The Florida Senate

CS/SB 1856: Protection of Vulnerable Persons

GENERAL BILL by Health, Aging and Long-Term Care ; Clary

Protection of Vulnerable Persons; provides employment screening requirements for hospice personnel; provides penalties; revises definition of "health care services pool"; provides background screening requirements for applicants for registration, managing employees, & financial officers of such entities, & certain others; requires such entities to obtain certificate of registration from AHCA; revises responsibilities re temporary employees, etc. Amends FS. APPROPRIATION: $60,000.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/29/2000	Senate	• Prefiled
  3/7/2000	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Health, Aging and Long-Term Care; Children and Families; Fiscal Policy -SJ 00113
  4/7/2000	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, 04/12/00, 10:00 am, 110-S --Not considered
  4/12/2000	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, 04/17/00, 3:30 pm, 110-S
  4/17/2000	Senate	• Comm. Action: CS by Health, Aging and Long-Term Care; YEAS 5 NAYS 1 -SJ 00485; CS read first time on 04/19/00 -SJ 00490
  4/19/2000	Senate	• Now in Children and Families -SJ 00485
  4/27/2000	Senate	• Withdrawn from Children and Families -SJ 00543; Now in Fiscal Policy
  5/5/2000	Senate	• Died in Committee on Fiscal Policy, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/SB 358 (Ch. 2000-349)

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• CS/SB 1856, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 8/25/2000 at 4:12 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Health, Aging and Long-Term Care (Post-Meeting) 4/18/2000 (pdf)

  Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 2259 (e2)	Protection of Vulnerable Persons	Argenziano	Similar	Last Action: 5/5/2000 S Died in Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/SB 358 (Ch. 2000-349) Location:
  S 358 (e1)		Children and Families	Compare	Last Action: 6/21/2000 Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2000-349; See also CS/SB 682 (Ch. 2000-265), CS/SB 2034 (Ch. 2000-367) Location:

