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| 1 | A bill to be entitled | ||
| 2 | An act relating to community care for the elderly; | ||
| 3 | amending s. 430.205, F.S.; providing guidelines for | ||
| 4 | prioritizing services; providing an effective date. | ||
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| 6 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | ||
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| 8 | Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 430.205, Florida | ||
| 9 | Statutes, is amended to read: | ||
| 10 | 430.205 Community care service system.-- | ||
| 11 | (5) Any person who has been classified as a functionally | ||
| 12 | impaired elderly person is eligible to receive community-care- | ||
| 13 | for-the-elderly core services. Those elderly persons who are | ||
| 14 | determined by protective investigations to be vulnerable adults | ||
| 15 | in need of services, pursuant to s. 415.104(3)(b), or to be | ||
| 16 | victims of abuse, neglect, or exploitation who are in need of | ||
| 17 | immediate services to prevent further harm and are referred by | ||
| 18 | the adult protective services program, shall be given primary | ||
| 19 | consideration for receiving community-care-for-the-elderly | ||
| 20 | services. As used in this subsection, "primary consideration" | ||
| 21 | means that an assessment and services must commence within 72 | ||
| 22 | hours after referral to the department or as established in | ||
| 23 | accordance with department contracts by local protocols | ||
| 24 | developed between department service providers and the adult | ||
| 25 | protective services program. Another factor that must be | ||
| 26 | considered in prioritizing these services is the potential | ||
| 27 | recipient's ability to pay. Those who are less able must receive | ||
| 28 | higher priority than those who are better able to pay. | ||
| 29 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003. | ||