Senate Bill sb1118

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1118

    By Senator Wasserman Schultz





    34-388A-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to license plates; amending ss.

  3         320.08056, 320.08058, F.S.; creating a Hospice

  4         license plate; providing for the distribution

  5         of annual use fees received from the sale of

  6         such plates; providing an effective date.

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  8         WHEREAS, Florida hospices have served this state for

  9  more than 20 years in helping to meet the medical, physical,

10  emotional, and spiritual needs of terminally ill adults and

11  children and their families, and

12         WHEREAS, skilled hospice staff and volunteers provide

13  special hands and hearts of caring, and

14         WHEREAS, the hospice concept of care exists by and

15  through local communities, and

16         WHEREAS, this state benefits greatly from the increased

17  care, outreach, and education provided by hospice caregivers,

18  and seeks to reward the contributions to the state made by

19  current and future hospice patients, their loved ones, and

20  their hospice caregivers, and

21         WHEREAS, Florida Hospices and Palliative Care, Inc.,

22  was founded 20 years ago to establish and ensure a statewide

23  mechanism for bringing together and disseminating hospice and

24  related care information, research, education, outreach,

25  referrals, and funding for the benefit of our citizens and

26  communities, NOW, THEREFORE,

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28  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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30         Section 1.  Paragraph (mm) is added to subsection (4)

31  of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:

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  1         320.08056  Specialty license plates.--

  2         (4)  The following license plate annual use fees shall

  3  be collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:

  4         (mm)  Hospice license plate, $25.

  5         Section 2.  Subsection (39) is added to section

  6  320.08058, Florida Statutes, to read:

  7         320.08058  Specialty license plates.--

  8         (39)  HOSPICE LICENSE PLATES.--

  9         (a)  The department shall develop a Hospice license

10  plate as provided in this section. The word "Florida" must

11  appear at the top of the plate, and the words "Hospice: Every

12  Day Is A Gift" must appear at the bottom of the plate. A

13  figure of a butterfly in the colors of orange, light purple,

14  and black shall appear on the left side of the plate and the

15  background of the plate shall be in shades of orange and

16  white.

17         (b)  The annual use fees shall be distributed to

18  Florida Hospices and Palliative Care, Inc., to be used as

19  follows:

20         1.  To fund projects relating to hospice care for

21  special groups, such as children, veterans, and ethnic,

22  religious, gender, or minority groups, or to provide

23  disease-specific research or outreach.

24         2.  To fund education and outreach for hospice

25  volunteers, patients, families, and health care professionals.

26         3.  To fund informational and educational media

27  programs regarding the availability of hospice services.

28         4.  To fund the expansion or enhancement of the Florida

29  Hospices and Palliative Care, Inc., toll-free referral line

30  operated to provide hospice information.

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  1         5.  To fund the expansion or enhancement of the Florida

  2  Hospices and Palliative Care, Inc., website.

  3         (c)  The first $90,000 in annual use fees shall be

  4  distributed to Florida Hospices and Palliative Care, Inc., to

  5  be used to recover all startup costs for developing and

  6  issuing the plates. Thereafter, the proceeds shall be

  7  distributed to Florida Hospices and Palliative Care, Inc.,

  8  which shall distribute the fees through a standing committee

  9  that reviews funding solicitations and awards.

10         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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13                          SENATE SUMMARY

14    Creates a Hospice license plate and provides for the
      distribution of annual use fees to Florida Hospices and
15    Palliative Care, Inc., to be used for the promotion of
      the Hospice concept and for public outreach programs.
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