children as provided in the 2018-2019 2017-2018
 1014  General Appropriations Act. This subsection expires July 1, 2019
 1015  2018.
 1016         Section 18. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1017  583 through 692 and 711 through 745 of the 2018-2019 General
 1018  Appropriations Act, subsection (4) of section 216.262, Florida
 1019  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1020         216.262 Authorized positions.—
 1021         (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter relating
 1022  to increasing the number of authorized positions, and for the
 1023  2018-2019 2017-2018 fiscal year only, if the actual inmate
 1024  population of the Department of Corrections exceeds the inmate
 1025  population projections of the December 20, 2017 February 23,
 1026  2017, Criminal Justice Estimating Conference by 1 percent for 2
 1027  consecutive months or 2 percent for any month, the Executive
 1028  Office of the Governor, with the approval of the Legislative
 1029  Budget Commission, shall immediately notify the Criminal Justice
 1030  Estimating Conference, which shall convene as soon as possible
 1031  to revise the estimates. The Department of Corrections may then
 1032  submit a budget amendment requesting the establishment of
 1033  positions in excess of the number authorized by the Legislature
 1034  and additional appropriations from unallocated general revenue
 1035  sufficient to provide for essential staff, fixed capital
 1036  improvements, and other resources to provide classification,
 1037  security, food services, health services, and other variable
 1038  expenses within the institutions to accommodate the estimated
 1039  increase in the inmate population. All actions taken pursuant to
 1040  this subsection are subject to review and approval by the
 1041  Legislative Budget Commission. This subsection expires July 1,
 1042  2019 2018.
 1043         Section 19. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1044  3127 through 3194 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act,
 1045  subsection (2) of section 215.18, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1046  to read:
 1047         215.18 Transfers between funds; limitation.—
 1048         (2) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may receive one
 1049  or more trust fund loans to ensure that the state court system
 1050  has funds sufficient to meet its appropriations in the 2018-2019
 1051  2017-2018 General Appropriations Act. If the Chief Justice
 1052  accesses the loan, he or she must notify the Governor and the
 1053  chairs of the legislative appropriations committees in writing.
 1054  The loan must come from other funds in the State Treasury which
 1055  are for the time being or otherwise in excess of the amounts
 1056  necessary to meet the just requirements of such last-mentioned
 1057  funds. The Governor shall order the transfer of funds within 5
 1058  days after the written notification from the Chief Justice. If
 1059  the Governor does not order the transfer, the Chief Financial
 1060  Officer shall transfer the requested funds. The loan of funds
 1061  from which any money is temporarily transferred must be repaid
 1062  by the end of the 2018-2019 2017-2018 fiscal year. This
 1063  subsection expires July 1, 2019 2018.
 1064         Section 20. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 1065  716 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act, and
 1066  notwithstanding s. 216.292, Florida Statutes, the Department of
 1067  Corrections is authorized to submit budget amendments to
 1068  transfer funds from categories within the department other than
 1069  fixed capital outlay categories into the Inmate Health Services
 1070  category in order to continue the current level of care in the
 1071  provision of health services. Such transfers are subject to the
 1072  notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, Florida
 1073  Statutes. This section expires July 1, 2019.
 1074         Section 21. (1) In order to implement Specific
 1075  Appropriations 1104 through 1114 of the 2018-2019 General
 1076  Appropriations Act, the Department of Juvenile Justice must
 1077  review county juvenile detention payments to ensure that
 1078  counties fulfill their financial responsibilities required in s.
 1079  985.6865, Florida Statutes. If the Department of Juvenile
 1080  Justice determines that a county has not met its obligations,
 1081  the department must direct the Department of Revenue to deduct
 1082  the amount owed to the Department of Juvenile Justice from the
 1083  funds provided to the county under s. 218.23, Florida Statutes.
 1084  The Department of Revenue shall transfer the funds withheld to
 1085  the Shared County/State Juvenile Detention Trust Fund.
 1086         (2) As an assurance to holders of bonds issued by counties
 1087  before July 1, 2018, for which distributions made pursuant to s.
 1088  218.23, Florida Statutes, are pledged, or bonds issued to refund
 1089  such bonds which mature no later than the bonds they refunded
 1090  and which result in a reduction of debt service payable in each
 1091  fiscal year, the amount available for distribution to a county
 1092  shall remain as provided by law and continue to be subject to
 1093  any lien or claim on behalf of the bondholders. The Department
 1094  of Revenue must ensure, based on information provided by an
 1095  affected county, that any reduction in amounts distributed
 1096  pursuant to subsection (1) does not reduce the amount of
 1097  distribution to a county below the amount necessary for the
 1098  timely payment of principal and interest when due on the bonds
 1099  and the amount necessary to comply with any covenant under the
 1100  bond resolution or other documents relating to the issuance of
 1101  the bonds. If a reduction to a county’s monthly distribution
 1102  must be decreased in order to comply with this subsection, the
 1103  Department of Revenue must notify the Department of Juvenile
 1104  Justice of the amount of the decrease, and the Department of
 1105  Juvenile Justice must send a bill for payment of such amount to
 1106  the affected county.
 1107         (3) This section expires July 1, 2019.
 1108         Section 22. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1109  1104 through 1114 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act,
 1110  the Department of Juvenile Justice may not provide, make, pay,
 1111  or deduct, and a nonfiscally constrained county may not apply,
 1112  deduct, or receive any reimbursement or any credit for any
 1113  previous overpayment of juvenile detention care costs related to
 1114  or for any previous state fiscal year, against the juvenile
 1115  detention care costs due from the nonfiscally constrained county
 1116  in the 2018-2019 fiscal year pursuant to s. 985.686, Florida
 1117  Statutes, or any other law. This section expires July 1, 2019.
 1118         Section 23. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 1119  772 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act, subsection (13)
 1120  of section 27.5304, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1121         27.5304 Private court-appointed counsel; compensation;
 1122  notice.—
 1123         (13) Notwithstanding the limitation set forth in subsection
 1124  (5) and for the 2018-2019 2017-2018 fiscal year only, the
 1125  compensation for representation in a criminal proceeding may not
 1126  exceed the following:
 1127         (a) For misdemeanors and juveniles represented at the trial
 1128  level: $1,000.
 1129         (b) For noncapital, nonlife felonies represented at the
 1130  trial level: $15,000.
 1131         (c) For life felonies represented at the trial level:
 1132  $15,000.
 1133         (d) For capital cases represented at the trial level:
 1134  $25,000. For purposes of this paragraph, a “capital case” is any
 1135  offense for which the potential sentence is death and the state
 1136  has not waived seeking the death penalty.
 1137         (e) For representation on appeal: $9,000.
 1138  
 1139  (f) This subsection expires July 1, 2019 2018.
 1140         Section 24. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 1141  732 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (b)
 1142  of subsection (7) of section 1011.80, Florida Statutes, is
 1143  amended to read:
 1144         1011.80 Funds for operation of workforce education
 1145  programs.—
 1146         (7)
 1147         (b) State funds provided for the operation of postsecondary
 1148  workforce programs may not be expended for the education of
 1149  state or federal inmates, except to the extent that such funds
 1150  are specifically appropriated for such purpose in the 2018-2019
 1151  General Appropriations Act.
 1152         Section 25. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 1153  3129 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act, and
 1154  notwithstanding s. 112.061(4), Florida Statutes:
 1155         (1)(a)A Supreme Court justice who permanently resides
 1156  outside Leon County may, if he or she so requests, have a
 1157  district court of appeal courthouse, a county courthouse, or
 1158  other appropriate facility in his or her district of residence
 1159  designated as his or her official headquarters for purposes of
 1160  s. 112.061, Florida Statutes. This official headquarters may
 1161  serve only as the justice’s private chambers.
