Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2616
                        Barcode 164460
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11  The Committee on Domestic Security (Wise) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         Delete everything after the enacting clause
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17  and insert:  
18         Section 1.  Section 252.355, Florida Statutes, is
19  amended to read:
20         252.355  Registry of persons with special needs;
21  notice.--
22         (1)  In order to meet the special needs of persons who
23  would need assistance during evacuations and sheltering
24  because of physical, mental, or sensory disabilities, each
25  local emergency management agency in the state shall maintain
26  a registry of persons with special needs located within the
27  jurisdiction of the local agency. The registration shall
28  identify those persons in need of assistance and plan for
29  resource allocation to meet those identified needs. To assist
30  the local emergency management agency in identifying such
31  persons, the Department of Children and Family Services,
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2616 Barcode 164460 1 Department of Health, Agency for Health Care Administration, 2 Department of Labor and Employment Security, and Department of 3 Elderly Affairs shall provide registration information to all 4 of their special needs clients and to all incoming clients as 5 a part of the intake process. The registry shall be updated 6 annually. The registration program shall give persons with 7 special needs the option of preauthorizing emergency response 8 personnel to enter their homes during search and rescue 9 operations if necessary to assure their safety and welfare 10 following disasters. 11 (2) The Department of Community Affairs shall be the 12 designated lead agency responsible for community education and 13 outreach to the general public, including special needs 14 clients, regarding registration and special needs shelters and 15 general information regarding shelter stays. The Department of 16 Community Affairs shall disseminate such educational and 17 outreach information through the local emergency management 18 offices. 19 (3)(2) On or before May 1 of each year each electric 20 utility in the state shall annually notify residential 21 customers in its service area of the availability of the 22 registration program available through their local emergency 23 management agency. 24 (4)(3) All records, data, information, correspondence, 25 and communications relating to the registration of persons 26 with special needs as provided in subsection (1) are 27 confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1), 28 except that such information shall be available to other 29 emergency response agencies, as determined by the local 30 emergency management director. 31 (5)(4) All appropriate agencies and community-based 2 7:36 AM 04/06/05 s2616d-ds05-tds
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2616 Barcode 164460 1 service providers, including home health care providers, and 2 hospices shall assist emergency management agencies by 3 collecting registration information for persons with special 4 needs as part of program intake processes, establishing 5 programs to increase the awareness of the registration 6 process, and educating clients about the procedures that may 7 be necessary for their safety during disasters. Clients of 8 state or federally funded service programs with physical, 9 mental, or sensory disabilities who need assistance in 10 evacuating, or when in shelters, must register as persons with 11 special needs. 12 Section 2. Section 381.0303, Florida Statutes, is 13 amended to read: 14 381.0303 Health practitioner recruitment for special 15 needs shelters.-- 16 (1) PURPOSE.--The purpose of this section is to 17 designate the Department of Health, through its county health 18 departments, as the lead agency for coordination of the 19 recruitment of health care practitioners, as defined in s. 20 456.001(4), to staff special needs shelters in times of 21 emergency or disaster and to provide resources to the 22 department to carry out this responsibility. However, nothing 23 in this section prohibits a county health department from 24 entering into an agreement with a local emergency management 25 agency to assume the lead responsibility for recruiting health 26 care practitioners. 27 (2) SPECIAL NEEDS SHELTER PLAN AND STAFFING.--Provided 28 funds have been appropriated to support medical services 29 disaster coordinator positions in county health departments, 30 The department shall assume lead responsibility for the local 31 coordination of local medical and health care providers, the 3 7:36 AM 04/06/05 s2616d-ds05-tds
