| 1 | Representative Murman offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove line(s) 280-292, and insert: |
| 5 | (4)(a) The moratorium on certificates of need does not |
| 6 | apply and a certificate of need for additional community nursing |
| 7 | home beds may be approved for a county that meets the following |
| 8 | circumstances: |
| 9 | 1. The county has no community nursing home beds; and |
| 10 | 2. The lack of community nursing home beds occurs because |
| 11 | all nursing home beds in the county that were licensed on July |
| 12 | 1, 2001, have subsequently closed. |
| 13 | (b) The certificate-of-need review for such circumstances |
| 14 | shall be subject to the comparative review process consistent |
| 15 | with the provisions of s. 408.039, Florida Statutes, and the |
| 16 | number of beds may not exceed the number of beds lost by the |
| 17 | county after July 1, 2001. |
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| 19 | This subsection shall be repealed upon the expiration of the |
| 20 | moratorium established in subsection (1). |
| 21 | (5) The moratorium on certificates of need does not apply |
| 22 | for the addition of nursing home beds licensed under chapter |
| 23 | 400, Florida Statutes, to a nursing home located in a county |
| 24 | having up to 50,000 residents, in a number not exceeding 10 |
| 25 | total beds or 10 percent of the number of beds licensed in the |
| 26 | facility being expanded, whichever is greater. In addition to |
| 27 | any other documentation required by the agency, a request |
| 28 | submitted under this subsection must: |
| 29 | (a) Certify that the facility has not had any class I or |
| 30 | class II deficiencies within the 30 months preceding the request |
| 31 | for addition. |
| 32 | (b) Certify that the prior 12-month average occupancy rate |
| 33 | for the nursing home beds at the facility meets or exceeds 96 |
| 34 | percent. |
| 35 | (c) For a facility that has been licensed for less than 24 |
| 36 | months, certify that the prior 6-month average occupancy rate |
| 37 | for the nursing home beds at the facility meets or exceeds 96 |
| 38 | percent and that the facility has not had any class I or class |
| 39 | II deficiencies since its initial licensure. |
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| 41 | This subsection shall be repealed upon the expiration of the |
| 42 | moratorium established in subsection (1). |
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| 44 | ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ============= |
| 45 | Remove line(s) 40-43, and insert: |
| 46 | moratorium on certificates of need and authorizing approval of |
| 47 | certificates of need for additional community nursing home beds |
| 48 | for certain counties; specifying nonapplication of the |
| 49 | moratorium for the addition of nursing home beds in certain |
| 50 | counties; providing requirements and limitations; providing for |
| 51 | repeal upon expiration of the moratorium; amending s. 651.118, |