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SB 1442

Long-range Program Plans

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Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1442 By Senator Brodeur 10-01057C-26 20261442__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to long-range program plans; amending
3 s. 216.013, F.S.; revising the purpose of long-range
4 program plans; requiring that plans of state agencies
5 be based on statutorily established policies and
6 driven by priorities and outcomes to achieve certain
7 goals, objectives, and policies; requiring that the
8 plans of the judicial branch be policy based, priority
9 driven, accountable, and developed through careful
10 examination and justification of programs and
11 activities; requiring that such plans provide the
12 framework for development of legislative budget
13 requests; requiring that plans identify specified
14 performance measures, trends and conditions relevant
15 to the performance measures and state goals, agency
16 programs implementing statutorily established
17 policies, and the judicial branch programs
18 implementing state policy; requiring that such plans
19 include certain information regarding the
20 implementation status of enacted laws; requiring that
21 such information also include laws enacted in
22 specified years; requiring that the implementation
23 status information include specified information;
24 requiring that long-range program plans remain in
25 effect until replaced or adjusted as provided by
26 specified provisions; deleting a requirement that
27 written notice be provided to the Governor and
28 Legislature upon the publishing of such plans on the
29 agency or judicial branch website; requiring state
30 agencies and the judicial branch annually, by a
31 specified date, to submit their long-range program
32 plans to the Legislative Budget Commission for
33 approval; providing that if a state agency or the
34 judicial branch receives a certain notification of
35 failure to comply, such agency or the judicial branch
36 is prohibited from submitting amendments to or
37 otherwise making changes to its approved budget for
38 certain expenditures until compliance is achieved;
39 deleting obsolete language; amending s. 216.1827,
40 F.S.; requiring state agencies and the judicial branch
41 to maintain performance measures, outcomes, and
42 standards; requiring state agencies to adopt specified
43 and applicable performance measures, outcomes, and
44 standards; requiring state agencies to develop and
45 adopt a certain number of additional specified
46 performance measures, outcomes, and standards;
47 requiring state agencies to consider specified factors
48 when developing such additional performance measures,
49 outcomes, and standards; requiring the judicial branch
50 to adopt certain performance measures, outcomes, and
51 standards established by the Supreme Court; requiring
52 state agencies and the judicial branch to maintain
53 justifications for and sources of data to be used for
54 each performance measure adopted; requiring that the
55 long-range program plans contain performance measures
56 in a specified form, manner, and timeframe; requiring
57 that such plans provide specified information and
58 data; requiring state agencies and the judicial branch
59 to submit performance measures, outcomes, standards,
60 and certain information to the Office of Program
61 Policy Analysis and Government Accountability upon
62 request; requiring that certain performance measures
63 be adopted by the Legislative Budget Commission;
64 authorizing the submission of requests to delete or
65 amend performance measures, outcomes, and standards to
66 the Legislative Budget Commission; requiring that such
67 requests include the justification for the deletion,
68 amendment, or addition; providing that such deletions,
69 amendments, or additions are subject to review and
70 approval by the Legislative Budget Commission;
71 requiring state agencies and the judicial branch to
72 make appropriate adjustments to their performance
73 measures, outcomes, and standards to be consistent
74 with certain enacted legislation; providing that state
75 agencies and the judicial branch have a specified
76 timeframe to make such adjustments; deleting obsolete
77 language; requiring new state agencies created by the
78 Legislature to establish initial performance measures,
79 outcomes, and standards that are subject to review and
80 approval by the Legislative Budget Commission;
81 requiring state agencies and the judicial branch to
82 submit to the Legislative Budget Commission new
83 performance measures, outcomes, and standards and
84 specified information by a specified date; providing
85 for the scheduled repeal of such provision; amending
86 s. 20.055, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made
87 by the act; amending s. 186.021, F.S.; revising
88 requirements for state agencies’ long-range program
89 plans; amending s. 420.0003, F.S.; providing that a
90 certain long-range plan is from the Florida Housing
91 Finance Corporation and not from the Department of
92 Commerce; conforming provisions to changes made by the
93 act; amending s. 420.511, F.S.; replacing references
94 to a “long-range program plan” with references to a
95 “long-range plan”; deleting a requirement that such
96 plan be developed in coordination with the Department
97 of Commerce; deleting a provision relating to the
98 Secretary of Commerce, or his or her designee, serving
99 as the Florida Housing Finance Corporation’s liaison
100 for a specified purpose; reenacting ss. 216.011(1)(ee)
101 and 402.56(5)(d), F.S., relating to the definition of
102 the term “long-range program plan” and the duty of the
103 Children and Youth Cabinet to design and implement a
104 long-range program plan, respectively, to incorporate
105 the amendment made to s. 216.013, F.S., in references
106 thereto; providing an effective date.
