Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1736
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/22/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Regulation (Latvala) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Before line 268
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 83.42, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         83.42 Exclusions from application of part.—This part does
    8  not apply to:
    9         (1) Residency or detention in a facility, whether public or
   10  private, when residence or detention is incidental to the
   11  provision of medical, geriatric, educational, counseling,
   12  religious, or similar services. The procedures for all transfers
   13  and discharges as provided in s. 400.0255 apply only to
   14  residents of a facility licensed under part II of chapter 400.
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   17         And the title is amended as follows:
   18         Delete line 2
   19  and insert:
   20         An act relating to health care; amending s. 83.42,
   21         F.S., relating to exclusions from part II of ch. 83,
   22         F.S., the Florida Residential Landlord and Tenant Act;
   23         clarifying that the procedures in s. 400.0255, F.S.,
   24         for transfers and discharges are exclusive to
   25         residents of a nursing home licensed under part II of
   26         ch. 400, F.S.; amending s. 112.0455,