Florida 2024 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 3 D · 2 R cosponsors

HB 1061 — Community-based Child Welfare Agencies

Last action — Laid on Table

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Community-based Child Welfare Agencies; Authorizes DCF to extend contracts with community-based care lead agencies under certain circumstances; revises requirements for entity to serve as lead agency; requires lead agency's board of directors to disclose any known or potential conflicts of interest; requires department contracts with lead agencies to include certain contractual penalty provisions; requires department, in collaboration with lead agencies & providers of child welfare services, to develop specific funding methodology for allocation of core services which meets certain criteria; prohibits department from changing lead agency's allocation of funds provided in General Appropriations Act without legislative approval; requires contract between department & lead agency to specify rights & obligations to real property held by lead agency during term of contract.

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB1061 2024 A bill to be entitled An act relating to community-based child welfare agencies;
F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB1061 2024 A bill to be entitled An act relating to community-based child welfare agencies;
revising lead agency duties;
revising community-based care lead agency duties;
providing definitions;
defining the term "core services funds";
requiring the department, in collaboration with lead agencies and providers of child welfare services, to develop a funding Page 1of 20 CODING:
providing the purpose of the tiered payment model;
providing the tier payments;
providing reporting requirements;
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hb1061-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB1061 2024 methodology for allocating certain funding to lead agencies;
hb1061-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB1061 2024 creating s.
providing requirements for the methodology;
409.9915, F.S.;
requiring lead agencies and providers to submit certain data to the department for a specified purpose;
providing implementation of the tiered payment model;
providing construction;
providing an expiration date;
providing duties for the Legislature relating to funding for lead agencies;
prohibiting the department from changing allocations of funds to lead agencies without legislative approval;
authorizing the department to approve certain risk pool funding for lead agencies;
providing applicability of certain limitations on the salaries of community- based care lead agency administrative employees;
providing applicability of certain limitations on the salaries of community-based care lead agency administrative employees;
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revising the conditions under which the department may petition a court for the appointment of a receiver for a community-based care lead agency;
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hb1061-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB1061 2024 under which the department may petition a court for the appointment of a receiver for a community-based care lead agency;
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hb1061-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB1061 2024 reporting requirements;
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(b) Be governed by a board of directors or a board committee composed of board members.
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hb1061-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB1061 2024 (b) Be governed by a board of directors or a board committee composed of board members.
The board of directors shall act in accordance with s.
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hb1061-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB1061 2024 accordance with s.
If a board committee governs the lead agency, 100 percent of its membership must be composed consist of persons residing within the service area of Page 4of 20 CODING:
If a board committee governs the lead agency, 100 percent of its membership must be composed consist of persons residing within the service area of the lead agency.
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hb1061-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB1061 2024 the lead agency.
A board of directors must additionally have the power to hire the lead agency's executive director, unless a board committee governs the lead agency, in which case the board committee must have the power to confirm the selection of the lead agency's executive director.
A board of directors must additionally have the power to hire the lead agency's executive director, unless a board committee governs the lead agency, in which case the board Page 4of 20 CODING:
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hb1061-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB1061 2024 committee must have the power to confirm the selection of the lead agency's executive director.
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"Relative" means a relative within the third degree of consanguinity by blood or marriage.
(b)1.
For any activity that is presented to the board of a lead agency for its initial consideration and approval after July 1, 2021, or any activity that involves a contract that is being considered for renewal on or after July 1, 2021, but before January 1, 2022, a board member, a director, or an officer of a lead agency shall disclose to the board any Page 6of 20 CODING:
hb1061-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB1061 2024 of consanguinity by blood or marriage.
hb1061-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB1061 2024 activity that may reasonably be construed to be a conflict of interest before such activity is initially considered and approved or a contract is renewed by the board.
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For any activity that is presented to the board of a lead agency for its initial consideration and approval after July 1, 2021, or any activity that involves a contract that is being considered for renewal on or after July 1, 2021, but before January 1, 2022, a board member, a director, or an officer of a lead agency shall disclose to the board any activity that may reasonably be construed to be a conflict of interest before such activity is initially considered and approved or a contract is renewed by the board.
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Civil penalties in the amount of $5,000 per occurrence shall be imposed for each known and potential conflict of interest, as described in paragraph (b), which is not disclosed to the department.
