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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/HB 913, 2nd Eng.

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 451130

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11  Senator Brown-Waite moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 15, between lines 30 and 31,

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17         Section 3.  The Secretary of Children and Family

18  Services shall establish a workgroup for the purposes of

19  reviewing issues associated with services and supports

20  provided through state-funded supportive housing and

21  developing legislative recommendations for state-funded

22  supportive housing living arrangements. The workgroup shall

23  address development of administrative rules regarding:

24         (1)  The definition of supportive housing services;

25         (2)  Consumer health and safety; and

26         (3)  The use of subsidies funded by the Department of

27  Children and Family Services.

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29  The Secretary of Children and Family Services shall ensure

30  that representatives participate in the workgroup from the

31  department and from the Agency for Health Care Administration,

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  1  the Florida Health Care Association, the Florida Assisted

  2  Living Affiliation, the Florida Association of Homes for the

  3  Aging, the Florida Council for Behavioral Healthcare, Inc.,

  4  the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, the Florida

  5  Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities, Inc., the

  6  Florida Coalitions for the Homeless, the Florida Housing

  7  Coalition, Florida AIDS Action, the Florida Hospital

  8  Association, the Florida Long-Term Care Ombudsman, the Florida

  9  Statewide Advocacy Council, the Florida Sheriffs Association,

10  the Florida Psychiatric Society, the Department of Elderly

11  Affairs, the Florida Mental Health Counselors Association, and

12  the Florida Association of Counties. The workgroup shall be

13  staffed by the Department of Children and Family Services.

14  Each member of the workgroup shall serve at his or her own

15  expense. The workgroup shall prepare recommendations no later

16  than November 2002, and shall include recommendations in the

17  January 2003 update to the mental health and substance abuse

18  state master plan.

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24  And the title is amended as follows:

25         On page 1, line 27, after the semicolon,

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28         directing the Secretary of Children and Family

29         Services to establish a workgroup to review

30         issues associated with services and supports

31         provided through state-funded supportive

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  1         housing; providing for membership and staff of

  2         the workgroup; requiring the workgroup to

  3         prepare recommendations; requiring inclusion of

  4         recommendations in the state plan;

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