Florida Senate - 2012                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1988
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Negron moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 98 and 99
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 381.79, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         381.79 Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program Trust Fund.—
    8         (3) Annually, 5 percent of the revenues deposited monthly
    9  into in the fund pursuant to s. 318.21(2)(d) shall be
   10  appropriated to the University of Florida and 5 percent to the
   11  University of Miami for spinal cord injury and brain injury
   12  research. The amount to be distributed to the universities shall
   13  be calculated based on the deposits into the fund for each
   14  quarter in the fiscal year, but may not exceed $750,000 $500,000
   15  per university per year. Funds distributed under this subsection
   16  shall be made in quarterly payments at the end of each quarter
   17  during the fiscal year.
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   20         And the title is amended as follows:
   21         Delete line 2
   22  and insert:
   23         An act relating to Medicaid; amending s. 381.79, F.S.;
   24         increasing the amount that may be available to the
   25         University of Florida and the University of Miami for
   26         brain and spinal cord injury research; amending s.
   27         383.15, F.S.;