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CS/HB 91: State Ombudsman Program

GENERAL BILL by Health and Human Services Committee ; Roberson

State Ombudsman Program; Reorganizes long-term ombudsman services; provides duties of Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman & State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Council; provides conditions under which representative of office could be found to have conflict of interest; provides immunity from liability for representative of office; requires long-term care facilities to provide representatives of office with access to facilities, residents, & records for certain purposes; provides for office to coordinate ombudsman services with Disability Rights Florida.

Effective Date: 7/1/2014
 Last Action: 5/2/2014 Senate - Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    9/26/2013 House • Filed
    11/5/2013 House • Referred to Healthy Families Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 15
    1/29/2014 House • On Committee agenda-- Healthy Families Subcommittee, 02/05/14, 1:00 pm, 12 HOB
    2/5/2014 House • Favorable by Healthy Families Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -HJ 154
    • Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 154
    2/28/2014 House • On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 03/04/14, 1:30 pm, Webster Hall
    3/4/2014 House • Introduced -HJ 15
    • Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -HJ 161
    • Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 161
    3/18/2014 House • On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 03/20/14, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
    3/20/2014 House • CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 -HJ 337
    3/21/2014 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c)
    3/24/2014 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 336
    • CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time -HJ 330
    3/28/2014 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/01/14
    4/1/2014 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 422
    • Read 3rd time -HJ 422
    • CS passed; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 -HJ 422
    4/2/2014 Senate • In Messages
    4/3/2014 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 452
    • Received -SJ 452
    5/2/2014 Senate • Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

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  • CS/HB 91, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/21/2014 at 1:54 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (4)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 508 (c1) State Ombudsman Program Detert Similar Last Action: 5/2/2014 S Died in Appropriations
    Location: In committee/council (AP)     		Track This Bill
    H 573 (e2) Health of Residents Ahern Compare Last Action: 5/2/2014 S Died on Calendar
    Location: On 3rd Reading Calendar     		Track This Bill
    S 248 (c2) Assisted Living Facilities Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Compare Last Action: 5/2/2014 H Died on Calendar
    Location: On 2nd Reading Calendar     		Track This Bill
    S 1354 (e1) Health Care Grimsley Compare Last Action: 5/2/2014 H Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 323 (Ch. 2014-113)
    Location: In messages from Senate     		Track This Bill

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/1/2014 1:26 PM House 115 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (44)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    20.41 Department of Elderly Affairs. Page 39 (pdf)
    400.0060 Definitions. Page 3 (pdf)
    400.0061 Legislative findings and intent; long-term care facilities. Page 5 (pdf)
    400.0063 Establishment of Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman; designation of ombudsman and legal advocate. Page 7 (pdf)
    400.0065 State Long-Term Care Ombudsman; duties and responsibilities. Page 8 (pdf)
    400.0067 State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Council; duties; membership. Page 13 (pdf)
    400.0069 Local long-term care ombudsman councils; duties; membership. Page 17 (pdf)
    400.0070 Conflicts of interest. Page 24 (pdf)
    400.0071 State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program complaint procedures. Page 25 (pdf)
    400.0073 State and local ombudsman council investigations. Page 25 (pdf)
    400.0074 Local ombudsman council onsite administrative assessments. Page 27 (pdf)
    400.0075 Complaint notification and resolution procedures. Page 29 (pdf)
    400.0078 Citizen access to State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program services. Page 33 (pdf)
    400.0079 Immunity. Page 34 (pdf)
    400.0081 Access to facilities, residents, and records. Page 34 (pdf)
    400.0083 Interference; retaliation; penalties. Page 35 (pdf)
    400.0087 Department oversight; funding. Page 36 (pdf)
    400.0089 Complaint data reports. Page 38 (pdf)
    400.0091 Training. Page 38 (pdf)
    400.021 Definitions. Page 40 (pdf)
    400.022 Residents’ rights. Page 41 (pdf)
    400.0255 Resident transfer or discharge; requirements and procedures; hearings. Page 43 (pdf)
    400.1413 Volunteers in nursing homes. Page 47 (pdf)
    400.162 Property and personal affairs of residents. Page 47 (pdf)
    400.19 Right of entry and inspection. Page 47 (pdf)
    400.191 Availability, distribution, and posting of reports and records. Page 49 (pdf)
    400.23 Rules; evaluation and deficiencies; licensure status. Page 49 (pdf)
    400.235 Nursing home quality and licensure status; Gold Seal Program. Page 51 (pdf)
    415.102 Definitions of terms used in ss. 415.101-415.113. Page 52 (pdf)
    415.1034 Mandatory reporting of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults; mandatory reports of death. Page 53 (pdf)
    415.104 Protective investigations of cases of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults; transmittal of records to state attorney. Page 54 (pdf)
    415.1055 Notification to administrative entities. Page 55 (pdf)
    415.106 Cooperation by the department and criminal justice and other agencies. Page 55 (pdf)
    415.107 Confidentiality of reports and records. Page 56 (pdf)
    429.02 Definitions. Page 56 (pdf)
    429.07 License required; fee. Page 57 (pdf)
    429.19 Violations; imposition of administrative fines; grounds. Page 63 (pdf)
    429.26 Appropriateness of placements; examinations of residents. Page 63 (pdf)
    429.28 Resident bill of rights. Page 64 (pdf)
    429.34 Right of entry and inspection. Page 65 (pdf)
    429.35 Maintenance of records; reports. Page 66 (pdf)
    429.67 Licensure. Page 66 (pdf)
    429.85 Residents’ bill of rights. Page 67 (pdf)
    744.444 Power of guardian without court approval. Page 67 (pdf)

