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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 law; directing the

  5         department to consult with the Executive Office

  6         of the Governor in implementing waiver

  7         authority; requiring a report and monthly

  8         status reports; requiring a comprehensive

  9         reorganization plan; requiring the Department

10         of Children and Family Services to develop and

11         submit to the Legislature a proposed plan to

12         realign the boundaries of the districts of the

13         department; specifying that other statutory

14         responsibilities or related rules are not

15         impaired; providing an effective date.

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

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19         Section 1.  (1)  The following provisions of section

20  20.19, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, are waived until

21  July 1, 2000, for the purpose of allowing the Department of

22  Children and Family Services to organize programs, districts,

23  and functions of the department to achieve more effective and

24  efficient service delivery and improve accountability,

25  notwithstanding the provisions of section 20.04, Florida

26  Statutes:

27         (a)  Section 20.19(2)(b) and (f) Florida Statutes, 1998

28  Supplement, relating to the secretary and deputy secretary.

29         (b)  Section 20.19(3), Florida Statutes, 1998

30  Supplement, relating to the Office of Standards and

31  Evaluation.


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  1         (c)  Section 20.19(5)(a), Florida Statutes, 1998

  2  Supplement, relating to program offices.

  3         (d)  Section 20.19(6)(a), (c), and (d), Florida

  4  Statutes, 1998 Supplement, relating to the Assistant Secretary

  5  for Administration.

  6         (e)  Section 20.19(8)(l), (m), (n), and (o), Florida

  7  Statutes, 1998 Supplement, relating to health and human

  8  services boards.

  9         (f)  Section 20.19(9), Florida Statutes, 1998

10  Supplement, relating to district nominee qualifications review

11  committees.

12         (g)  Section 20.19(10), (a), (b), (c)1.-7., (d), (e),

13  (f), and (g), Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, relating to

14  the district administrator.

15         (h)  Section 20.19(12)(d), Florida Statutes, 1998

16  Supplement, relating to the departmental budget.

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18  Actions taken under the authority granted by this section must

19  be taken in consultation with the Executive Office of the

20  Governor. The secretary shall submit a report describing

21  actions taken and additional plans for implementing the

22  provisions of this section to the Governor, the President of

23  the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by

24  thirty days after this bill becomes law. The department shall

25  submit status reports on a monthly basis through December

26  1999.

27         (2)  The secretary shall submit a comprehensive

28  reorganization plan to the Governor, the President of the

29  Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by

30  January 1, 2000. The comprehensive reorganization plan must

31  describe the organizational and program restructuring


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  1  activities that have occurred since the effective date of this

  2  act, including indications of an improved ability to carry out

  3  the department's mission under section 20.19(1), Florida

  4  Statutes, 1998 Supplement, and any organizational

  5  efficiencies. The plan must also describe what strategies

  6  proved to be ineffective or inefficient. The plan must include

  7  any recommendations for reorganization, including program and

  8  organizational restructuring and any statutory revisions.

  9         (3)  The provisions of this act shall not impair the

10  operation of any other statutory responsibilities, or the

11  rules adopted thereunder, which are specifically conferred by

12  statute until such statutes or rules are specifically amended

13  or repealed in the manner provided by law.

14         Section 2.  The Department of Children and Family

15  Services, in consultation with the Office of the State Courts

16  Administrator, shall develop a proposed plan to realign the

17  districts of the department so that the district boundaries

18  are consistent with the boundaries of the judicial circuits.

19  The plan may not propose more than 15 districts for the

20  department and must include, as at least one alternative, a

21  proposal for fewer than 15 districts. The proposed plan must

22  be submitted to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of

23  the House of Representatives by December 1, 1999.

24         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

25  law.

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