HOUSE AMENDMENT
    sbd-08                               Bill No. SB 782, 1st Eng.
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Harper and Joyner offered the following:
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13         Amendment to Amendment (600753) (with title amendment) 
14         On page 129, between lines 5 and 6, of the amendment
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17         Section 85.  This section may be cited as the "Moses
18  General Miles Act."
19         (1)  For the purpose of establishing a long-term
20  residential care continuum of assisted living facilities for
21  low-income elderly living in urban distressed communities, and
22  as an additional source for community economic development
23  opportunities in specific targeted areas, the Institute on
24  Urban Policy and Commerce at Florida Agricultural and
25  Mechanical University is authorized to develop a grant program
26  to fund five pilot projects to be located in 5 of the 10 urban
27  distressed communities of Pensacola, Tallahassee,
28  Jacksonville, Daytona Beach, Orlando, Tampa, St. Petersburg,
29  West Palm Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, and Miami-Dade. The funding
30  for the five pilot projects shall be provided to
31  not-for-profit community and faith-based organizations located
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    File original & 9 copies    05/04/01                          
    hbd0007                     11:56 am         00782-0084-064019

HOUSE AMENDMENT sbd-08 Bill No. SB 782, 1st Eng. Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 in urban distressed communities. Each organization seeking 2 funding shall submit to a review panel a strategic plan that 3 outlines the need and the location of assisted living 4 facilities for low-income elderly in the urban distressed 5 communities. The plan should incorporate public-private 6 partnerships that will be used for the development and 7 construction of the assisted living facilities in the urban 8 distressed communities. To be eligible for funding under this 9 program, a not-for-profit community and faith-based 10 organization must hold a current exemption from federal 11 taxation under s. 501(c)(3) or (4) of the Internal Revenue 12 Code. The institute shall develop criteria for the review of 13 the plans. The institute shall give priority consideration for 14 funding under this program to plans submitted by 15 neighborhood-based organizations that have as a principal part 16 of their missions the improvement of conditions for residents 17 of the neighborhoods in which the organizations are located. 18 The institute shall develop weighted criteria to be used in 19 evaluating applications from the community and faith-based 20 organizations. 21 (2) A review panel is created within the institute to 22 evaluate proposals for award of funding for the five pilot 23 projects. The review panel shall consist of eight members 24 appointed by the President of Florida Agricultural and 25 Mechanical University, as follows: 26 (a) One member who is affiliated with the Agency for 27 Health Care Administration. 28 (b) The Secretary of Health, or the secretary's 29 designee. 30 (c) The Secretary of Elderly Affairs, or the 31 secretary's designee. 2 File original & 9 copies 05/04/01 hbd0007 11:56 am 00782-0084-064019
HOUSE AMENDMENT sbd-08 Bill No. SB 782, 1st Eng. Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 (d) The president of Enterprise Florida, Inc., or the 2 president's designee. 3 (e) One member who is from a private-sector investment 4 institution or organization. 5 (f) One member who is affiliated with the Office of 6 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development. 7 (g) One member who is from a professional trade 8 organization representing long-term care assisted living 9 facilities. 10 (h) One member who is affiliated with Workforce 11 Florida, Inc. 12 13 The director of the institute, or a designee, shall serve as 14 secretary to the review panel without voting rights. 15 (3) The institute shall develop and provide program 16 technical assistance support to the community and faith-based 17 organizations interested in this community economic 18 development initiative. 19 (4) The institute has the authority to adopt rules to 20 implement the provisions of his section. 21 Section 86. There is hereby appropriated from the 22 General Revenue Fund to the Institute on Urban Policy and 23 Commerce at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University the 24 sum of $1.5 million to develop and provide program technical 25 assistance support to community and faith-based organizations, 26 and for contracts for five pilot projects, pursuant to this 27 act. The institute is authorized to allocate up to $225,000 to 28 each of the five pilot projects. 29 30 31 3 File original & 9 copies 05/04/01 hbd0007 11:56 am 00782-0084-064019
HOUSE AMENDMENT sbd-08 Bill No. SB 782, 1st Eng. Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 2 And the title is amended as follows: 3 On page 138, line 30, of the amendment 4 5 after the semicolon insert: 6 creating the "Moses General Miles Act"; 7 authorizing the Institute on Urban Policy and 8 Commerce at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical 9 University to develop a grant program for pilot 10 projects in assisted living facility long-term 11 care for elderly persons in urban distressed 12 communities; providing for eligibility and 13 priority for funding; creating a review panel 14 to evaluate proposed pilot projects; providing 15 membership of the review panel; directing the 16 institute to provide program technical 17 assistance support; providing rulemaking 18 authority; providing an appropriation; 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 4 File original & 9 copies 05/04/01 hbd0007 11:56 am 00782-0084-064019