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2616 Barcode 164460 1 American Red Cross, and other interested parties in developing 2 a plan for the staffing and medical management of special 3 needs shelters. The local Children's Medical Services offices 4 shall assume lead responsibility for the local coordination of 5 local medical and health care providers, the American Red 6 Cross, and other interested parties in developing a plan for 7 the staffing and medical management of pediatric special needs 8 shelters. Plans The plan shall be in conformance with the 9 local comprehensive emergency management plan. 10 (a) County health departments shall, in conjunction 11 with the local emergency management agencies, have the lead 12 responsibility for coordination of the recruitment of health 13 care practitioners to staff local special needs shelters. 14 County health departments shall assign their employees to work 15 in special needs shelters when needed to protect the health of 16 patients. County governments shall assist in this process. 17 (b) The appropriate county health department, 18 Children's Medical Services, and local emergency management 19 agency shall jointly determine who has responsibility for 20 medical supervision in a special needs shelter. 21 (c) The Department of Elderly Affairs shall be the 22 lead agency responsible for ensuring the placement of special 23 needs residents rendered homeless due to a disaster event and 24 for appropriate and necessary discharge planning for special 25 needs shelter residents. Other elder service agencies and 26 organizations shall assist Department of Elderly Affairs in 27 this effort. 28 (d)1. The Agency for Persons with Disabilities shall 29 be the lead agency responsible for ensuring the placement of 30 developmentally disabled special needs residents. 31 2. The Department of Elderly Affairs shall be the lead 4 7:36 AM 04/06/05 s2616d-ds05-tds
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2616 Barcode 164460 1 agency responsible for ensuring the placement of elderly 2 residents in programs, Alzheimer's patients, and adult special 3 needs residents rendered homeless due to a disaster event. 4 3. The Department of Children and Family Services 5 shall be the lead agency responsible for ensuring the 6 placement of children within the welfare system and 7 individuals receiving mental health services from the 8 department. 9 10 In all cases, the appropriate agency shall provide the 11 appropriate and necessary discharge planning for their 12 respective clients. Other social service agencies or 13 organizations shall assist the aforementioned agencies in this 14 effort. 15 (e) State employees with a preestablished role in 16 disaster response may be called upon to serve in times of 17 disaster commensurate with their knowledge, skills, and 18 abilities and any needed activities related to the situation. 19 (f)(c) Local emergency management agencies shall be 20 responsible for the designation and operation of special needs 21 shelters during times of emergency or disaster. County health 22 departments shall assist the local emergency management agency 23 with regard to the management of medical services in special 24 needs shelters. 25 (3) REIMBURSEMENT TO HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS.--The 26 Department of Health shall reimburse, subject to the 27 availability of funds for this purpose, health care 28 practitioners, as defined in s. 456.001, provided the 29 practitioner is not providing care to a patient under an 30 existing contract, and emergency medical technicians and 31 paramedics licensed pursuant to chapter 401 for medical care 5 7:36 AM 04/06/05 s2616d-ds05-tds
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2616 Barcode 164460 1 provided at the request of the department in special needs 2 shelters or at other locations during times of emergency or 3 major disaster. Reimbursement for health care practitioners, 4 except for physicians licensed pursuant to chapter 458 or 5 chapter 459, shall be based on the average hourly rate that 6 such practitioners were paid according to the most recent 7 survey of Florida hospitals conducted by the Florida Hospital 8 Association. Reimbursement shall be requested on forms 9 prepared by the Department of Health. If a Presidential 10 Disaster Declaration has been made, and the Federal Government 11 makes funds available, the department shall use such funds for 12 reimbursement of eligible expenditures. In other situations, 13 or if federal funds do not fully compensate the department for 14 reimbursement made pursuant to this section, the department 15 shall submit to the Cabinet or Legislature, as appropriate, a 16 budget amendment to obtain reimbursement from the working 17 capital fund. Hospitals that are used to shelter special needs 18 persons during and after an evacuation shall submit invoices 19 for reimbursement from the state for expenses incurred in this 20 effort. Travel expense and per diem costs shall be reimbursed 21 pursuant to s. 112.061. 22 (4) HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER REGISTRY.--The department 23 may use the registries established in ss. 401.273 and 456.38 24 when health care practitioners are needed to staff special 25 needs shelters or to staff disaster medical assistance teams. 26 (5) SPECIAL NEEDS SHELTER INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE.--The 27 Department of Health may establish a special needs shelter 28 interagency committee, to be chaired and staffed by the 29 department. The committee shall resolve problems related to 30 special needs shelters not addressed in the state 31 comprehensive emergency medical plan and shall serve in a 6 7:36 AM 04/06/05 s2616d-ds05-tds