 1162         (b)A justice for whom an official headquarters is
 1163  designated in his or her district of residence under this
 1164  subsection is eligible for subsistence at a rate to be
 1165  established by the Chief Justice for each day or partial day
 1166  that the justice is at the headquarters of the Supreme Court to
 1167  conduct court business. In addition to the subsistence
 1168  allowance, a justice is eligible for reimbursement for
 1169  transportation expenses as provided in s. 112.061(7), Florida
 1170  Statutes, for travel between the justice’s official headquarters
 1171  and the headquarters of the Supreme Court to conduct court
 1172  business.
 1173         (c) Payment of subsistence and reimbursement for
 1174  transportation expenses relating to travel between a justice’s
 1175  official headquarters and the headquarters of the Supreme Court
 1176  shall be made to the extent appropriated funds are available, as
 1177  determined by the Chief Justice.
 1178         (2) The Chief Justice shall coordinate with each affected
 1179  justice and other state and local officials as necessary to
 1180  implement paragraph (1)(a).
 1181         (3)(a)This section does not require a county to provide
 1182  space in a county courthouse for a justice. A county may enter
 1183  into an agreement with the Supreme Court governing the use of
 1184  space in a county courthouse.
 1185         (b) The Supreme Court may not use state funds to lease
 1186  space in a district court of appeal courthouse, a county
 1187  courthouse, or another facility to allow a justice to establish
 1188  an official headquarters pursuant to subsection (1).
 1189         (4) This section expires July 1, 2019.
 1190         Section 26. In order to implement appropriations used to
 1191  pay existing lease contracts for private lease space in excess
 1192  of 2,000 square feet in the 2018-2019 General Appropriations
 1193  Act, the Department of Management Services, with the cooperation
 1194  of the agencies having the existing lease contracts for office
 1195  or storage space, shall use tenant broker services to
 1196  renegotiate or reprocure all private lease agreements for office
 1197  or storage space expiring between July 1, 2019, and June 30,
 1198  2021, in order to reduce costs in future years. The department
 1199  shall incorporate this initiative into its 2018 master leasing
 1200  report required under s. 255.249(7), Florida Statutes, and may
 1201  use tenant broker services to explore the possibilities of
 1202  collocating office or storage space, to review the space needs
 1203  of each agency, and to review the length and terms of potential
 1204  renewals or renegotiations. The department shall provide a
 1205  report to the Executive Office of the Governor, the President of
 1206  the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by
 1207  November 1, 2018, which lists each lease contract for private
 1208  office or storage space, the status of renegotiations, and the
 1209  savings achieved. This section expires July 1, 2019.
 1210         Section 27. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1211  2758 through 2770 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act,
 1212  and notwithstanding rule 60A-1.031, Florida Administrative Code,
 1213  the transaction fee collected for use of the online procurement
 1214  system, authorized in ss. 287.042(1)(h)1. and 287.057(22)(c),
 1215  Florida Statutes, is seven-tenths of 1 percent for the 2018-2019
 1216  fiscal year only. This section expires July 1, 2019.
 1217         Section 28. In order to implement appropriations authorized
 1218  in the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act for data center
 1219  services, and notwithstanding s. 216.292(2)(a), Florida
 1220  Statutes, an agency may not transfer funds from a data
 1221  processing category to a category other than another data
 1222  processing category. This section expires July 1, 2019.
 1223         Section 29. In order to implement the appropriation of
 1224  funds in the appropriation category “Data Processing Assessment
 1225  Agency for State Technology” in the 2018-2019 General
 1226  Appropriations Act, and pursuant to the notice, review, and
 1227  objection procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the
 1228  Executive Office of the Governor may transfer funds appropriated
 1229  in that category between departments in order to align the
 1230  budget authority granted based on the estimated billing cycle
 1231  and methodology used by the Agency for State Technology for data
 1232  processing services provided. This section expires July 1, 2019.
 1233         Section 30. In order to implement the appropriation of
 1234  funds in the appropriation category “Special Categories-Risk
 1235  Management Insurance” in the 2018-2019 General Appropriations
 1236  Act, and pursuant to the notice, review, and objection
 1237  procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the Executive Office
 1238  of the Governor may transfer funds appropriated in that category
 1239  between departments in order to align the budget authority
 1240  granted with the premiums paid by each department for risk
 1241  management insurance. This section expires July 1, 2019.
 1242         Section 31. In order to implement the appropriation of
 1243  funds in the appropriation category “Special Categories-Transfer
 1244  to Department of Management Services-Human Resources Services
 1245  Purchased per Statewide Contract” in the 2018-2019 General
 1246  Appropriations Act, and pursuant to the notice, review, and
 1247  objection procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the
 1248  Executive Office of the Governor may transfer funds appropriated
 1249  in that category between departments in order to align the
 1250  budget authority granted with the assessments that must be paid
 1251  by each agency to the Department of Management Services for
 1252  human resource management services. This section expires July 1,
 1253  2019.
 1254         Section 32. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 1255  2333 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act:
 1256         (1) The Department of Financial Services shall replace the
 1257  four main components of the Florida Accounting Information
 1258  Resource Subsystem (FLAIR), which include central FLAIR,
 1259  departmental FLAIR, payroll, and information warehouse, and
 1260  shall replace the cash management and accounting management
 1261  components of the Cash Management Subsystem (CMS) with an
 1262  integrated enterprise system that allows the state to organize,
 1263  define, and standardize its financial management business
 1264  processes and that complies with ss. 215.90-215.96, Florida
 1265  Statutes. The department may not include in the replacement of
 1266  FLAIR and CMS:
 1267         (a) Functionality that duplicates any of the other
 1268  information subsystems of the Florida Financial Management
 1269  Information System; or
 1270         (b) Agency business processes related to any of the
 1271  functions included in the Personnel Information System, the
 1272  Purchasing Subsystem, or the Legislative Appropriations
 1273  System/Planning and Budgeting Subsystem.
 1274         (2) For purposes of replacing FLAIR and CMS, the Department
 1275  of Financial Services shall:
 1276         (a) Take into consideration the cost and implementation
 1277  data identified for Option 3 as recommended in the March 31,
 1278  2014, Florida Department of Financial Services FLAIR Study,
 1279  version 031.
 1280         (b) Ensure that all business requirements and technical
 1281  specifications have been provided to all state agencies for
 1282  their review and input and approved by the executive steering
 1283  committee established in paragraph (c).
 1284         (c) Implement a project governance structure that includes
 1285  an executive steering committee composed of:
 1286         1. The Chief Financial Officer or the executive sponsor of
 1287  the project.
 1288         2. A representative of the Division of Treasury of the
 1289  Department of Financial Services, appointed by the Chief
 1290  Financial Officer.
 1291         3. A representative of the Division of Information Systems
 1292  of the Department of Financial Services, appointed by the Chief
 1293  Financial Officer.
 1294         4. Four employees from the Division of Accounting and
 1295  Auditing of the Department of Financial Services, appointed by
 1296  the Chief Financial Officer. Each employee must have experience
 1297  relating to at least one of the four main components that
 1298  comprise FLAIR.
 1299         5. Two employees from the Executive Office of the Governor,
 1300  appointed by the Governor. One employee must have experience
 1301  relating to the Legislative Appropriations System/Planning and
 1302  Budgeting Subsystem.
 1303         6. One employee from the Department of Revenue, appointed
 1304  by the executive director, who has experience relating to the
 1305  department’s SUNTAX system.
 1306         7. Two employees from the Department of Management
 1307  Services, appointed by the Secretary of Management Services. One
 1308  employee must have experience relating to the department’s
 1309  personnel information subsystem, and one employee must have
 1310  experience relating to the department’s purchasing subsystem.
 1311         8. Three state agency administrative services directors,
 1312  appointed by the Governor. One director must represent a
 1313  regulatory and licensing state agency, and one director must
 1314  represent a health care-related state agency.
 1315         (3) The Chief Financial Officer or the executive sponsor of
 1316  the project shall serve as chair of the executive steering
 1317  committee, and the committee shall take action by a vote of at
 1318  least eight affirmative votes with the Chief Financial Officer
 1319  or the executive sponsor of the project voting on the prevailing
 1320  side. A quorum of the executive steering committee consists of
 1321  at least 10 members.
