Senate Bill sb3064

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 3064

    By Senator Posey





    24-598-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to nursing homes and assisted

  3         living facilities; creating ss. 400.1425 and

  4         400.4425, F.S.; encouraging each nursing home

  5         facility and each assisted living facility 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 Children and Family Services

12         to adopt rules; requiring the department to

13         arrange for the purchase of the defibrillators;

14         requiring certain entities to reimburse the

15         department for purchased defibrillators under

16         certain circumstances; providing criteria for

17         distribution of the defibrillators; providing

18         an appropriation; providing effective an date.

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

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22         Section 1.  Section 400.1425, Florida Statutes, is

23  created to read:

24         400.1425  Functioning automated external

25  defibrillator.--

26         (1)(a)  Effective July 1, 2005, each nursing home

27  facility is encouraged to have on the premises at all times a

28  functioning automated external defibrillator.

29         (b)  A nursing home facility that provides automated

30  external defibrillators shall ensure that personnel are

31  properly trained in accordance with s. 401.2915.

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 1         (c)  The location of each automated defibrillator shall

 2  be registered with the appropriate county office by the

 3  nursing home facility under s. 401.2915.

 4         (d)  The use of automated external defibrillators by

 5  employees and volunteers shall be covered under the provisions

 6  of ss. 768.13 and 768.1325. 

 7         (2)  The department may adopt rules to administer this

 8  section.

 9         Section 2.  Section 400.4425, Florida Statutes, is

10  created to read:

11         400.4425  Functioning automated external

12  defibrillator.--

13         (1)(a)  Effective July 1, 2005, each assisted living

14  facility is encouraged to have on the premises at all times a

15  functioning automated external defibrillator.

16         (b)  An assisted living facility that provides

17  automated external defibrillators shall ensure that personnel

18  are properly trained in accordance with s. 401.2915.

19         (c)  The location of each automated defibrillator shall

20  be registered with the appropriate county office by the

21  assisted living facility under s. 401.2915.

22         (d)  The use of automated external defibrillators by

23  employees and volunteers shall be covered under the provisions

24  of ss. 768.13 and 768.1325.

25         (2)  The department may adopt rules to administer this

26  section.

27         Section 3.  The sum of $270,000 is appropriated to the

28  Department of Children and Family Services for the purpose of

29  implementing this act. The department shall arrange for the

30  purchase of as many automated external defibrillators as may

31  be purchased with available funds. Nursing home facilities and

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 1  assisted living facilities shall reimburse the department for

 2  50 percent of the cost of the automated external defibrillator

 3  provided to their facility. The nursing home facilities and

 4  assisted living facilities located in rural communities, as

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

 6  Statutes, may not be required to reimburse the department for

 7  the costs of the equipment. The department shall authorize

 8  issuance of the equipment to nursing home facilities and

 9  assisted living facilities in the order in which they request

10  one and shall provide authorization for only one to each

11  nursing home facility or assisted living facility under this

12  section.

13         Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

14  law.

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17                          SENATE SUMMARY

18    Encourages each nursing home facility and each assisted
      living facility to have a functioning automated external
19    defibrillator. Requires training, maintenance, and
      location registration. Provides immunity from liability
20    under the Good Samaritan Act and the Cardiac Arrest
      Survival Act. Requires the Department of Children and
21    Family Services to arrange for the purchase of the
      defibrillators. Requires certain entities to reimburse
22    the department for purchased defibrillators under certain
      circumstances. Provides criteria for distribution of the
23    defibrillators.

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