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Introduced Session

An act relating to community-based child welfare agencies; amending s. 409.016, F.S.; defining the term "management functions"; amending s. 409.987, F.S.; authorizing the Department of Children and Families to extend contracts with community-based care lead agencies under certain circumstances; revising requirements for an entity to serve as a lead agency; providing duties for board members and board of directors of lead agencies; requiring that lead agencies ensure that board members participate in certain annual training; revising the definition of the term "conflict of interest"; defining the term "related party"; requiring the lead agency's board of directors to disclose any known or potential conflicts of interest; prohibiting a lead agency from entering into a contract or being a party to any transaction with related parties if a conflict of interest is not properly disclosed; prohibiting a lead agency from entering into a contract or being a party to any transaction with related parties for officer or director level staffing to perform management functions; removing obsolete language; authorizing a lead agency to enter into certain contracts or be a party to certain transactions under certain CS/ circumstances; requiring department contracts with lead agencies to include certain contractual penalty provisions; specifying the contractual penalties; providing applicability; requiring certain contracts to be reprocured; requiring the department to recoup lead agency expenses for the execution of certain contracts; amending s. 409.988, F.S.; revising lead agency duties and authority; repealing s. 409.991, F.S., relating to allocation of funds for community- based care lead agencies; creating s. 409.9913, F.S.; providing definitions; requiring the department, in collaboration with the lead agencies and providers of child welfare services, to develop a specific funding methodology for the allocation of core services which meets certain criteria; requiring the lead agencies and providers of child welfare services to submit to the department certain financial information for the development of the funding methodology; requiring the department to submit to the Governor and the Legislature certain reports by the established deadlines; subjecting the allocation of core services to the requirements of ch. 216, F.S.; authorizing the department to include certain rates and total allocations in certain reports; requiring the Legislature to allocate funding to the lead agencies CS/ with due consideration of the funding methodology, beginning with the 2025-2026 fiscal year; prohibiting the department from changing a lead agency's allocation of funds provided in the General Appropriations Act without legislative approval; authorizing the department to approve certain risk pool funding for a lead agency; requiring the department to submit to the Governor and the Legislature certain reports by the established deadlines; amending s. 409.992, F.S.; revising requirements for lead agency practices in the procurement of commodities and contractual services; requiring the department to impose certain penalties for a lead agency's noncompliance with applicable procurement law; requiring a contract between the department and a lead agency to specify the rights and obligations to real property held by the lead agency during the term of the contract; providing applicability; providing applicability of certain limitations on the salaries of community-based care lead agency administrative employees; amending s. 409.994, F.S.; revising the conditions under which the department may petition a court for the appointment of a receiver for a community-based care lead agency; amending s. 409.996, F.S.; revising requirements for CS/ contracts between the department and lead agencies; making a technical change; providing duties of the department; providing reporting requirements; requiring the department to convene a working group to submit a certain report to the Governor and the Legislature by a certain date; providing membership and termination of the working group; providing an effective date.

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Fiona McFarland (R)*,  Linda Chaney (R),  Lindsay Cross (D),  Anna Eskamani (D),  Johanna López (D), 

Other Sponsors (3)

Laid on Table (on 03/04/2024)

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