Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SPB 7056
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  01/26/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Policy (Bean) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 106 - 115
    4  and insert:
    5         1. Pursuant to s. 430.2053, Aging Resource Center personnel
    6  certified by the Department of Elderly Affairs shall perform the
    7  screening for each individual requesting enrollment for home and
    8  community-based services through the long-term care managed care
    9  program.
   10         2. The individual requesting the long-term care services,
   11  or the individual's authorized representative, must participate
   12  in an initial screening or rescreening for placement on the wait
   13  list. The screening or rescreening must be completed in its
   14  entirety before placement on the wait list.
   15         3. Pursuant to s. 430.2053, Aging Resource Center personnel
   16  shall administer rescreening annually or upon notification of
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   18  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   19  And the title is amended as follows:
   20         Delete line 13
   21  and insert:
   22  rescreening by Aging Resource Center personnel of individuals
   23  requesting long-term care