HB 1771

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Operations and Maintenance Trust
3	Fund; creating s. 20.1971, F.S.; creating the Operations
4	and Maintenance Trust Fund within the Agency for Persons
5	with Disabilities; providing sources of funds and
6	purposes; providing for annual carryforward of funds;
7	providing for future review and termination or re-creation
8	of the trust fund; providing an 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	(2)  The Operations and Maintenance Trust Fund.
18	(a)  Funds to be credited to the trust fund shall consist
19	of receipts from third-party payors of health care services such
20	as Medicaid. Funds shall be used for the purpose of providing
21	health care services to agency clients and for other such
22	purposes as may be appropriate and shall be expended only
23	pursuant to legislative appropriation or an approved amendment
24	to the agency's operating budget pursuant to the provisions of
25	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 Operations and Maintenance Trust Fund shall,
33	unless terminated earlier, be terminated on July 1, 2009. Before
34	its 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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