 1322         (4) The executive steering committee has the overall
 1323  responsibility for ensuring that the project to replace FLAIR
 1324  and CMS meets its primary business objectives and shall:
 1325         (a) Identify and recommend to the Executive Office of the
 1326  Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
 1327  House of Representatives any statutory changes needed to
 1328  implement the replacement subsystem that will standardize, to
 1329  the fullest extent possible, the state’s financial management
 1330  business processes.
 1331         (b) Review and approve any changes to the project’s scope,
 1332  schedule, and budget which do not conflict with the requirements
 1333  of subsection (1).
 1334         (c) Ensure that adequate resources are provided throughout
 1335  all phases of the project.
 1336         (d) Approve all major project deliverables.
 1337         (e) Approve all solicitation-related documents associated
 1338  with the replacement of FLAIR and CMS.
 1339         (5)This section expires July 1, 2019.
 1340         Section 33. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 1341  2908 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (b)
 1342  of subsection (11) of section 282.0051, Florida Statutes, is
 1343  amended to read:
 1344         282.0051 Agency for State Technology; powers, duties, and
 1345  functions.—The Agency for State Technology shall have the
 1346  following powers, duties, and functions:
 1347         (11) Provide operational management and oversight of the
 1348  state data center established pursuant to s. 282.201, which
 1349  includes:
 1350         (b) Procuring budget support and customer billing services
 1351  from the department to develop and implement Developing and
 1352  implementing cost-recovery mechanisms that recover the full
 1353  direct and indirect cost of services through charges to
 1354  applicable customer entities. Such cost-recovery mechanisms must
 1355  comply with applicable state and federal regulations concerning
 1356  distribution and use of funds and must ensure that, for any
 1357  fiscal year, no service or customer entity subsidizes another
 1358  service or customer entity.
 1359         Section 34. The amendment made by this act to s.
 1360  282.0051(11)(b), Florida Statutes, expires July 1, 2019, and the
 1361  text of that paragraph shall revert to that in existence on June
 1362  30, 2018, except that any amendments to such text enacted other
 1363  than by this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to
 1364  the extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the
 1365  portions of text which expire pursuant to this section.
 1366         Section 35. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1367  1591, 1592, and 1593 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations
 1368  Act, paragraph (d) of subsection (11) of section 216.181,
 1369  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1370         216.181 Approved budgets for operations and fixed capital
 1371  outlay.—
 1372         (11)
 1373         (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) and paragraph (2)(b), and
 1374  for the 2018-2019 2017-2018 fiscal year only, the Legislative
 1375  Budget Commission may increase the amounts appropriated to the
 1376  Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission or the Department of
 1377  Environmental Protection for fixed capital outlay projects,
 1378  including additional fixed capital outlay projects, using funds
 1379  provided to the state from the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund
 1380  administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; funds
 1381  provided to the state from the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund
 1382  related to the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist
 1383  Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast Act of
 1384  2012 (RESTORE Act); or funds provided by the British Petroleum
 1385  Corporation (BP) for natural resource damage assessment
 1386  restoration projects. Concurrent with submission of an amendment
 1387  to the Legislative Budget Commission pursuant to this paragraph,
 1388  any project that carries a continuing commitment for future
 1389  appropriations by the Legislature must be specifically
 1390  identified, together with the projected amount of the future
 1391  commitment associated with the project and the fiscal years in
 1392  which the commitment is expected to commence. This paragraph
 1393  expires July 1, 2019 2018.
 1394  
 1395  The provisions of this subsection are subject to the notice and
 1396  objection procedures set forth in s. 216.177.
 1397         Section 36. In order to implement specific appropriations
 1398  from the land acquisition trust funds within the Department of
 1399  Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department of
 1400  Environmental Protection, the Department of State, and the Fish
 1401  and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which are contained in the
 1402  2018-2019 General Appropriations Act, subsection (3) of section
 1403  215.18, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1404         215.18 Transfers between funds; limitation.—
 1405         (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) and only with respect to
 1406  a land acquisition trust fund in the Department of Agriculture
 1407  and Consumer Services, the Department of Environmental
 1408  Protection, the Department of State, or the Fish and Wildlife
 1409  Conservation Commission, whenever there is a deficiency in a
 1410  land acquisition trust fund which would render that trust fund
 1411  temporarily insufficient to meet its just requirements,
 1412  including the timely payment of appropriations from that trust
 1413  fund, and other trust funds in the State Treasury have moneys
 1414  that are for the time being or otherwise in excess of the
 1415  amounts necessary to meet the just requirements, including
 1416  appropriated obligations, of those other trust funds, the
 1417  Governor may order a temporary transfer of moneys from one or
 1418  more of the other trust funds to a land acquisition trust fund
 1419  in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the
 1420  Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of State,
 1421  or the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Any action
 1422  proposed pursuant to this subsection is subject to the notice,
 1423  review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, and the Governor
 1424  shall provide notice of such action at least 7 days before the
 1425  effective date of the transfer of trust funds, except that
 1426  during July 2018 2017, notice of such action shall be provided
 1427  at least 3 days before the effective date of a transfer unless
 1428  such 3-day notice is waived by the chair and vice-chair of the
 1429  Legislative Budget Commission. Any transfer of trust funds to a
 1430  land acquisition trust fund in the Department of Agriculture and
 1431  Consumer Services, the Department of Environmental Protection,
 1432  the Department of State, or the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
 1433  Commission must be repaid to the trust funds from which the
 1434  moneys were loaned by the end of the 2018-2019 2017-2018 fiscal
 1435  year. The Legislature has determined that the repayment of the
 1436  other trust fund moneys temporarily loaned to a land acquisition
 1437  trust fund in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
 1438  Services, the Department of Environmental Protection, the
 1439  Department of State, or the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
 1440  Commission pursuant to this subsection is an allowable use of
 1441  the moneys in a land acquisition trust fund because the moneys
 1442  from other trust funds temporarily loaned to a land acquisition
 1443  trust fund shall be expended solely and exclusively in
 1444  accordance with s. 28, Art. X of the State Constitution. This
 1445  subsection expires July 1, 2019 2018.
 1446         Section 37. In order to implement Section 63 of the 2018
 1447  2019 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (b) of subsection (3)
 1448  of section 375.041, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1449         375.041 Land Acquisition Trust Fund.—
 1450         (3) Funds distributed into the Land Acquisition Trust Fund
 1451  pursuant to s. 201.15 shall be applied:
 1452         (b) Of the funds remaining after the payments required
 1453  under paragraph (a), but before funds may be appropriated,
 1454  pledged, or dedicated for other uses:
 1455         1. A minimum of the lesser of 25 percent or $200 million
 1456  shall be appropriated annually for Everglades projects that
 1457  implement the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan as set
 1458  forth in s. 373.470, including the Central Everglades Planning
 1459  Project subject to Congressional authorization; the Long-Term
 1460  Plan as defined in s. 373.4592(2); and the Northern Everglades
 1461  and Estuaries Protection Program as set forth in s. 373.4595.
 1462  From these funds, $32 million shall be distributed each fiscal
 1463  year through the 2023-2024 fiscal year to the South Florida
 1464  Water Management District for the Long-Term Plan as defined in
 1465  s. 373.4592(2). After deducting the $32 million distributed
 1466  under this subparagraph, from the funds remaining, a minimum of
 1467  the lesser of 76.5 percent or $100 million shall be appropriated
 1468  each fiscal year through the 2025-2026 fiscal year for the
 1469  planning, design, engineering, and construction of the
 1470  Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan as set forth in s.
