HB 1767

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Administrative Trust Fund; creating
3	s. 20.1971, F.S.; creating the Administrative Trust Fund
4	within the Agency for Persons with Disabilities; providing
5	sources of funds and purposes; providing for annual
6	carryforward of funds; providing for future review and
7	termination or re-creation of the trust fund; providing an
8	effective date.
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10	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12	Section 1.  Section 20.1971, Florida Statutes, is created
13	to read:
14	20.1971  Agency for Persons with Disabilities; trust
15	funds.--The following trust funds are created and shall be
16	administered by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities:
17	(1)  The Administrative Trust Fund.
18	(a)  Funds to be credited to the trust fund shall consist
19	of federal matching funds provided for the administration of
20	Medicaid services. Funds shall be used for the purpose of
21	supporting the agency's administration of Medicaid programs and
22	for other such purposes as may be appropriate and shall be
23	expended only pursuant to legislative appropriation or an
24	approved amendment to the agency's operating budget pursuant to
25	the provisions of chapter 216.
26	(b)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.301 and
27	pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the end
28	of any fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund at the end of
29	the year and shall be available for carrying out the purposes of
30	the trust fund.
31	(c)  In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State
32	Constitution, the Administrative Trust Fund shall, unless
33	terminated earlier, be terminated on July 1, 2009. Before its
34	scheduled termination, the trust fund shall be reviewed as
35	provided in s. 215.3206(1) and (2).
36	Section 2.  This act shall take effect on July 1, 2005.

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