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                    HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL AMENDMENT
                                  HB5001 

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Representative(s): McGhee
offered the following amendment:

In Section: 03 On Page: 084 Specific Appropriation:  349
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Explanation:
Deletes funding in Specific Appropriation 349 for Automated Income 
Verification and provides the same funding to Specific Appropriation 450 
for the Covering Kids & Families Program.
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        CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF
        Services
        Program: Economic Self Sufficiency 
        Program
        Economic Self Sufficiency Services

        In Section 03  On Page 084
349     Special Categories
        Contracted Services

          General Revenue Fund                    16,767,061     13,463,870
          Federal Grants Trust Fund               23,862,772     20,558,962

DELETE the proviso immediately following Specific Appropriation 349:

From  the  funds  in  Specific  Appropriation 349, the nonrecurring sums
of  $3,303,191  from  the  General  Revenue fund and $3,003,810 from the
Federal Grants Trust Fund are provided to continue the existing contract
for  automated  commercial wage verification services for the purpose of
acquiring  current  employment  and  income  information for eligibility
determination  and  periodic  recertification  for  the following public
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benefit programs: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and Medicaid. Funds shall be used to automate the eligibility determination process, to improve program integrity and to detect and deter fraud, waste, and abuse in public benefit programs administered by the Department of Children and Families (HB 9151). HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF Program: Community Public Health Community Health Promotion In Section 03 On Page 098 450 Special Categories Grants And Aids - Contracted Services General Revenue Fund 20,908,836 24,212,027 Federal Grants Trust Fund 10,099,572 13,403,382 At the end of existing proviso language, following Specific Appropriation 450, INSERT: From funds in Specific Appropriation 450, $3,303,191 from the General Revenue Fund and $3,303,810 from the Federal Grants Trust Fund is provided to the Covering Kids & Families Program at the University of South Florida to issue navigator grants to facilitate and promote health insurance coverage for uninsured Floridians under the Affordable Care Act.
Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process. However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items.

























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