Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 472
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11 The Committee on Children and Families (Fasano) recommended
12 the following amendment:
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
15 On page 36, lines 4-20, delete those lines
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18 Section 26. Subsections (6), (7), and (8) of section
19 744.708, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
20 744.708 Reports and standards.--
21 (6) A The public guardian shall ensure that each of
22 the guardian's wards is personally visited ward is seen by the
23 public guardian or by a professional staff person of the
24 public guardian at least once each calendar quarter four times
25 a year. During this personal visit, the public guardian or the
26 professional staff person shall assess:
27 (a) The ward's physical and mental appearance and
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29 (b) The appropriateness of the ward's current living
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31 (c) The need for any additional services and the
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1 necessity for continuation of existing services, taking into
2 consideration all aspects of social, psychological,
3 educational, direct service, health, and personal care needs.
4 (7) The ratio for professional staff to wards shall be
5 1 professional to 40 wards. The Statewide Public Guardianship
6 Office may increase or decrease the ratio after consultation
7 with the local public guardian and the chief judge of the
8 circuit court. The basis of the decision to increase or
9 decrease the prescribed ratio shall be reported in the annual
10 report to the Secretary of Elderly Affairs. Governor, the
11 President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
12 Representatives, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
13 (8) The term "professional," for purposes of this
14 part, shall not include the public guardian nor the executive
15 director of the Statewide Public Guardianship Office. The
16 term "professional" shall be limited to those persons who
17 exercise direct supervision of individual wards under the
18 direction of the public guardian.
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22 And the title is amended as follows:
23 On page 5, line 8, after the semicolon,
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26 conforming provisions that require the
27 executive director of the Statewide
28 Guardianship Office to report to the Secretary
29 of Elderly Affairs; deleting a prohibition
30 against the executive director of the Statewide
31 Guardianship Office or a public guardian from
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1 being classified as professionals for meeting a
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