Amendment
Bill No. CS/CS/HB 119
Amendment No. 429437
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative Jones offered the following:
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3     Amendment to Amendment (397883) (with title amendment)
4     Between lines 187 and 188, insert:
5     Section 107.  Subsection (1) of section 400.151, Florida
6Statutes, is amended to read:
7     400.151  Contracts.-
8     (1)  Effective October 1, 2011, the presence of each
9resident in a facility shall be covered by a state-approved
10contract, executed by the licensee and the resident or his or
11her designee or legal representative at the time of admission or
12prior thereto and at the expiration of the term of a previous
13contract, and modified by the licensee and the resident or his
14or her designee or legal representative at the time the source
15of payment for the resident's care changes. Each party to the
16contract is entitled to a duplicate original thereof, printed in
17boldfaced type, and the licensee shall keep on file all
18contracts which it has with residents. The licensee may not
19destroy or otherwise dispose of any such contract until 5 years
20after its expiration or such longer period as may be provided in
21the rules of the agency. Microfilmed records or records
22reproduced by a similar process of duplication may be kept in
23lieu of the original records.
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T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T
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30severability; amending s. 400.151, F.S.; requiring state-
31approved resident contracts with nursing homes after a specified
32date; providing applicability; providing an


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