 1471  373.470, including the Central Everglades Planning Project, the
 1472  Everglades Agricultural Area Storage Reservoir Project, the Lake
 1473  Okeechobee Watershed Project, the C-43 West Basin Storage
 1474  Reservoir Project, the Indian River Lagoon-South Project, the
 1475  Western Everglades Restoration Project, and the Picayune Strand
 1476  Restoration Project. The Department of Environmental Protection
 1477  and the South Florida Water Management District shall give
 1478  preference to those Everglades restoration projects that reduce
 1479  harmful discharges of water from Lake Okeechobee to the St.
 1480  Lucie or Caloosahatchee estuaries in a timely manner. For the
 1481  purpose of performing the calculation provided in this
 1482  subparagraph, the amount of debt service paid pursuant to
 1483  paragraph (a) for bonds issued after July 1, 2016, for the
 1484  purposes set forth under paragraph (b) shall be added to the
 1485  amount remaining after the payments required under paragraph
 1486  (a). The amount of the distribution calculated shall then be
 1487  reduced by an amount equal to the debt service paid pursuant to
 1488  paragraph (a) on bonds issued after July 1, 2016, for the
 1489  purposes set forth under this subparagraph.
 1490         2. A minimum of the lesser of 7.6 percent or $50 million
 1491  shall be appropriated annually for spring restoration,
 1492  protection, and management projects. For the purpose of
 1493  performing the calculation provided in this subparagraph, the
 1494  amount of debt service paid pursuant to paragraph (a) for bonds
 1495  issued after July 1, 2016, for the purposes set forth under
 1496  paragraph (b) shall be added to the amount remaining after the
 1497  payments required under paragraph (a). The amount of the
 1498  distribution calculated shall then be reduced by an amount equal
 1499  to the debt service paid pursuant to paragraph (a) on bonds
 1500  issued after July 1, 2016, for the purposes set forth under this
 1501  subparagraph.
 1502         3. The sum of $5 million shall be appropriated annually
 1503  each fiscal year through the 2025-2026 fiscal year to the St.
 1504  Johns River Water Management District for projects dedicated to
 1505  the restoration of Lake Apopka. This distribution shall be
 1506  reduced by an amount equal to the debt service paid pursuant to
 1507  paragraph (a) on bonds issued after July 1, 2016, for the
 1508  purposes set forth in this subparagraph.
 1509         4. The sum of $64 million is appropriated and shall be
 1510  transferred to the Everglades Trust Fund for the 2018-2019
 1511  fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, for the EAA
 1512  reservoir project pursuant to s. 373.4598. Any funds remaining
 1513  in any fiscal year shall be made available only for Phase II of
 1514  the C-51 reservoir project or projects identified in
 1515  subparagraph 1. and must be used in accordance with laws
 1516  relating to such projects. Any funds made available for such
 1517  purposes in a fiscal year are in addition to the amount
 1518  appropriated under subparagraph 1. This distribution shall be
 1519  reduced by an amount equal to the debt service paid pursuant to
 1520  paragraph (a) on bonds issued after July 1, 2017, for the
 1521  purposes set forth in this subparagraph.
 1522         5. Notwithstanding subparagraph 3., for the 2018-2019 2017
 1523  2018 fiscal year, funds shall be appropriated as provided in the
 1524  General Appropriations Act. This subparagraph expires July 1,
 1525  2019 2018.
 1526         Section 38. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 1527  1581 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act, and
 1528  notwithstanding the expiration date contained in section 39 of
 1529  chapter 2017-71, Laws of Florida, paragraph (a) of subsection
 1530  (6) of section 373.470, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
 1531         373.470 Everglades restoration.—
 1532         (6) DISTRIBUTIONS FROM SAVE OUR EVERGLADES TRUST FUND.—
 1533         (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (d) and (e) and for
 1534  funds appropriated for debt service, the department shall
 1535  distribute funds in the Save Our Everglades Trust Fund to the
 1536  district in accordance with a legislative appropriation and s.
 1537  373.026(8)(b). Distribution of funds to the district from the
 1538  Save Our Everglades Trust Fund or the Land Acquisition Trust
 1539  Fund shall be equally matched by the cumulative contributions
 1540  from the district by fiscal year 2019-2020 by providing funding
 1541  or credits toward project components. The dollar value of in
 1542  kind project design and construction work by the district in
 1543  furtherance of the comprehensive plan and existing interest in
 1544  public lands needed for a project component are credits towards
 1545  the district’s contributions.
 1546         Section 39. The amendment to s. 373.470(6)(a), Florida
 1547  Statutes, as carried forward by this act from chapter 2017-71,
 1548  Laws of Florida, expires July 1, 2019, and the text of that
 1549  paragraph shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2017,
 1550  except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by
 1551  this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the
 1552  extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions
 1553  of text which expire pursuant to this section.
 1554         Section 40. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 1555  1719 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (e)
 1556  of subsection (11) of section 216.181, Florida Statutes, is
 1557  amended to read:
 1558         216.181 Approved budgets for operations and fixed capital
 1559  outlay.—
 1560         (11)
 1561         (e) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) and paragraph (2)(b), and
 1562  for the 2018-2019 2017-2018 fiscal year only, the Legislative
 1563  Budget Commission may increase the amounts appropriated to the
 1564  Department of Environmental Protection for fixed capital outlay
 1565  projects using funds provided to the state from the
 1566  environmental mitigation trust administered by a trustee
 1567  designated by the United States District Court for the Northern
 1568  District of California for eligible mitigation actions and
 1569  mitigation action expenditures described in the partial consent
 1570  decree entered into between the United States of America and
 1571  Volkswagen relating to violations of the Clean Air Act.
 1572  Concurrent with submission of an amendment to the Legislative
 1573  Budget Commission pursuant to this paragraph, any project that
 1574  carries a continuing commitment for future appropriations by the
 1575  Legislature must be specifically identified, together with the
 1576  projected amount of the future commitment associated with the
 1577  project and the fiscal years in which the commitment is expected
 1578  to commence. This paragraph expires July 1, 2019 2018.
 1579  
 1580  The provisions of this subsection are subject to the notice and
 1581  objection procedures set forth in s. 216.177.
 1582         Section 41. (1) In order to implement specific
 1583  appropriations from the land acquisition trust funds within the
 1584  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department
 1585  of Environmental Protection, the Department of State, and the
 1586  Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which are contained
 1587  in the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act, the Department of
 1588  Environmental Protection shall transfer revenues from the Land
 1589  Acquisition Trust Fund within the department to the land
 1590  acquisition trust funds within the Department of Agriculture and
 1591  Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and
 1592  Wildlife Conservation Commission, as provided in this section.
 1593  As used in this section, the term “department” means the
 1594  Department of Environmental Protection.
 1595         (2) After subtracting any required debt service payments,
 1596  the proportionate share of revenues to be transferred to each
 1597  land acquisition trust fund shall be calculated by dividing the
 1598  appropriations from each of the land acquisition trust funds for
 1599  the fiscal year by the total appropriations from the Land
 1600  Acquisition Trust Fund within the department and the land
 1601  acquisition trust funds within the Department of Agriculture and
 1602  Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and
 1603  Wildlife Conservation Commission for the fiscal year. The
 1604  department shall transfer the proportionate share of the
 1605  revenues in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund within the
 1606  department on a monthly basis to the appropriate land
 1607  acquisition trust funds within the Department of Agriculture and
 1608  Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and
 1609  Wildlife Conservation Commission and shall retain its
 1610  proportionate share of the revenues in the Land Acquisition
 1611  Trust Fund within the department. Total distributions to a land
 1612  acquisition trust fund within the Department of Agriculture and
 1613  Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and
 1614  Wildlife Conservation Commission may not exceed the total
 1615  appropriations from such trust fund for the fiscal year.
 1616         (3) In addition, the department shall transfer from the
 1617  Land Acquisition Trust Fund to land acquisition trust funds
 1618  within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the
 1619  Department of State, and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
 1620  Commission amounts equal to the difference between the amounts
 1621  appropriated in chapter 2017-70, Laws of Florida, to the
 1622  department’s Land Acquisition Trust Fund and the other land
 1623  acquisition trust funds, and the amounts actually transferred
 1624  between those trust funds during the 2017-2018 fiscal year.