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2616 Barcode 164460 1 consultative role in as an oversight committee to monitor the 2 planning and operation of special needs shelters. 3 (a) The committee shall may: 4 1. Develop and negotiate any necessary interagency 5 agreements. 6 2. Undertake other such activities as the department 7 deems necessary to facilitate the implementation of this 8 section. 9 3. Submit recommendations to the Legislature as 10 necessary. Such recommendations shall include, but not be 11 limited to, the following: 12 a. Defining "special needs shelter." 13 b. Defining "special needs person." 14 c. Development of a uniform registration form. 15 d. The improvement of public awareness regarding the 16 registration process. 17 e. The improvement of overall communications with 18 special needs persons both before and after a disaster. 19 f. The establishment of special needs shelter 20 guidelines for staffing, supplies, including durable medical, 21 emergency power, and transportation. 22 23 The Department of Health shall establish a statewide database 24 designed to collect and disseminate timely and appropriate 25 special needs registration information. 26 (b) The special needs shelter interagency committee 27 shall be composed of representatives of emergency management, 28 health, medical, and social services organizations. Membership 29 shall include, but shall not be limited to, the Departments of 30 Community Affairs, Children and Family Services, Elderly 31 Affairs, Labor and Employment Security, and Education; the 7 7:36 AM 04/06/05 s2616d-ds05-tds
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2616 Barcode 164460 1 Agency for Health Care Administration; the Agency for 2 Workforce Innovation; the Florida Medical Association; the 3 Florida Osteopathic Medical Association; Associated Home 4 Health Industries of Florida, Inc.; the Florida Nurses 5 Association; the Florida Health Care Association; the Florida 6 Assisted Living Association; the Florida Hospital Association; 7 the Florida Statutory Teaching Hospital Council; the Florida 8 Association of Homes for the Aging; the Florida Emergency 9 Preparedness Association; the American Red Cross; Florida 10 Hospices, Inc.; the Association of Community Hospitals and 11 Health Systems; the Florida Association of Health Maintenance 12 Organizations; the Florida League of Health Systems; Private 13 Care Association; and the Salvation Army; the Florida 14 Association of Aging Services Providers; and the American 15 Association of Retired Persons. 16 (c) Meetings of the committee shall be held in 17 Tallahassee, and members of the committee shall serve at the 18 expense of the agencies or organizations they represent. The 19 committee shall make every effort to use teleconference or 20 video conference capabilities in order to ensure widespread 21 input and to accommodate persons from other areas of the 22 state. 23 (6) RULES.--The department has the authority to adopt 24 rules necessary to implement this section. Rules shall may 25 include a definition of a special needs patient, specification 26 with respect to specify physician reimbursement, and the 27 designation of designate which county health departments which 28 will have responsibility for the implementation of subsections 29 (2) and (3). 30 (7) REVIEW OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANS.--The 31 submission of Emergency management plans submitted to county 8 7:36 AM 04/06/05 s2616d-ds05-tds
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2616 Barcode 164460 1 health departments by home health agencies pursuant to s. 2 400.497(8)(c) and (d) and by nurse registries pursuant to s. 3 400.506(16)(e) and by hospice programs pursuant to s. 4 400.610(1)(b) shall specifically address an agency's 5 functional staffing plan for the shelters to ensure continuity 6 of care and services for clients is conditional upon the 7 receipt of an appropriation by the department to establish 8 medical services disaster coordinator positions in county 9 health departments unless the secretary of the department and 10 a local county commission jointly determine to require such 11 plans to be submitted based on a determination that there is a 12 special need to protect public health in the local area during 13 an emergency. 14 Section 3. Subsection (4) of section 252.385, Florida 15 Statutes, is amended to read: 16 252.385 Public shelter space.-- 17 (4)(a) Public facilities, including schools, 18 postsecondary education facilities, and other facilities owned 19 or leased by the state or local governments, but excluding 20 hospitals or nursing homes, which are suitable for use as 21 public hurricane evacuation shelters shall be made available 22 at the request of the local emergency management agencies. The 23 local emergency management agency shall inspect a facility 24 prior to activating such facility for a specific hurricane or 25 disaster. Such agencies shall coordinate with the appropriate 26 school board, university, community college, or local 27 governing board when requesting the use of such facilities as 28 public hurricane evacuation shelters. 29 (b) The Department of Management Services shall 30 incorporate provisions for the use of suitable leased public 31 facilities as public hurricane evacuation shelters into lease 9 7:36 AM 04/06/05 s2616d-ds05-tds
