Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1544
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Albritton) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 73 and 74
    4  insert:
    5         Section 2. Subsection (15) is added to section 430.04,
    6  Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         430.04 Duties and responsibilities of the Department of
    8  Elderly Affairs.—The Department of Elderly Affairs shall:
    9         (15) Develop and adopt by rule a protocol for comprehensive
   10  assessment of long-term care supports and services needed by
   11  family and friend caregivers for elderly adults and disabled
   12  adults. If relevant, decisionmakers using state funds for long
   13  term care supports and services must use this protocol when
   14  making eligibility determinations and when determining which of
   15  those supports and services are appropriate for service
   16  recipients and their caregivers.
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   19  And the title is amended as follows:
   20         Between lines 13 and 14
   21  insert:
   22         amending s. 430.04, F.S.; requiring the department to
   23         develop and adopt by rule a protocol for comprehensive
   24         assessment of certain long-term care supports and
   25         services; requiring certain persons using state funds
   26         for long-term care supports and services to use the
   27         protocol for certain purposes;