995108                                                     
Florida Senate - 2017                                Committee       Amendment
SPB2500                                                 AHS             57SA


The Committee on Appropriations (Bean) recommended the following 
SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT for 57 (995029):

Section: 03              EXPLANATION:

On Page: 090             Replacement of proviso language in Specific 
                         Appropriation 447 for the Auditory Oral Early 
Spec App:  447           Intervention for Children with Hearing Loss.

NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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                                               Positions & Amount   Positions & Amount
                                                     DELETE         INSERT

        HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF
        Program: Community Public Health
        Community Health Promotion  64200100

        In Section 03  On Page 090
447     Special Categories  100778
        Grants And Aids - Contracted Services  IOEB

Following Specific Appropriation 447, DELETE:

From   the   funds   in   Specific   Appropriation   447,   $500,000  in
nonrecurring  funds  from  the  General  Revenue Fund is provided to the
Division  of  Community  Health  Promotion Bureau of Chronic Disease for
grants   to  auditory-oral  early  intervention  programs  serving  deaf
children  in  multiple  counties  including rural and underserved areas.
These  early  intervention  programs  must  solely  offer  auditory-oral
educational  habilitation  and services, as defined in section 1002.391,
Florida  Statutes,  and  have  a  supervisor and faculty members who are
credentialed as Certified Listening and Spoken Language Specialists.

AND INSERT:

From the funds in Specific Appropriation 447, $500,000 in nonrecurring 
funds from the General Revenue Fund is provided to the Sertoma Speech 
and Hearing Foundation of Florida, Inc., a Florida non-profit 
corporation to support auditory oral early intervention programs serving 
children who are deaf ages birth through two, in multiple counties 

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including rural and underserved areas. These early intervention programs 
must solely offer auditory oral educational habilitation services, as 
defined and described in section 1002.391, Florida Statutes, and include 
faculty members who are credentialed as  Certified Listening and Spoken 
Language Specialists or hearing support services in pursuit of spoken 
language outcomes for infants and toddlers who are deaf.













































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