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2616 Barcode 164460 1 agreements for state agencies. Suitable leased public 2 facilities include leased public facilities that are solely 3 occupied by state agencies and have at least 2,000 square feet 4 of net floor area in a single room or in a combination of 5 rooms having a minimum of 400 square feet in each room. The 6 net square footage of floor area must be determined by 7 subtracting from the gross square footage the square footage 8 of spaces such as mechanical and electrical rooms, storage 9 rooms, open corridors, restrooms, kitchens, science or 10 computer laboratories, shop or mechanical areas, 11 administrative offices, records vaults, and crawl spaces. 12 (c) The Department of Management Services shall 13 annually review the registry of persons with special needs to 14 ensure that the construction of special needs shelters is 15 sufficient and suitable to house such persons during and after 16 an evacuation. 17 (d)(c) The Department of Management Services shall, in 18 consultation with local and state emergency management 19 agencies, assess Department of Management Services facilities 20 to identify the extent to which each facility has public 21 hurricane evacuation shelter space. The Department of 22 Management Services shall submit proposed facility retrofit 23 projects that incorporate hurricane protection enhancements to 24 the department for assessment and inclusion in the annual 25 report prepared in accordance with subsection (3). 26 Section 4. Subsection (3) of section 400.492, Florida 27 Statutes, is amended to read: 28 400.492 Provision of services during an 29 emergency.--Each home health agency shall prepare and maintain 30 a comprehensive emergency management plan that is consistent 31 with the standards adopted by national accreditation 10 7:36 AM 04/06/05 s2616d-ds05-tds
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2616 Barcode 164460 1 organizations and consistent with the local special needs 2 plan. The plan shall be updated annually and shall provide for 3 continuing home health services during an emergency that 4 interrupts patient care or services in the patient's home. The 5 plan shall describe how the home health agency establishes and 6 maintains an effective response to emergencies and disasters, 7 including: notifying staff when emergency response measures 8 are initiated; providing for communication between staff 9 members, county health departments, and local emergency 10 management agencies, including a backup system; identifying 11 resources necessary to continue essential care or services or 12 referrals to other organizations subject to written agreement; 13 and prioritizing and contacting patients who need continued 14 care or services. 15 (3) Home health, hospice, and durable medical 16 equipment provider agencies shall not be required to continue 17 to provide care to patients in emergency situations that are 18 beyond their control and that make it impossible to provide 19 services, such as when roads are impassable or when patients 20 do not go to the location specified in their patient records. 21 Home health agencies and durable medical equipment providers 22 may establish links to local emergency operations centers to 23 determine a mechanism to approach areas within the disaster 24 area in order for the agency to reach its clients. The 25 presentation of home care clients to a special needs shelter 26 without the home health agency making a good-faith effort to 27 provide the home health services in the shelter setting, which 28 the agency is currently providing in the client's home, will 29 constitute abandonment of the client and will result in 30 regulatory review. 31 Section 5. Section 408.831, Florida Statutes, is 11 7:36 AM 04/06/05 s2616d-ds05-tds
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2616 Barcode 164460 1 amended to read: 2 408.831 Denial, suspension, or revocation of a 3 license, registration, certificate, or application.