Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1830
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Health Policy (Jones) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Present subsections (16) through (28) of section
    6  429.02, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (17)
    7  through (29), respectively, a new subsection (16) is added to
    8  that section, and subsection (12) is amended, to read:
    9         429.02 Definitions.—When used in this part, the term:
   10         (12) “Extended congregate care” means acts beyond those
   11  authorized in subsection (19) (18) which may be performed
   12  pursuant to part I of chapter 464 by persons licensed thereunder
   13  while carrying out their professional duties, and other
   14  supportive services that may be specified by rule. The purpose
   15  of such services is to enable residents to age in place in a
   16  residential environment despite mental or physical limitations
   17  that might otherwise disqualify them from residency in a
   18  facility licensed under this part.
   19         (16) “Medication technician” means an unlicensed staff
   20  member who has completed 6 hours of training. A medication
   21  technician may provide assistance with a resident’s self
   22  administration of medications and with his or her use of point
   23  of-care devices.
   24         Section 2. Subsection (6) of section 429.52, Florida
   25  Statutes, is amended to read:
   26         429.52 Staff training and educational requirements.—
   27         (6) Medication technicians shall Staff assisting with the
   28  self-administration of medications under s. 429.256 must
   29  complete a minimum of 6 additional hours of training provided by
   30  a registered nurse or a licensed pharmacist before providing
   31  assistance. Two hours of continuing education are required
   32  annually thereafter. The agency shall establish by rule the
   33  minimum requirements of medication technician this training,
   34  which must address infection control, safe handling and use of
   35  point-of-care devices, communicating with case managers and
   36  health care providers, standard of care protocols for the
   37  provision of care in a licensed assisted living facility,
   38  identification of nursing standards, and methods of assisting
   39  residents with the self-administration of medications.
   40         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.
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   43  And the title is amended as follows:
   44         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   45  and insert:
   46                        A bill to be entitled                      
   47         An act relating to medication technicians; amending s.
   48         429.02, F.S.; defining the term “medication
   49         technician”; amending s. 429.52, F.S.; providing
   50         minimum requirements and specifications for training
   51         of medication technicians; providing an effective
   52         date.