Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/CS/SB 1986, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                 Floor: WD/3R          .                                
             04/24/2009 10:42 AM       .                                
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       Senator Lynn moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 657 and 658
    4  insert:
    5         Section 7. Section 400.510, Florida Statutes, is created to
    6  read:
    7         400.510 Client notice.—
    8         (1) Each nurse registry licensed under s. 400.506 and each
    9  organization registered under s. 400.509 must provide to each
   10  patient or client the following notice that identifies:
   11         (a) The nurse registry or organization as the referring
   12  entity or employer, joint employer, or leasing employer of the
   13  person providing the services; and
   14         (b) With respect to the person providing the services, who
   15  is responsible for:
   16         1. Daily supervision of the person;
   17         2. Assigning duties to the person;
   18         3. Hiring, firing, and disciplining the person;
   19         4. Providing equipment or materials for use by the person;
   20         5. Checking the person’s references; and
   21         6. Withholding the person’s social security taxes.
   22         (2) The notice must be signed by the patient, the client,
   23  or the legal representative of the patient or client no later
   24  than the date the contract for health care services is executed
   25  and must be retained by the nurse registry or organization at
   26  its office for at least 3 years after the termination of the
   27  contract with the patient or client.
   28         (3) Notice is not required when the person providing the
   29  services is temporarily substituting for the patient’s or
   30  client’s regular service worker.
   31         (4) The consumer notice shall be on a form developed by the
   32  agency.
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   34  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   35         And the title is amended as follows:
   36         Delete line 26
   37  and insert:
   38         prohibition; creating s. 400.510, F.S.; requiring
   39         nurse registries and organizations that provide
   40         companion or homemaker services to provide notice to
   41         patients or clients; specifying the contents of the
   42         notice; requiring the notice to be kept for a
   43         specified number of years; providing an exception;
   44         requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to
   45         develop a form for the notice; creating s. 408.8065,
   46         F.S.; providing