HB 1025

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to nurse registries and companion-
3	homemaker organizations; creating s. 400.510, F.S.;
4	requiring nurse registries and organizations that provide
5	companion or homemaker services to provide notice to
6	patients or clients; specifying the contents of the
7	notice; requiring the notice to be kept for 3 years;
8	providing an exception; requiring the Agency for Health
9	Care Administration to develop a form for the notice;
10	providing an effective date.
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12	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14	Section 1.  Section 400.510, Florida Statutes, is created
15	to read:
16	400.510  Client notice.--
17	(1)  Each nurse registry licensed under s. 400.506 and each
18	organization registered under s. 400.509 must provide to each
19	patient or client the following notice that identifies:
20	(a)  The nurse registry or organization as the referring
21	entity or employer, joint employer, or leasing employer of the
22	person providing the services; and
23	(b)  With respect to the person providing the services, who
24	is responsible for:
25	1.  Daily supervision of the person;
26	2.  Assigning duties to the person;
27	3.  Hiring, firing, and disciplining the person;
28	4.  Providing equipment or materials for use by the person;
29	5.  Checking the person's references; and
30	6.  Withholding the person's social security taxes.
31	(2)  The notice must be signed by the patient or client, a
32	copy must be provided to the patient or client, and the signed
33	original must be retained by the nurse registry or organization
34	at its office for at least 3 years after the termination of the
35	contract with the patient or client.
36	(3)  Notice is not required when the person providing the
37	services is temporarily substituting for the patient's or
38	client's regular service worker.
39	(4)  The consumer notice shall be on a form developed by
40	the agency.
41	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.

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