Florida Senate - 2017                                    SB 1056
       
       
        
       By Senator Garcia
       
       
       
       
       
       36-00455A-17                                          20171056__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to home health care agency licenses;
    3         amending s. 400.471, F.S.; removing a prohibition
    4         against the issuance of an initial home health agency
    5         license to an applicant who shares common controlling
    6         interests with another licensed home health agency
    7         located within 10 miles of the applicant and in the
    8         same county; providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Subsection (7) of section 400.471, Florida
   13  Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         400.471 Application for license; fee.—
   15         (7) The agency may not issue an initial license to an
   16  applicant for a home health agency license if the applicant
   17  shares common controlling interests with another licensed home
   18  health agency that is located within 10 miles of the applicant
   19  and is in the same county. The agency must return the
   20  application and fees to the applicant.
   21         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.