Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
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11 The Committee on Health Care (Rich) recommended the following
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 1. Section 400.4071, Florida Statutes, is
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20 400.4071 Intergenerational respite care assisted
21 living facility pilot project.--
22 (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a
23 pilot program to:
24 (a) Facilitate the receipt of in-home, family based
25 care by minors and adults having disabilities and elderly
26 persons having special needs through respite care for up to 14
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28 (b) Prevent caregiver "burnout," in which the
29 caregiver's health declines and he or she is unable to
30 continue to provide care so that the only option for the
31 person having disabilities or special needs is to receive
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1 institutional care.
2 (c) Foster the development of intergenerational
3 respite care assisted living facilities to temporarily care
4 for minors and adults having disabilities and elderly persons
5 having special needs in the same facility and to give
6 caregivers the time they need for rejuvenation and healing.
7 (2) The Agency for Health Care Administration shall
8 establish a 5-year pilot program, from the date of
9 implementation, in which it shall license a pilot program to
10 provide an intergenerational respite care assisted living
11 facility that will provide temporary personal, respite, and
12 custodial care to minors and adults having disabilities and
13 elderly persons having special needs who do not require
14 24-hour nursing services. The intergenerational respite care
15 assisted living facility must:
16 (a) Meet all applicable requirements and standards
17 contained in this part, except that the term "resident" means
18 a person of any age temporarily residing in and receiving care
19 from such facility.
20 (b) Provide respite care services for minors and
21 adults having disabilities and elderly persons having special
22 needs for a period of at least 24 hours but no more than 14
23 consecutive days.
24 (c) Provide a facility or facilities in which minors
25 and adults reside in distinct and separate living units.
26 (d) Be a facility that has a maximum of 48 beds, is
27 located in Miami-Dade County, and is operated by a
28 not-for-profit entity.
29 (3) The agency may establish other policy provisions
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1 program.
2 (4) After 4 years, the agency shall report to the
3 Legislature on the effectiveness of the pilot program and
4 recommend whether the Legislature should make the program
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6 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.
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10 And the title is amended as follows:
11 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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14 A bill to be entitled
15 An act relating to respite care; creating s.
16 400.4071, F.S.; creating an intergenerational
17 respite care assisted living facility pilot
18 program; providing duties of the Agency for
19 Health Care Administration with respect to the
20 program; providing requirements and standards
21 for the program; providing for rules; requiring
22 a report to the Legislature; providing an
23 effective date.
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