Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1736
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Budget (Richter) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
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    3         Between lines 2175 and 2176
    4  insert:
    5         (t)1. A pilot project for the construction of a nursing
    6  home, including up to 150 beds, which must be:
    7         a. Located in planning subdistricts 4-1, 4-2, or 4-3 of the
    8  Agency for Health Care Administration;
    9         b. Affiliated with an accredited nursing school offering a
   10  bachelor of science and a master of science degree program
   11  within an accredited private university; and
   12         c. Constructed on university property or on property
   13  abutting the university.
   14         2. The nursing home, once licensed, must maintain an
   15  affiliation with the accredited private university and must
   16  employ or otherwise make positions available for the education
   17  and training of nursing students in long-term care or geriatric
   18  nursing. Notwithstanding any moratorium on the construction of
   19  nursing homes or the addition of beds, the project may proceed
   20  with the construction, licensure, and operation of the nursing
   21  home. Construction of the nursing home must begin by May 31,
   22  2012.
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   24  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   25         And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   26         Delete lines 2091 - 2093
   27  and insert:
   28         Section 57. Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) and paragraph
   29  (m) of subsection (3) of section 408.036, Florida Statutes, are
   30  amended, and paragraph (t) is added to subsection (3) of that
   31  section, to read:
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   34         And the title is amended as follows:
   35         Delete line 200
   36  and insert:
   37         review; exempting a nursing home to be constructed and
   38         affiliated with a private university from certificate
   39         of-need requirements; amending s. 408.037, F.S.;
   40         revising