Bill > S2502

Introduced Session

An act implementing the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act; providing legislative intent; incorporating by reference certain calculations; amending s. 1011.45, F.S.; requiring a carry forward spending plan to commit certain excess reserve balances to specified projects in a specified manner; providing for the future expiration and reversion of specified statutory text; amending s. 1009.26, F.S.; requiring a state university to waive a student’s out of-pocket expenses under certain conditions; deleting a requirement for a certain fee waiver; providing for the future expiration and reversion of specified statutory text; amending s. 1004.89, F.S.; revising the duties of the Institute for Freedom in the Americas at Miami Dade College; deleting a provision requiring the college to approve a direct-support organization for a specified purpose; providing for the future expiration and reversion of specified statutory text; authorizing certain state university board of trustees to accept a health care provider’s procurement methods and construction contracts under certain circumstances; authorizing the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University board of trustees to expend available reserves or carryforward certain balances for a specified purpose; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to submit a budget amendment to realign Medicaid funding for specified purposes, subject to certain limitations; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration and the Department of Health to each submit a budget amendment to realign funding within the Florida Kidcare program appropriation categories or to increase budget authority for certain purposes; specifying the time period within which each budget amendment must be submitted; amending s. 381.986, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the exemption of certain rules pertaining to the medical use of marijuana from certain rulemaking requirements; amending s. 14(1), chapter 2017-232, Laws of Florida; exempting certain rules pertaining to medical marijuana adopted to replace emergency rules from specified rulemaking requirements; providing for the future expiration and reversion of specified statutory text; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to submit a budget amendment requesting additional spending authority to implement specified programs and payments; requiring institutions participating in a specified workforce expansion and education program to provide quarterly reports to the agency; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to submit a budget amendment for a specified purpose; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to submit a budget amendment requesting additional spending authority to implement the Low Income Pool component of the Florida Managed Medical Assistance Demonstration up to a certain amount; requiring that the amendment include a signed attestation and acknowledgment for entities relating to the Low Income Pool; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to submit a budget amendment requesting additional spending authority to implement certain payments and specified programs; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to submit a budget amendment requesting additional spending authority to implement a certified expenditure program for emergency medical transportation services; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to submit a budget amendment requesting additional spending authority to implement the Disproportionate Share Hospital Program; requiring such amendment to include specified information; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to submit a budget amendment requesting additional spending authority to implement fee-for service inpatient and outpatient supplemental payments for specialty hospitals; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to submit budget amendments to increase budget authority to support the Florida School-Based Services program; amending s. 409.908, F.S.; revising the Quality Incentive Program payment pool percentage for the reimbursement of Medicaid providers; providing for the future expiration and reversion of specified statutory text; authorizing the Department of Children and Families to submit a budget amendment to realign funding within specified areas of the department based on implementation of the Guardianship Assistance Program; authorizing the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Health, and the Agency for Health Care Administration to submit budget amendments to increase budget authority to support certain refugee programs; requiring the Department of Children and Families to submit quarterly reports to the Executive Office of the Governor and the Legislature; authorizing the Department of Children and Families to submit budget amendments to increase budget authority to support specified federal grant programs; authorizing the Department of Children and Families to submit budget amendments to transfer funds between certain appropriation categories to support the operations of the Automated Community Connection to Economic Self Sufficiency system; amending s. 393.066, F.S.; authorizing certain persons or entities to maintain an alternate data system that meets specified standards; prohibiting the Agency for Persons with Disabilities from requiring training on a specified system in certain circumstances; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to amend the Florida Medicaid Developmental Disabilities Individual Budgeting Waiver Services Provider Rate Table for a specified purpose; requiring providers to be reimbursed at