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House Bill 1011




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1011

        By Representative Silver






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; creating the

  3         Florida Universal Health Access Trust Fund, to

  4         be administered by the Florida Universal Health

  5         Access and Cost Containment Commission;

  6         providing for source of moneys and purposes;

  7         providing for future review and termination or

  8         re-creation of the fund; providing a contingent

  9         effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  The Florida Universal Health Access Trust

14  Fund is hereby created, to be administered by the Florida

15  Universal Health Access and Cost Containment Commission. Funds

16  shall be credited to the trust fund as provided in HB     or

17  similar legislation, to be used for the purposes set forth

18  therein.

19         Section 2.  (1) The Florida Universal Health Access

20  Trust Fund shall be terminated on July 1, 2002.

21         (2)  Prior to the regular legislative session

22  immediately preceding the date on which the trust fund is

23  scheduled to be terminated, the Florida Universal Access and

24  Cost Containment Commission and the Governor shall recommend

25  to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of

26  Representatives whether the trust fund should be allowed to

27  terminate or should be recreated.  These recommendations shall

28  be based on a review of the purpose and use of the trust fund

29  and a determination of whether the trust fund will continue to

30  be necessary.  A recommendation to recreate the trust fund may

31  include suggested modifications to the purpose, sources of

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1011

    586-107-97






  1  receipts, and allowable expenditures for the trust fund.  The

  2  commission's recommendation shall be made as a part of its

  3  legislative budget request to the Legislature pursuant to s.

  4  216.023, Florida Statutes. The Governor's recommendation shall

  5  be made as a part of the recommended budget presented to the

  6  Legislature pursuant to s. 216.162, Florida Statutes.

  7         (3)  If the trust fund is terminated, the commission

  8  shall pay any outstanding debts or obligations of the trust

  9  fund as soon as practicable and the Comptroller shall close

10  out and remove the trust fund from the various state

11  accounting systems, using generally accepted accounting

12  practices concerning warrants outstanding, assets, and

13  liabilities.

14         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

15  law, if passed by a three-fifths vote of the membership of

16  each house, and if HB      or similar legislation is adopted

17  in the same legislative session or an extension thereof.

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20                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Creates the Florida Universal Health Access Trust Fund,
22    to be administered by the Florida Universal Health Access
      and Cost Containment Commission.  Provides source of
23    moneys and purposes. Provides for future termination or
      re-creation of the trust fund.
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