108 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
110 Section 1. Section 216.013, Florida Statutes, is amended to
111 read:
112 216.013 Long-range program plans plan .—State agencies and
113 the judicial branch shall develop long-range program plans to
114 achieve state goals and objectives using an interagency planning
115 process that includes the development of integrated agency
116 program service outcomes . The plans of state agencies must shall
117 be policy based on statutorily established policies; , priority
118 driven by priorities and outcomes to achieve state goals,
119 objectives, and policies; , accountable ; , and developed through
120 careful examination and justification of all agency and judicial
121 branch programs and activities . The plans of the judicial branch
122 must be policy based, including consideration of any statutory
123 policy; driven by priorities and outcomes to achieve state
124 goals, objectives, and policies; accountable; and developed
125 through careful examination and justification of all judicial
126 branch programs and activities.
127 (1) Long-range program plans must shall provide the
128 framework for the development of legislative budget requests .
129 (2) Long-range program plans must and shall identify or
130 update :
131 (a) The mission of the agency or judicial branch.
132 (b) The performance measures required pursuant to s.
133 216.1827 goals established to accomplish the mission .
134 (c) The objectives developed to achieve state goals.
135 (d) The trends and conditions relevant to the mission, the
136 performance measures, and the state goals , and objectives.
137 (d) (e) The state agency or judicial branch programs that
138 will be used to implement statutorily established state policy ,
139 or the judicial branch programs that will be used to implement
140 state policy, and achieve state goals and objectives.
141 (f) The program outcomes and standards to measure progress
142 toward program objectives.
143 (g) Information regarding performance measurement, which
144 includes, but is not limited to, how data is collected, the
145 methodology used to measure a performance indicator, the
146 validity and reliability of a measure, the appropriateness of a
147 measure, and whether, in the case of agencies, the agency
148 inspector general has assessed the reliability and validity of
149 agency performance measures, pursuant to s. 20.055(2).
150 (h) Legislatively approved output and outcome performance
151 measures. Each performance measure must identify the associated
152 activity contributing to the measure from those identified in
153 accordance with s. 216.023(4)(b).
154 (i) Performance standards for each performance measure and
155 justification for the standards and the sources of data to be
156 used for measurement. Performance standards must include
157 standards for each affected activity and be expressed in terms
158 of the associated unit of activity.
159 (j) Prior-year performance data on approved performance
160 measures and an explanation of deviation from expected
161 performance. Performance data must be assessed for reliability
162 in accordance with s. 20.055.
163 (k) Proposed performance incentives and disincentives.
164 (3)(a)1. Long-range program plans must include information
165 about the implementation status of any law enacted in the
166 previous legislative session. The implementation status must be
167 provided until all provisions of the law related to the agency
168 have been fully implemented.
169 2. For purposes of initial implementation of this
170 subsection, in addition to laws enacted pursuant to the 2026
171 Regular Session, an agency must also provide information on
172 recently enacted laws for the 2024 and 2025 Regular Sessions
173 which have provisions not fully implemented. This subparagraph
174 expires on June 30, 2027.
175 (b) Implementation status information must include, at a
176 minimum, all of the following:
177 1. Actions or steps taken to implement the law, and actions
178 or steps planned for implementation, including, but not limited
179 to, all of the following, as applicable:
180 a. Administrative rules proposed for implementation.
181 b. Procurements required.
182 c. Contracts executed to assist the agency in
183 implementation.
184 d. Contracts executed to implement or administer the law.
185 e. Programs started, offices established, or other
186 organizational administrative changes made, including personnel
187 changes.
188 f. Federal waivers requested.
189 2. The status of any required appointments and all
190 scheduled board, commission, or related public meetings.
191 3. A description of the agency programs, outputs, and
192 activities implemented or changed related to the law.
193 4. All expenditures made that were directly related to the
194 implementation.
195 5. Any provisions remaining to be implemented.
196 6. A description of any impediment or delay in the
197 implementation, including, but not limited to, challenges of
198 administrative rules or identification of any policy issue that
199 needs to be resolved by the Legislature to ensure timely and
200 effective implementation.
