Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1754
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/20/2020           .                                
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Book) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 23 - 61
    4  and insert:
    5  shelters, runaway shelters, and transitional shelters.
    6         (b) “Nonprofit organization” means an organization that is
    7  exempt from taxation under 26 U.S.C. s. 501 and that is
    8  operating a crisis shelter. The term includes such
    9  organization’s subsidiaries, affiliates, and supporting
   10  foundations, and their respective boards of directors, officers,
   11  employees, contractors, subcontractors, volunteers, donors or
   12  funders, and agents.
   13         (c) “Program participant” means a person seeking or
   14  obtaining temporary housing in a crisis shelter, whether or not
   15  such temporary housing is actually obtained.
   16         (d) “Remuneration” means the required payment of moneys by
   17  a program participant to a nonprofit organization for temporary
   18  housing in a crisis shelter or support services. The term does
   19  not include receipt by a nonprofit organization of financial or
   20  in-kind donations, charitable contributions, fundraising event
   21  proceeds, reimbursements, awards, grants, or contract payments
   22  from persons other than a program participant. The term also
   23  does not include an entirely voluntary charitable contribution
   24  by a program participant.
   25         (e) “Support services” includes, but is not limited to,
   26  providing or coordinating linkages, referrals, or assistance in
   27  obtaining one or more of the following supports: beds, cots, or
   28  mats; linens; food or drink; clothing; shoes; toiletries;
   29  financial assistance; health care; mental health care;
   30  medications; counseling; case management; resource coordination;
   31  assistance in applying for resources, services, or benefits of
   32  any kind; education; financial literacy; child care; child and
   33  family therapy; after-school programs; summer camps;
   34  recreational activities; job readiness training; vocational
   35  training; employment assistance; transportation; legal services;
   36  housing; relocation services; rental assistance, subsidies, or
   37  deposits; and other supports, goods, activities, services, or
   38  resources of any kind. The term includes such supports, whether
   39  provided by a nonprofit organization or third party and whether
   40  occurring before, during, or after placement in a crisis shelter
   41  or in lieu of shelter.
   42         (f) “Third party” means a person other than a nonprofit
   43  organization who, with or without remuneration, provides support