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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to trust funds; creating the
3 Quality of Long-Term Care Facility Improvement
4 Trust Fund within the Agency for Health Care
5 Administration; providing for sources of funds
6 and purposes; providing for annual carryforward
7 of funds; providing for future review and
8 termination or re-creation of the trust fund;
9 providing a contingent 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. Quality of Long-Term Care Facility
14 Improvement Trust Fund.--
15 (1) There is created within the Agency for Health Care
16 Administration a Quality of Long-Term Care Facility
17 Improvement Trust Fund to support activities and programs
18 directly related to improvement of the care of nursing home
19 and assisted living facility residents. The trust fund shall
20 be funded through proceeds generated pursuant to ss. 400.0238
21 and 400.4298, Florida Statutes, through funds specifically
22 appropriated by the Legislature, and through gifts,
23 endowments, and other charitable contributions allowed under
24 federal and state law.
25 (2) Expenditures from the trust fund shall be
26 allowable for direct support of the following:
27 (a) Development and operation of a mentoring program,
28 in consultation with the Department of Health and the
29 Department of Elderly Affairs, for increasing the competence,
30 professionalism, and career preparation of long-term care
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1 facility direct care staff, including nurses, nursing
2 assistants, and social service and dietary personnel.
3 (b) Development and implementation of specialized
4 training programs for long-term care facility personnel who
5 provide direct care for residents with Alzheimer's Disease and
6 other dementias, residents at risk of developing pressure
7 sores, and residents with special nutrition and hydration
8 needs.
9 (c) Provision of economic and other incentives to
10 enhance the stability and career development of the nursing
11 home direct care workforce, including paid sabbaticals for
12 exemplary direct care career staff to visit facilities
13 throughout the state to train and motivate younger workers to
14 commit to careers in long-term care.
15 (d) Promotion and support for the formation and active
16 involvement of resident and family councils in the improvement
17 of nursing home care.
18 (3) The agency shall carry out through the trust fund
19 the priorities and directives specified in legislative
20 appropriations.
21 (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.301,
22 Florida Statutes, and pursuant to s. 216.351, Florida
23 Statutes, any balance in the trust fund at the end of any
24 fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund at the end of the
25 year and shall be available for carrying out the purposes of
26 the trust fund.
27 (5) In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the
28 State Constitution, the Quality of Long-Term Care Facility
29 Improvement Trust Fund shall, unless terminated sooner, be
30 terminated on July 1, 2005. Before its scheduled termination,
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1 the trust fund shall be reviewed as provided in s. 215.3206(1)
2 and (2), Florida Statutes.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2001, if
4 SB 1202 or similar legislation is adopted in the same
5 legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes law.
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