201 7. Information related to any litigation related to the law
202 which is not provided under subparagraph 6.
203 8. Any performance measure developed and the specific data
204 identified, including data regarding enrollments, participants,
205 loans, and other data elements of programs, outputs, and
206 activities.
207 (4) (2) Each Long-range program plans must plan shall cover
208 a period of 5 fiscal years , be revised annually, and remain in
209 effect until replaced or adjusted as provided in this section
210 revised .
211 (5) (3) Long-range program plans or revisions must shall be
212 presented by state agencies and the judicial branch in a form,
213 manner, and timeframe prescribed in written instructions
214 prepared by the Executive Office of the Governor in consultation
215 with the chairs of the legislative appropriations committees.
216 (6) (4) Each state executive agency and the judicial branch
217 shall post their long-range program plans on their Internet
218 websites not later than September 30 30th of each year , and
219 provide written notice to the Governor and the Legislature that
220 the plans have been posted .
221 (7) (5) Each state agency The state agencies and the
222 judicial branch shall make appropriate adjustments to their
223 long-range program plans, excluding adjustments to performance
224 measures , outcomes, and standards, to be consistent with the
225 appropriations in the General Appropriations Act , and
226 legislation implementing the General Appropriations Act , and
227 other enacted legislation . Agencies and the judicial branch have
228 30 days subsequent to the effective date of the General
229 Appropriations Act and implementing legislation to make
230 adjustments to their plans as posted on their Internet websites.
231 (8) Annually, no later than September 15, each state agency
232 and the judicial branch shall submit their long-range program
233 plans to the Legislative Budget Commission for approval,
234 including any update on meeting their plans’ approved
235 performance measures and any deviation from expected performance
236 measures.
237 (9) If the chairs of the legislative appropriations
238 committees notify a state agency or the judicial branch that the
239 agency or the judicial branch has failed to comply with this
240 section or s. 216.1827, the agency or the judicial branch may
241 not submit amendments or otherwise make changes to its approved
242 budget for operations and fixed capital outlay pursuant to s.
243 216.181 until the agency or the judicial branch has corrected
244 its deficiency.
245 (10) (6) Long-range program plans developed pursuant to this
246 chapter are not rules and, therefore, are not subject to the
247 provisions of chapter 120.
248 (7) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, each
249 state executive agency and the judicial branch are not required
250 to develop or post a long-range program plan by September 30,
251 2025, for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, except in circumstances
252 outlined in any updated written instructions prepared by the
253 Executive Office of the Governor in consultation with the chairs
254 of the legislative appropriations committees. This subsection
255 expires July 1, 2026.
256 Section 2. Section 216.1827, Florida Statutes, is amended
257 to read:
258 216.1827 Requirements for performance measures , outcomes,
259 and standards.—
260 (1) Each state agency Agencies and the judicial branch
261 shall maintain a comprehensive performance accountability system
262 containing, at a minimum, a list of performance measures ,
263 outcomes, and standards as required by that are adopted by the
264 Legislature and subsequently amended pursuant to this section.
265 (2) Each state agency shall adopt the following performance
266 measures, outcomes, and standards:
267 (a) Administrative costs as a percentage of total agency
268 costs, including salaries and benefits and excluding fixed
269 capital outlay.
270 (b) Percentage of vacant positions filled within 180 days
271 after becoming vacant.
272 (c) Total dollar amount of salary increases awarded,
273 delineated by the subtotal dollar amount of the increases
274 specifically authorized in the General Appropriations Act or
275 other law and the subtotal dollar amount of the increases
276 awarded without specific legislative authorization.
277 (d) Percentage of corrective actions taken within 6 months
278 after receipt of audit findings and management letters issued to
279 resolve such findings or letters from financial and operational
280 audits conducted pursuant to s. 11.45.
281 (e) Private attorney service costs dollar amounts, by case
282 and as a percentage of total agency legal costs; legal costs
283 paid to the Attorney General’s office, by case and as a
284 percentage of total agency legal costs; and total agency legal
285 costs as a percentage of total agency budget.
286 (f) Total dollar amount of expenditures by state term
287 contract as defined in s. 287.012, contracts procured using
288 alternative purchasing methods as authorized pursuant to s.
289 287.042(16), and agency procurements through request for
290 proposal, invitation to negotiate, invitation to bid, single
291 source, and emergency purchases.
