Title: Independent Living Task Force

Summary: Establishes Independent Living Task Force within Florida Housing Finance Corporation; provides for duties, membership, & meetings of task force; requires task force to submit report to Governor & Legislature by specified date; provides for expiration.

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An act relating to the Independent Living Task Force; creating s. 420.5075, F.S.; establishing the Independent Living Task Force within the Florida Housing Finance Corporation; providing for duties, membership, and meetings of the task force; requiring the task force to submit a report to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date; providing for expiration of the task force; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 420.5075, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 420.5075 Independent Living Task Force.-(1) The Independent Living Task Force, a task force as defined in s. 20.03, is esta blished within the Florida Housing Finance Corporation for administrative purposes only. The corporation shall use existing and available resources to administer and support the activities of the task force under this section. (2) The task force shall de velop and evaluate policy proposals that incentivize building contractors and developers to create units within mixed-use developments which may be used CS/HB 2019 as low-cost, supportive, and affordable housing for individuals who are in need of such housing and who have a developmental disability, as defined in s. 393.063, or a mental illness, as defined in s. 394.455. (3) The task force shall consist of the following members: (a) The director of the Florida Housing Finance Corporation or his or her designee, wh oshall serve as chair of the task force. (b) The director of the Agency for Persons with Disabilities or his or her designee. (c) The Secretary of Children and Families or his or her designee. (d) The executive director of the Department of Economic Opportunity or his or her designee. (e) The Secretary of Business and Professional Regulation or his or her designee. (f) The executive director of the Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged or his or her designee. (g) An individual appoint ed by the Governor. (h) The following members appointed by the director of the Florida Housing Finance Corporation: 1. A representative from the Florida Supportive Housing Coalition. 2. A representative from the Florida Housing Coalition. 3. A repr esentative from the Florida Independent Living CS/HB 2019 Council. 4. A representative from the ARC of Florida. 5. A representative from the National Alliance on Mental Illness-Florida. 6. A representative from the Florida League of Cities. 7. A representative from the Florida Association of Counties. 8. A representative from the Association of Florida Community Developers. 9. A representative from the Associated Builders and Contractors of Florida. 10. A representative from the Florida Asso ciation of Rehabilitation Facilities. 11. A representative from the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council. 12. A representative from the banking industry who finances mixed-used developments. 13. A representative from the Coalition of Affordable Housing Providers. 14. A representative from the Commercial Real Estate Development Association. 15. An attorney who is a member in good standing of the Elder Law Section of the Florida Bar. (4) Members of the task force shall serve without compensa tion and are not entitled to reimbursement for per diem CS/HB 2019 or travel expenses. The task force shall convene its first meeting by August 1, 2019, and shall meet as often as necessary to fulfill its responsibilities under this section. Meetings may be conducted in person, by teleconference, or by other electronic means. (5) In consultation with the applicable local and state governmental entities, the task force shall: (a) Identify potential barriers and opportunities in existing policies, rules, or laws to incentivize building contractors and developers to create low-cost, supportive, and affordable housing units for individuals with developmental disabilities or mental illness within mixed-use developments. (b) Recommend modifications to existing policies,rules, or laws or propose new policies, rules, or laws, such as allowing greater density, which would allow for the creation of low-cost, supportive, and affordable housing units for individuals with developmental disabilities or mental illness within mi xed-use developments. (c) Recommend financial and regulatory incentives to encourage building contractors and developers to create low cost, supportive, and affordable housing units for individuals with developmental disabilities or mental illness within mixed-use developments. (d) Propose funding mechanisms for the development and maintenance of spaces for low-cost, supportive, and affordable CS/HB 2019 housing units for individuals with developmental disabilities or mental illness within mixed-use developments. (6) The task force shall submit a report by December 1, 2020, to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives which includes its findings, conclusions, and recommendations. (7) This section expires February 2, 2021. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.