Florida Senate - 2018                   (PROPOSED BILL) SPB 7030
       
       
        
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Rules
       
       
       
       
       
       595-02763B-18                                         20187030pb
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to ratification of Agency for Health
    3         Care Administration rules; ratifying a specified rule
    4         relating to emergency environmental control for
    5         nursing homes for the sole and exclusive purpose of
    6         satisfying any condition on effectiveness pursuant to
    7         s. 120.541(3), F.S., which requires ratification of
    8         any rule exceeding the specified thresholds for likely
    9         adverse impact on or increase in regulatory costs;
   10         providing applicability; providing an effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. (1) The following rule is ratified for the sole
   15  and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on
   16  effectiveness imposed under s. 120.541(3), Florida Statutes:
   17  Rule 59A-4.1265, Florida Administrative Code, entitled
   18  “Emergency Environmental Control for Nursing Homes,” as filed
   19  for adoption with the Department of State pursuant to the
   20  certification package dated February 2, 2018.
   21         (2) This act serves no other purpose and may not be
   22  codified in the Florida Statutes. After this act becomes law,
   23  its enactment and effective date shall be noted in the Florida
   24  Administrative Code, the Florida Administrative Register, or
   25  both, as appropriate. This act does not alter rulemaking
   26  authority delegated by prior law, does not constitute
   27  legislative preemption of or exception to any provision of law
   28  governing adoption or enforcement of the cited rule, and is
   29  intended to preserve the status of the cited rule as a rule
   30  under chapter 120, Florida Statutes. This act does not cure any
   31  rulemaking defect or preempt any challenge based on a lack of
   32  authority or a violation of the legal requirements governing the
   33  adoption of the cited rule.
   34         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.