Florida Senate - 2009                             CS for SB 10-A
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Health and Human Services Appropriations and
       Senator Peaden
       
       
       
       603-00103-09A                                          200910Ac1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to biomedical research; amending ss.
    3         215.5602 and 381.922, F.S.; revising the amount of
    4         annual appropriations to the Biomedical Research Trust
    5         Fund within the Department of Health; requiring that
    6         moneys transferred to the trust fund during the 2008
    7         2009 fiscal year in excess of specified amounts be
    8         transferred to the General Revenue Fund by a specified
    9         date; providing an effective date.
   10         
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   12         
   13         Section 1. Subsection (12) of section 215.5602, Florida
   14  Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         215.5602 James and Esther King Biomedical Research
   16  Program.—
   17         (12) For the 2008-2009 Beginning in fiscal year and each
   18  fiscal year thereafter 2006-2007, the sum of $3 $6 million is
   19  appropriated annually from recurring funds in the General
   20  Revenue Fund to the Biomedical Research Trust Fund within the
   21  Department of Health for purposes of the James and Esther King
   22  Biomedical Research Program pursuant to this section. From these
   23  funds up to $250,000 shall be available for the operating costs
   24  of the Florida Center for Universal Research to Eradicate
   25  Disease.
   26         Section 2. Subsection (5) of section 381.922, Florida
   27  Statutes, is amended to read:
   28         381.922 William G. “Bill” Bankhead, Jr., and David Coley
   29  Cancer Research Program.—
   30         (5) For the 2008-2009 Beginning in fiscal year and each
   31  fiscal year thereafter 2006-2007, the sum of $4.5 $9 million is
   32  appropriated annually from recurring funds in the General
   33  Revenue Fund to the Biomedical Research Trust Fund within the
   34  Department of Health for purposes of the William G. “Bill”
   35  Bankhead, Jr., and David Coley Cancer Research Program and shall
   36  be distributed pursuant to this section to provide grants to
   37  researchers seeking cures for cancer, with emphasis given to the
   38  goals enumerated in s. 381.921. From the total funds
   39  appropriated, an amount of up to 10 percent may be used for
   40  administrative expenses.
   41         Section 3. (1) If, during the 2008-2009 fiscal year, more
   42  than $3 million has been transferred from the General Revenue
   43  Fund to the Biomedical Research Trust Fund within the Department
   44  of Health pursuant to s. 215.5602, Florida Statutes, any amount
   45  in excess of $3 million shall be transferred from the Biomedical
   46  Research Trust Fund to the General Revenue Fund by March 15,
   47  2009.
   48         (2) If, during the 2008-2009 fiscal year, more than $4.5
   49  million has been transferred from the General Revenue Fund to
   50  the Biomedical Research Trust Fund within the Department of
   51  Health pursuant to s. 381.922, Florida Statutes, any amount in
   52  excess of $4.5 million shall be transferred from the Biomedical
   53  Research Trust Fund to the General Revenue Fund by March 15,
   54  2009.
   55         Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.