292 (g) If applicable, the number of complete applications
293 received and the average number of days to complete a permit,
294 licensure, registration, or certification process, from the date
295 of the receipt of initial application to final agency action,
296 for each permit, license, registration, or certification issued
297 by the agency or judicial branch.
298 (h) If applicable, the total number of required
299 inspections, total number of inspections completed, and
300 percentage of required inspections completed.
301 (i) If applicable, the average number of calendar days to
302 award and contract for noncompetitive projects or grant programs
303 for state or federal funds from the date of receipt of funds by
304 the agency or receipt of budget authority, whichever is later.
305 (3) In addition to the performance measures, outcomes, and
306 standards required by subsection (2), each agency shall develop
307 and adopt at least five additional performance measures,
308 outcomes, and standards. Additional performance measures,
309 outcomes, and standards must include key state agency functions.
310 When developing the additional performance measures, outcomes,
311 and standards, each state agency shall take all of the following
312 into consideration:
313 (a) The mission of the agency, state goals and objectives,
314 and statutory policy.
315 (b) Programs, outputs, and activities that are key agency
316 functions.
317 (c) Selection of data elements that best and most
318 accurately measure progress toward state goals and objectives,
319 including facilitating analysis of any deviation from expected
320 performance.
321 (4) The judicial branch shall adopt performance measures,
322 outcomes, and standards established by the Supreme Court, which
323 must be substantially similar to the measures, outcomes, and
324 standards in subsection (2) and the considerations outlined in
325 subsection (3).
326 (5) Each state agency and the judicial branch shall
327 maintain the justification for each performance measure,
328 outcome, or standard, and the sources of data to be used.
329 (6) (2)(a) Each state agency Agencies and the judicial
330 branch shall submit long-range program plans with performance
331 measures in the form, manner, and timeframe output and outcome
332 measures and standards, as well as historical baseline and
333 performance data pursuant to s. 216.013. The long-range program
334 plan must provide:
335 (a) Information regarding measurement of the performance
336 measures, including how the data is collected, baseline data,
337 the methodology used for measurement, the reason for the
338 measurement, and the validity and reliability of the
339 measurement; and
340 (b) Data for the previous 5 years related to the
341 performance measures, outcomes, and standards and an explanation
342 of deviation from expected performance.
343 (7) Each state agency Agencies and the judicial branch
344 shall also submit performance data, measures, outcomes, and
345 standards , including any information required by this section,
346 to the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
347 Accountability upon request for review of the adequacy of the
348 legislatively approved measures and standards .
349 (8) For each state agency and the judicial branch,
350 performance measures, outcomes, and standards, including any
351 amendments thereto, must be adopted by the Legislative Budget
352 Commission.
353 (3) (a) At least 30 days before the scheduled annual
354 legislative session, a state an agency or the Chief Justice of
355 the Supreme Court may submit requests to delete or amend its
356 existing approved performance measures , outcomes, and standards
357 or activities, including alignment of activities to performance
358 measures , or submit requests to create additional performance
359 measures , outcomes, and standards or activities to the
360 Legislature Executive Office of the Governor for review and
361 approval . The request must shall document the justification for
362 the change and ensure that the revision, deletion, amendment, or
363 addition is consistent with legislative intent. Such deletion,
364 amendment, or addition is subject to review and approval by the
365 Legislative Budget Commission Revisions or deletions to or
366 additions of performance measures and standards approved by the
367 Executive Office of the Governor are subject to the review and
368 objection procedure set forth in s. 216.177 .
369 (b) Each state agency and the judicial branch shall make
370 appropriate adjustments to their performance measures, outcomes,
371 and standards to be consistent with the appropriations in the
372 General Appropriations Act, legislation implementing the General
373 Appropriations Act, and other enacted legislation. State
374 agencies and the judicial branch have 30 days after the
375 effective date of the General Appropriations Act or other
376 enacted legislation to propose adjustments to their plans for
377 review and approval by the Legislative Budget Commission The
378 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may submit deletions or
379 amendments of the judicial branch’s existing approved
380 performance measures and standards or may submit additional
381 performance measures and standards to the Legislature
382 accompanied with justification for the change and ensure that
383 the revision, deletion, or addition is consistent with
384 legislative intent. Revisions or deletions to, or additions of
385 performance measures and standards submitted by the Chief
386 Justice of the Supreme Court are subject to the review and
387 objection procedure set forth in s. 216.177 .
388 (4)(a) The Legislature may create, amend, and delete
389 performance measures and standards. The Legislature may confer
390 with the Executive Office of the Governor for state agencies and
391 the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for the judicial branch
392 prior to any such action.
