SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 2568
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 140838
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11  Senator Lynn moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 26, between lines 7 and 8,
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17         Section 12.  A new paragraph (e) is added to subsection
18  (15) of section 400.141, Florida Statutes, to read:
19         400.141 Administration and management of nursing home
20  facilities.--Every licensed facility shall comply with all
21  applicable standards and rules of the agency and shall:
22         (15)  Submit semiannually to the agency, or more
23  frequently if requested by the agency, information regarding
24  facility staff-to-resident ratios, staff turnover, and staff
25  stability, including information regarding certified nursing
26  assistants, licensed nurses, the director of nursing, and the
27  facility administrator. For purposes of this reporting:
28         (e)  A nursing facility may be cited for failure to
29  comply with the standards for licensed nurses and certified
30  nursing assistants in s. 400.23(3)(a) only if it has failed to
31  meet those standards on 2 consecutive days or if it has failed
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 1  to meet at least 95 percent of those standards on any one day.
 2  Nothing in this section shall limit the agency's ability to
 3  impose a deficiency or take other actions if a facility does
 4  not have enough staff to meet the residents' needs.
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 6  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)
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10  And the title is amended as follows:
11         On page 1 line 2, through page 4, line 9, delete those
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14  and insert:
15         An act relating to the vulnerable persons;
16         amending s. 393.0661, F.S.; requiring pilot
17         programs to test the redesign of developmental
18         disabilities services; providing for
19         requirements for the pilot programs; requiring
20         a report to the Legislature; deleting the
21         requirement that the redesigned system be fully
22         implemented by July 1, 2003; deleting the
23         requirements of the plan pertaining to direct
24         provider enrollment and assessment of all
25         clients; creating ss. 393.506 and 400.9685,
26         F.S.; providing for certain unlicensed staff to
27         assist persons with developmental disabilities
28         to administer certain prescription medications;
29         providing the conditions under which staff may
30         assist with medication; amending s. 402.310,
31         F.S.; authorizing the Department of Children
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 1         and Family Services or a local licensing agency
 2         to deny, suspend, or revoke the license of a
 3         child care facility, a licensed family day care
 4         home, or a large family child care home and to
 5         deny, suspend, or revoke the registration of a
 6         family day care home following a violation of
 7         certain laws or rules; amending s. 402.313,
 8         F.S.; repealing the authority of the Department
 9         of Children and Family Services or a local
10         licensing agency to impose an administrative
11         fine on a family day care home; requiring the
12         department to establish minimum safety
13         standards for licensed family day care homes;
14         repealing s. 402.3131(1)(a), F.S., relating to
15         the authority of the Department of Children and
16         Family Services or a local licensing agency to
17         impose an administrative fine on a large family
18         childcare home; amending s. 402.40, F.S.;
19         replacing the terms "dependency program" and
20         "dependency program staff" with the terms
21         "child welfare services" and "person who
22         delivers child welfare services," respectively;
23         defining those terms; redefining terms used in
24         the section; requiring the Department of
25         Children and Family Services to establish the
26         core competencies for a training curriculum;
27         requiring collaboration with experts and
28         providers; requiring each person who delivers
29         child welfare services to master particular
30         components of the training curriculum;
31         directing the department to competitively bid
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 1         the contracts for the training curriculum;
 2         requiring the Department of Children and Family
 3         Services to annually examine the advance
 4         training needs for child welfare services;
 5         requiring the department to develop minimum
 6         standards for a certification process and
 7         minimum standards for trainer qualifications;
 8         deleting a requirement that the department
 9         contract with Tallahassee Community College for
10         the operation of one or more training
11         academies; providing for the roles of the
12         training academies; directing the department to
13         competitively bid training academy contracts;
14         requiring the core competencies, standards for
15         a certification process, and standards for
16         trainer qualifications to be submitted to
17         legislative committees before entering into the
18         competitive bidding process; amending s.
19         409.1671, F.S.; deleting the requirement for a
20         plan; requiring the Governor's approval of the
21         department's methodology for transferring
22         funds; specifying that the term "related
23         services" includes adoption services; modifying
24         the schedule by which community-based care will
25         be implemented; requiring written certification
26         prior to transferring services; requiring an
27         evaluation and report to the Legislature;
28         deleting dates by which certain community-based
29         care activities must occur; amending s.
30         415.102, F.S.; redefining the terms "abuse,"
31         "neglect," and "vulnerable adult"; creating s.
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 1         415.1046, F.S.; providing the Department of
 2         Children and Family Services with the authority
 3         to contract for provision of adult protective
 4         investigative services; stipulating the
 5         requirements for sheriffs' offices to be
 6         eligible to contract for provision of adult
 7         protective investigative services; providing
 8         for the contracting and funding for adult
 9         protective investigative services; requiring
10         sheriff's employees to complete certain
11         training; stipulating minimum requirements for
12         the sheriffs' offices' operation of adult
13         protective investigations; requiring a program
14         performance evaluation; providing for an
15         evaluation by the Office of Program Policy and
16         Government Accountability of child welfare
17         legal services; requiring a report; directing
18         the department to continue its current delivery
19         of child welfare legal services until directed
20         otherwise by the Legislature; amending s.
21         400.141, F.S.; providing conditions under which
22         a nursing facility may be sighted for failure
23         to comply with certain standards; providing an
24         effective date.
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