  Citations - Statutes (101)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  20.43	Department of Health.
  39.202	Confidentiality of reports and records in cases of child abuse or neglect.
  110.1127	Employee security checks.
  112.0455	Drug-Free Workplace Act.
  119.07	Inspection, examination, and duplication of records; exemptions.
  232.50	Child abuse, abandonment, and neglect policy.
  242.335	Personnel screening; Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind.
  320.0848	Persons who have disabilities; issuance of disabled parking permits; temporary permits; permits for certain providers of transportation services to persons who have disabilities.
  381.0059	Background screening requirements for school health services personnel.
  381.60225	Background screening.
  383.305	Licensure; issuance, renewal, denial, suspension, revocation; fees; background screening.
  390.015	Application for license.
  393.067	Licensure of residential facilities and comprehensive transitional education programs.
  393.0674	Penalties.
  394.459	Rights of patients.
  394.875	Crisis stabilization units and residential treatment facilities; authorized services; license required; penalties.
  395.0055	Background screening.
  395.0199	Private utilization review.
  395.3025	Patient and personnel records; copies; examination.
  397.461	Unlawful activities relating to personnel; penalties.
  400.022	Residents' rights.
  400.071	Application for license.
  400.215	Personnel screening requirement.
  400.414	Denial, revocation, or suspension of license; imposition of administrative fine; grounds.
  400.4174	Background screening; exemptions; reports of abuse in facilities.
  400.426	Appropriateness of placements; examinations of residents.
  400.428	Resident bill of rights.
  400.462	Definitions.
  400.471	Application for license; fee; provisional license; temporary permit.
  400.495	Notice of toll-free telephone number for central abuse registry.
  400.506	Licensure of nurse registries; requirements; penalties.
  400.509	Registration of particular service providers exempt from licensure; certificate of registration; regulation of registrants.
  400.512	Screening of home health agency personnel; nurse registry personnel; and companions and homemakers.
  400.5572	Background screening.
  400.6065	Background screening.
  400.628	Residents' bill of rights.
  400.801	Homes for special services.
  400.805	Transitional living facilities.
  400.906	Initial application for license.
  400.931	Application for license; fee; provisional license; temporary permit.
  400.95	Notice of toll-free telephone number for central abuse registry.
  400.953	Background screening of home medical equipment provider personnel.
  400.955	Procedures for screening of home medical equipment provider personnel.
  400.962	License required; license application.
  400.964	Personnel screening requirement.
  400.980
  402.3025	Public and nonpublic schools.
  402.3125	Display and appearance of license; posting of violations; information to be provided to parents.
  402.313	Family day care homes.
  402.48	Health care services pools.
  409.175	Licensure of family foster homes, residential child-caring agencies, and child-placing agencies.
  409.912	Cost-effective purchasing of health care.
  415.102	Definitions of terms used in ss. 415.101-415.113.
  415.103	Central abuse registry and tracking system.
  415.1034	Mandatory reporting of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of disabled adults or elderly persons; mandatory reports of death.
  415.1035	Facility's duty to inform residents of their right to report abusive, neglectful, or exploitive practices.
  415.1036	Immunity.
  415.104	Protective services investigations of cases of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of aged persons or disabled adults; transmittal of records to state attorney.
  415.1045	Protective investigations; onsite investigations; photographs, videotapes, and medical examinations; abrogation of privileged communications; confidential records and documents; classification or closure of records.
  415.105	Provision of protective services with consent; withdrawal of consent.
  415.1051	Protective services interventions when capacity to consent is lacking; nonemergencies; emergencies; orders; limitations.
  415.1052	Interference with investigation or with the provision of protective services.
  415.1055	Notification to administrative entities, subjects, and reporters; notification to law enforcement and state attorneys.
  415.106	Cooperation by the department and criminal justice and other agencies.
  415.1065	Records management.
  415.107	Confidentiality of reports and records.
  415.1075	Administrative remedies; request for amendment or expunction; appeals; excusable neglect or fraud; requests for exemption.
  415.1085	Photographs, medical examinations, and X rays of abused or neglected aged persons or disabled adults.
  415.109	Abrogation of privileged communications in cases involving abuse, neglect, or exploitation of aged persons or disabled adults.
  415.1102	Adult protection teams; services; eligible cases.
  415.111	Criminal penalties.
  415.1111	Civil penalties.
  415.1113	Administrative fines for false report of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a disabled adult or an elderly person.
  415.113	Statutory construction; treatment by spiritual means.
  430.205	Community care service system.
  435.03	Level 1 screening standards.
  435.05	Requirements for covered employees.
  435.07	Exemptions from disqualification.
  435.08	Payment for processing of fingerprints, state criminal records checks, and abuse hotline checks.
  435.09	Confidentiality of personnel background check information.
  435.401
  435.402
  435.403
  435.405
  447.208	Procedure with respect to certain appeals under s. 447.207.
  447.401	Grievance procedures.
  455.712	Business establishments; requirements for active status licenses.
  464.018	Disciplinary actions.
  468.520	Definitions.
  468.826	Exemption from liability.
  468.828	Background screening information; rulemaking authority.
  483.101	Application for clinical laboratory license.
  483.30	Licensing of centers.
  509.032	Duties.
  744.309	Who may be appointed guardian of a resident ward.
  744.474	Reasons for removal of guardian.
  744.7081	Access to records by Statewide Public Guardianship Office; confidentiality.
  775.21	The Florida Sexual Predators Act; definitions; legislative findings, purpose, and intent; criteria; designation; registration; community and public notification; immunity; penalties.
  916.107	Rights of forensic clients.
  943.0585	Court-ordered expunction of criminal history records.
  985.05	Court records.