 1625         (4) The department may advance funds from the beginning
 1626  unobligated fund balance in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund to
 1627  the Land Acquisition Trust Fund within the Fish and Wildlife
 1628  Conservation Commission needed for cash flow purposes based on a
 1629  detailed expenditure plan. The department shall prorate amounts
 1630  transferred quarterly to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
 1631  Commission to recoup the amount of funds advanced by June 30,
 1632  2019.
 1633         (5) This section expires July 1, 2019.
 1634         Section 42. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1635  1393A, 1393B, 1549, 1549A, 1549B, 1550A, 1681A, 1681B, 1686A,
 1636  and 1802A of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act, the
 1637  Department of Environmental Protection shall distribute any
 1638  moneys transferred from the Land Acquisition Trust Fund into the
 1639  Florida Forever Trust Fund using the distribution formula
 1640  specified in s. 259.105(3), Florida Statutes. This section
 1641  expires July 1, 2019.
 1642         Section 43. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 1643  1686A of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act, subsection
 1644  (5) is added to section 375.075, Florida Statutes, to read:
 1645         375.075 Outdoor recreation; financial assistance to local
 1646  governments.—
 1647         (5)(a) For the 2018-2019 fiscal year:
 1648         1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, $4
 1649  million of funds for projects must be used exclusively for
 1650  projects that provide recreational enhancements and
 1651  opportunities for children. The department shall conduct a
 1652  separate grant application process exclusively for such
 1653  projects. The department shall establish the schedule for the
 1654  grant application process for projects that provide publicly
 1655  available recreational enhancements and opportunities for
 1656  children and shall award the grants for such projects by
 1657  December 31, 2018, and each year thereafter.
 1658         2. Notwithstanding subsection (3), a local government may
 1659  submit up to three grant applications for projects if at least
 1660  one of those projects provides recreational enhancements and
 1661  opportunities for children. The maximum project grant for each
 1662  project application that provides recreational enhancements and
 1663  opportunities for children may not exceed $250,000 in state
 1664  funds, which the local government must match on a dollar-for
 1665  dollar basis.
 1666         (b) The selection criteria used by the department for grant
 1667  applications submitted pursuant to this subsection must give
 1668  priority to projects geared toward children under the age of 12,
 1669  but which also provide educational opportunities and have
 1670  established safety standards. The department shall give the
 1671  highest priority to those project applications that further
 1672  demonstrate they will serve the needs of children with unique
 1673  abilities and will be accessible and usable to those with
 1674  physical and developmental disabilities. All projects must be
 1675  required to have playground equipment and lighting that is
 1676  adequate for evening use.
 1677         (c) The playground equipment should be designed in a manner
 1678  to serve children under the age of 12 with unique abilities,
 1679  including those with physical and developmental disabilities.
 1680  The criteria must also establish a minimum lot size for such
 1681  project.
 1682         (d) This subsection expires July 1, 2019.
 1683         Section 44. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 1684  1660 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (r)
 1685  is added to subsection (4) of section 376.3071, Florida
 1686  Statutes, to read:
 1687         376.3071 Inland Protection Trust Fund; creation; purposes;
 1688  funding.—
 1689         (4) USES.—Whenever, in its determination, incidents of
 1690  inland contamination related to the storage of petroleum or
 1691  petroleum products may pose a threat to the public health,
 1692  safety, or welfare, water resources, or the environment, the
 1693  department shall obligate moneys available in the fund to
 1694  provide for:
 1695         (r) Notwithstanding paragraph (j), $10 million is allocated
 1696  for the 2018-2019 fiscal year for the payment of the repair or
 1697  the replacement of, or other preventive measures for, storage
 1698  tanks, piping, or system components. Such costs may include
 1699  equipment, preventive measures, excavation, electrical work,
 1700  site restoration, and maintenance protocols. Owners or operators
 1701  may submit an application for funding on forms developed by the
 1702  department.
 1703         1. The application must include:
 1704         a. An affidavit by a petroleum storage system specialty
 1705  contractor and supporting documentation demonstrating that the
 1706  storage tank system may have been damaged or is subject to
 1707  damage by incompatibility with fuel blended with ethanol or
 1708  biodiesel;
 1709         b. A proposed scope of work and cost; and
 1710         c. For proposals to replace tanks or piping, a statement
 1711  from a certified public accountant which indicates the
 1712  depreciated value of the equipment. The depreciated value is the
 1713  maximum allowable replacement cost. Tanks and piping that are 20
 1714  years old or older are deemed to have no replacement value.
 1715         2. The department must review the application for
 1716  completeness, accuracy, and reasonableness of costs and scope of
 1717  work. Upon approval of an application, the department must issue
 1718  a purchase order to the applicant. The department may not issue
 1719  a purchase order unless funds remain for the current fiscal
 1720  year. The purchase order must include a deductible of 25 percent
 1721  of the total cost. Except for preventative maintenance
 1722  contracts, the specified work must be substantially completed
 1723  within 180 days after the date of issuance of the purchase
 1724  order.
 1725         3. Applications shall be funded on a first-come, first
 1726  served basis. Except for preventative maintenance contracts, the
 1727  specified work must be substantially completed within 180 days
 1728  after the date of issuance of the purchase order. After such
 1729  time, the purchase order is void. An owner or operator may not
 1730  cancel a preventative maintenance contract without cause.
 1731  Following submission of proof to the department that the
 1732  approved scope of work; or, in the case of preventative
 1733  maintenance contracts, the first service event is complete; the
 1734  applicant may request payment. A petroleum storage system owner
 1735  or operator may not receive more than $200,000 per fiscal year
 1736  for any single facility or $500,000 per fiscal year for all the
 1737  facilities it owns or operates.
 1738         4. Owners or operators who have incurred costs for repair,
 1739  replacement, or other preventative measures as described in this
 1740  paragraph from July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2018, may apply to
 1741  request payment for such costs from the department using the
 1742  procedure specified in this paragraph. The department may not
 1743  disburse payments for approved applications for such work until
 1744  all purchase orders for previously approved applications
 1745  submitted after July 1, 2018, have been paid and funds remain
 1746  available for the fiscal year. Such payment is subject to a
 1747  deductible of 25 percent of the approved cost.
 1748         5. Payment may not be provided for:
 1749         a. Any costs for which an application for repair,
 1750  replacement, or preventative measures is not approved in
 1751  accordance with this paragraph;
 1752         b. Proposal costs or costs related to preparation of the
 1753  application and required documentation;
 1754         c. Costs associated with the services of a certified public
 1755  accountant;
 1756         d. Costs associated with storage tanks, piping, or
 1757  ancillary equipment that has been previously repaired or
 1758  replaced with funds that have been paid pursuant to this
 1759  section;
 1760         e. Facilities that are not in compliance with department
 1761  storage tank rules, until the facility has been brought into
 1762  compliance with such rules; or
 1763         f. Costs associated with damage to petroleum storage
 1764  systems caused in whole or in part by causes other than the
 1765  storage of fuels blended with ethanol or biodiesel.
 1766         6. This paragraph does not affect the obligations of
 1767  facility owners or operators or petroleum storage system owners
 1768  or operators to timely comply with department rules regarding
 1769  the maintenance, replacement, and repair of petroleum storage
 1770  systems in order to prevent a release or discharge of
 1771  pollutants. This paragraph does not prevent the department from
 1772  issuing a purchase order in accordance with this paragraph based
 1773  on grounds that work had commenced before the issuance of the
 1774  purchase order.
 1775         7. The department shall ensure that petroleum storage
 1776  systems approved after July 1, 2018, meet applicable standards
 1777  for compatibility for ethanol blends, biodiesel blends, and
 1778  other alternative fuels that are likely to be installed in such
 1779  systems.