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hb1061-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB1061 2024 conflict of interest, as described in paragraph (b), which is not disclosed to the department.
A civil penalty in the amount of $50,000 for a first offense.
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hb1061-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB1061 2024 offense.
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general provisions.— (1) DUTIES.—A lead agency:
(c) Shall follow the financial guidelines developed by the department and shall comply with regular, independent auditing of its financial activities, including any requests for records associated with such financial audits within the timeframe established by the department or its contracted vendors provide Page 8of 20 CODING:
hb1061-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB1061 2024 provisions.— (1) DUTIES.—A lead agency:
hb1061-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB1061 2024 for a regular independent auditing of its financial activities.
(c) Shall follow the financial guidelines developed by the department and shall comply with regular, independent auditing of its financial activities, including any requests for records associated with such financial audits within the timeframe established by the department or its contracted vendors provide for a regular independent auditing of its financial activities.
If a lead agency wishes to continue its exemption from the services threshold, it must submit a new request with Page 9of 20 CODING:
If a lead agency wishes to continue its exemption from the services threshold, it must submit a new request with updated evidence to the department and the community alliance showing its efforts to recruit providers and that conditions have not changed, to exceed this threshold.
The local community alliance in the geographic service area in which the lead agency is seeking to exceed the threshold shall review the lead agency's justification for need and recommend to the department whether the department should approve or deny the lead agency's Page 9of 20 CODING:
hb1061-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB1061 2024 updated evidence to the department and the community alliance showing its efforts to recruit providers and that conditions have not changed, to exceed this threshold.
hb1061-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB1061 2024 request for an exemption from the services threshold.
The local community alliance in the geographic service area in which the lead agency is seeking to exceed the threshold shall review the lead agency's justification for need and recommend to the department whether the department should approve or deny the lead agency's request for an exemption from the services threshold.
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1.- 5., calculated using a standard methodology determined by the department, for the preceding calendar month regarding its case management services.
The following information must shall be reported by each individual subcontracted case management provider, by the lead agency, if the lead agency provides case management services, and in total for all case management services subcontracted or directly provided by the lead agency:
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hb1061-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB1061 2024 5., calculated using a standard methodology determined by the department, for the preceding calendar month regarding its case management services.
hb1061-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB1061 2024 1.
The following information must shall be reported by each individual subcontracted case management provider, by the lead agency, if the lead agency provides case management services, and in total for all case management services subcontracted or directly provided by the lead agency:
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Section 3.
Section 409.9913, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
409.9913 Actuarially-based tiered model for allocation of funds for community-based care lead agencies.— (1) As used in this section, the term "core services funds" means all funds allocated to lead agencies operating under contract with the department pursuant to s.
409.987.
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hb1061-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB1061 2024 Section 3.
hb1061-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB1061 2024 term does not include any of the following:
Section 409.9913, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
(a) Funds appropriated for independent living services.
409.9913 Funding methodology to allocate funding to lead agencies.— (1) As used in this section, the term:
(b) Funds appropriated for maintenance adoption subsidies.
(a) "Core services funding" means all funds allocated to lead agencies.
(c) Funds allocated by the department for child protective investigation service training.
The term does not include any of the following:
(d) Nonrecurring funds.
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(e) Designated mental health wrap-around service funds.
Funds appropriated for independent living services.
(f) Funds for special projects for a designated lead agency.
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(g) Funds appropriated for the Guardianship Assistance Program established under s.
Funds appropriated for maintenance adoption subsidies.
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Funds allocated by the department for child protective investigation service training.
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Nonrecurring funds.
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Designated mental health wrap-around service funds.
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Funds for special projects for a designated lead agency.
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Funds appropriated for the Guardianship Assistance Program established under s.
(b) "Operational and fixed costs" means:
(2) The purpose of the tiered model is to achieve a stable payment model that adjusts to workload and incentivizes prevention, family preservation, and permanency.
The tiers are as follows:
(a) Tier 1 provides operational base and fixed costs, which do not vary based on the number of children and families served.
Tier 1 payments may vary by geographic catchment area and cost-of-living differences.
The department shall establish and annually update Tier 1 payment rates to maintain cost expectations that are aligned with the population served, services provided, and environment.
Tier 1 expenses may include:
