Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 156
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11  The Committee on Community Affairs (Haridopolos) recommended
12  the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment 
15         On page 5, line 3, through
16            page 6, line 10, delete those lines
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18  and insert:  Florida 211 Network may be used in the event of a
19  disaster, including how a 211 provider will respond with
20  information that is essential to assisting individuals during
21  a natural disaster.
22         (b)  To implement the Florida 211 Network business
23  plan, the agency shall distribute to the Florida Alliance of
24  Information and Referral Services funds appropriated to the
25  agency to expand the Florida 211 Network statewide and to
26  enhance operations of existing 211 providers. The funds
27  distributed to the Florida Alliance of Information and
28  Referral Services shall be made available to 211 providers on
29  a matching basis, with each 211 provider required to provide
30  $1 for each $1 provided to that 211 provider from state funds
31  appropriated for that purpose. At a minimum, the funds shall
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    Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 156
                        Barcode 101648
 1  be used to achieve statewide 211 coverage.
 2         (c)1.  No later than December 15, 2006, each 211
 3  provider that receives funding under this subsection shall
 4  report to the Florida Alliance of Information and Referral
 5  Services the expenditure of the state funds on a form
 6  developed by the agency.
 7         2.  No later than January 1, 2007, the Florida Alliance
 8  of Information and Referral Services shall provide a statewide
 9  report to the agency that includes the individual reports and
10  aggregated data provided by the 211 providers.
11         3.  No later than January 15, 2007, the agency shall
12  submit a report to the Governor, the President of the Senate,
13  and the Speaker of the House of Representatives detailing
14  expenditure of the funds appropriated to it for the purposes
15  of this subsection.
16         (4)  As used in this section, the term "211 provider"
17  means an information and referral organization the primary
18  purpose of which is to maintain information about human
19  service resources in the community, supply descriptive
20  information about the agencies or organizations that offer
21  services, and assist consumers in accessing appropriate
22  providers.
23         Section 2.  The sum of $5 million is appropriated for
24  the 2006-2007 fiscal year from nonrecurring general revenue to
25  the Agency for Health Care Administration to fund the
26  statewide expansion of the Florida 211 Network to all counties
27  and to enhance the operations of existing 211 providers under
28  s. 408.918, Florida Statutes, as amended by this act. Any
29  funds that are not encumbered for the 2006-2007 fiscal year
30  shall revert on June 30, 2007, and are reappropriated for the
31  2007-2008 fiscal year for the same purposes.
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