| 1 | Representative Hudson offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove lines 1892-1899 and insert: |
| 5 | Section 39. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 430.80, |
| 6 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 7 | 430.80 Implementation of a teaching nursing home pilot |
| 8 | project.-- |
| 9 | (1) As used in this section, the term "teaching nursing |
| 10 | home" means a nursing home facility licensed under chapter 400 |
| 11 | which contains a minimum of 275 400 licensed nursing home beds; |
| 12 | has access to a resident senior population of sufficient size to |
| 13 | support education, training, and research relating to geriatric |
| 14 | care; and has a contractual relationship with a federally funded |
| 15 | accredited geriatric research center in this state or operates |
| 16 | in its own right a geriatric research center. |
| 17 | (3) To be designated as a teaching nursing home, a nursing |
| 18 | home licensee must, at a minimum: |
| 19 | (a) Provide a comprehensive program of integrated senior |
| 20 | services that include institutional services and community-based |
| 21 | services; |
| 22 | (b) Participate in a nationally recognized accreditation |
| 23 | program and hold a valid accreditation, such as the |
| 24 | accreditation awarded by the Joint Commission on Accreditation |
| 25 | of Healthcare Organizations, or possesses a Gold Seal Award as |
| 26 | conferred by the state on the licensed nursing home; |
| 27 | (c) Have been in business in this state for a minimum of |
| 28 | 10 consecutive years; |
| 29 | (d) Demonstrate an active program in multidisciplinary |
| 30 | education and research that relates to gerontology; |
| 31 | (e) Have a formalized contractual relationship with at |
| 32 | least one accredited health profession education program located |
| 33 | in this state; |
| 34 | (f) Have a formalized contractual relationship with an |
| 35 | accredited hospital that is designated by law as a teaching |
| 36 | hospital; and |
| 37 | (f)(g) Have senior staff members who hold formal faculty |
| 38 | appointments at universities, which must include at least one |
| 39 | accredited health profession education program; and. |
| 40 | (g)(h) Maintain insurance coverage pursuant to s. |
| 41 | 400.141(1)(s) s. 400.141(20) or proof of financial |
| 42 | responsibility in a |
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| 45 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 46 | Remove line 143 and insert: |
| 47 | circumstances; amending s. 430.80, F.S.; revising the |
| 48 | definition of the term "teaching nursing home," relating |
| 49 | to implementation of a teaching nursing home pilot |
| 50 | project, and requirements for designation as a teaching |
| 51 | nursing home; conforming a |