Florida Senate - 2016 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. PCS (366342) for SB 7054 Ì607676OÎ607676 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 03/03/2016 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Appropriations (Hays) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Between lines 642 and 643 4 insert: 5 Section 6. Section 393.0663, Florida Statutes, is created 6 to read: 7 393.0663 The Arc Dental Program.— 8 (1) The Legislature finds that many individuals with 9 intellectual or developmental disabilities in this state are in 10 need of dental treatment and that such individuals often lack 11 access to such services. The Legislature further finds that The 12 Arc of Florida, a not-for-profit organization that maintains 13 programs to assist in the delivery of needed services to 14 individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities, 15 operates The Arc of Florida Dental Program to provide dental 16 services to such individuals. Since the 2012-2013 fiscal year, 17 the Legislature has appropriated general revenue funds to the 18 organization to allow it to recruit 180 dental practices to 19 provide dental services to hundreds of individuals with 20 intellectual or developmental disabilities. Such services 21 include X-rays, cleanings, fluoride treatments, fillings, root 22 canals, crowns, extractions, and dentures. The Legislature finds 23 that it is in the public interest to establish a program to 24 assist The Arc of Florida in providing dental services to 25 individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities. 26 (2) The Arc Dental Program is established in the Agency for 27 Persons with Disabilities. The agency shall enter into a 28 memorandum of agreement with and provide assistance to The Arc 29 of Florida in operating and expanding The Arc of Florida Dental 30 Program. The memorandum of agreement entered into between the 31 agency and The Arc of Florida shall require quantifiable, 32 measurable, and verifiable units of deliverables and require The 33 Arc of Florida to submit an annual accounting of the funding 34 allocated by the agency. 35 (3) Beginning January 1, 2018, and each January 1 36 thereafter, the agency shall submit a report to the Governor, 37 the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of 38 Representatives which summarizes contract performance by The Arc 39 of Florida for the previous fiscal year. 40 (4) The Legislature shall annually appropriate funds from 41 the General Revenue Fund to the agency to fund The Arc of 42 Florida Dental Program. 43 Section 7. For the 2016-2017 fiscal year, and each fiscal 44 year thereafter, the sum of $4 million in recurring funds is 45 appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Agency for 46 Persons with Disabilities for the purpose of implementing s. 47 393.0663, Florida Statutes, as created by this act. 48 49 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 50 And the title is amended as follows: 51 Delete line 27 52 and insert: 53 iBudget system; creating s. 393.0663, F.S.; providing 54 legislative findings; establishing The Arc Dental 55 Program in the Agency for Persons with Disabilities; 56 authorizing the agency to enter into a memorandum of 57 agreement with and assist The Arc of Florida; 58 providing requirements for the memorandum of 59 agreement; requiring the agency to submit an annual 60 report to the Governor and the Legislature; providing 61 for an annual appropriation; appropriating funds; 62 creating s. 393.0679, F.S.; requiring