Florida Senate - 2014                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/CS/HB 573, 2nd Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Garcia moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 2694 and 2695
    4  insert:
    5         Section 48. Paragraph (f) of subsection (5) of section
    6  400.235, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         400.235 Nursing home quality and licensure status; Gold
    8  Seal Program.—
    9         (5) Facilities must meet the following additional criteria
   10  for recognition as a Gold Seal Program facility:
   11         (f) Evidence that verified an outstanding record regarding
   12  the number and types of substantiated complaints reported to the
   13  Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Council within the 30
   14  months preceding application for the program have been resolved
   15  or, if not resolved, the facility has made a good faith effort
   16  to resolve the complaints.
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   18  A facility assigned a conditional licensure status may not
   19  qualify for consideration for the Gold Seal Program until after
   20  it has operated for 30 months with no class I or class II
   21  deficiencies and has completed a regularly scheduled relicensure
   22  survey.
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   24  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   25  And the title is amended as follows:
   26         Delete line 292
   27  and insert:
   28         home health agencies; amending s. 400.235, F.s.;
   29         clarifying criteria relating to the Gold Seal Program;
   30         providing effective dates.