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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 2548, 1st Eng.

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11  Senator Kirkpatrick moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 185, line 16, through page 187, line 17, delete

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18         Section 81.  (1)  Effective July 1, 2000, the Division

19  of Workers' Compensation and the Office of the Judges of

20  Compensation Claims are transferred by a type two transfer, as

21  defined in section 20.06(2), Florida Statutes, from the

22  Department of Labor and Employment Security to the Department

23  of Insurance, except that 29 full-time equivalent positions,

24  and the associated salaries and benefits and expenses funding,

25  related to oversight of medical services in workers'

26  compensation provider relations, dispute and complaint

27  resolution, program evaluation, data management, and carrier

28  compliance and review, are transferred by a type two transfer,

29  as defined in section 20.06(2), Florida Statutes, from the

30  Department of Labor and Employment Security to the Agency for

31  Health Care Administration.

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 1         (2)  Effective July 1, 2000, all powers, duties,

 2  functions, rules, records, personnel, property, and unexpended

 3  balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds of

 4  the Division of Workforce and Employment Opportunities related

 5  to the regulation of labor organizations under chapter 447,

 6  Florida Statutes; the administration of child labor laws under

 7  chapter 450, Florida Statutes; and the administration of

 8  migrant labor and farm labor laws under chapter 450, Florida

 9  Statutes, are transferred by a type two transfer, as defined

10  in section 20.06(2), Florida Statutes, from the Department of

11  Labor and Employment Security to the Bureau of Workplace

12  Regulation in the Division of Workers' Compensation of the

13  Department of Insurance.

14         (3)  Effective July 1, 2000, any other powers, duties,

15  functions, rules, records, personnel, property, and unexpended

16  balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds of

17  the Department of Labor and Employment Security, not otherwise

18  transferred by this act, relating to workplace regulation and

19  enforcement, including, but not limited to, those under

20  chapter 448, Florida Statutes, are transferred by a type two

21  transfer, as defined in section 20.06(2), Florida Statutes,

22  from the department to the Bureau of Workplace Regulation in

23  the Division of Workers' Compensation of the Department of

24  Insurance.

25         (4)(a)  Effective July 1, 2000, and except as provided

26  in paragraph (b), the records, property, and unexpended

27  balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds and

28  resources of the Office of the Secretary and the Office of

29  Administrative Services of the Department of Labor and

30  Employment Security which support the activities and functions

31  transferred under subsections (1), (2), and (3) are

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 1  transferred as provided in section 20.06(2), Florida Statutes,

 2  to the Division of Worker's Compensation and the Office of the

 3  Judges of Compensation Claims. The Department of Insurance, in

 4  consultation with the Department of Labor and Employment

 5  Security, shall determine the number of positions needed for

 6  administrative support of the programs within the Division of

 7  Workers' Compensation and the Office of the Judges of

 8  Compensation Claims as transferred to the Department of

 9  Insurance. The number of administrative support positions that

10  the Department of Insurance determines are needed shall not

11  exceed the number of administrative support positions that

12  prior to the transfer were authorized to the Department of

13  Labor and Employment Security for this purpose. Upon transfer

14  of the Division of Workers' Compensation and the Office of the

15  Judges of Compensation Claims, the number of required

16  administrative support positions as determined by the

17  Department of Insurance shall be authorized within the

18  Department of Insurance. The Department of Insurance may

19  transfer and reassign positions as deemed necessary to

20  effectively integrate the activities of the Division of

21  Workers' Compensation. Appointments to time-limited positions

22  under this act and authorized positions under this section may

23  be made without regard to the provisions of 60K-3, 4 and 17,

24  Florida Administrative Code. Notwithstanding the provisions of

25  section 216.181(8), Florida Statutes, the Department of

26  Insurance is authorized, during Fiscal Year 2000-2001, to

27  exceed the approved salary in the budget entities affected by

28  this act.

29         (b)  Effective July 1, 2000, the records, property, and

30  unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other

31  funds and resources of the Office of the Secretary and the

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 1  Office of Administrative Services of the Department of Labor

 2  and Employment Security which support the activities and

 3  functions transferred under subsection (1) to the Agency for

 4  Health Care Administration are transferred as provided in

 5  section 20.06(2), Florida Statutes, to the Agency for Health

 6  Care Administration.

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10  And the title is amended as follows:

11         On page 16, lines 10-29, delete those lines

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14         providing for transfer of the Division of

15         Workers' Compensation and the Office of the

16         Judges of Compensation Claims to the Department

17         of Insurance; providing an exception; providing

18         for transfer of certain workers' compensation

19         medical services positions to the Agency for

20         Health Care Administration; providing for

21         transfer of certain functions of the Division

22         of Workforce and Employment Opportunities of

23         the Department of Labor and Employment Security

24         relating to labor organizations, child labor

25         laws, and migrant and farm labor registration

26         to the Department of Insurance; providing for

27         transfer of other workplace regulation

28         functions to the Department of Insurance;

29         providing for transfer of certain

30         administrative resources of the Department of

31         Labor and Employment Security to the Department

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 1         of Insurance and the Agency for Health Care

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