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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.

Effective Date: 09/01/2000 except as otherwise provided
 Last Action: 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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  • 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    4/27/2000 Senate • Withdrawn from Children and Families -SJ 00543; Now in Fiscal Policy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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