| 1 | Representative Adkins offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment |
| 4 | Remove lines 3854-3876 and insert: |
| 5 | (e) The agency shall provide the department and the |
| 6 | Department of Children and Family Services with a list of |
| 7 | licensed facilities within each county and shall update the list |
| 8 | at least quarterly. |
| 9 | (f) At least annually, the agency shall notify, in |
| 10 | appropriate trade publications, physicians licensed under |
| 11 | chapter 458 or chapter 459, hospitals licensed under chapter |
| 12 | 395, nursing home facilities licensed under part II of chapter |
| 13 | 400, and employees of the agency or the department, or the |
| 14 | Department of Children and Family Services, who are responsible |
| 15 | for referring persons for residency, that it is unlawful to |
| 16 | knowingly refer a person for residency to an unlicensed assisted |
| 17 | living facility and shall notify them of the penalty for |
| 18 | violating such prohibition. The department and the Department of |
| 19 | Children and Family Services shall, in turn, notify service |
| 20 | providers under contract to the respective departments who have |
| 21 | responsibility for resident referrals to facilities. Further, |
| 22 | the notice must direct each noticed facility and individual to |
| 23 | contact the appropriate agency office in order to verify the |
| 24 | licensure status of any facility prior to referring any person |
| 25 | for residency. Each notice must include the name, telephone |
| 26 | number, and mailing address of the appropriate office to |
| 27 | contact. |