-- 4 (1) In addition to any other remedies provided by law, 5 the agency may deny each application or suspend or revoke each 6 license, registration, or certificate of entities regulated or 7 licensed by it: 8 (a) If the applicant, licensee, registrant, or 9 certificateholder, or, in the case of a corporation, 10 partnership, or other business entity, if any officer, 11 director, agent, or managing employee of that business entity 12 or any affiliated person, partner, or shareholder having an 13 ownership interest equal to 5 percent or greater in that 14 business entity, has failed to pay all outstanding fines, 15 liens, or overpayments assessed by final order of the agency 16 or final order of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 17 Services, not subject to further appeal, unless a repayment 18 plan is approved by the agency; or 19 (b) For failure to comply with any repayment plan. 20 (2) In reviewing any application requesting a change 21 of ownership or change of the licensee, registrant, or 22 certificateholder, the transferor shall, prior to agency 23 approval of the change, repay or make arrangements to repay 24 any amounts owed to the agency. Should the transferor fail to 25 repay or make arrangements to repay the amounts owed to the 26 agency, the issuance of a license, registration, or 27 certificate to the transferee shall be delayed until repayment 28 or until arrangements for repayment are made. 29 (3) Entities subject to this section may exceed their 30 licensed capacity to act as a receiving facility in accordance 31 with an emergency operations plan for clients of evacuating 12 7:36 AM 04/06/05 s2616d-ds05-tds
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2616 Barcode 164460 1 providers from a geographic area where an evacuation order has 2 been issued by a local authority having jurisdiction. While in 3 an overcapacity status, each provider must furnish or arrange 4 for appropriate care and services to all clients and comply 5 with all firesafety requirements of state and local 6 authorities. Overcapacity status in excess of 30 days requires 7 prior written approval by the agency, which shall be based 8 upon satisfactory justification and need. 9 (4) An inactive license may be issued to a licensee 10 subject to this section when the provider is located in a 11 geographic area where a state of emergency was declared by the 12 Governor of Florida if the provider: 13 (a) Suffered damage to the provider's operation during 14 that state of emergency. 15 (b) Is currently licensed. 16 (c) Does not have a provisional license. 17 (d) Will be temporarily unable to provide services but 18 is reasonably expected to resume services within 12 months. 19 20 An inactive license may be issued for a period not to exceed 21 12 months but may be renewed by the agency for up to 6 22 additional months upon demonstration to the agency of progress 23 toward reopening. A request by a licensee for an inactive 24 license or to extend the previously approved inactive period 25 must be submitted in writing to the agency, accompanied by 26 written justification for the inactive license which states 27 the beginning and ending dates of inactivity and includes a 28 plan for the transfer of any clients to other providers and 29 appropriate licensure fees. Upon agency approval, the licensee 30 shall notify clients of any necessary discharge or transfer as 31 required by authorizing statutes or applicable rules. The 13 7:36 AM 04/06/05 s2616d-ds05-tds
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2616 Barcode 164460 1 beginning of the inactive licensure period shall be the date 2 the provider ceases operations. The end of the inactive period 3 shall become the licensee expiration date and all licensure 4 fees must be current, paid in full, and may be prorated. 5 Reactivation of an inactive license requires the prior 6 approval by the agency of a renewal application, including 7 payment of licensure fees and agency inspections indicating 8 compliance with all requirements of this part and applicable 9 rules and statutes. 10 (5)(3) This section provides standards of enforcement 11 applicable to all entities licensed or regulated by the Agency 12 for Health Care Administration. This section controls over any 13 conflicting provisions of chapters 39, 381, 383, 390, 391, 14 393, 394, 395, 400, 408, 468, 483, and 641 or rules adopted 15 pursuant to those chapters. 16 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. 17 18 19 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 20 And the title is amended as follows: 21 Delete everything before the enacting clause 22 23 and insert: 24 A bill to be entitled 25 An act relating to emergency management; 26 amending s. 252.355, F.S.; providing that the 27 Department of Community Affairs shall be the 28 designated lead agency responsible for 29 community education and outreach to the general 30 public, including special needs clients, 31 regarding registration as a person with special 14 7:36 AM 04/06/05 s2616d-ds05-tds
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2616 Barcode 164460 1 needs, special needs shelters, and general 2 information regarding shelter stays; requiring 3 the department to disseminate educational and 4 outreach information through local emergency 5 management offices; amending s. 381.0303, F.S.; 6 removing a condition of specified funding as a 7 prerequisite to the assumption of lead 8 responsibility by the Department of Health for 9 specified coordination with respect to the 10 development of a plan for the staffing and 11 medical management of special needs shelters; 12 providing that the local Children's Medical 13 Services offices shall assume lead 14 responsibility for specified coordination with 15 respect to the development of a plan for the 16 staffing and medical management of pediatric 17 special needs shelters; requiring such plans to 18 be in conformance with the local comprehensive 19 emergency management plan; requiring county 20 governments to assist in the process of 21 coordinating the recruitment of health care 22 practitioners to staff local special needs 23 shelters; providing that the appropriate county 24 health department, Children's Medical Services, 25 and local emergency management agency shall 26 jointly determine the responsibility for 27 medical supervision in a special needs shelter; 28 providing that the Department of Elderly 29 Affairs shall be the lead agency responsible 30 for ensuring the placement of special needs 31 residents rendered homeless due to a disaster 15 7:36 AM 04/06/05 s2616d-ds05-tds