393 (b) The Legislature may require state agencies to submit
394 requests for revisions, additions, or deletions to approved
395 performance measures and standards to the Executive Office of
396 the Governor for review and approval, subject to the review and
397 objection procedure set forth in s. 216.177.
398 (c) The Legislature may require the judicial branch to
399 submit revisions, additions, or deletions to approved
400 performance measures and standards to the Legislature, subject
401 to the review and objection procedure set forth in s. 216.177.
402 (d) Any new state agency created by the Legislature shall
403 establish is subject to the initial performance measures ,
404 outcomes, and standards thereof, subject to review and approval
405 by the Legislative Budget Commission established by the
406 Legislature. The Legislature may require state agencies and the
407 judicial branch to provide any information necessary to create
408 initial performance measures and standards .
409 (d) Each state agency and the judicial branch shall submit
410 new performance measures, outcomes, and standards, including the
411 information required by this section, to the Legislative Budget
412 Commission by December 1, 2026. This paragraph expires on
413 December 31, 2027.
414 Section 3. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2) of
415 section 20.055, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
416 20.055 Agency inspectors general.—
417 (2) An office of inspector general is established in each
418 state agency to provide a central point for coordination of and
419 responsibility for activities that promote accountability,
420 integrity, and efficiency in government. It is the duty and
421 responsibility of each inspector general, with respect to the
422 state agency in which the office is established, to:
423 (a) Advise in the development of performance measures,
424 outcomes, standards, and procedures for the evaluation of state
425 agency programs.
426 (b) Assess the reliability and validity of the information
427 provided by the state agency on performance measures and
428 standards, and make recommendations for improvement, if
429 necessary, before submission of such information pursuant to s.
430 216.1827.
431 Section 4. Section 186.021, Florida Statutes, is amended to
432 read:
433 186.021 Long-range program plans.—Pursuant to s. 216.013,
434 each state agency shall develop a long-range program plan on an
435 annual basis . The plan must shall provide the framework and
436 context for designing and interpreting the agency budget
437 request. The plan must will be developed through careful
438 examination and justification of agency functions and their
439 associated costs . An agency shall use the long-range program
440 plan It shall be used by the agency to implement the state’s
441 goals and objectives. The agency shall also develop performance
442 measures, outcomes, and standards to measure programs, outputs,
443 Indicators shall be developed to measure service and activity
444 performance.
445 Section 5. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
446 420.0003, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
447 420.0003 State housing strategy.—
448 (3) IMPLEMENTATION.—The state, in carrying out the strategy
449 articulated in this section, shall have the following duties:
450 (b) The long-range program plan of the corporation
451 department must include specific performance measures, goals,
452 and objectives , and strategies that implement the housing
453 policies in this section.
454 Section 6. Section 420.511, Florida Statutes, is amended to
455 read:
456 420.511 Strategic business plan; long-range program plan;
457 annual report; audited financial statements.—
458 (1) The corporation shall develop a strategic business plan
459 for the provision of affordable housing for the state. The plan
460 must be consistent with the long-range program plan prepared
461 pursuant to subsection (2) and must shall contain performance
462 measures and specific performance targets for the following:
463 (a) The ability of low-income and moderate-income
464 Floridians to access housing that is decent and affordable.
465 (b) The continued availability and affordability of housing
466 financed by the corporation to target populations.
467 (c) The availability of affordable financing programs,
468 including equity and debt products, and programs that reduce
469 gaps in conventional financing in order to increase individual
470 access to housing and stimulate private production of affordable
471 housing.
472 (d) The establishment and maintenance of efficiencies in
473 the delivery of affordable housing.
474 (e) Such other measures as directed by the corporation’s
475 board of directors.
476 (2) The corporation , in coordination with the department,
477 shall annually develop a long-range program plan for the
478 provision of affordable housing in this state as required
479 pursuant to chapter 186. In part, the plan must include
480 provisions that maximize the abilities of the corporation to
481 implement the state housing strategy established under s.
482 420.0003, to respond to federal housing initiatives, and to
483 develop programs in a manner that is more responsive to the
484 needs of public and private partners. The plan must shall be
485 developed on a schedule consistent with that established by s.
486 186.021. For purposes of this section, the Secretary of Commerce
487 or his or her designee shall serve as the corporation’s
488 representative to achieve a coordinated and integrated planning
489 relationship with the department.
