The Journal OF THE House of Representatives Number 7 Tuesday, March 16, 2004 The House was called to order by the Speaker at 9:48 a.m. Green Kottkamp Peterman Seiler Greenstein Kravitz Pickens Simmons Prayer Harrell Kyle Planas Slosberg Harrington Littlefield Poppell Smith The following prayer was offered by the Reverend Tim Conboy of Hasner Llorente Prieguez Sobel Cornerstone Baptist Church of Lakeland, upon invitation of Rep. Stargel: Henriquez Machek Quinones Sorensen Holloway Mahon Reagan Spratt Our Heavenly Father, we thank You for this day. We thank You for the Homan Mayfield Rich Stansel life that You have given to each of us. I’d like to thank You for these men Jennings McInvale Richardson Stargel and women that have taken on a challenge of public service. I ask, Lord, that Johnson Meadows Ritter Sullivan You’ll have Your hand of blessing upon them. Father, they represent Jordan Mealor Rivera Troutman communities, families, and people all around our great state. And I ask, Lord, Joyner Murman Robaina Vana that You will lead them in decisions that are going to be made today. Your Justice Murzin Roberson Waters word says, “If any man lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all Kallinger Needelman Ross Wiles men liberally.” Father, we are asking You for this kind of wisdom today: Kendrick Negron Russell Wishner wisdom to lay aside our own personal agendas, selfishness, political agendas, Kilmer Patterson Ryan Zapata whatever it might be, and just do what is right, because it’s right. Kosmas Paul Sansom Father, we need wisdom from above. And we thank You that You dispatch (A list of excused members appears at the end of the Journal.) this wisdom to each of us as we call upon You. But Lord, we thank You, You don’t give us a lifetime full of wisdom. But Lord, You give us enough that A quorum was present. we’re going to have to run out, and we’re going to have to come back to You frequently and seek more installments. And Father, this day, I would ask that Pledge You’ll just pour out Your wisdom upon these men and women. I thank You for them. I ask, Lord, that this will be a day that will honor You and our The members, led by the following, pledged allegiance to the Flag: Ben Father. We pray that each in this room will give the grace and respect to each Ayers of Dahlonega, Georgia, at the invitation of Rep. Brandenburg; Shelly other that they would like afforded to themselves. Lord, we thank You for Bucher of Orlando at the invitation of Rep. Bucher; Christopher Marc Burns this day that brings us out. We ask Your blessing upon this session in the of Winter Park at the invitation of the Speaker; Te’Carra Renee Clark of name of Jesus, our Lord. Amen. Deleon Springs at the invitation of Rep. Cusack; Cierra Corbitt of Graceville at the invitation of Rep. Kilmer; Christine Hammerschmidt of St. Petersburg The following members were recorded present: at the invitation of Rep. Farkas; Greg Kallinger of Winter Park at the invitation of his father, Rep. Kallinger; Bradley Bean of Fernandina Beach at Session Vote Sequence: 706 the invitation of his father, Rep. Bean; and Chase Choate of Bradenton at the invitation of Rep. Galvano. Speaker Byrd in the Chair. Moment of Silence Adams Bendross-Mindingall Bullard Domino Allen Bense Byrd Evers At the request of Rep. Kendrick, the House observed a moment of silence Altman Benson Cantens Farkas in memory of Forest Ranger Edward O. "Eddie" Peters of Levy County who Ambler Berfield Carroll Fields died March 3 in an accident while on the way to a prescribed burn. Anderson Bilirakis Clarke Fiorentino Antone Bogdanoff Cretul Galvano Arza Bowen Culp Gannon Correction of the Journal Ausley Brandenburg Cusack Gelber Baker Brown Davis, D. Gibson, A. The Journal of March 3 was further corrected as follows: On page 170, Barreiro Brummer Davis, M. Gibson, H. column 2, lines 5-50 from the top, in the Special Orders, delete all of said Baxley Brutus Dean Goodlette lines and insert in lieu thereof: Bean Bucher Detert Gottlieb HB 1073—A bill to be entitled An act relating to the Florida KidCare 244 March 16, 2004 JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 245 program; amending s. 409.811, F.S.; defining the term "Florida KidCare authorizing the establishment of for-profit subsidiaries of the governing program"; deleting a definition to conform; amending s. 409.8132, F.S.; corporation; requiring that the contract with the State Board of Education limiting when an applicant may apply for Medikids program enrollment; permit the use of lands, facilities, and personnel for research, education, deleting a special enrollment period provision; amending s. 409.8134, F.S.; treatment, prevention, and early detection of Alzheimer's disease; authorizing eliminating the Agency for Health Care Administration's ability to request an the governing corporation and its subsidiaries to obtain their own property increase in the Florida KidCare program enrollment ceiling; providing for insurance coverage; requiring that certain appropriations be paid directly to open enrollment periods; providing a