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2616 Barcode 164460 1 event and for appropriate discharge planning; 2 providing that the Agency for Persons with 3 Disabilities shall be the lead agency 4 responsible for ensuring the placement of 5 developmentally disabled special needs 6 residents; providing that the Department of 7 Elderly Affairs shall be the lead agency 8 responsible for ensuring the placement of 9 elderly residents in programs, Alzheimer's 10 patients, and adult special needs residents 11 rendered homeless due to a disaster event; 12 providing that the Department of Children and 13 Family Services shall be the lead agency 14 responsible for ensuring the placement of 15 children within the welfare system and 16 individuals receiving mental health services 17 from the department; providing that the 18 appropriate agency shall provide necessary 19 discharge planning for their respective 20 clients; providing that state employees with a 21 preestablished role in disaster response may be 22 called upon to serve in times of disaster in 23 specified capacities; requiring hospitals that 24 are used to shelter special needs persons 25 during and after an evacuation to submit 26 invoices for reimbursement from the state for 27 expenses incurred for medical care provided at 28 the request of the Department of Health in 29 special needs shelters or at other locations 30 during times of emergency or major disaster; 31 revising the role of the special needs shelter 16 7:36 AM 04/06/05 s2616d-ds05-tds
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2616 Barcode 164460 1 interagency committee with respect to the 2 planning and operation of special needs 3 shelters; providing required functions of the 4 committee; providing that the Department of 5 Health shall establish a statewide database to 6 capture and disseminate special needs 7 registration information; revising the 8 composition of the special needs shelter 9 interagency committee; providing for the 10 inclusion of specified rules with respect to 11 health practitioner recruitment for special 12 needs shelters; providing requirements with 13 respect to emergency management plans submitted 14 by home health agencies, nurse registries, and 15 hospice programs to county health departments 16 for review; removing a condition of specified 17 funding as a prerequisite to the submission of 18 such plans; amending s. 252.385, F.S.; 19 requiring inspection of public hurricane 20 evacuation shelter facilities by local 21 emergency management agencies prior to 22 activation of such facilities; requiring the 23 Department of Management Services to annually 24 review the registry of persons with special 25 needs to ensure that the construction of 26 special needs shelters is sufficient and 27 suitable to house such persons during and after 28 an evacuation; amending s. 400.492, F.S.; 29 providing that home health, hospice, and 30 durable medical equipment provider agencies 31 shall not be required to continue to provide 17 7:36 AM 04/06/05 s2616d-ds05-tds
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2616 Barcode 164460 1 care to patients in emergency situations that 2 are beyond their control and that make it 3 impossible to provide services; authorizing 4 home health agencies and durable medical 5 equipment providers to establish links to local 6 emergency operations centers to determine a 7 mechanism to approach areas within a disaster 8 area in order for the agency to reach its 9 clients; providing that the presentation of 10 home care clients to the special needs shelter 11 without the home health agency making a good 12 faith effort to provide services in the shelter 13 setting constitutes abandonment of the client; 14 requiring regulatory review in such cases; 15 amending s. 408.831, F.S.; providing that 16 entities regulated or licensed by the Agency 17 for Health Care Administration may exceed their 18 licensed capacity to act as a receiving 19 facility under specified circumstances; 20 providing requirements while such entities are 21 in an overcapacity status; providing for 22 issuance of an inactive license to such 23 licensees under specified conditions; providing 24 requirements and procedures with respect to the 25 issuance and reactivation of an inactive 26 license; providing fees; providing an effective 27 date. 28 29 30 31 18 7:36 AM 04/06/05 s2616d-ds05-tds