the existing hourly rate for certain recipients; requiring the agency to develop a methodology to monitor and evaluate the fiscal impact of the revised reimbursement methodology and submit quarterly reports to the Legislature and the Executive Office of the Governor’s Office of Policy and Budget; providing for the future expiration and reversion of specified statutory text; amending s. 394.9082, F.S.; authorizing a managing entity to carry forward certain unexpended funds; providing construction; amending s. 409.9913, F.S.; requiring core services funding to be allocated as provided in the General Appropriations Act; requiring the Department of Children and Families to develop and report on an alternative tiered funding methodology and to provide certain information; providing requirements for the methodology; requiring lead agencies and providers to submit detailed cost and expenditure data as requested by the department for a specified purpose; providing reporting requirements; authorizing the Department of Health to submit a budget amendment to increase budget authority for the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and the Child Care Food Program if a certain condition is met; authorizing the Department of Health to submit a budget amendment to increase budget authority for the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment Program if a certain condition is met; authorizing the Department of Health to submit a budget amendment to increase budget authority for the department if additional federal revenues specific to COVID-19 relief funds become available; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to replace the Florida Medicaid Management Information System (FMMIS) and fiscal agent operations with a specified new system; specifying items that may not be included in the new system; providing directives to the Agency for Health Care Administration related to the new Florida Health Care Connection (FX) system; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to meet certain requirements in replacing FMMIS and the current Medicaid fiscal agent; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to implement a specified program governance structure that includes an executive steering committee composed of specified members; providing the duties of the executive steering committee; requiring the establishment of specified working groups; providing the composition of such groups; providing requirements for such groups; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration, in consultation with the Department of Health, the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, the Department of Children and Families, and the Department of Corrections, to competitively procure a contract with a vendor to negotiate prices for certain prescribed drugs and biological products; providing specifications for such contract; authorizing the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to submit budget amendments to transfer funding from the Salaries and Benefits appropriation categories for a specified purpose; authorizing the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to submit budget amendments to request funds from the Lump Sum-Home and Community Based Waiver category for a specified purpose; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration and the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to submit budget amendments within a specified timeframe for a specified purpose; authorizing the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to submit a budget amendment, subject to Legislative Budget Commission approval, requesting certain authority for certain purposes relating to veterans’ nursing homes; amending s. 409.915, F.S.; extending for 1 year the expiration of an exception for certain funds used for the hospital directed payment program; authorizing the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to submit budget amendments, subject to certain approval, for the development and construction of a new State Veterans Nursing Home and Adult Day Health Care Center in a specified county; authorizing the Department of Elderly Affairs to submit a budget amendment requesting certain authority for an Adult Care Food Program under certain circumstances; amending s. 766.314, F.S.; authorizing the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association to accept new claims during a specified fiscal year under certain circumstances; amending s. 216.262, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the authority of the Department of Corrections to submit a budget amendment for additional positions and appropriations under certain circumstances; amending s. 215.18, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the authority and related repayment requirements for temporary trust fund loans to the state court system which are sufficient to meet the system’s appropriation; requiring the Department of Juvenile Justice to review county juvenile detention payments to determine whether a county has met specified financial responsibilities; requiring that amounts owed by a certain county for such financial responsibilities be deducted from certain county funds; requiring the Department of Revenue to transfer withheld funds to a specified trust fund; requiring the Department of Revenue to ensure that such reductions in amounts distributed do not reduce distributions below amounts necessary for certain payments due on bonds and to comply with bond covenants; requiring the Department of Revenue to notify the Department of Juvenile Justice if bond payment requirements mandate a reduction in deductions for amounts owed by a county; requiring the Department of