HB 0647 2004
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to multiservice senior centers; amending
3	s. 430.203, F.S.; amending a definition; amending s.
4	403.206, F.S.; encouraging each multiservice senior center
5	to have a functioning automated external defibrillator;
6	requiring training, maintenance, and location
7	registration; providing immunity from liability under the
8	Good Samaritan Act and the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act;
9	authorizing the Department of Eldery Affairs to adopt
10	rules; requiring the department to arrange for purchase of
11	such defibrillators; requiring certain entities to
12	reimburse the department for purchased defibrillators
13	under certain circumstances; providing criteria for
14	distribution of such defibrillators; providing an
15	appropriation; providing effective dates.
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17	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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19	Section 1. Subsection (10) of section 430.203, Florida
20	Statutes, is amended to read:
21	430.203 Community care for the elderly; definitions.--As
22	used in ss. 430.201-430.207, the term:
23	(10) "Multiservice senior center" means a community
24	facility for the organization and provision of a broad spectrum
25	of that serves as the focal point for housing and delivering
26	services, which shall include provision of health, including
27	mental health, social, nutritional, and education services, and
28	the provision of facilities for recreational activities for to
29	persons 60 years of age or older. A multiservice senior center
30	may also be a facility as designated by the department in its
31	master plan prepared pursuant to s. 430.04(3).
32	Section 2. Subsection (3) is added to section 430.206,
33	Florida Statutes, to read:
34	430.206 Multiservice senior center.--
35	(3)(a) Effective July 1, 2005, each multiservice senior
36	center is encouraged to have on the premises at all times a
37	functioning automated external defibrillator.
38	(b) Multiservice senior centers that provide automated
39	external defibrillators shall ensure that personnel are properly
40	trained in accordance with s. 401.2915.
41	(c) The location of each automated defibrillator shall be
42	registered with the appropriate county office by the
43	multiservice senior center pursuant to s. 401.2915.
44	(d) The use of automated external defibrillators by
45	employees and volunteers shall be covered under the provisions
46	of ss. 768.13 and 768.1325.
47	(e) The department may adopt rules to implement the
48	provisions of this section.
49	Section 3. There is hereby appropriated to the Department
50	of Elderly Affairs a sum of $270,000 to implement the provisions
51	of this act. The department shall arrange for the purchase of as
52	many automated external defibrillators as may be purchased with
53	available funds. Senior centers shall reimburse the department
54	for 50 percent of the cost of the automated external
55	defibrillator provided to their facility. Multiservice senior
56	centers located in rural communities, as defined in ss.
57	288.0656(2)(b) and 288.06561, Florida Statutes, shall not be
58	required to reimburse the department for the costs of such
59	equipment. The department shall authorize issuance of the
60	equipment to senior centers in the order in which they request
61	one and shall provide authorization for only one to each
62	multiservice center pursuant to this section.
63	Section 4. Except as otherwise provided herein, this act
64	shall take effect upon becoming a law.