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SENATE AMENDMENT
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11 Senator Forman moved the following amendment:
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17 Section 28. Long-term community-based supports.--The
18 department shall, contingent upon specific appropriations for
19 these purposes:
20 (1) Study the long-term needs for community-based
21 supports and services for individuals who have sustained
22 traumatic brain or spinal cord injuries. The purpose of this
23 study is to prevent inappropriate residential and
24 institutional placement of these individuals, and promote
25 placement in the most cost effective and least restrictive
26 environment. Any placement recommendations for these
27 individuals shall ensure full utilization of and collaboration
28 with other state agencies, programs, and community partners.
29 This study shall be submitted to the Governor, the President
30 of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
31 not later than December 31, 2000.
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1 (2) Based upon the results of this study, establish a
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3 community-based supports and services for individuals who have
4 sustained traumatic brain or spinal cord injuries who may be
5 subject to inappropriate residential and institutional
6 placement as a direct result of such injuries.
7 (a) The program shall be payor of last resort for
8 program services and expenditures for such services shall be
9 considered funded services for purposes of section 381.785,
10 Florida Statutes; however, notwithstanding section 381.79(5),
11 Florida Statutes, proceeds resulting from this subsection
12 shall be used solely for this program.
13 (b) The department shall create, by rule, procedures
14 to ensure, that in the event the program is unable to directly
15 or indirectly provide such services to all eligible
16 individuals due to lack of funds, those individuals most at
17 risk to suffer the greatest harm from an imminent
18 inappropriate residential or institutional placement are
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20 (c) Every applicant or recipient of the long-term
21 community-based supports and services program shall have been
22 a resident of the state for 1 year immediately preceding
23 application and be a resident of the state at the time of
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25 (d) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to
26 sections 120.536(1) and 120.54, Florida Statutes, to implement
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28 Section 29. If any provision of this act or its
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30 invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of
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1 provision or application, and to this end the provisions of
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8 And the title is amended as follows:
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12 providing planning for long-term
13 community-based supports for specified brain
14 and spinal cord injury individuals; providing
15 purpose; providing for compliance with s.
16 381.775, F.S.; providing for a study and
17 report; providing base standard for ranking for
18 services; providing limitation on use of
19 funding; providing the department with certain
20 rulemaking authority; providing residency
21 requirement; providing severability;
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