Juvenile Justice to take certain actions; reenacting s. 27.40(1), (2)(a), (3)(a), (5), (6), and (7), F.S., relating to court-appointed counsel; extending for 1 fiscal year provisions governing the appointment of court-appointed counsel; providing for the future expiration and reversion of specified statutory text; reenacting and amending s. 27.5304, F.S., relating to the extension for 1 fiscal year limitations on compensation for representation in criminal proceedings; revising the maximum compensation for certain proceedings; providing for the future expiration and reversion of specified statutory text; amending s. 934.50, F.S.; providing how certain appropriated funds may be used; extending for 1 year the expiration of a certain grant program; amending s. 908.1033, F.S.; authorizing local law enforcement agencies to apply to the State Board of Immigration Enforcement to provide bonus payments for certain certified correctional officers; specifying a maximum amount for such bonus per officer; requiring the local law enforcement agency to certify certain information; requiring the Department of Management Services, with the cooperation of certain agencies, to use tenant broker services to renegotiate or reprocure certain private lease agreements for office or storage space; requiring the Department of Management Services to provide a report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date; prohibiting an agency from transferring funds from a data processing category to another category other than another data processing category; authorizing the Executive Office of the Governor to transfer funds appropriated in certain categories between departments for purposes of aligning amounts paid for risk management insurance and for human resources services purchased per statewide contract; authorizing the Department of Management Services to use certain facility disposition funds from the Architects Incidental Trust Fund to pay for certain relocation expenses; authorizing the Department of Management Services to submit budget amendments for an increase in appropriation under certain circumstances; requiring that such amendments include specified information; authorizing all agencies to continue to purchase productivity and cybersecurity tools and services; requiring the Department of Management Services to maintain the state master agreement; requiring the Department of Financial Services to replace specified components of the Florida Accounting Information Resource Subsystem (FLAIR) and the Cash Management Subsystem (CMS) with a specified integrated enterprise system; prohibiting the Department of Financial Services from including certain components in the replacement of FLAIR and CMS; providing requirements for the Department of Financial services related to replacing FLAIR and CMS; providing for the composition of an executive steering committee to oversee FLAIR and CMS replacement; providing requirements for the executive steering committee chair; providing duties and responsibilities of the executive steering committee; reenacting s. 282.709(3), F.S., relating to the state agency law enforcement radio system and interoperability network; providing for future expiration and reversion of specified statutory text; authorizing state agencies and other eligible users of the Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System to use the Department of Management Services contract to purchase equipment and services; requiring that a specified transaction fee percentage for use of the online procurement system be collected for a specified fiscal year; amending s. 24.105, F.S.; specifying requirements for the adoption of rules of the Department of the Lottery, excluding certain rules for 1 fiscal year regarding the commission for lottery ticket sales; limiting additional retailer compensation in a specified manner; providing for the future expiration and reversion of specified statutory text; reenacting and amending s. 627.351, F.S.; extending for 1 year the specified authority of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation; authorizing the Division of Treasury within the Department of Financial Services to allow employee contributions into the state deferred compensation plan on a specified basis under a specified program; providing requirements for such employee contributions; amending s. 110.116, F.S.; requiring the Department of Management Services to contract with an independent software quality assurance and testing provider for specified purposes; deleting legislative findings and contracting and reporting requirements; amending s. 215.5586, F.S.; revising homeowner eligibility criteria for a hurricane mitigation grant from the My Safe Florida Home Program; providing that certain funds appropriated to the Department of Financial Services may be carried forward through a specified fiscal year; authorizing the Executive Office of the Governor to transfer funds between departments to align the budget authority granted based on the estimated costs for data processing services for a specified fiscal year; limiting the auxiliary assessments that may be charged to state agencies related to contract management services provided to the Northwest Regional Data Center; amending s. 284.51, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “first responder” as used in the electroencephalogram combined Transactional Magnetic Stimulation (eTMS) treatment pilot program; extending the pilot program for 1 year; requiring the Department of Financial Services to renew, for a specified timeframe, its existing contract for the establishment of the eTMS pilot program for veterans and first responders; requiring