Senate Bill sb2254

    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 2254

    By Senator Brown-Waite





    10-1676-02

  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, Florida Homes for the Aging, the Florida Council

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    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 2254
    10-1676-02




  1  for Behavioral Health Care, the National Alliance for the

  2  Mentally Ill, and the Advocacy Center for Persons with

  3  Disabilities. The workgroup shall be staffed by

  4  representatives from the Department of Children and Family

  5  Services and the Agency for Health Care Administration. Each

  6  member of the workgroup shall serve at his or her own expense.

  7  The workgroup shall prepare recommendations no later than

  8  January 1, 2003, and provide a copy to the Governor, the

  9  President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of

10  Representatives.

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

12  law.

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15                          SENATE SUMMARY

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