| 1 | Representative Adkins offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with directory and title amendments) |
| 4 | Remove lines 3807-3827 and insert: |
| 5 | (2) Each field office of the Agency for Health Care |
| 6 | Administration shall establish a local coordinating workgroup |
| 7 | which includes representatives of local law enforcement |
| 8 | agencies, state attorneys, the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of |
| 9 | the Department of Legal Affairs, local fire authorities, the |
| 10 | Department of Children and Family Services, the district long- |
| 11 | term care ombudsman council, and the district human rights |
| 12 | advocacy committee to assist in identifying the operation of |
| 13 | unlicensed facilities and to develop and implement a plan to |
| 14 | ensure effective enforcement of state laws relating to such |
| 15 | facilities. The workgroup shall report its findings, actions, |
| 16 | and recommendations semiannually to the Director of Health |
| 17 | Quality Assurance of the agency. |
| 18 | (3) It is unlawful to knowingly refer a person for |
| 19 | residency to an unlicensed assisted living facility; to an |
| 20 | assisted living facility the license of which is under denial or |
| 21 | has been suspended or revoked; or to an assisted living facility |
| 22 | that has a moratorium pursuant to part II of chapter 408. Any |
| 23 | person who violates this subsection commits a noncriminal |
| 24 | violation, punishable by a fine not exceeding $500 as provided |
| 25 | in s. 775.083. |
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| 28 | Remove lines 3794-3795 and insert: |
| 29 | Section 60. Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) and subsection |
| 30 | (3) of section 429.08, Florida Statutes, are amended to |
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| 33 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 34 | Remove lines 283-285 and insert: |
| 35 | facilities on its Internet website; amending s. 429.14, F.S.; |
| 36 | conforming a |