Senate Bill sb1482

    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 1482

    By Senator Oelrich





    14-776-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; creating the

  3         Medical Trust Fund within the Agency for

  4         Persons with Disabilities; providing for uses

  5         and sources of funds; providing for an annual

  6         carryforward of funds; providing for future

  7         review and termination or re-creation of the

  8         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.  Medical Trust Fund.--

13         (1)  The Medical Trust Fund is created within the

14  Agency for Persons with Disabilities. Funds credited to the

15  trust fund shall consist of moneys appropriated by the

16  Legislature from fees for services, the Medicaid waiver

17  program, Medicaid, social security, railroad retirement,

18  third-party payments, and cash received or collected from

19  medical services rendered to developmentally disabled

20  community residents by developmental disability institutions

21  operated by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities.

22         (2)  Moneys shall be appropriated by the Legislature

23  for this trust fund for the purpose of providing medical

24  services to developmentally disabled community residents,

25  including, but not limited to, medical, dental, therapeutic,

26  occupational, physical therapy, audiological, psychiatric, and

27  speech services on an as-needed basis. The Legislature shall

28  also appropriate moneys to this trust fund for the purpose of

29  providing respite services, crisis stabilization, hospice

30  services in an inpatient setting for up to 180 days, and other

31  related services for developmentally disabled residents,

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 1482
    14-776-07




 1  including, but not limited to, employing or contracting for

 2  medical support personnel, related administrative personnel,

 3  and the purchase or maintenance of facilities or equipment for

 4  medical services for the developmentally disabled.

 5         (3)  Notwithstanding s. 216.301, Florida Statutes, and

 6  pursuant to s. 216.351, Florida Statutes, any balance in the

 7  trust fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain in the

 8  trust fund and be available for carrying out the purposes of

 9  the trust fund.

10         (4)  Pursuant to s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State

11  Constitution, the trust fund shall, unless terminated sooner,

12  be terminated on July 1, 2011. However, before its scheduled

13  termination, the trust fund shall be reviewed as provided in

14  s. 215.3206(1) and (2), Florida Statutes.

15         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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18                          SENATE SUMMARY

19    Creates the Medical Trust Fund within the Agency for
      Persons with Disabilities. Provides for uses and sources
20    of funds. Provides for future review and termination or
      re-creation of the fund.
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