Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 976
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/05/2014           .                                
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    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 28 - 43
    4  and insert:
    5  nursing assistant, companion or homemaker, or home health aide
    6  referred for contract under this chapter by a nurse registry
    7  shall be deemed an independent contractor and not an employee of
    8  the nurse registry regardless of the obligations imposed on a
    9  nurse registry under this chapter.
   10         (19) It is not the obligation of a nurse registry to
   11  monitor, supervise, manage, or train registered nurses, licensed
   12  practical nurses, certified nursing assistants, companions or
   13  homemakers, or home health aides referred for contract under
   14  this chapter. In the event of a violation of this chapter, a
   15  violation of any other law of this state, or misconduct by a
   16  referred registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, certified
   17  nursing assistant, companion or homemaker, or home health aide,
   18  or a deficiency in credentials which comes to the attention of
   19  the nurse registry, the nurse registry shall advise the patient
   20  to terminate the referred person’s contract, providing the
   21  reason for the suggested termination; cease referring the
   22  individual to other patients or facilities; and notify the
   23  licensing board if practice violations are involved.
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   25  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   26  And the title is amended as follows:
   27         Delete lines 5 - 16
   28  and insert:
   29         assistants, companions or homemakers, and home health
   30         aides are independent contractors and not employees of
   31         the nurse registries that referred them; specifying
   32         that a nurse registry is not responsible for
   33         monitoring, supervising, managing, or training a
   34         registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, certified
   35         nursing assistant, companion or homemaker, or home
   36         health aide referred by the nurse registry; requiring
   37         that certain records be kept in accordance with rules
   38         set by the Agency for Health Care Administration;
   39         providing that a nurse registry does not have an
   40         obligation to review and act upon such records except
   41         under certain circumstances; providing the duties of
   42         the nurse registry for a violation of certain laws by
   43         an individual referred by the nurse registry;