| 1 | The Health Care Appropriations Committee recommends the |
| 2 | following: |
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| 4 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 5 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 6 | A bill to be entitled |
| 7 | An act relating to certification of swimming instructors; |
| 8 | creating s. 514.072, F.S.; requiring additional |
| 9 | certification of swimming instructors specializing in |
| 10 | training people who have developmental disabilities; |
| 11 | requiring the Dan Marino Foundation, Inc., to develop |
| 12 | certification requirements and a training curriculum and |
| 13 | to submit the certification requirements to the Department |
| 14 | of Health for review; providing deadlines for |
| 15 | certification; providing a contingent effective date. |
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| 17 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 19 | Section 1. Section 514.072, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 20 | to read: |
| 21 | 514.072 Certification of swimming instructors for people |
| 22 | who have developmental disabilities required.--Any person |
| 23 | working at a swimming pool who holds himself or herself out as a |
| 24 | swimming instructor specializing in training people who have |
| 25 | developmental disabilities, as defined in s. 393.063(10), may be |
| 26 | certified by the Dan Marino Foundation, Inc., in addition to |
| 27 | being certified under s. 514.071. The Dan Marino Foundation, |
| 28 | Inc., must develop certification requirements and a training |
| 29 | curriculum for swimming instructors for people who have |
| 30 | developmental disabilities and must submit the certification |
| 31 | requirements to the Department of Health for review by January |
| 32 | 1, 2007. A person certified under s. 514.071 before July 1, |
| 33 | 2007, must meet the additional certification requirements of |
| 34 | this section before January 1, 2008. A person certified under s. |
| 35 | 514.071 on or after July 1, 2007, must meet the additional |
| 36 | certification requirements of this section within 6 months after |
| 37 | receiving certification under s. 514.071. |
| 38 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006, only |
| 39 | if a specific appropriation to the Department of Health to fund |
| 40 | the Dan Marino Foundation, Inc., is made in the General |
| 41 | Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2006-2007. |