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Florida House of Representatives - 2002 HB 1145
By Representative Wiles
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to state administration;
3 providing a short title; requiring state
4 agencies to propose administrative efficiencies
5 to the Legislature prior to the start of each
6 regular session of the Legislature; requiring
7 state agencies to provide citizens a place on
8 their agency websites for suggesting
9 efficiencies; providing that savings from
10 efficiency recommendations shall be
11 reappropriated to state agencies for salary
12 bonuses; authorizing state agency heads to
13 review and renegotiate contract provisions
14 under certain circumstances and to provide
15 bonuses pursuant thereto; requiring notice,
16 review, and approval of final contract
17 modifications as specified in s. 216.177, F.S.;
18 amending s. 216.134, F.S.; requiring official
19 information developed by each consensus
20 estimating conference to include forecasts for
21 a period of at least 10 years; amending s.
22 216.136, F.S.; requiring the Social Services
23 Estimating Conference to develop official
24 information relating to services to the
25 developmentally disabled; providing an
26 effective date.
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28 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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30 Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Citizen's
31 Government Efficiency Act of 2002."
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1 Section 2. State agency efficiency.--
2 (1) All state agency heads shall charge each of their
3 employees with the responsibility of determining ways to make
4 the agency run more efficiently.
5 (2) No later than 45 days prior to the start of each
6 regular session of the Legislature, all state agency heads
7 shall propose statutory or rule changes that would result in
8 savings to their agency's administrative budget. In addition
9 to recommendations from staff, state agency heads shall take
10 into account savings suggestions from citizens and from
11 outside organizations such as Florida TaxWatch, the Florida
12 Council of 100, and the Davis Productivity Awards Foundation.
13 (3) Each state agency website shall contain a place
14 where citizens can make efficiency recommendations. Further,
15 each state agency website shall highlight any efficiency that
16 was enacted by either statutory or rule change.
17 (4) The Legislature shall annually appropriate 10
18 percent of the savings to a state agency from efficiency
19 recommendations back to that agency for salary enhancements.
20 State agencies are encouraged to provide salary bonuses to
21 employees who develop efficiency recommendations.
22 Section 3. State contracts.--
23 (1) All state agency heads are encouraged and
24 authorized to enter into an annual contract review with
25 public-private providers who have entered into multiyear
26 contracts to provide services for the state and to enter into
27 contract renegotiation if it is determined that savings to the
28 state can be obtained. State agency heads are authorized to
29 provide bonuses to public-private providers who provide their
30 services for less than the contract amount, subject to the
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1 public-private partners receiving satisfactory performance
2 reviews from those receiving the services.
3 (2) Final contract modifications pursuant to
4 subsection (1) shall be subject to the notice, review, and
5 approval process specified in s. 216.177, Florida Statutes.
6 Section 4. Subsection (1) of section 216.134, Florida
7 Statutes, is amended to read:
8 216.134 Consensus estimating conferences; general
9 provisions.--
10 (1) Each consensus estimating conference shall develop
11 such official information within its area of responsibility as
12 the conference determines, by consensus, is needed for
13 purposes of the state planning and budgeting system. Unless
14 otherwise provided by law or decided by unanimous agreement of
15 the principals of the conference, all official information
16 developed by the conference shall be based on the assumption
17 that current law and current administrative practices will
18 remain in effect throughout the period for which the official
19 information is to be used. The official information developed
20 by each consensus estimating conference shall include
21 forecasts for a period of at least 10 years, unless the
22 principals of the conference unanimously agree otherwise.
23 Section 5. Paragraph (a) of subsection (6) of section
24 216.136, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
25 216.136 Consensus estimating conferences; duties and
26 principals.--
27 (6) SOCIAL SERVICES ESTIMATING CONFERENCE.--
28 (a) Duties.--
29 1. The Social Services Estimating Conference shall
30 develop such official information relating to the social
31 services system of the state, including forecasts of social
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1 services caseloads, utilization, and expenditures, as the
2 conference determines is needed for the state planning and
3 budgeting system. Such official information shall include,
4 but not be limited to, cash assistance, services to the
5 developmentally disabled, and Medicaid caseloads.
6 2. The Social Services Estimating Conference shall
7 develop information relating to the Florida Kidcare program,
8 including, but not limited to, outreach impacts, enrollment,
9 caseload, utilization, and expenditure information that the
10 conference determines is needed to plan for and project future
11 budgets and the drawdown of federal matching funds. The
12 agencies required to collect and analyze Florida Kidcare
13 program data under s. 409.8134 shall be participants in the
14 Social Services Estimating Conference for purposes of
15 developing information relating to the Florida Kidcare
16 program.
17 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.
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20 HOUSE SUMMARY
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Creates the "Citizen's Government Efficiency Act of
22 2002." Requires state agencies to propose administrative
efficiencies to the Legislature prior to the start of
23 each regular session of the Legislature. Requires state
agencies to provide citizens a place on their agency
24 websites for suggesting efficiencies. Provides that
savings from efficiency recommendations shall be
25 reappropriated to state agencies for salary bonuses.
Authorizes state agency heads to review and renegotiate
26 contract provisions under certain circumstances and to
provide bonuses pursuant thereto. Requires notice,
27 review, and approval of final contract modifications as
specified in s. 216.177, F.S. Requires official
28 information developed by each consensus estimating
conference to include forecasts for a period of at least
29 10 years. Requires the Social Services Estimating
Conference to develop official information relating to
30 services to the developmentally disabled. See bill for
details.
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