Florida Senate - 2013                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 966
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Sobel moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 3158 and 3159
    4  insert:
    5         Section 69. Section 429.55, Florida Statutes, is created to
    6  read:
    7         429.55 Certified medication technician program.—
    8         (1) The agency, in consultation with the Department of
    9  Elder Affairs and the Department of Health, shall convene a
   10  group of stakeholders to develop recommendations for creating a
   11  certified medication technician program that allows a staff
   12  member of a qualified assisted living facility to administer
   13  specified medications in an assisted living facility. The
   14  recommendations must address, but are not limited to, regulatory
   15  oversight, course curriculum, training provider qualifications,
   16  performance standards, reporting requirements, competency
   17  testing, fees, competency review, and registration requirements.
   18         (2) The stakeholders invited to convene shall consist of,
   19  but are not limited to, at least one representative from each of
   20  the following organizations: the Florida Chapter of the Assisted
   21  Living Federation of America, the Florida Assisted Living
   22  Association, the Florida Health Care Association, the Assisted
   23  Living Member Association, and the LeadingAge Florida.
   24         (3) The agency shall submit to the Governor, the President
   25  of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a
   26  report of the recommendations by November 30, 2013.
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   29         And the title is amended as follows:
   30         Delete line 302
   31  and insert:
   32         criteria for the content; creating s. 429.55, F.S.;
   33         requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration,
   34         in consultation with the Department of Elderly Affairs
   35         and the Department of Health, to convene a group of
   36         specified stakeholders to develop recommendations for
   37         creating a certified medication technician program;
   38         providing requirements for the recommendations;
   39         requiring the agency to submit to the Governor and the
   40         Legislature a report of the recommendations by a
   41         specified date; amending s. 430.80, F.S.;