 1780         8. This paragraph expires July 1, 2019.
 1781  
 1782  The issuance of a site rehabilitation completion order pursuant
 1783  to subsection (5) or paragraph (12)(b) for contamination
 1784  eligible for programs funded by this section does not alter the
 1785  project’s eligibility for state-funded remediation if the
 1786  department determines that site conditions are not protective of
 1787  human health under actual or proposed circumstances of exposure
 1788  under subsection (5). The Inland Protection Trust Fund may be
 1789  used only to fund the activities in ss. 376.30-376.317 except
 1790  ss. 376.3078 and 376.3079. Amounts on deposit in the fund in
 1791  each fiscal year must first be applied or allocated for the
 1792  payment of amounts payable by the department pursuant to
 1793  paragraph (n) under a service contract entered into by the
 1794  department pursuant to s. 376.3075 and appropriated in each year
 1795  by the Legislature before making or providing for other
 1796  disbursements from the fund. This subsection does not authorize
 1797  the use of the fund for cleanup of contamination caused
 1798  primarily by a discharge of solvents as defined in s.
 1799  206.9925(6), or polychlorinated biphenyls when their presence
 1800  causes them to be hazardous wastes, except solvent contamination
 1801  which is the result of chemical or physical breakdown of
 1802  petroleum products and is otherwise eligible. Facilities used
 1803  primarily for the storage of motor or diesel fuels as defined in
 1804  ss. 206.01 and 206.86 are not excluded from eligibility pursuant
 1805  to this section.
 1806         Section 45. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 1807  582 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act, section 295.23,
 1808  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1809         295.23 Veterans research and marketing campaign.—
 1810         (1) Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., may request the Florida
 1811  Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation for assistance in the
 1812  following research and marketing activities shall:
 1813         (a) Provide input to Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., on
 1814  Research to identify the target market and the educational and
 1815  employment needs of those in the target market.
 1816         (b) Development and administration of Develop and conduct a
 1817  marketing campaign to encourage retired and recently separated
 1818  military personnel to remain in the state or to make the state
 1819  their permanent residence.
 1820         (c) Development of Develop a process for the dissemination
 1821  of information to the target market and targeting that
 1822  information to the interests and needs of veterans of all ages
 1823  to facilitate veterans’ knowledge of and access to benefits.
 1824         (2) The Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation
 1825  shall seek advice from Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., on the
 1826  scope, process, and focus of the marketing campaign. Input must
 1827  be received before invitations to bid, requests for proposals,
 1828  or invitations to negotiate for contracted services are
 1829  advertised. Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., shall be kept
 1830  informed at each stage of the marketing campaign and may provide
 1831  recommendations to the Florida Tourism Industry Marketing
 1832  Corporation to ensure that the effort effectively reaches
 1833  veterans.
 1834         (2)(3) For the purposes of this section, Florida Is For
 1835  Veterans, Inc., the Florida Tourism Industry Marketing
 1836  Corporation shall expend the amount appropriated in the General
 1837  Appropriations Act $1 million annually on marketing the state to
 1838  veterans as a permanent home and on information dissemination to
 1839  improve veterans’ knowledge of and access to benefits through a
 1840  combination of existing funds appropriated to the Florida
 1841  Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation by the Legislature and
 1842  private funds.
 1843         Section 46. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 1844  582 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act, paragraphs (a)
 1845  and (b) of subsection (3) of section 295.21, Florida Statutes,
 1846  are amended to read:
 1847         295.21 Florida Is For Veterans, Inc.—
 1848         (3) DUTIES.—The corporation shall:
 1849         (a) Conduct research to identify the target market and the
 1850  educational and employment needs of those in the target market.
 1851  The corporation shall contract with at least one entity pursuant
 1852  to the competitive bidding requirements in s. 287.057 and the
 1853  provisions of s. 295.187 to perform the research. Such entity
 1854  must have experience conducting market research on the veteran
 1855  demographic. The corporation may shall seek input from the
 1856  Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation on the scope,
 1857  process, and focus of such research.
 1858         (b) Develop and implement a marketing campaign for Advise
 1859  the Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation, pursuant to
 1860  s. 295.23, on:
 1861         1. the target market as identified in paragraph (a). The
 1862         2. Development and implementation of a marketing campaign
 1863  must to encourage members of the target market to remain in the
 1864  state or to make the state their permanent residence. The
 1865  corporation must establish
 1866         3. methods for disseminating information to the target
 1867  market that relates to the interests and needs of veterans of
 1868  all ages and facilitates veterans’ knowledge of and access to
 1869  benefits. The corporation may request assistance from the
 1870  Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation pursuant to s.
 1871  295.23.
 1872         Section 47. The amendments made by this act to ss. 295.21
 1873  and 295.23, Florida Statutes, expire July 1, 2019, and the text
 1874  of those sections shall revert to that in existence on June 30,
 1875  2018, except that any amendments to such text enacted other than
 1876  by this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the
 1877  extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions
 1878  of text which expire pursuant to this section.
 1879         Section 48. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 1880  1855 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act, subsection
 1881  (30) of section 427.013, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1882         427.013 The Commission for the Transportation
 1883  Disadvantaged; purpose and responsibilities.—The purpose of the
 1884  commission is to accomplish the coordination of transportation
 1885  services provided to the transportation disadvantaged. The goal
 1886  of this coordination is to assure the cost-effective provision
 1887  of transportation by qualified community transportation
 1888  coordinators or transportation operators for the transportation
 1889  disadvantaged without any bias or presumption in favor of
 1890  multioperator systems or not-for-profit transportation operators
 1891  over single operator systems or for-profit transportation
 1892  operators. In carrying out this purpose, the commission shall:
 1893         (30) For the 2018-2019 2017-2018 fiscal year and
 1894  notwithstanding any other provision of this section:
 1895         (a) Allocate, from funds provided in the General
 1896  Appropriations Act, to community transportation coordinators who
 1897  operate in counties that are not direct recipients of do not
 1898  receive Urbanized Area Formula funds pursuant to 49 U.S.C. s.
 1899  5307 to provide transportation services for persons with
 1900  disabilities, older adults, and low-income persons so they may
 1901  access health care, employment, education, and other life
 1902  sustaining activities. Funds allocated for this purpose shall be
 1903  distributed among community transportation coordinators based
 1904  upon the Transportation Disadvantaged Trip and Equipment
 1905  allocation methodology established by the commission.
 1906         (b) Award, from funds provided in the General
 1907  Appropriations Act, competitive grants to community
 1908  transportation coordinators to support transportation projects
 1909  to:
 1910         1. Enhance access to health care, shopping, education,
 1911  employment, public services, and recreation;
 1912         2. Assist in the development, improvement, and use of
 1913  transportation systems in nonurbanized areas;
 1914         3. Promote the efficient coordination of services;
 1915         4. Support inner-city bus transportation; and
 1916         5. Encourage private transportation providers to
 1917  participate.
 1918         (c) This subsection expires July 1, 2019 2018.
 1919         Section 49. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 1920  2296 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act, subsections
 1921  (3) and (5) of section 321.04, Florida Statutes, are amended to
 1922  read:
 1923         321.04 Personnel of the highway patrol; rank
 1924  classifications; probationary status of new patrol officers;
 1925  subsistence; special assignments.—
 1926         (3)(a) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
 1927  shall assign one patrol officer to the office of the Governor;
 1928  said patrol officer so assigned shall be selected by the
 1929  Governor and shall have rank and pay not less than that of a
 1930  lieutenant of the Florida Highway Patrol, and said patrol
 1931  officer so assigned shall be paid by said department from the
 1932  appropriation made to said department; said patrol officer shall
 1933  have and receive all other benefits provided for in this chapter
 1934  or any other statute now in existence or hereinafter enacted.
 1935         (b) For the 2018-2019 2017-2018 fiscal year only, the
 1936  patrol officer shall be assigned to the Lieutenant Governor.
