HOUSE AMENDMENT
    731-118AXA-08                                  Bill No. HB 997
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Littlefield offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
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17         Section 3.  Section 18 of chapter 99-144, Laws of
18  Florida, is amended to read:
19         Section 18.  From the lump sum appropriated for
20  developmental services in the 1999-2000 General Appropriations
21  Act, the Department of Children and Family Services shall
22  design a system of providing services for persons with
23  developmental disabilities which provides a consumer-directed,
24  choice-based system. The department shall institute at least
25  one, but not more than three, differently structured pilot
26  programs to test a payment model in which the consumer
27  controls the money that is available for his or her care. The
28  department shall report its progress under this section to the
29  appropriate legislative committees by December 1, 2000, and
30  December 1, 2001, and December 1, 2002. This section is
31  repealed July 1, 2003 2002, and shall be reviewed by the
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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT
    731-118AXA-08                                  Bill No. HB 997
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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 9         amending s. 18 of ch. 99-144, Laws of Florida;
10         extending repeal date of a developmental
11         disabilities pilot program; requiring an
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