490 (3) The corporation shall submit to the Governor and the
491 presiding officers of each house of the Legislature, within 6
492 months after the end of its fiscal year, a complete and detailed
493 report setting forth the corporation’s state and federal program
494 accomplishments using the most recent available data. The report
495 must include, but is not limited to:
496 (a) The following tenant characteristics in the existing
497 rental units financed through corporation-administered programs:
498 1. The number of households served, delineated by income,
499 race, ethnicity, and age of the head of household.
500 2. The number of households served in large, medium, and
501 small counties as described in s. 420.5087(1) and the extent to
502 which geographic distribution has been achieved in accordance
503 with s. 420.5087.
504 3. The number of farmworker and commercial fishing worker
505 households served.
506 4. The number of homeless households served.
507 5. The number of special needs households served.
508 6. By county, the average rent charged based on unit size.
509 (b) The number of rental units to which resources have been
510 allocated in the last fiscal year, including income and
511 demographic restrictions.
512 (c) The estimated average cost of producing units under
513 each rental or homeownership unit financed under each program in
514 the last fiscal year.
515 (d) By county, the average sales price of homeownership
516 units financed in the last fiscal year.
517 (e) The number of households served by homeownership
518 programs in the last fiscal year, including the income, race,
519 ethnicity, and age of the homeowner of each household.
520 (f) The percentage of homeownership loans that are in
521 foreclosure.
522 (g) The percentage of properties in the corporation’s
523 rental portfolio which have an occupancy rate below 90 percent.
524 (h) The amount of economic stimulus created by the
525 affordable housing finance programs administered by the
526 corporation for the most recent year available.
527 (i) For the State Apartment Incentive Loan Program (SAIL),
528 a comprehensive list of all closed loans outstanding at the end
529 of the most recent fiscal year, including, but not limited to,
530 development name, city, county, developer, set-aside type, set
531 aside percentage, affordability term, total number of units,
532 number of set-aside units, lien position, original loan amount,
533 loan maturity date, loan balance at close of year, status of
534 loan, rate of interest, and interest paid.
535 (j) For the Florida Affordable Housing Guarantee Program, a
536 list of all guaranteed loans through the close of the most
537 recent fiscal year, including, but not limited to, development
538 name, city, county, developer, total number of units, issuer of
539 the bonds, loan maturity date, participation in the United
540 States Department of Housing and Urban Development Risk-Sharing
541 Program, original guarantee amount, guarantee amount at the
542 close of the fiscal year, status of guaranteed loans, and total
543 outstanding Florida Housing Finance Corporation Affordable
544 Housing Guarantee Program revenue bonds at the close of the most
545 recent fiscal year.
546 (k) Any other information the corporation deems
547 appropriate.
548 (4) Within 6 months after the end of its fiscal year, the
549 corporation shall submit audited financial statements, prepared
550 in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
551 which include all assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses of
552 the corporation, and a list of all bonds outstanding at the end
553 of its fiscal year. The audit must be conducted by an
554 independent certified public accountant, performed in accordance
555 with generally accepted auditing standards and government
556 auditing standards, and incorporate all reports, including
557 compliance reports, as required by such auditing standards.
558 (5) The Auditor General shall conduct an operational audit
559 of the accounts and records of the corporation and provide a
560 written report on the audit to the President of the Senate and
561 the Speaker of the House of Representatives by December 1, 2016.
562 Section 7. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
563 made by this act to section 216.013, Florida Statutes, in a
564 reference thereto, paragraph (ee) of subsection (1) of section
565 216.011, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
566 216.011 Definitions.—
567 (1) For the purpose of fiscal affairs of the state,
568 appropriations acts, legislative budgets, and approved budgets,
569 each of the following terms has the meaning indicated:
570 (ee) “Long-range program plan” means a plan developed
571 pursuant to s. 216.013.
572 Section 8. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
573 made by this act to section 216.013, Florida Statutes, in a
574 reference thereto, paragraph (d) of subsection (5) of section
575 402.56, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
576 402.56 Children’s cabinet; organization; responsibilities;
577 annual report.—
578 (5) DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Children and Youth
579 Cabinet shall:
580 (d) Design and implement actions that will promote
581 collaboration, creativity, increased efficiency, information
582 sharing, and improved service delivery between and within state
583 governmental organizations that provide services for children
584 and youth and their families. In particular, the efforts shall
585 include the long-range planning process mandated by s. 216.013.
586 Section 9. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.