 1937  This paragraph expires July 1, 2019 2018.
 1938         (5) For the 2018-2019 2017-2018 fiscal year only, the
 1939  assignment of a patrol officer by the department shall include a
 1940  Cabinet member specified in s. 4, Art. IV of the State
 1941  Constitution if deemed appropriate by the department or in
 1942  response to a threat and upon written request of such Cabinet
 1943  member. This subsection expires July 1, 2019 2018.
 1944         Section 50. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1945  1856 through 1869, 1875 through 1878, 1891 through 1910, and
 1946  1948 through 1959 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act,
 1947  paragraphs (d), (e), and (f) of subsection (5) of section
 1948  339.135, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1949         339.135 Work program; legislative budget request;
 1950  definitions; preparation, adoption, execution, and amendment.—
 1951         (5) ADOPTION OF THE WORK PROGRAM.—
 1952         (d) It is the intent of the Legislature that the department
 1953  maintain fiscal solvency and make prudent use of all available
 1954  fiscal resources to minimize any project, or a phase thereof,
 1955  from being deferred within the work program. It is further the
 1956  intent of the Legislature that the department, to the maximum
 1957  extent feasible, reduce financial projects not programmed for
 1958  contract letting as identified with a work program contract
 1959  class code 8 and the box code RV to add projects to the 2018
 1960  2019 2017-2018 work program which are identified by a specific
 1961  appropriation in the 2018-2019 2017-2018 General Appropriations
 1962  Act. This paragraph expires July 1, 2019 2018.
 1963         (e) For the 2018-2019 2017-2018 fiscal year only, the
 1964  department is authorized to realign budget authority among
 1965  appropriation categories to support the implementation of the
 1966  2018-2019 2017-2018 General Appropriations Act. The notice,
 1967  review, and objection procedures under s. 216.177 apply only
 1968  when projects, or a phase thereof, are not deferred or deleted
 1969  from the work program. The request to realign budget authority
 1970  among work program categories must be supported by documented
 1971  production and financial goals within the parameters of finance,
 1972  available cash, and total authorized budget. This paragraph
 1973  expires July 1, 2019 2018.
 1974         (f) For the 2018-2019 2017-2018 fiscal year only, if the
 1975  department submits a work program amendment to realign work
 1976  program categories to the 2018-2019 2017-2018 General
 1977  Appropriations Act that defers or deletes any project, or a
 1978  phase thereof, the work program amendment is subject to approval
 1979  by the Legislative Budget Commission. The department shall
 1980  provide to the Legislative Budget Commission the documents
 1981  specified in subparagraphs 1.-8. when submitting the
 1982  department’s work program amendment to request approval to
 1983  realign the work program appropriation categories to the 2018
 1984  2019 2017-2018 General Appropriations Act. In addition, any work
 1985  program amendment submitted to the Legislative Budget Commission
 1986  which results in a reduced project commitment level for the
 1987  2018-2019 2017-2018 fiscal year must include the following
 1988  documents:
 1989         1. A proposed finance plan, as balanced to the requested
 1990  work program amendment to realign the work program categories to
 1991  the 2018-2019 2017-2018 General Appropriations Act, or any other
 1992  amendments that reduce work program commitments;
 1993         2. A proposed cash forecast, as balanced to the requested
 1994  work program amendment to realign the work program categories to
 1995  the 2018-2019 2017-2018 General Appropriations Act, or any other
 1996  amendments that reduce work program commitments;
 1997         3. An adopted finance plan, as of July 1, 2018 2017;
 1998         4. An adopted cash forecast, as of July 1, 2018 2017;
 1999         5. A complete list of projects, or phases thereof, deferred
 2000  or deleted from the impact of the projects identified by a
 2001  specific appropriation in the 2018-2019 2017-2018 General
 2002  Appropriations Act for the 2018-2019 2017-2018 through 2022-2023
 2003  2021-2022 work program;
 2004         6. The department’s methodology for identifying projects,
 2005  or phases thereof, for deferral or deletion for the 2018-2019
 2006  2017-2018 through 2022-2023 2021-2022 work program;
 2007         7. A letter of concurrence or nonconcurrence from the
 2008  affected metropolitan planning organization or, for
 2009  nonmetropolitan areas, the board of county commissioners with
 2010  impacted project selections; and
 2011         8. A complete list of financial projects not programmed for
 2012  contract letting as identified with a work program contract
 2013  class code 8 and the box code RV included in fiscal years 2018
 2014  2019 2017-2018 through 2022-2023 2021-2022, as of July 1, 2018
 2015  2017.
 2016  
 2017  This paragraph expires July 1, 2019 2018.
 2018         Section 51. In order to implement the salaries and
 2019  benefits, expenses, other personal services, contracted
 2020  services, special categories, and operating capital outlay
 2021  categories of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act,
 2022  paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 216.292, Florida
 2023  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2024         216.292 Appropriations nontransferable; exceptions.—
 2025         (2) The following transfers are authorized to be made by
 2026  the head of each department or the Chief Justice of the Supreme
 2027  Court whenever it is deemed necessary by reason of changed
 2028  conditions:
 2029         (a) The transfer of appropriations funded from identical
 2030  funding sources, except appropriations for fixed capital outlay,
 2031  and the transfer of amounts included within the total original
 2032  approved budget and plans of releases of appropriations as
 2033  furnished pursuant to ss. 216.181 and 216.192, as follows:
 2034         1. Between categories of appropriations within a budget
 2035  entity, if no category of appropriation is increased or
 2036  decreased by more than 5 percent of the original approved budget
 2037  or $250,000, whichever is greater, by all action taken under
 2038  this subsection.
 2039         2. Between budget entities within identical categories of
 2040  appropriations, if no category of appropriation is increased or
 2041  decreased by more than 5 percent of the original approved budget
 2042  or $250,000, whichever is greater, by all action taken under
 2043  this subsection.
 2044         3. Any agency exceeding salary rate established pursuant to
 2045  s. 216.181(8) on June 30th of any fiscal year shall not be
 2046  authorized to make transfers pursuant to subparagraphs 1. and 2.
 2047  in the subsequent fiscal year.
 2048         4. Notice of proposed transfers under subparagraphs 1. and
 2049  2. shall be provided to the Executive Office of the Governor and
 2050  the chairs of the legislative appropriations committees at least
 2051  3 days prior to agency implementation in order to provide an
 2052  opportunity for review. The review shall be limited to ensuring
 2053  that the transfer is in compliance with the requirements of this
 2054  paragraph.
 2055         5. For the 2018-2019 2017-2018 fiscal year, the review
 2056  shall ensure that transfers proposed pursuant to this paragraph
 2057  comply with this chapter and are not contrary to legislative
 2058  policy and intent. This subparagraph expires July 1, 2019 2018.
 2059         Section 52. In order to implement the salaries and
 2060  benefits, expenses, other personal services, contracted
 2061  services, special categories, and operating capital outlay
 2062  categories of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act,
 2063  subsection (6) of section 112.24, Florida Statutes, is amended
 2064  to read:
 2065         112.24 Intergovernmental interchange of public employees.
 2066  To encourage economical and effective utilization of public
 2067  employees in this state, the temporary assignment of employees
 2068  among agencies of government, both state and local, and
 2069  including school districts and public institutions of higher
 2070  education is authorized under terms and conditions set forth in
 2071  this section. State agencies, municipalities, and political
 2072  subdivisions are authorized to enter into employee interchange
 2073  agreements with other state agencies, the Federal Government,
 2074  another state, a municipality, or a political subdivision
 2075  including a school district, or with a public institution of
 2076  higher education. State agencies are also authorized to enter
 2077  into employee interchange agreements with private institutions
 2078  of higher education and other nonprofit organizations under the
 2079  terms and conditions provided in this section. In addition, the
 2080  Governor or the Governor and Cabinet may enter into employee
 2081  interchange agreements with a state agency, the Federal
 2082  Government, another state, a municipality, or a political
 2083  subdivision including a school district, or with a public
 2084  institution of higher learning to fill, subject to the
 2085  requirements of chapter 20, appointive offices which are within
 2086  the executive branch of government and which are filled by
 2087  appointment by the Governor or the Governor and Cabinet. Under
 2088  no circumstances shall employee interchange agreements be
 2089  utilized for the purpose of assigning individuals to participate
 2090  in political campaigns. Duties and responsibilities of
 2091  interchange employees shall be limited to the mission and goals
 2092  of the agencies of government.
