Florida Senate - 2011 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 2146
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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The Conference Committee on SB 2146 recommended the following:
1 Conference Committee Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Section 409.16713, Florida Statutes, is created
6 to read:
7 409.16713 Allocation of funds for community-based care lead
8 agencies.—
9 (1) As used in this section, the term:
10 (a) “Core services funding” means all funds allocated to
11 community-based care lead agencies operating under contract with
12 the department pursuant to s. 409.1671, with the following
13 exceptions:
14 1. Funds appropriated for independent living;
15 2. Funds appropriated for maintenance adoption subsidies;
16 3. Funds allocated by the department for protective
17 investigations training;
18 4. Nonrecurring funds;
19 5. Designated mental health wrap-around services funds; and
20 6. Funds for special projects for a designated community
21 based care lead agency.
22 (b) “Equity allocation model” means an allocation model
23 that uses the following factors:
24 1. Proportion of children in poverty;
25 2. Proportion of child abuse hotline workload;
26 3. Proportion of children in care; and
27 4. Proportion of contribution in the reduction of out-of
28 home care.
29 (c) “Proportion of children in poverty” means the average
30 of the proportion of children in the geographic area served by
31 the community-based care lead agency based on the following
32 subcomponents:
33 1. Children up to 18 years of age who are below the poverty
34 level as determined by the latest available Small Area Income
35 and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) from the United States Census
36 Bureau;
37 2. Children eligible for free or reduced-price meals as
38 determined by the latest available survey published by the
39 Department of Education; and
40 3. The number of children in families receiving benefits
41 from the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
42 (SNAP) in the most recent month as determined by the department.
43 (d) “Proportion of child abuse hotline workload” means the
44 weighted average of the following subcomponents:
45 1. The average number of initial and additional child abuse
46 reports received during the month for the most recent 12 months
47 based on child protective investigations trend reports as
48 determined by the department. This subcomponent shall be
49 weighted as 20 percent of the factor.
50 2. The average count of children in investigations in the
51 most recent 12 months based on child protective investigations
52 trend reports as determined by the department. This subcomponent
53 shall be weighted as 40 percent of the factor.
54 3. The average count of children in investigations with a
55 most serious finding of verified abuse in the most recent 12
56 months based on child protective investigations trend reports as
57 determined by the department. This subcomponent shall be
58 weighted as 40 percent of the factor.
59 (e) “Proportion of children in care” means the proportion
60 of the sum of the number of children in care receiving in-home
61 services and the number of children in out-of-home care at the
62 end of the most recent month as reported in the child welfare
63 services trend reports as determined by the department.
64 (f) “Proportion of contribution in the reduction of out-of
65 home care” means the proportion of the number of children in
66 out-of-home care on December 31, 2006, minus the number of
67 children in out-of-home care as of the end of the most recent
68 month as reported in the child welfare services trend reports as
69 determined by the department.
70 (2) The equity allocation of core services funds shall be
71 calculated based on the following weights:
72 (a) Proportion of children in poverty shall be weighted as
73 30 percent of the total;
74 (b) Proportion of child abuse hotline workload shall be
75 weighted as 30 percent of the total;
76 (c) Proportion of children in care shall be weighted as 30
77 percent of the total; and
78 (d) Proportion of contribution to the reduction in out-of
79 home care shall be weighted as 10 percent of the total.
80 (3) Beginning in the 2011-2012 state fiscal year, 75
81 percent of the recurring core services funding for each
82 community-based care lead agency shall be based on the prior
83 year recurring base of core services funds and 25 percent shall
84 be based on the equity allocation model.
85 (4) For the 2011-2012 state fiscal year, any new core
86 services funds shall be allocated based on the equity allocation
87 model. Such allocations shall be proportional to the proportion
88 of funding based on the equity model and allocated only to the
89 community-based care lead agency contracts where the current
90 funding proportion is less than the proportion of funding based
91 on the equity model.
92 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.
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95 And the title is amended as follows:
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97 Delete everything before the enacting clause
98 and insert:
99 A bill to be entitled
100 An act relating to the Department of Children and
101 Family Services; creating s. 409.16713, F.S.; defining
102 terms; providing for the allocation of funding for
103 community-based care lead agencies; providing an
104 effective date.