Administrative expenditures, including, but not limited to, information technology and human resources functions.
Administrative expenditures.
Lease payments.
Lease payment.
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hb1061-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB1061 2024 4.
Administrative components of case management.
Select components of case management, including administrative elements.
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Mandated activities such as training, quality, and contract management.
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Activities performed for children and families which are nonjudicial and not candidates for Title IV-E funding, including true prevention and community-focused activities.
(b) Tier 2 is a per-child, per-month payment to provide funding for lead agencies' expenses that vary based on the number of children served for a particular month.
The payment rate must blend out-of-home rates and in-home rates specific to each lead agency to create a rate that provides a financial incentive to lead agencies to provide services in the least restrictive safe placement.
The department shall establish and annually update Tier 2 payment rates to maintain cost expectations that are aligned with the population served, services provided, and environment.
Tier 2 rates must be set annually.
(c) Tier 3 provides financial incentives that the department shall establish to reward lead agencies that achieve performance measures aligned with the department's goals of prevention, family preservation, and permanency.
(3) By December 1 of each year, beginning in 2027, the department shall submit a report to the Governor, the President Page 13 of20 CODING:
hb1061-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB1061 2024 improvement, or contract management.
hb1061-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB1061 2024 of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives which includes each lead agency's actual performance in attaining the previous fiscal year's targets, recommendations for adjustments to lead agency funding, and adjustments to the tiered payment model, if necessary.
(2) The department shall develop, in collaboration with lead agencies and providers of child welfare services, a funding methodology for allocating core services funding to lead agencies which, at a minimum:
Section 4.
(a) Is actuarially sound.
Section 409.9915, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
(b) Is reimbursement based.
409.9915 Implementation of actuarially-based tiered model for allocation of funds for community-based care lead agencies.— (1) The model established under s.
(c) Is designed to incentivize efficient and effective lead agency operation, prevention, family preservation, and permanency.
409.9913 shall be implemented as follows:
(d) Considers variable costs, including, but not limited to, direct costs for in-home and out-of-home care for children served by the lead agencies, prevention services, and operational and fixed costs.
(a) During the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the department shall:
(e) Is scaled regionally for cost-of-living factors.
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(3) The lead agencies and providers shall submit any detailed cost and expenditure data that the department requests for the development of the funding methodology.
Establish the requisite systems and processes to collect data necessary for system implementation.
(4) The department shall submit a report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by December 1, 2024, which, at a minimum:
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(a) Describes a proposed funding methodology and formula that will provide for the annual budget of each lead agency, including, but not limited to, how the proposed methodology will meet the criteria in subsection (2).
Refine the model in collaboration with the lead agencies.
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(b) Funding for lead agencies shall be determined as follows:
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During the 2024-2025 fiscal year, funding for a lead agency must be as provided under s.
409.991, unless otherwise provided in the General Appropriations Act.
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During the 2025-2026 fiscal year, funding for a lead agency must be the sum of 67 percent of the funding determined under s.
409.991, unless otherwise provided in the General Page 14 of20 CODING:
hb1061-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB1061 2024 (b) Describes the data used to develop the methodology, and the data that will be used to annually calculate the proposed lead agency budget.
hb1061-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB1061 2024 Appropriations Act, and 33 percent of the funding determined under s.
(c) Specifies proposed rates and total allocations for each lead agency.
409.9913.
The allocations must ensure that the total of all amounts allocated to lead agencies under the funding methodology does not exceed the total amount appropriated to lead agencies in the General Appropriations Act in the 2024-2025 fiscal year.
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(d) Provides risk mitigation recommendations that ensure that lead agencies do not experience a reduction in funding that would be detrimental to operations or result in a reduction in services to children.
During the 2026-2027 fiscal year, funding for a lead agency must be the sum of 33 percent of the funding determined under s.
(5) By October 31 of each year, beginning in 2025, the department shall submit a report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives which includes recommendations for adjustments to the funding methodology for the next fiscal year, using the criteria in subsection (2) and basing the recommendations on, at a minimum, updated expenditure data, cost-of-living adjustments, market dynamics, or other catchment area variations.
409.991, unless otherwise provided in the General Appropriations Act, and 67 percent of the funding determined under s.
The total of all amounts proposed for allocation to lead agencies under the funding methodology for the next fiscal year may not exceed the total amount appropriated for core services funding in the current fiscal year's General Appropriations Act.
409.9913.
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During the 2027-2028 fiscal year, funding for a lead agency must be as provided under s.
409.9913.
(2) The department shall submit quarterly reports to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, with the first report due October 31, 2024, and subsequent reports submitted every 3 months thereafter.
