Senate Bill sb0642

    Florida Senate - 2003                                   SB 642

    By Senator Fasano





    11-383-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to community care for the

  3         elderly; amending s. 430.205, F.S.; providing

  4         guidelines for prioritizing services; providing

  5         an effective date.

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

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  9         Section 1.  Subsection (5) of section 430.205, Florida

10  Statutes, is amended to read:

11         430.205  Community care service system.--

12         (5)  Any person who has been classified as a

13  functionally impaired elderly person is eligible to receive

14  community-care-for-the-elderly core services. Those elderly

15  persons who are determined by protective investigations to be

16  vulnerable adults in need of services, pursuant to s.

17  415.104(3)(b), or to be victims of abuse, neglect, or

18  exploitation who are in need of immediate services to prevent

19  further harm and are referred by the adult protective services

20  program, shall be given primary consideration for receiving

21  community-care-for-the-elderly services. As used in this

22  subsection, "primary consideration" means that an assessment

23  and services must commence within 72 hours after referral to

24  the department or as established in accordance with department

25  contracts by local protocols developed between department

26  service providers and the adult protective services program.

27  Another factor that must be considered in prioritizing these

28  services is the potential recipient's ability to pay. Those

29  who are less able must receive higher priority than those who

30  are better able to pay.

31         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                   SB 642
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 3    Provides that a factor in prioritizing services under the
      "Community Care for the Elderly Act" must be the
 4    potential recipient's ability to pay, and higher priority
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