Florida Senate - 2019 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 374
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: WD .
04/03/2019 .
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The Committee on Rules (Harrell) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Section 39.0012, Florida Statutes, is created to
6 read:
7 39.0012 Direct-support organization.—
8 (1) The Department of Children and Families shall establish
9 a direct-support organization to assist the Children and Youth
10 Cabinet in carrying out its purposes and responsibilities
11 primarily regarding fostering public awareness of children and
12 youth issues and developing new partners in the effort to serve
13 children and youth by raising money; submitting requests for and
14 receiving grants from the federal government, the state or its
15 political subdivisions, private foundations, and individuals;
16 and making expenditures to or for the benefit of the cabinet.
17 The sole purpose for the direct-support organization is to
18 support the cabinet. Such a direct-support organization is an
19 organization that is:
20 (a) Incorporated under chapter 617 and approved by the
21 Department of State as a Florida corporation not for profit;
22 (b) Organized and operated to make expenditures to or for
23 the benefit of the cabinet; and
24 (c) Approved by the department to be operating for the
25 benefit of and in a manner consistent with the goals of the
26 cabinet and in the best interest of the state.
27 (2) The board of directors of the direct-support
28 organization shall consist of seven members. Each member of the
29 board of directors shall be appointed to a 4-year term. The
30 board of directors of the direct-support organization shall be
31 appointed by the Governor.
32 (3) The direct-support organization shall operate under
33 written contract with the department.
34 (4) All moneys received by the direct-support organization
35 shall be deposited into an account of the direct-support
36 organization and shall be used by the organization in a manner
37 consistent with the goals of the cabinet.
38 (5) This section is repealed October 1, 2024, unless
39 reviewed and saved from repeal by the Legislature.
40 Section 2. Subsection (4) of section 402.56, Florida
41 Statutes, is amended to read:
42 402.56 Children’s cabinet; organization; responsibilities;
43 annual report.—
44 (4) MEMBERS.—The cabinet shall consist of 17 16 members
45 including the Governor and the following persons:
46 (a)1. The Secretary of Children and Families;
47 2. The Secretary of Juvenile Justice;
48 3. The director of the Agency for Persons with
49 Disabilities;
50 4. The director of the Office of Early Learning;
51 5. The State Surgeon General;
52 6. The Secretary of Health Care Administration;
53 7. The Commissioner of Education;
54 8. The director of the Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Office;
55 9. A representative The director of the Office of Adoption
56 and Child Protection;
57 10. A superintendent of schools, appointed by the Governor;
58 11. A representative of the Florida Dental Association,
59 appointed by the Governor; and
60 12.11. Five members who represent children and youth
61 advocacy organizations and who are not service providers,
62 appointed by the Governor.
63 (b) The President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House
64 of Representatives, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the
65 Attorney General, and the Chief Financial Officer, or their
66 appointed designees, shall serve as ex officio members of the
67 cabinet.
68 (c) The Governor or the Governor’s designee shall serve as
69 the chair of the cabinet.
70 (d) Nongovernmental members of the cabinet shall serve
71 without compensation, but are entitled to receive per diem and
72 travel expenses in accordance with s. 112.061 while in
73 performance of their duties.
74 Section 3. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2019.
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77 And the title is amended as follows:
78 Delete everything before the enacting clause
79 and insert:
80 A bill to be entitled
81 An act relating to the Children and Youth Cabinet;
82 creating s. 39.0012, F.S.; requiring the Department of
83 Children and Families to establish direct-support
84 organization to assist the Children and Youth Cabinet
85 for a specified purpose; providing for membership of
86 the direct-support organization’s board of directors;
87 specifying that the direct-support organization shall
88 operate under contract with the department; requiring
89 moneys received by the direct-support organization to
90 be deposited into a certain account; providing for
91 repeal and legislative review of the direct-support
92 organization; amending s. 402.56, F.S.; revising the
93 membership of the Children and Youth Cabinet within
94 the Executive Office of the Governor to include a
95 representative from the Office of Adoption and Child
96 Protection, rather than the director of the office,
97 and a representative of the Florida Dental Association
98 appointed by the Governor; providing an effective
99 date.