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• SB 1856, Original Filed Version Posted 8/25/2000 at 4:12 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Citations - Statutes (96)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  39.202	Confidentiality of reports and records in cases of child abuse or neglect.
  110.1127	Employee security checks.
  112.0455	Drug-Free Workplace Act.
  119.07	Inspection, examination, and duplication of records; exemptions.
  232.50	Child abuse, abandonment, and neglect policy.
  242.335	Personnel screening; Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind.
  320.0848	Persons who have disabilities; issuance of disabled parking permits; temporary permits; permits for certain providers of transportation services to persons who have disabilities.
  381.0059	Background screening requirements for school health services personnel.
  381.60225	Background screening.
  383.305	Licensure; issuance, renewal, denial, suspension, revocation; fees; background screening.
  390.015	Application for license.
  393.067	Licensure of residential facilities and comprehensive transitional education programs.
  393.0674	Penalties.
  394.459	Rights of patients.
  394.875	Crisis stabilization units and residential treatment facilities; authorized services; license required; penalties.
  395.0055	Background screening.
  395.0199	Private utilization review.
  395.3025	Patient and personnel records; copies; examination.
  397.461	Unlawful activities relating to personnel; penalties.
  400.022	Residents' rights.
  400.071	Application for license.
  400.215	Personnel screening requirement.
  400.414	Denial, revocation, or suspension of license; imposition of administrative fine; grounds.
  400.4174	Background screening; exemptions; reports of abuse in facilities.
  400.426	Appropriateness of placements; examinations of residents.
  400.428	Resident bill of rights.
  400.462	Definitions.
  400.471	Application for license; fee; provisional license; temporary permit.
  400.495	Notice of toll-free telephone number for central abuse registry.
  400.506	Licensure of nurse registries; requirements; penalties.
  400.509	Registration of particular service providers exempt from licensure; certificate of registration; regulation of registrants.
  400.512	Screening of home health agency personnel; nurse registry personnel; and companions and homemakers.
  400.5572	Background screening.
  400.6065	Background screening.
  400.628	Residents' bill of rights.
  400.801	Homes for special services.
  400.805	Transitional living facilities.
  400.906	Initial application for license.
  400.931	Application for license; fee; provisional license; temporary permit.
  400.95	Notice of toll-free telephone number for central abuse registry.
  400.953	Background screening of home medical equipment provider personnel.
  400.955	Procedures for screening of home medical equipment provider personnel.
  400.962	License required; license application.
  400.964	Personnel screening requirement.
  402.3025	Public and nonpublic schools.
  402.3125	Display and appearance of license; posting of violations; information to be provided to parents.
  402.313	Family day care homes.
  409.175	Licensure of family foster homes, residential child-caring agencies, and child-placing agencies.
  409.912	Cost-effective purchasing of health care.
  415.102	Definitions of terms used in ss. 415.101-415.113.
  415.103	Central abuse registry and tracking system.
  415.1034	Mandatory reporting of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of disabled adults or elderly persons; mandatory reports of death.
  415.1035	Facility's duty to inform residents of their right to report abusive, neglectful, or exploitive practices.
  415.1036	Immunity.
  415.104	Protective services investigations of cases of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of aged persons or disabled adults; transmittal of records to state attorney.
  415.1045	Protective investigations; onsite investigations; photographs, videotapes, and medical examinations; abrogation of privileged communications; confidential records and documents; classification or closure of records.
  415.105	Provision of protective services with consent; withdrawal of consent.
  415.1051	Protective services interventions when capacity to consent is lacking; nonemergencies; emergencies; orders; limitations.
  415.1052	Interference with investigation or with the provision of protective services.
  415.1055	Notification to administrative entities, subjects, and reporters; notification to law enforcement and state attorneys.
  415.106	Cooperation by the department and criminal justice and other agencies.
  415.1065	Records management.
  415.107	Confidentiality of reports and records.
  415.1075	Administrative remedies; request for amendment or expunction; appeals; excusable neglect or fraud; requests for exemption.
  415.1085	Photographs, medical examinations, and X rays of abused or neglected aged persons or disabled adults.
  415.109	Abrogation of privileged communications in cases involving abuse, neglect, or exploitation of aged persons or disabled adults.
  415.1102	Adult protection teams; services; eligible cases.
  415.111	Criminal penalties.
  415.1111	Civil penalties.
  415.1113	Administrative fines for false report of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a disabled adult or an elderly person.
  415.113	Statutory construction; treatment by spiritual means.
  430.205	Community care service system.
  435.03	Level 1 screening standards.
  435.05	Requirements for covered employees.
  435.07	Exemptions from disqualification.
  435.08	Payment for processing of fingerprints, state criminal records checks, and abuse hotline checks.
  435.09	Confidentiality of personnel background check information.
  435.401
  435.402
  435.403
  435.405
  447.208	Procedure with respect to certain appeals under s. 447.207.
  447.401	Grievance procedures.
  464.018	Disciplinary actions.
  468.826	Exemption from liability.
  468.828	Background screening information; rulemaking authority.
  483.101	Application for clinical laboratory license.
  483.30	Licensing of centers.
  509.032	Duties.
  744.309	Who may be appointed guardian of a resident ward.
  744.474	Reasons for removal of guardian.
  744.7081	Access to records by Statewide Public Guardianship Office; confidentiality.
  775.21	The Florida Sexual Predators Act; definitions; legislative findings, purpose, and intent; criteria; designation; registration; community and public notification; immunity; penalties.
  916.107	Rights of forensic clients.
  943.0585	Court-ordered expunction of criminal history records.
  985.05	Court records.

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