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  • HB 91, Original Filed Version Posted 9/26/2013 at 12:55 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Healthy Families Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 2/5/2014 (pdf)
    Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/4/2014 (pdf)
    Health and Human Services Committee (Post-Meeting) 3/21/2014 (pdf)

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 508 State Ombudsman Program Detert Similar Last Action: 5/2/2014 S Died in Appropriations
    Location: In committee/council (AP)     		Track This Bill
    H 573 (c2) Assisted Living Facilities Ahern Compare Last Action: 5/2/2014 S Died on Calendar
    Location: On 3rd Reading Calendar     		Track This Bill
    S 248 (c2) Assisted Living Facilities Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Compare Last Action: 5/2/2014 H Died on Calendar
    Location: On 2nd Reading Calendar     		Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    868979 - Strike All Amendment
    Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Roberson 3/19/2014
    5:34 PM     		Adopted without Objection
    3/20/2014     		PDF

    Citations - Statutes (43)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    20.41 Department of Elderly Affairs. Page 39 (pdf)
    400.0060 Definitions. Page 3 (pdf)
    400.0061 Legislative findings and intent; long-term care facilities. Page 5 (pdf)
    400.0063 Establishment of Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman; designation of ombudsman and legal advocate. Page 6 (pdf)
    400.0065 State Long-Term Care Ombudsman; duties and responsibilities. Page 8 (pdf)
    400.0067 State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Council; duties; membership. Page 12 (pdf)
    400.0069 Local long-term care ombudsman councils; duties; membership. Page 16 (pdf)
    400.0070 Conflicts of interest. Page 23 (pdf)
    400.0071 State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program complaint procedures. Page 24 (pdf)
    400.0073 State and local ombudsman council investigations. Page 25 (pdf)
    400.0074 Local ombudsman council onsite administrative assessments. Page 26 (pdf)
    400.0075 Complaint notification and resolution procedures. Page 29 (pdf)
    400.0078 Citizen access to State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program services. Page 32 (pdf)
    400.0079 Immunity. Page 33 (pdf)
    400.0081 Access to facilities, residents, and records. Page 34 (pdf)
    400.0083 Interference; retaliation; penalties. Page 35 (pdf)
    400.0087 Department oversight; funding. Page 36 (pdf)
    400.0089 Complaint data reports. Page 37 (pdf)
    400.0091 Training. Page 38 (pdf)
    400.021 Definitions. Page 40 (pdf)
    400.022 Residents’ rights. Page 40 (pdf)
    400.0255 Resident transfer or discharge; requirements and procedures; hearings. Page 42 (pdf)
    400.1413 Volunteers in nursing homes. Page 46 (pdf)
    400.162 Property and personal affairs of residents. Page 46 (pdf)
    400.19 Right of entry and inspection. Page 47 (pdf)
    400.191 Availability, distribution, and posting of reports and records. Page 48 (pdf)
    400.23 Rules; evaluation and deficiencies; licensure status. Page 49 (pdf)
    400.235 Nursing home quality and licensure status; Gold Seal Program. Page 50 (pdf)
    415.1034 Mandatory reporting of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults; mandatory reports of death. Page 52 (pdf)
    415.104 Protective investigations of cases of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults; transmittal of records to state attorney. Page 53 (pdf)
    415.1055 Notification to administrative entities. Page 54 (pdf)
    415.106 Cooperation by the department and criminal justice and other agencies. Page 54 (pdf)
    415.107 Confidentiality of reports and records. Page 55 (pdf)
    429.02 Definitions. Page 55 (pdf)
    429.07 License required; fee. Page 56 (pdf)
    429.19 Violations; imposition of administrative fines; grounds. Page 61 (pdf)
    429.26 Appropriateness of placements; examinations of residents. Page 62 (pdf)
    429.28 Resident bill of rights. Page 63 (pdf)
    429.34 Right of entry and inspection. Page 64 (pdf)
    429.35 Maintenance of records; reports. Page 64 (pdf)
    429.67 Licensure. Page 65 (pdf)
    429.85 Residents’ bill of rights. Page 65 (pdf)
    744.444 Power of guardian without court approval. Page 66 (pdf)

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