Florida Senate - 2011                                     SB 694
       
       
       
       By Senator Richter
       
       
       
       
       37-00808-11                                            2011694__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to assisted living facilities;
    3         amending s. 429.23, F.S.; removing reporting
    4         requirements for assisted living facilities relating
    5         to liability claims; providing an effective date.
    6  
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    8  
    9         Section 1. Subsections (6) through (10) of section 429.23,
   10  Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (5) through (9),
   11  respectively, and present subsection (5) of that section is
   12  amended to read:
   13         429.23 Internal risk management and quality assurance
   14  program; adverse incidents and reporting requirements.—
   15         (5) Each facility shall report monthly to the agency any
   16  liability claim filed against it. The report must include the
   17  name of the resident, the dates of the incident leading to the
   18  claim, if applicable, and the type of injury or violation of
   19  rights alleged to have occurred. This report is not discoverable
   20  in any civil or administrative action, except in such actions
   21  brought by the agency to enforce the provisions of this part.
   22         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.