Florida Senate - 2021 SB By Senator Jones 35-01899-21 20211438__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. A bill to be entitled

An act relating to a state nutrition assistance reimbursement program; creating s. 402.88, F.S.; 3 requiring the Department of Children and Families to develop and implement a nutrition assistance reimbursement program to reimburse community-based nonprofit organizations and nonprofit religious organizations providing certain enrollment assistance services; requiring the department to determine eligibility criteria and application procedures for the program; requiring the submission of an application on a form prescribed by the department for reimbursement under the program; requiring the department to establish a funding mechanism to support the authorization of reimbursements under the program; 15 requiring the department to adopt rules; providing an effective date. 17

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 19

Section

Section 402.88, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 22 402.88 State nutrition assistance reimbursement program.— 23

(1) The department shall develop and implement a state nutrition assistance reimbursement program for the purpose of reimbursing eligible community-based nonprofit organizations or nonprofit religious organizations operating under s. 501(c)(3) 27 of the Internal Revenue Code for administrative costs directly incurred in providing enrollment assistance services for food Florida Senate - 2021 SB 1438 35-01899-21 20211438__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. assistance programs, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. 32

(2) The department shall determine eligibility criteria and application procedures for the program. An eligible community-34 based nonprofit organization or nonprofit religious organization shall submit to the department an application on a form prescribed by the department for reimbursement under the program. 38

(3) The department shall establish a funding mechanism to support the authorization of reimbursements under the program. 40

(4) The department shall adopt rules to implement this section. 42

Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021. 43