Community Health Charities v. State, Department of Management Services

By this original proceeding, petitioners assert their entitlement to proceed under section 120.569(2), Florida Statutes (2005). They complain that respondent, the Department of Management Services (“Department”), had no discretion to dismiss their petition for formal administrative hearing. We find that the Department had a clear legal duty to comply with the provisions of section 120.569(2) and, accordingly, grant the relief sought by petitioners, which is a writ of mandamus.

Petitioners are 28 charities or umbrella organizations that participated in the 2006 Florida State Employees’…