Senate Bill sb0688

    Florida Senate - 2001                                   SB 688

    By the Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care





    317-595-01

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to health care; requiring the

  3         Agency for Health Care Administration to

  4         convene an interagency workgroup to study

  5         issues pertaining to certain background

  6         screening requirements for health care

  7         professionals and owners, operators, and

  8         employees of certain health care providers,

  9         services, and programs; providing for

10         composition of the workgroup; requiring a

11         report; repealing s. 71(1) of ch. 98-171, Laws

12         of Florida; abrogating the repeal of provisions

13         of law which require background screening of

14         applicants for licensure, certification, or

15         registration; providing an effective date.

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

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19         Section 1.  (1)  The Agency for Health Care

20  Administration shall convene an interagency workgroup to study

21  ways to establish the uniform requirements for background

22  screening of applicants for licensure, certification, or

23  registration of health care professionals and for owners,

24  operators, and employees of health care providers, services,

25  and programs that are regulated by the agency and subject to

26  background-screening requirements. The workgroup shall review

27  chapter 435, Florida Statutes, and propose revisions to the

28  list of criminal offenses, specify appropriate statutes of

29  limitation for offenses leading to disqualification, and

30  identify additional civil actions that should be considered as

31  disqualifying.

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                   SB 688
    317-595-01




  1         (2)  The interagency workgroup shall, at a minimum,

  2  include a representative of:

  3         (a)  The Office of Statewide Prosecution;

  4         (b)  The Attorney General;

  5         (c)  The Department of Children and Family Services;

  6  and

  7         (d)  The Department of Elderly Affairs.

  8         (3)  The workgroup shall complete its study and review

  9  by November 1, 2001, and shall submit a report of its findings

10  and recommendations to the Governor, the President of the

11  Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by

12  December 1, 2001, after which, the workgroup is abolished.

13         Section 2.  Subsection (1) of section 71 of chapter

14  98-171, Laws of Florida, is repealed.

15         Section 3.  This act shall take effect June 1, 2001.

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18                          SENATE SUMMARY

19    Requires the Agency for Health Care Administration to
      convene an interagency workgroup to study issues related
20    to background screening requirements for certain health
      care professionals and others. Provides membership
21    requirements and requires a report. Abrogates the repeal
      of provisions of law which require background screening
22    of applicants for licensure, certification, or
      registration.
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