Florida Senate - 2021                                     SB 988
       
       
        
       By Senator Ausley
       
       
       
       
       
       3-00959-21                                             2021988__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to pay-for-success contracts; creating
    3         s. 287.05715, F.S.; defining terms; authorizing a
    4         state agency to enter into a pay-for-success contract
    5         with a private entity under certain conditions,
    6         subject to an appropriation and specified language in
    7         the General Appropriations Act; authorizing the
    8         carryforward of certain unexpended appropriations;
    9         specifying contract requirements; authorizing
   10         cancellation of the contract under specified
   11         circumstances; specifying services and programs
   12         eligible for funding under the contract; prohibiting a
   13         private entity from viewing or receiving personal
   14         client information that is otherwise confidential and
   15         exempt from public records requirements; requiring an
   16         agency to provide an annual report containing certain
   17         data to the chairs of the legislative appropriations
   18         committees by a specified date; requiring the
   19         Department of Management Services to prescribe certain
   20         procedures by a specified date; providing an effective
   21         date.
   22          
   23  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   24  
   25         Section 1. Section 287.05715, Florida Statutes, is created
   26  to read:
   27         287.05715 Pay-for-success contracts.
   28         (1)As used in this section, the term:
   29         (a)“Pay–for-success contract” or “contract” means a
   30  written agreement executed between an agency and a private
   31  entity in which the agency agrees, contingent upon a specified
   32  service or program meeting specified performance targets and
   33  outcome measures, to reimburse the private entity for up-front
   34  capital it will provide to fund a service or program identified
   35  in subsection (4) which addresses a critical public problem.
   36         (b)“Private entity” means a private, not-for-profit
   37  organization, or a subsidiary or an affiliate thereof, that is
   38  exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to s. 501(c)(3) of
   39  the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and that enters
   40  into a pay-for-success contract with an agency.
   41         (c)“Service provider” means an entity that provides
   42  services on behalf of a private entity under a pay-for-success
   43  contract.
   44         (d)“Success payment” means a single payment or schedule of
   45  payments which is identified in a pay-for-success contract to be
   46  paid to a private entity when specified performance targets and
   47  outcome measures are met.
   48         (2)(a)Contingent upon a specific appropriation in the
   49  General Appropriations Act which includes funding for a service
   50  or program identified in subsection (4) and contains a proviso,
   51  as defined in s. 216.011(1), authorizing a pay-for-success
   52  contract and specifying the term of the contract, an agency may
   53  enter into a pay-for-success contract with a private entity to
   54  receive up-front capital from the entity to fund the service or
   55  program. The agency may not enter into a pay-for-success
   56  contract until the state agency head determines with reasonable
   57  certainty that the contract will result in quantifiable public
   58  benefits and monetary savings to the state or a local government
   59  by reducing or avoiding costs, increasing economic productivity,
   60  or improving client outcomes.
   61         (b)Notwithstanding s. 216.301 and pursuant to s. 216.351,
   62  the balance of any appropriation from the General Revenue Fund
   63  for a pay-for-success contract which is not disbursed but which
   64  is obligated pursuant to the contract or committed to be
   65  expended by June 30 of the fiscal year in which the funds are
   66  appropriated may be carried forward for up to 3 years after the
   67  effective date of the original appropriation.
   68         (3)Each pay-for-success contract must:
   69         (a)Require a private entity to underwrite or secure up
   70  front capital from private funding sources, including
   71  foundations, financial institutions, businesses, or individuals.
   72         (b)Identify the specific service or program, as set forth
   73  in subsection (4), to be funded under the contract.
   74         (c)Identify performance targets and outcome measures
   75  against which the service’s or program’s success can be measured
   76  to determine whether the service or program has achieved
   77  quantifiable public benefits and monetary savings.
   78         (d)Require an independent third-party evaluator to review
   79  and issue a report in the middle and at the end of the contract
   80  term specifying the degree to which the service or program met
   81  the identified performance targets and outcome measures.
   82         (e)Identify the calculation or algorithm to be used by the
   83  agency in determining the amount and timing of success payments
   84  to reimburse the private entity. The amount of each success
   85  payment must correlate with the independent third-party
   86  evaluator’s review under paragraph (d).
   87         (f)Contain a statement that the service provider will
   88  annually provide a report to the agency which includes data
   89  deemed relevant by the agency.
   90         (g)Contain a statement that the amount of funds to be
   91  reimbursed to the private entity is contingent upon the degree
   92  to which the service or program has met the performance targets
   93  and outcome measures as evaluated by the independent third-party
   94  evaluator.
   95         (h)Require the agency to make the appropriate success
   96  payment to the private entity within 60 days after receiving a
   97  report from the independent third-party evaluator.
   98         (i)Contain a provision authorizing cancellation of the
   99  contract if the agency believes the degree to which the service
  100  or program has met the identified performance targets and
  101  outcome measures, as reported by the third-party evaluation, is
  102  insufficient to warrant continuation of the service or program.
  103         (4)Services or programs that are eligible for funding
  104  under a pay-for-success contract are limited to:
  105         (a)Early childhood care and education programs, including
  106  prekindergarten and school readiness programs from birth to 5
  107  years of age.
  108         (b)Education, workforce preparedness, and employment
  109  programs, including school-to-work programs and alternative
  110  education services.
  111         (c)Public safety programs, including programs that reduce
  112  recidivism and address juvenile justice.
  113         (d)Health and human services and programs, including those
  114  addressing drug and alcohol addiction, mental health, chronic
  115  homelessness, supportive housing, and child welfare.
  116         (e)Long-term, home-based, and community-based care
  117  services and programs.
  118         (5)The private entity may not view or receive any personal
  119  client information that is otherwise confidential and exempt
  120  from public records disclosure requirements.
  121         (6)By April 1 annually, the agency shall provide a report
  122  to the chairs of the legislative appropriations committees which
  123  contains the data provided by each service provider under
  124  paragraph (3)(f) and, if available, the evaluations from each of
  125  the independent third-party evaluators.
  126         (7)By December 1, 2021, the department shall prescribe
  127  procedures to be used by an agency when executing a pay-for
  128  success contract with a private entity, consistent with this
  129  section.
  130         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.