Senate Bill 2314

    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2314

    By Senator Campbell





    33-688-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to assisted living facilities;

  3         amending s. 400.411, F.S.; requiring an

  4         applicant for initial licensure to document

  5         capacity to maintain specified summertime

  6         temperatures in the facility; requiring current

  7         licensees to comply with those standards within

  8         a specified period; providing an effective

  9         date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Present subsections (11), (12), and (13) of

14  section 400.411, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, are

15  renumbered as subsections (12), (13), and (14), respectively,

16  and a new subsection (11) is added to that section, to read:

17         400.411  Initial application for license; provisional

18  license.--

19         (11)  The applicant must furnish documentation that the

20  facility is equipped with a functioning air conditioning

21  system capable of maintaining indoor temperatures at anywhere

22  between 65 and 75 degrees Fahrenheit during the summer period.

23         Section 2.  An assisted living facility licensed before

24  July 1, 1999, must comply with section 400.411(11), Florida

25  Statutes, within 6 months after that date and, before

26  compliance, must do whatever is necessary to maintain the

27  indoor temperature of the facility at between 65 and 75

28  degrees Fahrenheit during the summer period.

29         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2314
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  3    Requires assisted living facilities to document their
      ability to maintain indoor temperatures between 65 and 75
  4    degrees Fahrenheit in the summer. New facilities must
      make the documentation as part of the application
  5    process; extant facilities must do so within 6 months.

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