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Florida Senate - 1999 CS for SB 1902
By the Committee on Children and Families; and Senator Clary
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Department of Children
3 and Family Services; providing for waiver of
4 specified provisions of s. 20.19, F.S.;
5 directing the department to consult with the
6 Executive Office of the Governor in
7 implementing waiver authority; requiring a
8 report; requiring a comprehensive
9 reorganization plan; specifying that other
10 statutory responsibilities or related rules are
11 not impaired; providing an effective date.
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13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15 Section 1. (1) The following provisions of section
16 20.19, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, are waived until
17 July 1, 2000, for the purpose of allowing the Department of
18 Children and Family Services to organize programs, districts,
19 and functions of the department to achieve more effective and
20 efficient service delivery and improve accountability,
21 notwithstanding the provisions of section 20.04, Florida
22 Statutes:
23 (a) Section 20.19(2)(b) and (f) Florida Statutes, 1998
24 Supplement, relating to the secretary and deputy secretary.
25 (b) Section 20.19(3), Florida Statutes, 1998
26 Supplement, relating to the Office of Standards and
27 Evaluation.
28 (c) Section 20.19(5)(a), Florida Statutes, 1998
29 Supplement, relating to program offices.
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1 (d) Section 20.19(6)(a), (c), and (d), Florida
2 Statutes, 1998 Supplement, relating to the Assistant Secretary
3 for Administration.
4 (e) Section 20.19(8)(l), (m), (n), and (o), Florida
5 Statutes, 1998 Supplement, relating to health and human
6 services boards.
7 (f) Section 20.19(9), Florida Statutes, 1998
8 Supplement, relating to district nominee qualifications review
9 committees.
10 (g) Section 20.19(10), (a), (b), (c)1.-7., (d), (e),
11 (f), and (g), Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, relating to
12 the district administrator.
13 (h) Section 20.19(12)(d), Florida Statutes, 1998
14 Supplement, relating to the departmental budget.
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16 Actions taken under the authority granted by this section must
17 be taken in consultation with the Executive Office of the
18 Governor. The secretary shall submit a report describing
19 actions taken and additional plans for implementing the
20 provisions of this section to the Governor, the President of
21 the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by
22 August 1, 1999.
23 (2) The secretary shall submit a comprehensive
24 reorganization plan to the Governor, the President of the
25 Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by
26 January 1, 2000. The comprehensive reorganization plan must
27 describe the organizational and program restructuring
28 activities that have occurred since the effective date of this
29 act, including indications of an improved ability to carry out
30 the department's mission under section 20.19(1), Florida
31 Statutes, 1998 Supplement, and any organizational
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1 efficiencies. The plan must also describe what strategies
2 proved to be ineffective or inefficient. The plan must include
3 any recommendations for reorganization, including program and
4 organizational restructuring and any statutory revisions.
5 (3) The provisions of this act shall not impair the
6 operation of any other statutory responsibilities, or the
7 rules adopted thereunder, which are specifically conferred by
8 statute until such statutes or rules are specifically amended
9 or repealed in the manner provided by law.
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
11 law.
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13 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
14 Senate Bill 1902
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16 Specifies several provisions in s. 20.19, F.S., 1998
Supplement, that would be waived for the Department of
17 Children and Family Services until July 1, 2000.
18 Specifies that the provisions of s.20.04, F.S., would not
apply to pertinent operations of the department that are
19 affected by this bill until July 1, 2000.
20 Specifies that the purpose of waiving provisions in s. 20.19,
F.S., 1998 Supplement, is to allow the Department of Children
21 and Family Services to organize programs, districts, and
functions of the department to achieve a more effective and
22 efficient service delivery system and to improve
accountability.
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Directs the Secretary of the Department of Children and Family
24 Services to submit a report to the Governor and the
Legislature no later than August 1, 1999, describing actions
25 that have been taken and additional plans for operating the
department's programs and services under those provisions
26 waived by this bill in s. 20.19, F.S., 1998 Supplement.
27 Directs the Secretary to develop a comprehensive
reorganization plan and to submit it to the Governor and
28 Legislature no later than January 1, 2000, and specifies its
content.
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Specifies that all laws and rules governing the statutory
30 responsibilities of the department's services and programs are
unchanged until such laws or rules are amended or repealed in
31 accordance with Florida law.
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