House Bill 1291

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HB 1291

        By the Committee on Health & Human Services Appropriations
    and Representative Sanderson





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; re-creating the

  3         Federal Grants Trust Fund within the Department

  4         of Health without modification; carrying

  5         forward current balances and continuing current

  6         sources and uses thereof; amending s. 20.435,

  7         F.S.; abrogating future termination of the

  8         trust fund; providing an effective date.

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10         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

11  the Federal Grants Trust Fund within the Department of Health,

12  which is otherwise scheduled to be terminated pursuant to

13  constitutional mandate, and

14         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the trust fund

15  before its scheduled termination date and has found that it

16  continues to meet an important public purpose, and

17         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

18  policy concerning the trust fund sets adequate parameters for

19  its use, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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23         Section 1.  (1)  The Federal Grants Trust Fund within

24  the Department of Health, FLAIR number 64-2-261, which is to

25  be terminated pursuant to Section 19(f), Article III of the

26  State Constitution on July 1, 2001, is re-created.

27         (2)  All current balances of the trust fund are carried

28  forward, and all current sources and uses of the trust fund

29  are continued.

30         Section 2.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section

31  20.435, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

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CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.






    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HB 1291

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  1         20.435  Department of Health; trust funds.--

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

  3  be administered by the Department of Health:

  4         (b)  Federal Grants Trust Fund.

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

  6  consist of grants and funding from the Federal Government and

  7  funds from the Medicaid program. Funds shall be used for the

  8  purposes of providing health and support services to

  9  department clients, supporting regulatory activities of the

10  department, and funding disease surveillance and for other

11  such purposes as may be appropriate and shall be expended only

12  pursuant to legislative appropriation or an approved amendment

13  to the department's operating budget pursuant to the

14  provisions of chapter 216.

15         2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.301 and

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

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

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

19  purposes of the trust fund.

20         3.  The trust fund shall, unless terminated sooner, be

21  terminated on July 1, 2001.

22         Section 3.  This act shall take effect November 4,

23  2000.

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26                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Re-creates the Federal Grants Trust Fund within the
28    Department of Health.

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