House Bill hb1659

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1659

        By Representative Justice






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to supportive housing;

  3         directing the Secretary of Children and Family

  4         Services and the Secretary of Health Care

  5         Administration to establish a workgroup to

  6         review issues related to, and to improve,

  7         consumer protection in state-funded supportive

  8         housing; providing for membership and staff of

  9         the workgroup; requiring legislative

10         recommendations; requiring a report; providing

11         an effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  The Secretary of Children and Family

16  Services and the Secretary of Health Care Administration shall

17  establish a workgroup for the purposes of reviewing issues

18  associated with consumer protection in state-funded supportive

19  housing and developing legislative recommendations to improve

20  consumer protection for consumers of state-funded mental

21  health services who reside in state-funded supportive housing

22  living arrangements. The workgroup objectives are limited to

23  the development of a licensure requirement, annual surveys to

24  determine appropriateness of placement, and the imposition of

25  a consumer bill of rights tied to a civil liability statute.

26  The Secretary of Children and Family Services and the

27  Secretary of Health Care Administration shall each appoint an

28  equal number of representatives from their respective

29  departments and an equal number of representatives from the

30  Florida Health Care Association, the Florida Assisted Living

31  Affiliation, the Florida Association of Homes for the Aging,

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1659

    773-113-02






  1  the Florida Council for Behavioral Healthcare, Inc., the

  2  National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, and the Advocacy

  3  Center for Persons with Disabilities, Inc. The workgroup shall

  4  be staffed by representatives from the Department of Children

  5  and Family Services and the Agency for Health Care

  6  Administration. Each member of the workgroup shall serve at

  7  his or her own expense. The workgroup shall prepare

  8  recommendations no later than January 1, 2003, and provide a

  9  copy to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the

10  Speaker of the House of Representatives.

11         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

12  law.

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15                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

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      Directs the Secretary of Children and Family Services and
17    the Secretary of Health Care Administration to establish
      a workgroup to review issues associated with consumer
18    protection in state-funded supportive housing and develop
      recommendations to improve consumer protection for
19    consumers of mental health services who reside in such
      housing. Legislative recommendations must be reported to
20    the Governor and Legislature by January 1, 2003.

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