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House Bill 0705c1




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997              CS/HB 705

        By the Committee on Elder Affairs & Long Term Care and
    Representative Roberts-Burke





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to adult family-care homes;

  3         amending s. 400.6211, F.S.; requiring the

  4         Department of Elderly Affairs to inform

  5         providers of financial assistance that may be

  6         available to certain residents; directing the

  7         department to study the concept of "aging in

  8         place" and how to apply it to adult family-care

  9         homes; providing an effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Subsections (3) and (4) of section

14  400.6211, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (4)

15  and (5), respectively, and a new subsection (3) is added to

16  said section to read:

17         400.6211  Training and education programs.--

18         (3)  The department, in consultation with the

19  Department of Children and Family Services, shall provide

20  adult family-care home providers with an explanation of

21  financial assistance and other benefits, including food

22  stamps, which may be available to a recipient of supplemental

23  security income (SSI) who resides in an adult family-care

24  home.

25         Section 2.  The Department of Elderly Affairs, in

26  consultation with the Agency for Health Care Administration

27  and operators of adult family-care homes, shall study how to

28  apply the concept of "aging in place" to adult family-care

29  homes licensed pursuant to part VII of chapter 400, Florida

30  Statutes, and the feasibility of creating a new licensure

31  category within the adult family-care home program comparable

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997              CS/HB 705

    173-940-97






  1  to the extended congregate care program under the licensure of

  2  assisted living facilities in part III of chapter 400, Florida

  3  Statutes.  The department shall recommend to the Legislature

  4  any law, rule, or policy changes which would be necessary to

  5  allow a person living in an adult family-care home to remain

  6  there even as the person's health declines and frailty

  7  increases.  The department shall make recommendations as to

  8  how an adult family-care home can provide the level of care

  9  authorized in an assisted living facility licensed as an

10  extended congregate care facility pursuant to part III of

11  chapter 400, Florida Statutes.  The department shall consult

12  with the committees of the House of Representatives and the

13  Senate which have jurisdiction in this area.  The department

14  shall prepare recommendations concerning the levels of frailty

15  or impairment which are appropriate for this care setting.

16  Further, the department may recommend legislative action that

17  may be necessary.

18         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

19  law.

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