The Florida Senate

HB 553: Health Care Entities/Regulation

GENERAL BILL by Gibson

Health Care Entities/Regulation; revises administrative & enforcement powers, duties, & authority of AHCA; provides for licensure of nurse registries & personal care organizations; includes physician assistants & advanced nurse practitioners under home health agreement provisions; increases time home health agency is required to keep patient records following termination of services; provides licensure requirements for personal care organizations, etc. Amends Ch. 400, 381.0303.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  1/21/2004	House	• Prefiled
  2/19/2004	House	• Referred to The Future of Florida's Families; Health Care; Finance & Tax; Health Appropriations (AP); Appropriations
  3/2/2004	House	• Introduced, referred to The Future of Florida's Families; Health Care; Finance & Tax; Health Appropriations (AP); Appropriations -HJ 00050
  3/22/2004	House	• On Committee agenda-- The Future of Florida's Families, 03/24/04, 10:15 am, Reed Hall --Temporarily deferred
  4/30/2004	House	• Died in Committee on The Future of Florida's Families

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• HB 553, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/21/2004 at 1:54 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	The Future of Florida's Families (Post-Meeting) (pdf)

  Related Bills (6)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  S 664 (c1)	Health Care	Saunders	Similar	Last Action: 4/30/2004 S Died in Committee on Criminal Justice Location:
  H 653 (e1)	Nursing	Zapata	Compare	Last Action: 4/30/2004 S Died in Committee on Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 1604 (Ch. 2004-230) Location:
  H 1481		Ambler	Compare	Last Action: 4/30/2004 H Died in Committee on State Administration Location:
  S 1454 (c1)	Health Care	Bennett	Compare	Last Action: 4/30/2004 S Died in Committee on Rules and Calendar, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 1604 (Ch. 2004-230) Location:
  S 1680 (e2)	Health Care Licensing Procedures Act	Saunders	Compare	Last Action: 4/30/2004 H Died in Messages, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to HB 329 (Ch. 2004-383), CS/SB 1062 (Ch. 2004-298), CS/SB 2448 (Ch. 2004-350) Location:
  S 2170 (e2)	Human Health	Peaden	Compare	Last Action: 4/30/2004 H Died on Calendar, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to HB 329 (Ch. 2004-383), CS/SB 476 (Ch. 2004-299), CS/SB 490 (Ch. 2004-300), CS/SB 626 (Ch. 2004-303), CS/SB 1062 (Ch. 2004-298), CS/CS/SB 1294 (Ch. 2004-25), CS/CS/CS/CS/SB 1372 (Ch. 2004-387), CS/CS/SB 1604 (Ch. 2004-230), CS/SB 2448 (Ch. 2004-350) Location:

  Citations - Statutes (15)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  381.0303	Health practitioner recruitment for special needs shelters.
  400.461	Short title; purpose.
  400.462	Definitions.
  400.464	Home health agencies to be licensed; expiration of license; exemptions; unlawful acts; penalties.
  400.471	Application for license; fee; provisional license; temporary permit.
  400.487	Home health service agreements; physician's treatment orders; patient assessment; establishment and review of plan of care; provision of services; orders not to resuscitate.
  400.491	Clinical records.
  400.494	Information about patients confidential.
  400.495	Notice of toll-free telephone number for central abuse hotline.
  400.497	Rules establishing minimum standards.
  400.506	Licensure of nurse registries; requirements; penalties.
  400.509	Registration of particular service providers exempt from licensure; certificate of registration; regulation of registrants.
  400.5095
  400.512	Screening of home health agency personnel; nurse registry personnel; and companions and homemakers.
  400.515	Injunction proceedings.

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