Each report must contain, at a minimum, information regarding the department's actions, determinations, proposals, and results under this section.
(a) The first quarterly report for the 2024-2025 fiscal year must include a plan for implementation under this section, which shall be updated in subsequent reports.
(b) The second quarterly report for the 2024-2025 fiscal year must additionally provide details regarding:
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Proposed payments under Tier 3, including, but not limited to, the proposed goals and justifications for any incentive payments in the next fiscal year, measures and targets, and correlating payment amounts, which shall be updated Page 15 of20 CODING:
hb1061-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB1061 2024 methodology must include risk mitigation strategies that ensure that lead agencies do not experience a reduction in funding that would be detrimental to operations or result in a reduction in services to children.
hb1061-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB1061 2024 in subsequent reports.
(6)(a) The requirements of this section do not replace, and must be in addition to, any requirements of chapter 216, including, but not limited to, submission of final legislative budget requests by the department under s.
The report must describe how the Tier 3 goals and payments relate to the results-oriented accountability program under s.
216.023.
409.997.
(b) The data and reports required under subsections (4) and (5) may also include proposed rates and total allocations for each lead agency which reflect any additional core services funding for lead agencies which is requested by the department under s.
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216.023.
Proposed funding for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, as determined under s.
(7)(a) Beginning with the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the Legislature shall allocate funding to lead agencies through the General Appropriations Act with due consideration of the funding methodology developed under this section.
409.993, by lead agency.
(b) The department may not change the allocation of funds to a lead agency as provided in the General Appropriations Act without legislative approval.
(3) This section shall expire on June 30, 2029.
The department may approve additional risk pool funding for a lead agency as provided under s.
Section 5.
409.990.
(8) The department shall provide to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives monthly reports from July through October 2024 Page 15 of20 CODING:
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hb1061-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB1061 2024 which provide updates on activities and progress in developing the funding methodology.
Section 4.
(b) Notwithstanding s.
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402.73, for procurement of real property or professional services, lead agencies shall comply with established purchasing practices, including the provisions of s.
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hb1061-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB1061 2024 engineering or construction design.
hb1061-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB1061 2024 (b) Notwithstanding s.
402.73, for procurement of real property or professional services, lead agencies shall comply with established purchasing practices, including the provisions of s.
287.055, as required, for professional services, including engineering or construction design.
Section 5.
Section 6.
receivership.— (1) The Department of Children and Families may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a receiver for a community-based care lead agency established pursuant to s.
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409.987 if any of the following conditions exist:
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hb1061-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB1061 2024 lead agency which present a an imminent danger to the health, safety, or welfare of the dependent children under that agency's care or supervision.
hb1061-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB1061 2024 court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a receiver for a community-based care lead agency established pursuant to s.
409.987 if any of the following conditions exist:
(c) The department determines that conditions exist in the lead agency which present a an imminent danger to the health, safety, or welfare of the dependent children under that agency's care or supervision.
Section 6.
Section 7.
In doing so, the department retains responsibility for the quality of contracted services and programs and shall ensure that, at a minimum, services are delivered in accordance with applicable federal and state statutes and regulations and the performance standards and metrics specified in the strategic plan created under s.
In doing so, the department retains responsibility for the quality of contracted services and programs and shall ensure that, at a minimum, services are delivered in accordance with applicable federal and state Page 18 of20 CODING:
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hb1061-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB1061 2024 agencies for the performance of the duties by the lead agencies established in s.
hb1061-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB1061 2024 statutes and regulations and the performance standards and metrics specified in the strategic plan created under s.
20.19(1).
(1) The department shall enter into contracts with lead agencies for the performance of the duties by the lead agencies established in s.
These penalties may be imposed for failure to provide timely, sufficient resolution of deficiencies resulting in a corrective action plan or other performance improvement plan issued by the department.
These penalties may be imposed for failure to provide timely, sufficient resolution of deficiencies resulting in a corrective action plan or other performance improvement plan issued by the Page 19 of20 CODING:
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The department shall include in each lead agency contract executed a provision that requires payment to the department of sanctions or disincentives for failure to comply with contractual obligations.
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hb1061-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB1061 2024 contract executed a provision that requires payment to the department of sanctions or disincentives for failure to comply with contractual obligations.
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Action History

