Bill Amendment: FL S7000 | 2014 | Regular Session

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: Assisted Living Facilities

Status: 2013-10-08 - Submit as committee bill by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (SB 248) [S7000 Detail]

Download: Florida-2014-S7000-Senate_Committee_Amendment_968766.html

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       Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SPB 7000
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  10/08/2013           .                                
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       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 989 - 1008
    4  and insert:
    5          Section 14. Present subsections (1) through (11) of
    6  section 429.52, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections
    7  (2) through (12), respectively, a new subsection (1) is added to
    8  that section, and present subsections (5) and (9) of that
    9  section are amended, to read:
   10         429.52 Staff training and educational programs; core
   11  educational requirement.—
   12         (1) Effective October 1, 2014, each new assisted living
   13  facility employee who has not previously completed core training
   14  must attend a preservice orientation provided by the facility
   15  before interacting with residents. The preservice orientation
   16  must be at least 2 hours in duration and cover topics that help
   17  the employee provide responsible care and respond to the needs
   18  of facility residents. At the time of license renewal and as
   19  part of the license renewal application, each administrator of a
   20  facility licensed by the agency must attest, under penalty of
   21  perjury, to compliance with the provisions of this paragraph.
   22         (6)(5) Staff involved with the management of medications
   23  and assisting with the self-administration of medications under
   24  s. 429.256 must complete a minimum of 6 4 additional hours of
   25  training provided by a registered nurse, licensed pharmacist, or
   26  department staff. The department shall establish by rule the
   27  minimum requirements of this additional training.
   28          (10) (9) The training required by this section other than
   29  the preservice orientation must shall be conducted by persons
   30  registered with the department as having
   31  
   32  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   33  And the title is amended as follows:
   34         Delete lines 132 - 136
   35  and insert:
   36         requiring the administrator to attest to the
   37         completion of the preservice orientation; requiring
   38         two additional hours of training for assistance with
   39         medication; conforming a cross-reference; creating s.