| 1 | Representative Galvano offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment to Senate Amendment (310420) (with title |
| 4 | amendment) |
| 5 | Between lines 558 and 559, insert: |
| 6 | Section 14. In order to implement Specific Appropriation |
| 7 | 236 of the 2008-2009 General Appropriations Act, the Agency for |
| 8 | Health Care Administration shall study the effects of the |
| 9 | minimum nursing home staffing ratios found in s. 400.23(3), |
| 10 | Florida Statutes, and the relationship to Medicaid reimbursement |
| 11 | and the quality of care provided to residents. The agency shall |
| 12 | report its findings to the Governor, the President of the |
| 13 | Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by |
| 14 | February 1, 2009. Until July 1, 2009, failure to meet the |
| 15 | staffing ratios pursuant to s. 400.23(3), Florida Statutes, |
| 16 | failure to impose a moratorium on new admissions pursuant to s. |
| 17 | 400.141(15)(d), Florida Statutes, or failure to comply with the |
| 18 | staffing ratios pursuant to s. 400.141(15)(e) and (f), Florida |
| 19 | Statutes, shall not constitute a deficiency as long as the |
| 20 | certified nursing assistant ratio is not below 2.6 hours per |
| 21 | resident per day and the licensed nurse ratio is not below 1.0 |
| 22 | hours per resident per day. This section expires July 1, 2009. |
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| 28 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 29 | Between lines 639 and 640, insert: |
| 30 | requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to conduct a |
| 31 | study of nursing home staffing ratios; requiring a report to the |
| 32 | Governor and Legislature; providing exceptions to certain |
| 33 | requirements relating to staffing ratios and moratoriums on new |
| 34 | admissions for a specified period of time; providing for future |
| 35 | repeal; |