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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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