| 1 | The Elder & Long-Term Care Committee recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to multiservice senior centers; creating |
| 7 | s. 430.901, F.S.; providing a definition and purposes of a |
| 8 | "multiservice senior center"; renumbering and amending s. |
| 9 | 430.206, F.S.; providing for centers to be centrally |
| 10 | located and accessible; encouraging centers to seek |
| 11 | certain accreditation; amending s. 430.203, F.S.; |
| 12 | repealing a definition of "multiservice senior center," to |
| 13 | conform; amending s. 430.205, F.S.; providing that |
| 14 | activities of a community care service area may be |
| 15 | directed from a multiservice senior center as defined in |
| 16 | s. 430.901, F.S.; providing an effective date. |
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| 18 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 20 | Section 1. Section 430.901, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 21 | to read: |
| 22 | 430.901 Multiservice senior center; definition; |
| 23 | purpose.--A "multiservice senior center" is: |
| 24 | (1) A community facility that is a focal point for the |
| 25 | organization and provision of a broad spectrum of services |
| 26 | suited to the diverse needs and interests of independent older |
| 27 | persons, which may include nutritional meals; health, mental |
| 28 | health, social, wellness, respite care, and education services; |
| 29 | and recreational activities. |
| 30 | (2) An entity that may partner with an aging resource |
| 31 | center to provide for easier access to long-term care services |
| 32 | by seniors and their families who reside within the local |
| 33 | community. |
| 34 | (3) A setting that provides opportunities that enable |
| 35 | participants to stay connected to their communities and their |
| 36 | support networks. |
| 37 | (4) Designed to offer preventive screenings, activities, |
| 38 | and services that may divert seniors from more extensive in-home |
| 39 | services and help reduce, delay, or prevent premature |
| 40 | institutionalization. |
| 41 | Section 2. Section 430.206, Florida Statutes, is |
| 42 | renumbered as section 430.902, Florida Statutes, and amended to |
| 43 | read: |
| 44 | 430.902 430.206 Multiservice senior center.-- |
| 45 | (1) If practicable, multiservice senior center services |
| 46 | shall be available to functionally impaired elderly persons. |
| 47 | (2) If feasible, a multiservice senior center should must |
| 48 | be centrally located and easily accessible to public |
| 49 | transportation. Provision may be made for transporting persons |
| 50 | to the center. A center shall be designed to provide ease of |
| 51 | access and use by seniors with varying levels of physical |
| 52 | abilities, considering the infirmities of elderly persons. |
| 53 | (3)(a) Each multiservice senior center is encouraged to |
| 54 | have on the premises at all times a functioning automated |
| 55 | external defibrillator. |
| 56 | (b) Multiservice senior centers that provide automated |
| 57 | external defibrillators shall ensure that personnel are properly |
| 58 | trained in accordance with s. 401.2915. |
| 59 | (c) The location of each automated external defibrillator |
| 60 | shall be registered with a local emergency medical services |
| 61 | medical director. |
| 62 | (d) The use of automated external defibrillators by |
| 63 | employees and volunteers shall be covered under the provisions |
| 64 | of ss. 768.13 and 768.1325. |
| 65 | (4)(e) The department may adopt rules to implement the |
| 66 | provisions of this section. |
| 67 | (5) Multiservice senior centers are encouraged to seek |
| 68 | national accreditation by the National Institute of Senior |
| 69 | Centers. |
| 70 | Section 3. Subsections (11), (12), and (13) of section |
| 71 | 430.203, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (10), |
| 72 | (11), and (12), respectively, and present subsection (10) of |
| 73 | said section is amended to read: |
| 74 | 430.203 Community care for the elderly; definitions.--As |
| 75 | used in ss. 430.201-430.207, the term: |
| 76 | (10) "Multiservice senior center" means a community |
| 77 | facility for the organization and provision of a broad spectrum |
| 78 | of services, which shall include provision of health, including |
| 79 | mental health, social, nutritional, and education services, and |
| 80 | the provision of facilities for recreational activities for |
| 81 | persons 60 years of age or older. |
| 82 | Section 4. Subsection (2) of section 430.205, Florida |
| 83 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 84 | 430.205 Community care service system.-- |
| 85 | (2) Core services and other support services may be |
| 86 | furnished by public or private agencies or organizations. Each |
| 87 | community care service system must be under the direction of a |
| 88 | lead agency that coordinates the activities of individual |
| 89 | contracting agencies providing community-care-for-the-elderly |
| 90 | services. When practicable, the activities of a community care |
| 91 | service area may must be directed from a multiservice senior |
| 92 | center, as defined in s. 430.901, and coordinated with other |
| 93 | services offered therein. This subsection does not require |
| 94 | programs in existence prior to the effective date of this act to |
| 95 | be relocated. |
| 96 | Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. |