| 1 | Representative(s) Barreiro offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between line(s) 684 and 685 insert: |
| 5 | Section 24. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section |
| 6 | 794.055, Florida Statutes, is amended, present paragraphs (h) |
| 7 | and (i) of that subsection are redesignated as paragraphs (i) |
| 8 | and (j), respectively, a new paragraph (h) is added to that |
| 9 | subsection, and paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (3) of that |
| 10 | section are amended, to read: |
| 11 | 794.055 Access to services for victims of sexual |
| 12 | battery.-- |
| 13 | (2) As used in this section, the term: |
| 14 | (d) "Rape crisis center" means any public or private |
| 15 | agency that provides offers at least five of the sexual battery |
| 16 | recovery services in paragraph (g) to victims of sexual battery |
| 17 | and their families and is certified by the statewide nonprofit |
| 18 | association. |
| 19 | (h) "Statewide nonprofit association" means the federally |
| 20 | recognized sexual assault coalition whose primary purpose is to |
| 21 | represent and provide technical assistance to rape crisis |
| 22 | centers. |
| 23 | (3)(a) The department shall contract with the a statewide |
| 24 | nonprofit association whose primary purpose is to represent and |
| 25 | provide technical assistance to rape crisis centers. The |
| 26 | statewide nonprofit This association shall receive 95 percent of |
| 27 | the moneys appropriated from the Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund. |
| 28 | (b) Funds received under s. 938.085 shall be used to |
| 29 | provide sexual battery recovery services to victims and their |
| 30 | families. Funds shall be distributed to rape crisis centers by |
| 31 | county, based on an allocation formula developed by the |
| 32 | statewide nonprofit association that takes into account the |
| 33 | population and rural characteristics of each the county. No more |
| 34 | than 15 percent of the funds shall be used for statewide |
| 35 | initiatives, including developing service standards and a |
| 36 | certification process for rape crisis centers. No more than 5 |
| 37 | percent of the funds may be used for administrative costs. |
| 38 | Section 25. Section 794.056, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 39 | to read: |
| 40 | 794.056 Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund.-- |
| 41 | (1) The Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund is created within |
| 42 | the Department of Health for the purpose of providing funds for |
| 43 | rape crisis centers in this state. Trust fund moneys shall be |
| 44 | used exclusively for the purpose of providing services for |
| 45 | victims of sexual assault. Funds credited to the trust fund |
| 46 | consist of those funds collected as an additional court |
| 47 | assessment in each case in which a defendant pleads guilty or |
| 48 | nolo contendere to, or is found guilty of, regardless of |
| 49 | adjudication, an offense defined in s. 784.011, s. 784.021, s. |
| 50 | 784.03, s. 784.041, s. 784.045, s. 784.048, s. 784.07, s. |
| 51 | 784.08, s. 784.081, s. 784.082, s. 784.083, s. 785.085, or s. |
| 52 | 794.011. Funds credited to the trust fund also shall include |
| 53 | revenues provided by law, moneys appropriated by the |
| 54 | Legislature, and grants from public or private entities. |
| 55 | (2) The Department of Health shall establish by rule |
| 56 | criteria consistent with the provisions of s. 794.055(3)(a) for |
| 57 | distributing moneys from the trust fund to rape crisis centers. |
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| 60 | ======= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ======= |
| 61 | Remove line 25 and insert: |
| 62 | references thereto; amending s. 794.055, F.S.; revising and |
| 63 | providing definitions; requiring the Department of Health to |
| 64 | contract with a statewide nonprofit association to provide |
| 65 | assistance to rape crisis centers; providing for distribution of |
| 66 | funds; amending s. 794.056, F.S.; providing for funds to be |
| 67 | credited to the Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund; requiring |
| 68 | distribution of trust fund moneys to be consistent with the |
| 69 | allocation formula developed by the statewide nonprofit |
| 70 | association; providing effective dates. |