Florida Senate - 2014 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1724
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Floor: WD .
05/01/2014 11:31 AM .
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Senator Altman moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 529 and 530
4 insert:
5 Section 9. Section 409.991, Florida Statutes, is created to
6 read:
7 409.991 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) “Fair-share funding allocation model” means an
23 allocation model that uses the following factors:
24 1. Proportion of child abuse hotline workload; and
25 2. Proportion of children in care;
26 (c) “Proportion of child abuse hotline workload” means the
27 weighted average of the following subcomponents:
28 1. The average number of initial and additional child abuse
29 reports received during the most recent calendar year based on
30 child protective investigations trend reports as determined by
31 the department. This subcomponent shall be weighted as 20
32 percent of the factor.
33 2. The average count of children in investigations in the
34 most recent calendar year based on child protective
35 investigations trend reports as determined by the department.
36 This subcomponent shall be weighted as 40 percent of the factor.
37 3. The average count of children in investigations with a
38 verified finding of abuse in the most recent calendar year based
39 on child protective investigations trend reports as determined
40 by the department. This subcomponent shall be weighted as 40
41 percent of the factor.
42 (d) “Proportion of children in care” means the proportion
43 of the aggregate number of children in care receiving out-of
44 home services and the number of children receiving in-home case
45 management services during the most recent calendar year.
46 1. The subcomponent of out-of-home care shall be weighted
47 as 60 percent of the factor.
48 2. The subcomponent of in-home case management services
49 shall be weighted as 40 percent of the factor.
50 (2) The fair-share model proportion shall be calculated
51 based on the following weights:
52 (b) Proportion of child abuse hotline workload shall be
53 weighted as 70 percent of the total;
54 (c) Proportion of children in care shall be weighted as 30
55 percent of the total.
56 (3) Beginning in the 2014-2015 state fiscal year, the
57 recurring core services funding for each community-based care
58 lead agency shall be based on the prior year recurring base of
59 such funding.
60 (4) Unless otherwise specified in the General
61 Appropriations Act, any new funds shall be allocated based on
62 the fair-share funding allocation model. New allocations to core
63 services funding shall be allocated only to community-based care
64 lead agencies when such agencies’ current funding proportion is
65 less than their proportion of funding based upon the fair-share
66 funding allocation model.
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69 And the title is amended as follows:
70 Delete line 54
71 and insert:
72 the Legislature by a specified date; creating s.
73 409.991, F.S.; defining terms; providing requirements
74 for the allocation of funds for community-based lead
75 care agencies; requiring the