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House Bill 0861




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                 HB 861

        By the Committee on Health Care Services and
    Representative Albright





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; creating s.

  3         20.435(1)(e) and (2), F.S., relating to trust

  4         funds of the Department of Health; creating the

  5         Social Services Block Grant Trust Fund within

  6         the department; providing for sources of moneys

  7         and purposes; providing for annual carryforward

  8         of funds; providing for future review and

  9         termination or re-creation of the trust fund;

10         providing a directive to the Division of

11         Statutory Revision; providing an effective

12         date.

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

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16         Section 1.  Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) and

17  subsection (2) of section 20.435, Florida Statutes, are

18  created to read:

19         20.435  Department of Health; trust funds.--

20         (1)  The following trust funds are hereby created, to

21  be administered by the Department of Health:

22         (e)  Social Services Block Grant Trust Fund.

23         1.  Funds to be credited to the trust fund shall

24  consist of federal social services block grant funds.  Funds

25  shall be used for the purpose of providing health care and

26  support services to department clients and for other such

27  purposes as may be appropriate and shall be expended only

28  pursuant to legislative appropriation or an approved amendment

29  to the department's operating budget pursuant to the

30  provisions of chapter 216.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                 HB 861

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  1         2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.301 and

  2  pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the

  3  end of any fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund at the

  4  end of the year and shall be available for carrying out the

  5  purposes of the trust fund.

  6         (2)  Pursuant to the provisions of s. 19(f)(2), Art.

  7  III of the State Constitution, each trust fund listed in

  8  subsection (1) shall, unless terminated sooner, be terminated

  9  on July 1, 2001.  However, prior to its scheduled termination,

10  each trust fund listed in subsection (1) shall be reviewed as

11  provided in s. 215.3206(1) and (2).

12         Section 2.  In editing manuscript for the next edition

13  of the official Florida Statutes, the Division of Statutory

14  Revision of the Joint Legislative Management Committee shall

15  incorporate within section 20.435, Florida Statutes, as

16  created by this act, all trust funds created within the

17  Department of Health by separate legislation, as required by

18  Section 19(f)(1) of Article III of the State Constitution,

19  during the 1997 Regular Session of the Legislature or any

20  extension thereof.

21         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1997.

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24                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Creates the Social Services Block Grant Trust Fund within
26    the Department of Health.  Provides for sources of moneys
      and purposes.  Provides for annual carryforward of funds.
27    Provides for future review and termination or re-creation
      of the trust fund.
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