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11  Senator Brown-Waite moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 24, between lines 10 and 11,

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17         Section 12.  Paragraph (i) is added to subsection (1)

18  of section 383.011, Florida Statutes, and subsection (2) of

19  that section is amended, to read:

20         383.011  Administration of maternal and child health

21  programs.--

22         (1)  The Department of Health is designated as the

23  state agency for:

24         (i)  Receiving federal funds for children eligible for

25  assistance through the child portion of the federal Child and

26  Adult Care Food Program, which is referred to as the Child

27  Care Food Program, and for establishing and administering this

28  program. The purpose of the Child Care Food Program is to

29  provide nutritious meals and snacks for children in

30  nonresidential day care. To ensure the quality and integrity

31  of the program, the department shall develop standards and

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 1  procedures that govern sponsoring organizations, day care

 2  homes, child care centers, and centers that operate outside

 3  school hours. Standards and procedures must address the

 4  following:  participation criteria for sponsoring

 5  organizations, which may include administrative budgets,

 6  staffing requirements, requirements for experience in

 7  operating similar programs, operating hours and availability,

 8  bonding requirements, geographic coverage, and a required

 9  minimum number of homes or centers; procedures for

10  investigating complaints and allegations of noncompliance;

11  application and renewal requirements; audit requirements; meal

12  pattern requirements; requirements for managing funds;

13  participant eligibility for free and reduced-price meals; food

14  storage and preparation; food service companies;

15  reimbursements; use of commodities; administrative reviews and

16  monitoring; training requirements; recordkeeping requirements;

17  and criteria pertaining to imposing sanctions and penalties,

18  including the denial, termination, and appeal of program

19  eligibility.

20         (2)  The Department of Health shall follow federal

21  requirements and may adopt any rules necessary for the

22  implementation of the maternal and child health care program,

23  or the WIC program, and the Child Care Food Program. With

24  respect to the Child Care Food Program, the department shall

25  adopt rules that interpret and implement relevant federal

26  regulations, including 7 C.F.R., part 226. The rules must

27  address at least those program requirements and procedures

28  identified in paragraph (1)(i).

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 2  And the title is amended as follows:

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 6         amending s. 383.011, F.S.; providing that the

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 9         Child Care Food Program; requiring the

10         department to adopt rules for administering the

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