Senate Bill sb1748

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1748

    By Senator Jones





    13-1424-04                                          See HB 647

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to multiservice senior centers;

  3         amending s. 430.203, F.S.; amending a

  4         definition; amending s. 403.206, F.S.;

  5         encouraging each multiservice senior center to

  6         have a functioning automated external

  7         defibrillator; requiring training, maintenance,

  8         and location registration; providing immunity

  9         from liability under the Good Samaritan Act and

10         the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act; authorizing

11         the Department of Eldery Affairs to adopt

12         rules; requiring the department to arrange for

13         purchase of such defibrillators; requiring

14         certain entities to reimburse the department

15         for purchased defibrillators under certain

16         circumstances; providing criteria for

17         distribution of such defibrillators; providing

18         an appropriation; providing effective dates.

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

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22         Section 1.  Subsection (10) of section 430.203, Florida

23  Statutes, is amended to read:

24         430.203  Community care for the elderly;

25  definitions.--As used in ss. 430.201-430.207, the term:

26         (10)  "Multiservice senior center" means a community

27  facility for the organization and provision of a broad

28  spectrum of that serves as the focal point for housing and

29  delivering services, which shall include provision of health,

30  including mental health, social, nutritional, and education

31  services, and the provision of facilities for recreational

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1748
    13-1424-04                                          See HB 647




 1  activities for to persons 60 years of age or older. A

 2  multiservice senior center may also be a facility as

 3  designated by the department in its master plan prepared

 4  pursuant to s. 430.04(3).

 5         Section 2.  Subsection (3) is added to section 430.206,

 6  Florida Statutes, to read:

 7         430.206  Multiservice senior center.--

 8         (3)(a)  Effective July 1, 2005, each multiservice

 9  senior center is encouraged to have on the premises at all

10  times a functioning automated external defibrillator.

11         (b)  Multiservice senior centers that provide automated

12  external defibrillators shall ensure that personnel are

13  properly trained in accordance with s. 401.2915.

14         (c)  The location of each automated defibrillator shall

15  be registered with the appropriate county office by the

16  multiservice senior center pursuant to s. 401.2915.

17         (d)  The use of automated external defibrillators by

18  employees and volunteers shall be covered under the provisions

19  of ss. 768.13 and 768.1325.

20         (e)  The department may adopt rules to implement the

21  provisions of this section.

22         Section 3.  There is hereby appropriated to the

23  Department of Elderly Affairs a sum of $270,000 to implement

24  the provisions of this act. The department shall arrange for

25  the purchase of as many automated external defibrillators as

26  may be purchased with available funds. Senior centers shall

27  reimburse the department for 50 percent of the cost of the

28  automated external defibrillator provided to their facility.

29  Multiservice senior centers located in rural communities, as

30  defined in sections 288.0656(2)(b) and 288.06561, Florida

31  Statutes, shall not be required to reimburse the department

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1748
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 1  for the costs of such equipment. The department shall

 2  authorize issuance of the equipment to senior centers in the

 3  order in which they request one and shall provide

 4  authorization for only one to each multiservice center

 5  pursuant to this section.

 6         Section 4.  Except as otherwise provided herein, this

 7  act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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