the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to submit a final report on certain child support guidelines to the Legislature by a specified date; authorizing the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to submit budget amendments to increase budget authority for the National School Lunch Program; amending s. 215.18, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year certain authority to transfer funds from certain trust funds in the State Treasury to other trust funds in certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to transfer designated proportions of the revenues deposited in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund within the department to land acquisition trust funds in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission according to specified parameters and calculations; defining the term “department”; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to make transfers to land acquisition trust funds monthly; specifying the method of determining transfer amounts; authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to advance funds from its land acquisition trust fund to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s land acquisition trust fund for specified purposes; amending s. 259.105, F.S.; requiring that proceeds from a specified trust fund be distributed as provided in the General Appropriations Act for a specified fiscal year; amending s. 376.91, F.S.; extending for 1 year the date by which the Department of Environmental Protection shall adopt statewide cleanup target levels for PFAS under certain circumstances; providing for future expiration and reversion of specified statutory text; amending ss. 376.3071 and 376.3072, F.S.; prohibiting certain deductibles and copays; prohibiting enforcement of certain monetary caps; requiring that certain costs be absorbed at the expense of the Inland Protection Trust Fund; providing exceptions; reenacting s. 376.3071(15)(g), F.S., relating to the Inland Protection Trust Fund; providing for the future expiration and reversion of specified statutory text; requiring the Department of Citrus to enter into agreements for specified purposes by a certain date; requiring the Department of Citrus to file certain information with the department’s Inspector General; reenacting and amending s. 380.5105, F.S., relating to the Stan Mayfield Working Waterfronts; revising the intent of the program; providing for the future expiration and reversion of specified statutory text; amending s. 10, ch. 2022-272, Laws of Florida; extending the Hurricane Restoration Reimbursement Grant Program for 1 fiscal year; authorizing the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to use specified funds to provide grants for a specified purpose; amending s. 403.0673, F.S.; requiring that funds appropriated for the water quality improvement grant program be used for a specified fiscal year as provided in the General Appropriations Act; amending s. 375.041, F.S.; requiring funds for the Land Acquisition Trust Fund to be appropriated in a specified manner; amending s. 288.80125, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year a requirement that the use of funds in the Triumph Gulf Coast Trust Fund be related to Hurricane Michael recovery; amending s. 339.135, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the authority for the chair and vice chair of the Legislative Budget Commission to approve certain work program amendments under specified circumstances; authorizing the Department of Transportation to rebalance funds within the Work Program for specified purposes; providing requirements for such rebalancing; authorizing the department to request a specified amount of budget authority to the extent necessary to advance or defer certain projects in the Work Program and align resources for a specified purpose; amending s. 288.0655, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year a requirement that certain appropriated funds relating to the Rural Infrastructure Fund be distributed in a specified manner; authorizing the Division of Emergency Management to submit budget amendments to increase budget authority for certain expenditures; amending s. 282.201, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the Division of Emergency Management’s exemption from the use of the state data center; amending s. 251.001, F.S.; providing that the Florida State Guard aircraft is assigned to a specified department for certain uses; requiring the Florida State Guard to sign a certain memorandum of understanding; amending s. 443.1113, F.S.; providing that certain improvements to the Reemployment Assistance Claims and Benefits Information System are subject to appropriation; revising the date a certain report from the Department of Commerce is required to be submitted; revising the report requirements; providing for the future expiration and reversion of specified statutory text; amending s. 445.08, F.S.; requiring a law enforcement officer to provide documentation justifying a break in service for purposes of the Florida Law Enforcement Recruitment Bonus Payment Program; defining the term “break in service”; providing that the time period for such a break in service does not count toward satisfying certain requirements; extending the program for 1 fiscal year; amending s. 420.5096, F.S.; revising eligibility for the Florida Hometown Hero Program for a specified fiscal year; requiring the Department of Management Services to assess an administrative health insurance assessment on each state agency; providing the rate of such assessment; defining the term “state agency”; requiring the Department of Management Services to take certain actions in case of