Senate Bill 1228
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Florida Senate - 1999 SB 1228
By Senator Forman
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to consensus estimating
3 conferences; amending s. 216.136, F.S.;
4 requiring the Social Services Estimating
5 Conference to develop forecasts of Medicaid
6 caseloads; requiring the Department of Children
7 and Family Services to provide information on
8 caseloads and waiting lists for certain people
9 who have developmental disabilities; requiring
10 that such information include an annual
11 increase based on certain medical components of
12 the consumer price index-urban; providing an
13 effective date.
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15 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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17 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (6) of section
18 216.136, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to
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20 216.136 Consensus estimating conferences; duties and
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22 (6) SOCIAL SERVICES ESTIMATING CONFERENCE.--
23 (a) Duties.--
24 1. The Social Services Estimating Conference shall
25 develop such official information relating to the social
26 services system of the state, including forecasts of social
27 services and Medicaid caseloads, as the conference determines
28 is needed for the state planning and budgeting system. Such
29 official information shall include, but not be limited to,
30 subsidized child care caseloads mandated by the Family Support
31 Act of 1988.
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1 2. In addition, the Social Services Estimating
2 Conference shall develop estimates and forecasts of the
3 unduplicated count of children eligible for subsidized child
4 care as defined in s. 402.3015(1). These estimates and
5 forecasts shall not include children enrolled in the
6 prekindergarten early intervention program established in s.
7 230.2305.
8 3. The Department of Children and Family Health and
9 Rehabilitative Services and the Department of Education shall
10 provide information on caseloads and waiting lists for the
11 subsidized child care and prekindergarten early intervention
12 programs requested by the Social Services Estimating
13 Conference or individual conference principals, in a timely
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15 4. The Department of Children and Family Services and
16 the Department of Education shall provide information on
17 caseloads and waiting lists for people who have developmental
18 disabilities as they relate to individuals eligible for or
19 receiving services under the developmental services home and
20 community-based waiver program. The Social Services Estimating
21 Conference shall use this and other pertinent data to estimate
22 the annual cost of providing home and community-based
23 services. This estimate shall be included in the official
24 estimate produced by the conference. An annual increase based
25 on the medical component of the consumer price index-urban
26 shall also be included in the conference estimates.
27 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.
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2 SENATE SUMMARY
3 Requires the Social Services Estimating Conference to
develop forecasts of Medicaid caseloads. Requires the
4 Department of Children and Family Services to provide
information on caseloads and waiting lists for certain
5 people who have developmental disabilities. Requires that
such information include an annual increase based on
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index-urban.
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