Senate Bill sb1006
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
Florida Senate - 2006 SB 1006
By Senator Fasano
11-784-06 See HB 351
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to community residential homes;
3 amending s. 419.001, F.S.; revising
4 definitions; requiring the sponsoring agency of
5 a community residential home to provide certain
6 information to a local government under certain
7 circumstances; providing an effective date.
8
9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
10
11 Section 1. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 419.001,
12 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
13 419.001 Site selection of community residential
14 homes.--
15 (1) For the purposes of this section, the following
16 definitions shall apply:
17 (a) "Community residential home" means a dwelling unit
18 licensed to serve residents, as defined in paragraph (c), who
19 are clients of the Department of Elderly Affairs, the Agency
20 for Persons with Disabilities, the Department of Juvenile
21 Justice, or the Department of Children and Family Services or
22 a dwelling unit licensed by the Agency for Health Care
23 Administration, which provides a living environment for 7 to
24 14 unrelated residents who operate as the functional
25 equivalent of a family, including such supervision and care by
26 supportive staff as may be necessary to meet the physical,
27 emotional, and social needs of the residents.
28 (b) "Department" means the Department of Children and
29 Family Services.
30
31
1
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
Florida Senate - 2006 SB 1006
11-784-06 See HB 351
1 (b)(c) "Local government" means a county as set forth
2 in chapter 7 or a municipality incorporated under the
3 provisions of chapter 165.
4 (c)(d) "Resident" means any of the following: a frail
5 elder as defined in s. 400.618; a physically disabled or
6 handicapped person as defined in s. 760.22(7)(a); a
7 developmentally disabled person as defined in s. 393.063; a
8 nondangerous mentally ill person as defined in s. 394.455(18);
9 or a child as defined in s. 39.01(14), s. 984.03(9) or (12),
10 or s. 985.03(8).
11 (d)(e) "Sponsoring agency" means an agency or unit of
12 government, a profit or nonprofit agency, or any other person
13 or organization which intends to establish or operate a
14 community residential home.
15 (2) Homes of six or fewer residents which otherwise
16 meet the definition of a community residential home shall be
17 deemed a single-family unit and a noncommercial, residential
18 use for the purpose of local laws and ordinances. Homes of six
19 or fewer residents which otherwise meet the definition of a
20 community residential home shall be allowed in single-family
21 or multifamily zoning without approval by the local
22 government, provided that such homes shall not be located
23 within a radius of 1,000 feet of another existing such home
24 with six or fewer residents. Such homes with six or fewer
25 residents shall not be required to comply with the
26 notification provisions of this section; provided, however,
27 that, prior to occupancy, the sponsoring agency provides the
28 local government with the most recently published data
29 compiled that identifies all community residential homes in
30 the district in which the proposed site is to be located in
31 order to show that no other community residential home is
2
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
Florida Senate - 2006 SB 1006
11-784-06 See HB 351
1 within a radius of 1,000 feet of the proposed home with six or
2 fewer residents. At the time of home occupancy, the sponsoring
3 agency or the Department of Children and Family Services must
4 notify or the department notifies the local government at the
5 time of home occupancy that the home is licensed by the
6 department.
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
3
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.