 2093         (6) For the 2018-2019 2017-2018 fiscal year only, the
 2094  assignment of an employee of a state agency as provided in this
 2095  section may be made if recommended by the Governor or Chief
 2096  Justice, as appropriate, and approved by the chairs of the
 2097  legislative appropriations committees. Such actions shall be
 2098  deemed approved if neither chair provides written notice of
 2099  objection within 14 days after receiving notice of the action
 2100  pursuant to s. 216.177. This subsection expires July 1, 2019
 2101  2018.
 2102         Section 53. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 2103  2670 and 2671 of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act, and
 2104  notwithstanding s. 11.13(1), Florida Statutes, the authorized
 2105  salaries for members of the Legislature for the 2018-2019 fiscal
 2106  year shall be set at the same level in effect on July 1, 2010.
 2107  This section expires July 1, 2019.
 2108         Section 54. In order to implement the transfer of funds to
 2109  the General Revenue Fund from trust funds for the 2018-2019
 2110  General Appropriations Act, paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of
 2111  section 215.32, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
 2112         215.32 State funds; segregation.—
 2113         (2) The source and use of each of these funds shall be as
 2114  follows:
 2115         (b)1. The trust funds shall consist of moneys received by
 2116  the state which under law or under trust agreement are
 2117  segregated for a purpose authorized by law. The state agency or
 2118  branch of state government receiving or collecting such moneys
 2119  is responsible for their proper expenditure as provided by law.
 2120  Upon the request of the state agency or branch of state
 2121  government responsible for the administration of the trust fund,
 2122  the Chief Financial Officer may establish accounts within the
 2123  trust fund at a level considered necessary for proper
 2124  accountability. Once an account is established, the Chief
 2125  Financial Officer may authorize payment from that account only
 2126  upon determining that there is sufficient cash and releases at
 2127  the level of the account.
 2128         2. In addition to other trust funds created by law, to the
 2129  extent possible, each agency shall use the following trust funds
 2130  as described in this subparagraph for day-to-day operations:
 2131         a. Operations or operating trust fund, for use as a
 2132  depository for funds to be used for program operations funded by
 2133  program revenues, with the exception of administrative
 2134  activities when the operations or operating trust fund is a
 2135  proprietary fund.
 2136         b. Operations and maintenance trust fund, for use as a
 2137  depository for client services funded by third-party payors.
 2138         c. Administrative trust fund, for use as a depository for
 2139  funds to be used for management activities that are departmental
 2140  in nature and funded by indirect cost earnings and assessments
 2141  against trust funds. Proprietary funds are excluded from the
 2142  requirement of using an administrative trust fund.
 2143         d. Grants and donations trust fund, for use as a depository
 2144  for funds to be used for allowable grant or donor agreement
 2145  activities funded by restricted contractual revenue from private
 2146  and public nonfederal sources.
 2147         e. Agency working capital trust fund, for use as a
 2148  depository for funds to be used pursuant to s. 216.272.
 2149         f. Clearing funds trust fund, for use as a depository for
 2150  funds to account for collections pending distribution to lawful
 2151  recipients.
 2152         g. Federal grant trust fund, for use as a depository for
 2153  funds to be used for allowable grant activities funded by
 2154  restricted program revenues from federal sources.
 2155  
 2156  To the extent possible, each agency must adjust its internal
 2157  accounting to use existing trust funds consistent with the
 2158  requirements of this subparagraph. If an agency does not have
 2159  trust funds listed in this subparagraph and cannot make such
 2160  adjustment, the agency must recommend the creation of the
 2161  necessary trust funds to the Legislature no later than the next
 2162  scheduled review of the agency’s trust funds pursuant to s.
 2163  215.3206.
 2164         3. All such moneys are hereby appropriated to be expended
 2165  in accordance with the law or trust agreement under which they
 2166  were received, subject always to the provisions of chapter 216
 2167  relating to the appropriation of funds and to the applicable
 2168  laws relating to the deposit or expenditure of moneys in the
 2169  State Treasury.
 2170         4.a. Notwithstanding any provision of law restricting the
 2171  use of trust funds to specific purposes, unappropriated cash
 2172  balances from selected trust funds may be authorized by the
 2173  Legislature for transfer to the Budget Stabilization Fund and
 2174  General Revenue Fund in the General Appropriations Act.
 2175         b. This subparagraph does not apply to trust funds required
 2176  by federal programs or mandates; trust funds established for
 2177  bond covenants, indentures, or resolutions whose revenues are
 2178  legally pledged by the state or public body to meet debt service
 2179  or other financial requirements of any debt obligations of the
 2180  state or any public body; the Division of Licensing Trust Fund
 2181  in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; the
 2182  State Transportation Trust Fund; the trust fund containing the
 2183  net annual proceeds from the Florida Education Lotteries; the
 2184  Florida Retirement System Trust Fund; trust funds under the
 2185  management of the State Board of Education or the Board of
 2186  Governors of the State University System, where such trust funds
 2187  are for auxiliary enterprises, self-insurance, and contracts,
 2188  grants, and donations, as those terms are defined by general
 2189  law; trust funds that serve as clearing funds or accounts for
 2190  the Chief Financial Officer or state agencies; trust funds that
 2191  account for assets held by the state in a trustee capacity as an
 2192  agent or fiduciary for individuals, private organizations, or
 2193  other governmental units; and other trust funds authorized by
 2194  the State Constitution.
 2195         Section 55. The amendment to s. 215.32(2)(b), Florida
 2196  Statutes, as carried forward by this act from chapter 2011-47,
 2197  Laws of Florida, expires July 1, 2019, and the text of that
 2198  paragraph shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2011,
 2199  except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by
 2200  this act and chapter 2011-47, Laws of Florida, shall be
 2201  preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such
 2202  amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which
 2203  expire pursuant to this section.
 2204         Section 56. In order to implement the appropriation of
 2205  funds in the special categories, contracted services, and
 2206  expenses categories of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act,
 2207  a state agency may not enter into a contract containing a
 2208  nondisclosure clause that prohibits the contractor from
 2209  disclosing information relevant to the performance of the
 2210  contract to members or staff of the Senate or the House of
 2211  Representatives. This section expires July 1, 2019.
 2212         Section 57. Any section of this act which implements a
 2213  specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso
 2214  language in the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act is void if
 2215  the specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso
 2216  language is vetoed. Any section of this act which implements
 2217  more than one specific appropriation or more than one portion of
 2218  specifically identified proviso language in the 2018-2019
 2219  General Appropriations Act is void if all the specific
 2220  appropriations or portions of specifically identified proviso
 2221  language are vetoed.
 2222         Section 58. If any other act passed during the 2018 Regular
 2223  Session of the Legislature contains a provision that is
 2224  substantively the same as a provision in this act, but that
 2225  removes or is otherwise not subject to the future repeal applied
 2226  to such provision by this act, the Legislature intends that the
 2227  provision in the other act takes precedence and continues to
 2228  operate, notwithstanding the future repeal provided by this act.
 2229         Section 59. If any provision of this act or its application
 2230  to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity
 2231  does not affect other provisions or applications of the act
 2232  which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
 2233  application, and to this end the provisions of this act are
 2234  severable.
 2235         Section 60. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
 2236  act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon
 2237  this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1,
 2238  2018; or, if this act fails to become a law until after that
 2239  date, it shall take effect upon becoming a law and shall operate
 2240  retroactively to July 1, 2018.