Senate Bill sb0872

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                   SB 872

    By Senator Campbell





    32-350A-06                                          See HB 407

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to pediatric skilled nursing

  3         facilities; providing a definition; requiring

  4         the Agency for Health Care Administration to

  5         implement a program and develop criteria for

  6         designation as a licensed pediatric skilled

  7         nursing facility; requiring that certain

  8         affiliations be established and providing

  9         purposes thereof; providing criteria for a

10         nursing home to qualify as a licensed pediatric

11         skilled nursing facility; prohibiting

12         expenditure of certain funds for certain

13         purposes; providing an effective date.

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15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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17         Section 1.  Implementation of a pediatric skilled

18  nursing facility license.--

19         (1)  As used in this section, the term "pediatric

20  skilled nursing facility" means a nursing home that contains a

21  maximum of 36 licensed nursing home beds; has access to a

22  resident pediatric and young adult population of sufficient

23  size to support resident education, socialization, and

24  rehabilitation; and has a contractual relationship with the

25  Department of Education in this state.

26         (2)(a)  The Agency for Health Care Administration shall

27  implement a comprehensive multidisciplinary program of

28  education and rehabilitation in a nursing home facility

29  designated by the agency as a licensed pediatric skilled

30  nursing facility. The program shall be administered at the

31  nursing home facility and in other appropriate settings.

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                   SB 872
    32-350A-06                                          See HB 407




 1         (b)  The agency shall develop criteria for designating

 2  licensed pediatric skilled nursing facilities in consultation

 3  with advocates of children and advocates of persons with

 4  disabilities.

 5         (3)  To be designated as a licensed pediatric skilled

 6  nursing facility, a nursing home licensee shall, at a minimum:

 7         (a)  Provide a comprehensive program of integrated

 8  pediatric services that include institutional and

 9  community-based services.

10         (b)  Participate in a nationally recognized

11  accreditation program and hold a valid accreditation, such as

12  the accreditation awarded by the Joint Commission on

13  Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations or the Commission of

14  Accreditation of Rehabilitative Facilities.

15         (c)  Have been in business in this state for a minimum

16  of 10 consecutive years.

17         (d)  Demonstrate an active program in multidisciplinary

18  education and rehabilitation that relates to medically fragile

19  children.

20         (e)  Have a formalized contractual relationship with at

21  least one accredited health profession education program

22  located in this state.

23         (f)  Have a formalized relationship with an accredited

24  hospital.

25         (g)  Have senior consultants and staff members who hold

26  formal faculty appointments at universities, at least one of

27  which has an accredited health profession education program.

28         (4)  A licensed pediatric skilled nursing facility

29  shall be affiliated with the Department of Education and

30  national organizations focused on excellence in pediatric

31  nursing care and education. The purpose of such affiliations

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                   SB 872
    32-350A-06                                          See HB 407




 1  is to foster the development of methods for improving and

 2  expanding the capability of health care facilities to respond

 3  to the medical, psychological, and social needs of

 4  technologically dependent and medically fragile infants,

 5  children, and young adults by providing the most effective and

 6  appropriate services. A licensed pediatric skilled nursing

 7  facility shall serve as a resource for education and the

 8  dissemination of best practices in the provision of health

 9  care services in institutional settings to the pediatric and

10  young adult populations with special health care needs.

11         (5)  In order for a nursing home to qualify as a

12  licensed pediatric skilled nursing facility and to be entitled

13  to the benefits provided under this section, the nursing home

14  shall:

15         (a)  Be primarily operated and established to offer,

16  afford, and render a comprehensive multidisciplinary program

17  for medically fragile children and young adults. This program

18  shall provide education, socialization, rehabilitation,

19  counseling, recreation, daily living, and assistive technology

20  services and equipment to encourage independence and maximize

21  quality-of-life potential to residents of the state.

22         (b)  Certify to the Agency for Health Care

23  Administration each school year the name, address, and

24  educational history of each resident approved and accepted for

25  admission to the facility.

26         (6)  If a licensed pediatric skilled nursing facility

27  receives funds appropriated to administer this section, it may

28  not expend the funds for:

29         (a)  Any purpose other than operating and maintaining a

30  pediatric skilled nursing facility and conducting pediatric

31  education and rehabilitation;

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                   SB 872
    32-350A-06                                          See HB 407




 1         (b)  Constructing any building of any kind, nature, or

 2  description; or

 3         (c)  Maintaining or operating, in any form or manner, a

 4  nonlicensed pediatric skilled nursing facility or health care

 5  facility.

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