| 1 | Representative Homan offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert: |
| 5 | Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section |
| 6 | 154.02, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 154.02 County Health Department Trust Fund.-- |
| 8 | (5) At a minimum, the trust fund shall consist of: |
| 9 | (b) An emergency reserve of $500,000, derived from an |
| 10 | annual assessment on county health department funds based upon |
| 11 | their proportionate share of state general revenue, maintained |
| 12 | for county health departments to respond to public health |
| 13 | emergencies such as epidemics and natural disasters. The |
| 14 | emergency reserve shall be increased each July 1 by the increase |
| 15 | in the Consumer Price Index that occurred during the previous 12 |
| 16 | months. |
| 17 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009. |
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| 21 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 22 | Remove the entire title and insert: |
| 23 | A bill to be entitled |
| 24 | An act relating to the Department of Health; amending s. |
| 25 | 154.02, F.S.; deleting a provision requiring certain |
| 26 | increases in the emergency reserve of the County Health |
| 27 | Department Trust Fund based on the Consumer Price Index; |
| 28 | providing an effective date. |