| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to assisted care communities; amending s. |
| 3 | 429.52, F.S.; requiring the Department of Elderly Affairs |
| 4 | to develop a staff training curriculum; requiring trainers |
| 5 | to be registered with the department; requiring trainers |
| 6 | to document experience and credentials; requiring the |
| 7 | adoption of rules; amending s. 429.907, F.S.; providing |
| 8 | conditions for operation of adult day care centers in |
| 9 | temporary locations in the event of disaster or emergency; |
| 10 | providing notification requirements when adult day care |
| 11 | centers relocate; providing time limitations on operation |
| 12 | on separate locations; permitting the Agency for Health |
| 13 | Care Administration to provide extensions; providing for |
| 14 | the agency to review the operation; providing an effective |
| 15 | date. |
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| 17 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 19 | Section 1. Subsection (8) of section 429.52, Florida |
| 20 | Statutes, is amended, and subsections (9) through (11) are added |
| 21 | to that section, to read: |
| 22 | 429.52 Staff training and educational programs; core |
| 23 | educational requirement.-- |
| 24 | (8) The department shall adopt rules related to these |
| 25 | training requirements, the competency test, necessary |
| 26 | procedures, and competency test fees and shall adopt or contract |
| 27 | with another entity to develop a curriculum, which shall be used |
| 28 | as the minimum core training requirements. The department shall |
| 29 | consult with representatives of stakeholder associations and |
| 30 | agencies in the development of the curriculum. |
| 31 | (9) The training required by this section shall be |
| 32 | conducted by persons registered with the department as having |
| 33 | the requisite experience and credentials to conduct the |
| 34 | training. A person seeking to register as a trainer must provide |
| 35 | the department with proof of completion of the minimum core |
| 36 | training education requirements, successful passage of the |
| 37 | competency test established under this section, and proof of |
| 38 | compliance with the continuing education requirement in |
| 39 | subsection (4). |
| 40 | (10) A person seeking to register as a trainer must also: |
| 41 | (a) Provide proof of completion of a 4-year degree from an |
| 42 | accredited college or university and must have worked in a |
| 43 | management position in an assisted living facility for 3 years |
| 44 | after being core certified; |
| 45 | (b) Have worked in a management position in an assisted |
| 46 | living facility for 5 years after being core certified and have |
| 47 | 1 year of teaching experience as an educator or staff trainer |
| 48 | for persons who work in assisted living facilities or other |
| 49 | long-term care settings; |
| 50 | (c) Have been previously employed as a core trainer for |
| 51 | the department; or |
| 52 | (d) Meet other qualification criteria as defined in rule, |
| 53 | which the department is authorized to adopt. |
| 54 | (11) The department shall adopt rules to establish trainer |
| 55 | registration requirements. |
| 56 | Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 429.907, Florida |
| 57 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 58 | 429.907 License requirement; fee; exemption; display.-- |
| 59 | (2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, |
| 60 | separate licenses are required for centers operated on separate |
| 61 | premises, even though operated under the same management. |
| 62 | Separate licenses are not required for separate buildings on the |
| 63 | same premises. |
| 64 | (a) In the event a licensed center becomes wholly or |
| 65 | substantially unusable due to a disaster as defined in s. |
| 66 | 252.34(1) or due to an emergency as defined in s. 252.34(3), the |
| 67 | licensee may continue to operate under its current license in |
| 68 | premises separate from the premises authorized under the |
| 69 | license, if the licensee has: |
| 70 | 1. Specified the location of the separate premises in its |
| 71 | comprehensive emergency management plan that has been submitted |
| 72 | to and approved by the applicable county emergency management |
| 73 | agency; and |
| 74 | 2. Notified the Agency for Health Care Administration and |
| 75 | the county emergency management agency within 24 hours after |
| 76 | beginning to operate on the separate premises. |
| 77 | (b) The licensee shall operate on the separate premises |
| 78 | only while the original location of the licensed center is |
| 79 | substantially unusable and for no longer than 180 days, unless |
| 80 | the Agency for Health Care Administration extends the period of |
| 81 | time that the licensee may operate on the separate premises. The |
| 82 | agency may review the operation on separate premises quarterly. |
| 83 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007. |