HB 645

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to nursing home facilities; creating s.
3	400.0627, F.S.; providing legislative intent; requiring
4	the Agency for Health Care Administration to reimburse
5	nursing home facilities for the cost of building or
6	modifying their emergency electrical power systems to
7	fully operate during and after an emergency; providing
8	eligibility criteria for reimbursement; providing an
9	appropriation; providing an effective date.
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11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1.  Section 400.0627, Florida Statutes, is created
14	to read:
15	400.0627  Emergency electrical power system capacity.--
16	(1)  It is the intent of the Legislature that each nursing
17	home facility in this state be encouraged to have an emergency
18	electrical power system capacity that is sufficient to remain
19	fully operational during and after an emergency in order to
20	maintain the safety and health of the residents of the nursing
21	home facility and, if necessary, to provide care to residents
22	evacuated from other nursing home facilities.
23	(2)  The agency shall reimburse an eligible nursing home
24	facility for the costs of building or modifying its emergency
25	electrical power system capacity to fully operate the facility
26	during and after an emergency. To be eligible for reimbursement,
27	a nursing home facility must:
28	(a)  Not have been cited for any class I deficiency within
29	the 30 months preceding the application for reimbursement;
30	(b)  Not be located within the hurricane evacuation zone of
31	the county in which it is located;
32	(c)  Have the capacity, as determined by the agency, to
33	care for residents evacuated from other nursing home facilities
34	during an emergency; and
35	(d)  Agree to receive residents who are transferred from
36	other nursing home facilities.
37	(3)  This section does not require a nursing home facility
38	to modify its existing emergency electrical power system
39	capacity.
40	Section 2.  The sum of $          is appropriated from the
41	General Revenue Fund to the Agency for Health Care
42	Administration for the purpose of reimbursing eligible nursing
43	home facilities for the costs of building or modifying their
44	emergency electrical power system capacity to fully operate the
45	facility during and after an emergency during the 2006-2007
46	fiscal year.
47	Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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