| 1 | The Conference Committee on HB 5013 offered the following: |
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| 3 | Conference Committee Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert: |
| 5 | Section 1. Subsection (10) of section 402.33, Florida |
| 6 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 402.33 Department authority to charge fees for services |
| 8 | provided.-- |
| 9 | (10)(a) Unless otherwise specified by the Legislature, fee |
| 10 | collections, including third-party reimbursements, in excess of |
| 11 | fee-supported appropriations may be used in conformance with the |
| 12 | provisions of chapter 216 to fund nonrecurring expenditures for |
| 13 | direct client services and to fund administrative costs of |
| 14 | improving the fee collection program of the department. No more |
| 15 | than one-sixth of the amount of collections in excess of the |
| 16 | amount of appropriations may be used to fund such improvements |
| 17 | to the program. Priority consideration for the expenditure of |
| 18 | excess collections shall be given to those districts and |
| 19 | programs most responsible for the excess. A plan for the use of |
| 20 | excess collections not spent in the fiscal year in which |
| 21 | collected shall be subject to approval by the Executive Office |
| 22 | of the Governor within 90 days from the end of the state fiscal |
| 23 | year in which the excess occurs. |
| 24 | (b) For the 2005-2006 fiscal year only, the provisions of |
| 25 | paragraph (a) shall not apply. This paragraph expires July 1, |
| 26 | 2006. |
| 27 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |
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| 30 | Remove the entire title and insert: |
| 31 | A bill to be entitled |
| 32 | An act relating to client services fee collections; |
| 33 | amending s. 402.33, F.S.; eliminating certain authority of |
| 34 | the Department of Children and Family Services and the |
| 35 | Department of Health to use fee collections in excess of |
| 36 | fee-supported appropriations for certain purposes; |
| 37 | providing an effective date. |