Florida Senate - 2013             CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1518
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Conference Committee on SB 1518 recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Conference Committee Amendment (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 1. Present subsections (9) and (10) of section
    7  394.9082, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (10)
    8  and (11), respectively, and new subsection (9) is added to that
    9  section, to read:
   10         394.9082 Behavioral health managing entities.—
   11         (9) FUNDING FOR MANAGING ENTITIES.—
   12         (a) A contract established between the department and a
   13  managing entity under this section shall be funded by general
   14  revenue, other applicable state funds, or applicable federal
   15  funding sources. A managing entity may carry forward documented
   16  unexpended state funds from one fiscal year to the next;
   17  however, the cumulative amount carried forward may not exceed 8
   18  percent of the total contract. Any unexpended state funds in
   19  excess of that percentage must be returned to the department.
   20  The funds carried forward may not be used in a way that would
   21  create increased recurring future obligations or for any program
   22  or service that is not currently authorized under the existing
   23  contract with the department. Expenditures of funds carried
   24  forward must be separately reported to the department. Any
   25  unexpended funds that remain at the end of the contract period
   26  shall be returned to the department. Funds carried forward may
   27  be retained through contract renewals and new procurements as
   28  long as the same managing entity is retained by the department.
   29         (b) The method of payment for a fixed-price contract with a
   30  managing entity must provide for a 2-month advance payment at
   31  the beginning of each fiscal year and equal monthly payments
   32  thereafter.
   33         Section 2. Subsections (3) and (4) of section 409.16713,
   34  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   35         409.16713 Allocation of funds for community-based care lead
   36  agencies.—
   37         (3) Beginning in the 2013-2014 2011-2012 state fiscal year,
   38  90 75 percent of the recurring core services funding for each
   39  community-based care lead agency shall be based on the prior
   40  year recurring base of core services funds and 10 25 percent
   41  shall be based on the equity allocation model.
   42         (4) Unless otherwise specified in the General
   43  Appropriations Act For the 2011-2012 state fiscal year, any new
   44  core services funds shall be allocated based on the equity
   45  allocation model. Such allocations must shall be proportional to
   46  the proportion of funding based on the equity model and
   47  allocated only to the community-based care lead agency contracts
   48  if where the current funding proportion is less than the
   49  proportion of funding based on the equity model.
   50         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.
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   52  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   53         And the title is amended as follows:
   54         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   55  and insert:
   56                        A bill to be entitled                      
   57         An act relating to Department of Children and
   58         Families; amending s. 394.9082, F.S.; providing for
   59         the carrying forward, expenditure, and return of
   60         unexpended funds paid to entities contracting with the
   61         department to manage the delivery of behavioral health
   62         services; amending s. 409.16713, F.S.; revising
   63         recurring core services funding for community-based
   64         care lead agencies; providing an effective date.