| 1 | The Committee on Future of Florida's Families recommends the |
| 2 | following: |
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| 4 | Committee Substitute |
| 5 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 6 | A bill to be entitled |
| 7 | An act relating to multiservice senior centers; amending |
| 8 | s. 430.203, F.S.; amending a definition; amending s. |
| 9 | 403.206, F.S.; encouraging each multiservice senior center |
| 10 | to have a functioning automated external defibrillator; |
| 11 | requiring training, maintenance, and location |
| 12 | registration; providing immunity from liability under the |
| 13 | Good Samaritan Act and the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act; |
| 14 | authorizing the Department of Eldery Affairs to adopt |
| 15 | rules; requiring the department to arrange for purchase of |
| 16 | such defibrillators; requiring certain entities to |
| 17 | reimburse the department for purchased defibrillators |
| 18 | under certain circumstances; providing criteria for |
| 19 | distribution of such defibrillators; providing an |
| 20 | appropriation; providing effective dates. |
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| 22 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 24 | Section 1. Subsection (10) of section 430.203, Florida |
| 25 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 26 | 430.203 Community care for the elderly; definitions.--As |
| 27 | used in ss. 430.201-430.207, the term: |
| 28 | (10) "Multiservice senior center" means a community |
| 29 | facility for the organization and provision of a broad spectrum |
| 30 | of that serves as the focal point for housing and delivering |
| 31 | services, which shall include provision of health, including |
| 32 | mental health, social, nutritional, and education services, and |
| 33 | the provision of facilities for recreational activities for to |
| 34 | persons 60 years of age or older. |
| 35 | Section 2. Subsection (3) is added to section 430.206, |
| 36 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 37 | 430.206 Multiservice senior center.-- |
| 38 | (3)(a) Effective July 1, 2004, each multiservice senior |
| 39 | center is encouraged to have on the premises at all times a |
| 40 | functioning automated external defibrillator. |
| 41 | (b) Multiservice senior centers that provide automated |
| 42 | external defibrillators shall ensure that personnel are properly |
| 43 | trained in accordance with s. 401.2915. |
| 44 | (c) The location of each automated external defibrillator |
| 45 | shall be registered with the appropriate county office by the |
| 46 | multiservice senior center pursuant to s. 401.2915. |
| 47 | (d) The use of automated external defibrillators by |
| 48 | employees and volunteers shall be covered under the provisions |
| 49 | of ss. 768.13 and 768.1325. |
| 50 | (e) The department may adopt rules to implement the |
| 51 | provisions of this section. |
| 52 | Section 3. The sum of $270,000 is appropriated from the |
| 53 | General Revenue Fund to the Department of Elderly Affairs for |
| 54 | the purpose of implementing this act during the 2004-2005 fiscal |
| 55 | year. The department shall arrange for the purchase of as many |
| 56 | automated external defibrillators as may be purchased with |
| 57 | available funds. Senior centers shall reimburse the department |
| 58 | for 50 percent of the cost of the automated external |
| 59 | defibrillator provided to their facility. Multiservice senior |
| 60 | centers located in rural communities, as defined in section |
| 61 | 288.0656(2)(b), Florida Statutes, shall not be required to |
| 62 | reimburse the department for the costs of such equipment. The |
| 63 | department shall authorize issuance of the equipment to senior |
| 64 | centers in the order in which they request one and shall provide |
| 65 | authorization for only one to each multiservice center pursuant |
| 66 | to this section. |
| 67 | Section 4. Except as otherwise provided herein, this act |
| 68 | shall take effect upon becoming a law. |