HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1E CS
1	CHAMBER ACTION
2	Senate House
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12	Representative Sobel offered the following:
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14	Amendment to Amendment (565379) (with title amendment)
15	Between line(s) 760 and 761, insert:
16	Section 5. For the 2003-2004 fiscal year, the sum of $20
17	million is appropriated from nonrecurring general revenue to the
18	Agency for Health Care Administration to provide comprehensive
19	health insurance coverage to Title XXI children eligible under
20	the Florida Kidcare Program. Notwithstanding any language
21	contained in the 2003-2004 General Appropriations Act,
22	including, but not limited to, Specific Appropriations 144
23	through 147, such funds shall be used during fiscal year 2003-
24	2004:
25	(1) To provide Kidcare benefits and coverage for Title XXI
26	eligible children on the waiting list as of the effective date
27	of this act.
28	(2) For Title XXI eligible children not on the waiting
29	list as of the effective date of this act but for whom
30	application is subsequently made for Kidcare benefits.
31	(3) To prevent disenrollment of children currently
32	enrolled in Title XXI programs.
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34	In order to maximize federal funds, the agency is granted in
35	compliance with chapter 216, Florida Statutes, additional budget
36	authority to expand existing programs using increased federal
37	funding through Title XXI of the Social Security Act.
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40	Remove line(s) 766-800, and insert:
41	An act relating to economic development; creating s. 288.955,
42	F.S.; providing definitions; creating the Scripps Florida
43	Funding Corporation to facilitate the establishment and
44	operation of a biomedical research institution for the purposes
45	of enhancing education and research and promoting economic
46	development and diversity; providing for a board of directors;
47	prohibiting conflicts of interest; providing penalties;
48	providing powers and duties of the corporation; providing for
49	investment of funds; requiring an operating plan; requiring the
50	corporation and a grantee entity to enter into a contract;
51	providing contract requirements; providing for performance
52	expectations and disbursement conditions; providing requirements
53	and criteria; providing for disbursement and reinvestment of
54	funds; requiring reports, audits, and evaluations; limiting the
55	use of funds; providing that the appropriation of funds does not
56	constitute a debt of the state or a subdivision of the state nor
57	does it subject the state or a subdivision to liability;
58	providing for extension of certain deadlines in certain
59	situations in which the grantee cannot meet contract conditions
60	with limitations; providing for resumption of such deadlines;
61	amending s. 20.435, F.S.; providing for additional funds to be
62	deposited into the Biomedical Research Trust Fund; deleting a
63	provision for future termination date of the fund; amending s.
64	403.973, F.S.; specifying that projects that are part of the
65	biomedical research institution and campus are eligible for the
66	expedited permitting process; providing for challenges to state
67	agency action in expedited permitting related to the institution
68	and campus; providing legislative intent with respect to
69	creating economic opportunity and improving public health
70	through the establishment of a biomedical research institution;
71	providing appropriations; providing an effective date.