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11 Senator Klein moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 1. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (3) of
19 section 20.43, Florida Statutes, 1996 Supplement, are amended,
20 present paragraph (f) of that subsection is redesignated as
21 paragraph (g), and a new paragraph (f) is added to that
22 subsection; and subsections (6) and (7) are added to that
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24 20.43 Department of Health.--There is created a
25 Department of Health.
26 (3) The following divisions of the Department of
27 Health are established:
28 (c) Division of Disease Intervention Control.
29 (d) Division of Family Health Services.
30 (f) Division of Local Health Planning, Education, and
31 Workforce Development.
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1 (6) To protect and improve the public health, the
2 department may use state or federal funds to:
3 (a) Provide incentives, including food coupons or
4 payment for travel expenses, for encouraging disease
5 prevention and patient compliance with medical treatment, such
6 as tuberculosis therapy.
7 (b) Plan and conduct health education campaigns for
8 the purpose of protecting or improving public health. The
9 department may purchase promotional items and advertising,
10 such as space on billboards or in publications or radio or
11 television time, for health information and promotional
12 messages.
13 (c) Plan and conduct promotional campaigns to recruit
14 health professionals to be employed by the department or to
15 recruit participants in departmental programs for health
16 practitioners, such as scholarship, loan repayment, or
17 volunteer programs. To this effect the department may purchase
18 promotional items and advertising.
19 (7)(a) In accordance with chapter 216, 20 percent of
20 any unobligated general revenue or trust fund appropriation
21 for salaries and benefits, expenses, other personal services,
22 operating capital outlay, and special categories remaining at
23 the end of a fiscal year shall be available to the department
24 for purchases of productivity-enhancing technology, improving
25 existing services, and community health initiatives. Funds
26 used for such purposes may be certified forward. The
27 department shall have until June 30, 1998 to make reversions
28 from the 1996-1997 budget.
29 (b) The secretary may transfer funds, positions, and
30 budget authority within the department pursuant to chapter
31 216, provided the department comports generally with
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1 legislative intent.
2 (c) The secretary may transfer salary rate within the
3 department with the prior approval of the Executive Office of
4 the Governor and in accordance with chapter 216.
5 (d) The secretary may establish or abolish offices and
6 may allocate duties and functions within the department unless
7 such offices, duties, and functions are otherwise prescribed
8 in law. Administrative services may be delivered at the
9 county health department, institutional, or higher level, as
10 determined by the secretary to achieve the greatest efficiency
11 and cost-effectiveness.
12 (e) The secretary is authorized to transfer up to 0.5
13 percent of the total department budget in order to establish
14 positions in excess of those authorized for administrative
15 support and contract management pursuant to the budget
16 amendment provisions of chapter 216.
17 Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (6) of section
18 110.131, Florida Statutes, 1996 Supplement, is amended to
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20 110.131 Other-personal-services temporary
21 employment.--
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23 (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section,
24 the secretary of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative
25 Services or the secretary's delegate may extend the
26 other-personal-services employment of a health care
27 practitioner licensed pursuant to chapter 458, chapter 459,
28 chapter 460, chapter 461, chapter 463, chapter 464, chapter
29 466, chapter 468, chapter 483, chapter 486, or chapter 490
30 beyond 2,080 hours and may employ such practitioner on an
31 hourly or other basis.
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1 Section 3. Subsection (6) of section 216.0172, Florida
2 Statutes, 1996 Supplement, is amended to read:
3 216.0172 Schedule for submission of performance-based
4 program budgets.--In order to implement the provisions of
5 chapter 94-249, Laws of Florida, state agencies shall submit
6 performance-based program budgets for programs approved
7 pursuant to s. 216.0166 to the Executive Office of the
8 Governor and the Legislature based on the following schedule:
9 (6) By September 1, 1999, for the 2000-2001 fiscal
10 year, by the following:
11 (a) Division of Administrative Hearings.
12 (b) Department of Business and Professional
13 Regulation.
14 (c) Parole and Probation Commission.
15 (d) Public Service Commission.
16 (e) Department of Health.
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22 And the title is amended as follows:
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26 amending s. 20.43, F.S.; renaming certain
27 divisions within the department; creating the
28 Division of Local Health Planning, Education,
29 and Workforce Development; authorizing certain
30 use of state or federal funds to protect and
31 improve public health; providing budget
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1 flexibility; amending s. 110.131; conforming
2 provisions to changes made by the act; amending
3 s. 216.0172, F.S.; requiring the department to
4 implement performance-based budgeting by a
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