| 1 | Representative Lopez-Cantera offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with directory and title amendments) |
| 4 | Between lines 16 and 17, insert: |
| 5 | (1) For the purposes of this section, the following |
| 6 | definitions shall apply: |
| 7 | (a) "Community residential home" means a dwelling unit |
| 8 | licensed to serve residents, as defined in paragraph (c), who |
| 9 | are clients of the Department of Elderly Affairs, the Agency for |
| 10 | Persons with Disabilities, the Department of Juvenile Justice, |
| 11 | or the Department of Children and Family Services or a dwelling |
| 12 | unit licensed by the Agency for Health Care Administration, |
| 13 | which provides a living environment for 7 to 14 unrelated |
| 14 | residents who operate as the functional equivalent of a family, |
| 15 | including such supervision and care by supportive staff as may |
| 16 | be necessary to meet the physical, emotional, and social needs |
| 17 | of the residents. |
| 18 | (b) "Department" means the Department of Children and |
| 19 | Family Services. |
| 20 | (b)(c) "Local government" means a county as set forth in |
| 21 | chapter 7 or a municipality incorporated under the provisions of |
| 22 | chapter 165. |
| 23 | (c)(d) "Resident" means any of the following: a frail |
| 24 | elder as defined in s. 400.618; a physically disabled or |
| 25 | handicapped person as defined in s. 760.22(7)(a); a |
| 26 | developmentally disabled person as defined in s. 393.063; a |
| 27 | nondangerous mentally ill person as defined in s. 394.455(18); |
| 28 | or a child as defined in s. 39.01(14), s. 984.03(9) or (12), or |
| 29 | s. 985.03(8). |
| 30 | (d)(e) "Sponsoring agency" means an agency or unit of |
| 31 | government, a profit or nonprofit agency, or any other person or |
| 32 | organization which intends to establish or operate a community |
| 33 | residential home. |
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| 35 | =========== D I R E C T O R Y A M E N D M E N T ========== |
| 36 | Remove lines 14 and 15 and insert: |
| 37 | Section 1. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 419.001, |
| 38 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
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| 41 | Remove line 8 and insert: |
| 42 | s. 419.001, F.S.; revising definitions; requiring the |
| 43 | sponsoring agency to |