delinquencies; requiring the Chief Financial Officer to transfer funds under specified circumstances; requiring state agencies to provide a list of positions that qualify for a certain exception by a specified date and to update the list monthly thereafter; requiring state agencies to include the administrative health insurance assessment in their indirect cost plan beginning for a specified fiscal year and annually thereafter; requiring agencies to notify the Department of Management Services, the Executive Office of the Governor, and the Legislature regarding the approval of their updated indirect cost plans; authorizing the Executive Office of the Governor to transfer budget authority between agencies in specified circumstances; providing that the annual salaries of the members of the Legislature be maintained at a specified level for a specified fiscal year; reenacting s. 215.32(2)(b), F.S., relating to the authorization for transferring unappropriated cash balances from selected trust funds to the Budget Stabilization Fund and General Revenue Fund; providing for future expiration and reversion of specific statutory text; specifying the type of travel which may be used with state employee travel funds for a specified fiscal year; providing exceptions; providing applicability; providing a monetary cap on lodging costs for state employee travel to certain meetings organized or sponsored by a state agency or the judicial branch; authorizing employees to expend their own funds for lodging expenses that exceed the monetary caps; providing construction; amending s. 216.181, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the authority of the Legislative Budget Commission to approve budget amendments for certain fixed capital outlay projects; amending s. 216.292, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the requirements for certain transfers; authorizing state agencies to purchase vehicles from nonstate term contract vendors without prior approval from the Department of Management Services under certain circumstances; amending s. 11.52, F.S.; extending for 1 year certain state agency reporting requirements regarding implementation of legislation; amending s. 216.013, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year an exception from certain planning requirements; amending s. 216.023, F.S.; extending for 1 year a requirement that certain entities include a specified inventory in their legislative budget requests; providing that the use of state funds must be consistent with specified principles of individual freedom; prohibiting a state agency from using state funds to contract with an advertising agency or other contractor who acts as or uses the services of media reliability and bias monitors; defining the term “media reliability and bias monitor”; amending s. 440.13, F.S.; providing a percentage for reimbursement for emergency services and care under certain circumstances; providing for future expiration and reversion of specified statutory text; authorizing the Office of Policy and Budget within the Executive Office of the Governor to conduct a review of the functions, procedures, and policies in effect for certain local entities to identify specified information; specifying the records that the office may review; requiring certain local governments to provide the office with access to specified information within a specified timeframe after a request from the office; providing construction; providing for civil fines against the local government, not its employees, for noncompliance; requiring such fines to be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; requiring the office to submit an initial report to the Governor, the Chief Financial Officer, and the Legislature by a specified date; providing requirements for the report; providing construction; amending s. 551.118, F.S.; specifying the contract timeframe for the Florida Gaming Control Commission’s contract for the provision of services related to the prevention of compulsive and addictive gambling; amending s. 373.0421, F.S.; providing that agricultural producers who implement specified best management practices are presumed to be in compliance with certain recovery and prevention strategies; providing for future expiration and reversion of specified statutory text; providing that the Governor, the Cabinet officers, and the Legislature are permanent tenants of the Capitol Complex; prohibiting the interior space allotted to each tenant as of a specified date from being reduced or moved without the tenant’s express consent; requiring the Department of Management Services to offer for lease to the House of Representatives certain office space by a specified date; requiring the department to coordinate with specified entities before planning or scheduling any projects in the Capitol Center; requiring the office to solicit specified feedback in carrying out the provisions of the Capitol Center long-range planning; prohibiting certain parking spaces from being reduced or reassigned without the express consent of the Legislature; providing conditions under which the veto of certain appropriations or proviso language in the General Appropriations Act voids language that implements such appropriation; providing for the continued operation of certain provisions notwithstanding a future repeal or expiration provided by the act; providing for severability; providing for contingent retroactivity; providing effective dates.

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Chapter No. 2025-199, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2500 (Ch. 2025-198), SB 2514 (Ch. 2025-204) (on 07/03/2025)

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