  1. Laid on Table

  2. Added to Second Reading Calendar

  3. Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading

  4. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2024)

  5. Added to Second Reading Calendar

  6. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3)

  7. Bill referred to House Calendar

  8. CS Filed

  9. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

  10. Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee

  11. Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee

  12. Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda

  13. Now in Health & Human Services Committee

  14. Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

  15. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)

  16. CS Filed

  17. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

  18. Reported out of Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee

  19. Favorable with CS by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee

  20. Added to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee agenda

  21. Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee

  22. Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

  23. Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee

  24. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

  25. CS Filed

  26. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

  27. Reported out of Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee

  28. Favorable with CS by Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee

  29. Added to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee agenda

  30. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  31. Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee

  32. Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

  33. Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee

  34. Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee

  35. Filed

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  • Health & Human Services Committee
  • McFarland, Fiona Republican
  • Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
  • Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee

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Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee)

Passed 20 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
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Unaffiliated 3000
Republican 12000
Democrat 5001
Total 20001
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Amesty — Yea
Fine — Yea
Grant — Yea
Cross, Lindsay Democrat Yea
Dunkley, Lisa Democrat Yea
Edmonds, Jervonte "Tae" Democrat Not Voting
Hart-Lowman, Dianne "Ms Dee" Democrat Yea
Skidmore, Kelly Democrat Yea
Woodson, Marie Paule Democrat Yea
Anderson, Adam Republican Yea
Baker, Jessica Republican Yea
Borrero, David Republican Yea
Koster, Traci Republican Yea
Massullo, Ralph E., Jr. Republican Yea
Persons-Mulicka, Jenna Republican Yea
Plakon, Rachel Saunders Republican Yea
Salzman, Michelle Republican Yea
Snyder, John Republican Yea
Trabulsy, Dana Republican Yea
Tuck, Kaylee Republican Yea
Yarkosky, Taylor Michael Republican Yea

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Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee)

Passed 14 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 8100
Unaffiliated 1000
Democrat 5000
Total 14100
% of votes cast 93%7%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Amesty — Yea
Antone, Bruce Hadley Democrat Yea
Bartleman, Robin Democrat Yea
Campbell, Daryl Democrat Yea
Skidmore, Kelly Democrat Yea
Woodson, Marie Paule Democrat Yea
Abbott, Shane G. Republican Yea
Black, Dean Republican Yea
Canady, Jennifer Republican Yea
Garrison, Sam Republican Yea
Jacques, Berny Republican Yea
Melo, Lauren Republican Yea
Salzman, Michelle Republican Nay
Steele, Kevin M. Republican Yea
Trabulsy, Dana Republican Yea

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Favorable With Committee Substitute (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee)

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 8001
Democrat 4001
Unaffiliated 3001
Total 15003
% of votes cast 83%0%0%17%
How each member voted (18)
Member Party Vote
Killebrew — Yea
Roach — Not Voting
Williams — Yea
Lopez, V. — Yea
Harris, Jennifer "Rita" Democrat Yea
Joseph, Dotie Democrat Yea
Rayner, Michele K. Democrat Not Voting
Robinson, Felicia Simone Democrat Yea
Woodson, Marie Paule Democrat Yea
Basabe, Fabián Republican Yea
Berfield, Kimberly Republican Yea
Black, Dean Republican Yea
Borrero, David Republican Yea
Gossett-Seidman, Peggy Republican Yea
Koster, Traci Republican Yea
Maney, Patt Republican Yea
Michael, Kiyan Republican Not Voting
Tramont, Chase Republican Yea

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What does HB 1061 do?
Community-based Child Welfare Agencies; Authorizes DCF to extend contracts with community-based care lead agencies under certain circumstances; revises requirements for entity to serve as lead agency; requires lead agency's board of directors to disclose any known or potential conflicts of interest; requires department contracts with lead agencies to include certain contractual penalty provisions; requires department, in collaboration with lead agencies & providers of child welfare services, to develop specific funding methodology for allocation of core services which meets certain criteria; prohibits department from changing lead agency's allocation of funds provided in General Appropriations Act without legislative approval; requires contract between department & lead agency to specify rights & obligations to real property held by lead agency during term of contract.
Who sponsors HB 1061?
HB 1061 is sponsored by Health & Human Services Committee, McFarland, Fiona (Republican), Chaney, Linda (Republican), Cross, Lindsay (Democrat), Eskamani, Dr. Anna V. (Democrat), López, Johanna (Democrat), Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, and Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee.
What is the current status of HB 1061?
This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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