Florida Senate - 2012                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 682
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/09/2012           .                                
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       The Committee on Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human
       Services Appropriations (Richter) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 122 - 184
    4  and insert:
    5         (b) Assess the current and future impact of Alzheimer’s
    6  disease and related forms of dementia on the state.
    7         (c) Examine the existing industries, services, and
    8  resources addressing the needs of persons having Alzheimer’s
    9  disease or a related form of dementia and their family
   10  caregivers.
   11         (d) Examine the needs of persons of all cultural
   12  backgrounds having Alzheimer’s disease or a related form of
   13  dementia and how their lives are affected by the disease from
   14  younger-onset, through mid-stage, to late-stage.
   15         (e) Develop a strategy to mobilize a state response to this
   16  public health crisis.
   17         (f) Provide information regarding:
   18         1. State trends with respect to persons having Alzheimer’s
   19  disease or a related form of dementia and their needs,
   20  including, but not limited to:
   21         a. The role of the state in providing community-based care,
   22  long-term care, and family caregiver support, including respite,
   23  education, and assistance to persons who are in the early stages
   24  of Alzheimer’s disease, who have younger-onset Alzheimer’s
   25  disease, or who have a related form of dementia.
   26         b. The development of state policy with respect to persons
   27  having Alzheimer’s disease or a related form of dementia.
   28         c. The surveillance of persons having Alzheimer’s disease
   29  or a related form of dementia for the purpose of accurately
   30  estimating the number of such persons in the state at present
   31  and projected population levels.
   32         2. Existing services, resources, and capacity, including,
   33  but not limited to:
   34         a. The type, cost, and availability of dementia-specific
   35  services throughout the state.
   36         b. Policy requirements and effectiveness for dementia
   37  specific training for professionals providing care.
   38         c. Quality care measures employed by providers of care,
   39  including providers of respite, adult day care, assisted living
   40  facility, skilled nursing facility, and hospice services.
   41         d. The capability of public safety workers and law
   42  enforcement officers to respond to persons having Alzheimer’s
   43  disease or a related form of dementia, including, but not
   44  limited to, responding to their disappearance, search and
   45  rescue, abuse, elopement, exploitation, or suicide.
   46         e. The availability of home and community-based services
   47  and respite care for persons having Alzheimer’s disease or a
   48  related form of dementia and education and support services to
   49  assist their families and caregivers.
   50         f. An inventory of long-term care facilities and community
   51  based services serving persons having Alzheimer’s disease or a
   52  related form of dementia.
   53         g. The adequacy and appropriateness of geriatric
   54  psychiatric units for persons having behavior disorders
   55  associated with Alzheimer’s disease or a related form of
   56  dementia.
   57         h. Residential assisted living options for persons having
   58  Alzheimer’s disease or a related form of dementia.
   59         i. The level of preparedness of service providers before,
   60  during, and after a catastrophic emergency involving persons
   61  having Alzheimer’s disease or a related form of dementia and
   62  their caregivers and families.
   63         3. Needed state policies or responses, including, but not
   64  limited to, directions for the provision of clear and
   65  coordinated care, services, and support for persons having
   66  Alzheimer’s disease or a related form of dementia and their
   67  caregivers and families and strategies to address any identified
   68  gaps in the provision of services.
   69         (g) Hold public meetings and employ technological means to