Amendment
Bill No. 1062
Amendment No. 239801
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative Littlefield offered the following:
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3     Amendment to Amendment (964733) (with title amendment)
4     Between lines 129 and 130, insert:
5     Section 6.  Subsection (5) of section 400.235, Florida
6Statutes, is amended to read:
7     400.235  Nursing home quality and licensure status; Gold
8Seal Program.--
9     (5)  Facilities must meet the following additional criteria
10for recognition as a Gold Seal Program facility:
11     (a)  Had no class I or class II deficiencies within the 30
12months preceding application for the program.
13     (b)  Evidence financial soundness and stability according
14to standards adopted by the agency in administrative rule. Such
15standards must include, but not be limited to, criteria for the
16use of financial statements that are prepared in accordance with
17generally accepted accounting principles and that are reviewed
18or audited by certified public accountants. A nursing home that
19is part of the same corporate entity as a continuing care
20facility licensed under chapter 651 which meets the minimum
21liquid reserve requirements specified in s. 651.035 and is
22accredited by a recognized accrediting organization under s.
23651.028 and rules of the Office of Insurance Regulation
24satisfies this requirement as long as the accreditation is not
25provisional. Facilities operated by a federal or state agency
26are deemed to be financially stable for purposes of applying for
27the Gold Seal.
28     (c)  Participate in a consumer satisfaction process, and
29demonstrate that information is elicited from residents, family
30members, and guardians about satisfaction with the nursing
31facility, its environment, the services and care provided, the
32staff's skills and interactions with residents, attention to
33resident's needs, and the facility's efforts to act on
34information gathered from the consumer satisfaction measures.
35     (d)  Evidence the involvement of families and members of
36the community in the facility on a regular basis.
37     (e)  Have a stable workforce, as described in s. 400.141,
38as evidenced by a relatively low rate of turnover among
39certified nursing assistants and licensed nurses within the 30
40months preceding application for the Gold Seal Program, and
41demonstrate a continuing effort to maintain a stable workforce
42and to reduce turnover of licensed nurses and certified nursing
43assistants.
44     (f)  Evidence an outstanding record regarding the number
45and types of substantiated complaints reported to the State
46Long-Term Care Ombudsman Council within the 30 months preceding
47application for the program.
48     (g)  Provide targeted inservice training provided to meet
49training needs identified by internal or external quality
50assurance efforts.
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52A facility assigned a conditional licensure status may not
53qualify for consideration for the Gold Seal Program until after
54it has operated for 30 months with no class I or class II
55deficiencies and has completed a regularly scheduled relicensure
56survey.
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58================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T =================
59     Between lines 565 and 566, insert:
60amending s. 400.235, F.S.; providing for financial
61stability for Gold Seal for certain nursing facilities;


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