990255                                                            No.  44
                    HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL AMENDMENT
                                  HB5001

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Representative(s): Cusack, Bucher, Vana, Richardson, Gibson, Holloway, 
Smith, Ausley, and Bendross-Mindingall
offered the following amendment:

In Section: 03 On Page: 050 Specific Appropriation:  196
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Explanation:
This amendment transfers $5 million from the General Revenue Fund from 
administrative activities to the Florida KidCare Program for outreach 
activities.
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        AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
        Program: Health Care Services
        Executive Direction And Support Services

        In Section 03  On Page 050
196     Special Categories
        Contracted Services

          From General Revenue Fund               13,063,319      8,063,319

        Children's Special Health Care

        In Section 03  On Page 049
186     Special Categories
        Contracted Services

          From General Revenue Fund                  273,200      5,273,200

At the end of existing proviso language, following Specific 
Appropriation 186, INSERT:
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From the funds in Specific Appropriation 186, $5 million in general 
revenue funds shall be appropriated to the Florida Department of Health 
to contract with the Covering Kids and Families Coalition through the 
University of South Florida, to continue and expand community based 
outreach, education, and enrollment efforts for the Florida KidCare 
Program.  The program shall provide direct, community based assistance 
and support to eligible families, including, but not limited to, 
one-on-one application assistance, special application and enrollment 
projects, targeted outreach to hard to reach groups including minority 
populations, and recruiting and training business and community partners 
for the purpose of leveraging additional local resources.
Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process. However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items.







































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