990025                                                            No.   5A
                    HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL AMENDMENT
                                  HB5001 

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Representative(s): Plakon
offered the following AMENDMENT TO SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 5S (990023):

In Section: 03 On Page: 082 Specific Appropriation:  475
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Explanation:
Restores $1,000,000 in General Revenue funding for the Crisis Counseling 
Program and reduces $1,000,000 in General Revenue funding from Family 
Planning Services within the Department of Health to restore funding 
levels to the original House proposal.  Transfers $200,000 in General 
Revenue funding from Family Planning Services to Grants and 
Aids-Contracted Services to provide grants to organizations to oppose 
health care mandates that violate religious freedom and conscience 
protection.
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        HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF
        Program: Community Public Health
        Family Health Outpatient And Nutrition 
        Services

        In Section 03  On Page 082
475     Special Categories
        Grants And Aids - Crisis Counseling

          From General Revenue Fund                1,000,000      2,000,000

Immediately following Specific Appropriation 475, DELETE:

From the funds in Specific Appropriation 475, a minimum of 90 percent 
shall be spent on direct client services.  Funds shall not be used for 
advertising, billboards, yellow book ads or capital expenditures.
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AND INSERT:

From  the  funds  in Specific Appropriation 475, a minimum of 85 percent
of  the  appropriated  funds  shall  be spent on direct client services,
direct service provider certification and Option Line.

The  department  shall  award  a contract to a current Florida Pregnancy
Support  Services Program (FPSSP) contract management provider that is a
Florida  non-profit  corporation and recognized as tax exempt by the IRS
under  code  section  501  (c)(3)  for this Specific Appropriation.  The
contract  shall  provide  for  the  development  and  implementation  of
certification  standards and to provide the required contract management
of  all  sub-contracted  direct service providers, Option Line and FPSSP
website.

The  department shall pay the non-profit contract management provider no
less  than $380 per month per sub-contracted direct service provider for
contract management and an FPSSP website.

The  department  is  authorized to spend no more than $50,000 for agency
program oversight activities.


        In Section 03  On Page 081
465     Aid To Local Governments
        Grants And Aids - Family Planning 
        Services

          From General Revenue Fund                5,245,455      4,045,455


        In Section 03  On Page 083
477     Special Categories
        Grants And Aids - Contracted Services

          From General Revenue Fund                6,907,323      7,107,323

At the end of existing proviso language, following Specific 
Appropriation 477, INSERT:

From the funds in Specific Appropriation 477, $200,000 from the General 
Revenue Fund shall be made available as grants to be used as legal fees 
for organizations that oppose coercive mandates in private health plans 
believed to violate religious freedom and conscience protection relation 
to abortion inducing drugs, sterilization, and contraception.  The 
Department of Health shall establish an application and approval process 
for the allocation of these funds to specific entities.
Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process. However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items.




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