timeframe for statewide announcement the board of directors of the governing corporation; changing the appointing of open enrollment periods; providing limitations; providing a disenrollment authority for certain members of the council of scientific advisers; creating the process under certain circumstances; providing additional data for certain Florida Center for Universal Research to Eradicate Disease within the agencies to collect and analyze; amending s. 409.814, F.S.; revising Florida Department of Health; providing legislative findings and intent; specifying the KidCare program eligibility criteria; limiting coverage; providing an purpose and duties of the center; requiring an annual report to the Governor exception for certain children otherwise eligible or covered under a family and Legislature; authorizing the department to outsource the duties of the member's employer health coverage; restricting enrollment of children whose center; creating an advisory council; amending s. 215.5602, F.S.; expanding coverage was voluntarily canceled; providing an age limitation for certain the long-term goals of the James and Esther King Biomedical Research components; requiring certain transfers to be managed within authorized Program to include the cure of specified diseases; providing funding priority; levels of funding; requiring certain reserves to be established and reviewed; amending s. 215.5601, F.S., relating to the Lawton Chiles Endowment Fund, requiring each applicant to provide certain documentation; requiring the to conform an intent provision; designating the Life Sciences Building at program to withhold benefits from certain enrollees; providing additional Florida State University as the "James E. 'Jim' King, Jr., Building"; fraudulent activities; amending s. 409.815, F.S.; making dental services authorizing Florida State University to erect markers; creating the Florida contingent upon an annual appropriation; amending s. 624.91, F.S.; removing Cancer Research Cooperative, Inc.; providing for a board of directors; the requirement for the Florida Healthy Kids Corporation to work with the requiring annual reports; specifying the cooperative's mission and duties; Florida Partnership for School Readiness; limiting eligibility for state-funded creating the Florida Public Health Foundation, Inc.; providing for the assistance in paying Florida Healthy Kids premiums; providing for future foundation's duties and mission; providing for its board of directors; requiring repeal of certain provisions; providing additional criteria for the corporation to annual reports; requiring the foundation to coordinate monthly health determine eligibility; eliminating authority to establish an open enrollment awareness campaigns to disseminate information about specified diseases and period; revising the corporation's purchasing criteria; removing a restriction; conditions; establishing the Prostate Cancer Awareness Program within the eliminating authority to contract with certain entities; eliminating authority to Department of Health for the purpose of providing statewide outreach and establish a maximum number of participants; eliminating authority to education concerning the early detection of prostate cancer; authorizing the establish eligibility criteria or premium and cost-sharing requirements; department and the Florida Public Health Foundation, Inc., to enter into providing that contracted insurers are the payors of last resort; requiring contracts and seek grant moneys; creating an advisory committee to assist the contracted insurers to coordinate benefits with certain payors; requiring the program; providing for membership of the committee; authorizing Auditor General to perform an analysis on certain children enrolled in the reimbursement for certain per diem and travel expenses; creating the Cervical Florida KidCare program and report such findings to the Governor and Cancer Elimination Task Force; providing duties and membership of the task Legislature; requiring the Florida Healthy Kids Corporation to use certain force; requiring the task force to make periodic reports to the Governor and funds to contract for an actuarial study; requiring the Auditor General to the Legislature; providing for the task force to be dissolved on a specified perform random audits to determine eligibility of children enrolled in the date; providing an effective date. Florida Healthy Kids program; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to perform a study to determine the And on page 177, column 1, lines 4-49 from the top, delete all of said lines appropriate family premium for the Florida KidCare program and report its and insert in lieu thereof: findings to the Legislature; amending s. 409.818, F.S.; deleting a cross reference; repealing s. 409.819, F.S., relating to a program identifying low- HB 1073—A bill to be entitled An act relating to the Florida KidCare income, uninsured children for certain purposes; providing appropriations; program; amending s. 409.811, F.S.; defining the term "Florida KidCare providing effective dates.