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Florida Senate - 2007 SB 2302
By Senator Wilson
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to persons with developmental
3 disabilities; creating the Task Force on Fiscal
4 Responsibility for Services to Persons with
5 Developmental Disabilities to evaluate the
6 expenditure of Medicaid funds appropriated for
7 services provided to persons with developmental
8 disabilities; providing for membership and
9 reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses;
10 directing that the task force be staffed by the
11 Governor's Office of Policy and Budget;
12 requiring that data and information be provided
13 by the Department of Children and Family
14 Services, the Agency for Health Care
15 Administration, and the Agency for Persons with
16 Disabilities; requiring reports; providing for
17 the expiration of the task force; providing an
18 appropriation; providing an effective date.
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20 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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22 Section 1. The Governor shall establish the Task Force
23 on Fiscal Responsibility for Services to Persons with
24 Developmental Disabilities by August 1, 2007, to examine how
25 funds for services provided to persons with developmental
26 disabilities are authorized and expended.
27 (1) MEMBERSHIP.--
28 (a) The task force shall consist of one representative
29 from each of the following organizations:
30 1. Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities.
31 2. ARC of Florida.
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1 3. Autism Society of Florida.
2 4. A family care council established under s. 393.502,
3 Florida Statutes.
4 5. Family Network on Disabilities of Florida (FND).
5 6. Florida Alliance for Assistive Services and
6 Technology (FAAST).
7 7. Florida Association for Persons in Supported
8 Employment (Florida APSE).
9 8. Florida Association of Behavior Analysis.
10 9. Florida Association of Rehabilitation Facilities
11 (Florida ARF).
12 10. Florida Association of Support Coordinators.
13 11. Florida Developmental Disabilities Council.
14 12. Florida Disabled Outdoors Association.
15 13. Florida Independent Living Council.
16 14. Florida's Voice on Mental Retardation.
17 15. Prader-Willi Syndrome Association.
18 16. Spina-Bifida Association.
19 17. Statewide Advocacy Network on Disabilities.
20 18. United Cerebral Palsy.
21 (b) The Governor shall select representatives from a
22 list of three persons submitted from each of the
23 organizations. The Governor may also appoint two additional
24 members and shall designate the chair of the task force.
25 (c) The members of the task force shall serve without
26 compensation, but are entitled to reimbursement for per diem
27 and travel expenses in accordance with s. 112.061, Florida
28 Statutes.
29 (2) PURPOSE.--The task force shall review the extent
30 to which funds appropriated for Medicaid Home and
31 Community-Based Services waivers serving persons with
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1 developmental disabilities have been expended beginning with
2 the 2000-2001 fiscal year. The task force shall determine the
3 amount of any surpluses or deficits and what factors may have
4 contributed to them.
5 (3) STAFFING.--The task force shall be staffed by the
6 Governor's Office of Policy and Budget which, along with the
7 Department of Children and Family Services, the Agency for
8 Health Care Administration, and the Agency for Persons with
9 Disabilities, shall provide such fiscal information and data
10 that is available and that the task force may need to
11 accomplish its purpose. In addition, the task force, in
12 consultation with the Executive Office of the Governor, may
13 contract for such additional services as it may need from
14 funds appropriated for the use of the task force.
15 (4) REPORTS.--The task force shall submit an interim
16 report to the Governor and the Legislature providing
17 preliminary findings on the expenditure of funds for waiver
18 services, and the amounts and causes of any deficits and
19 surpluses by February 1, 2008. A final report, which must
20 include recommendations for predicting costs, avoiding
21 deficits, and providing services in a cost-effective and
22 equitable manner to persons with developmental disabilities,
23 shall be presented to the Governor, the President of the
24 Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives no
25 later than October 1, 2008.
26 (5) EXPIRATION.--The task force is dissolved December
27 31, 2008.
28 Section 2. The sum of $___________ is appropriated
29 from the General Revenue Fund to fund the activities of the
30 Task Force on Fiscal Responsibility for Services to Persons
31 with Developmental Disabilities.
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1 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.
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4 SENATE SUMMARY
5 Creates the Task Force on Fiscal Responsibility for
Services to Persons with Developmental Disabilities to
6 evaluate the expenditure of Medicaid funds appropriated
for services provided to persons with developmental
7 disabilities. Provides for membership and reimbursement
for per diem and travel expenses. Directs that the task
8 force be staffed by the Governor's Office of Policy and
Budget, and requires that data and information be
9 provided by the Department of Children and Family
Services, the Agency for Health Care Administration, and
10 the Agency for Persons with Disabilities. Requires an
interim and final report. Provides for the expiration of
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