| 1 | Representative Jones offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment to Amendment (397883) (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 181 and 182, insert: |
| 5 | Section 106. Section 400.0246, Florida Statutes, is |
| 6 | created to read: |
| 7 | 400.0246 Reporting of criminal conduct on premises; |
| 8 | destruction of evidence prohibited.-An employee or officer of a |
| 9 | nursing home shall report any criminal conduct witnessed or |
| 10 | learned of subsequent to its occurrence to local law enforcement |
| 11 | prior to reporting the conduct to the employer, a supervisor, or |
| 12 | a director. Every effort must be made to preserve all evidence |
| 13 | relating to the crime. Any person who destroys evidence commits |
| 14 | a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. |
| 15 | 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
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| 21 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 22 | Remove line 209 and insert: |
| 23 | entities; creating s. 400.0246, F.S.; requiring reporting of |
| 24 | criminal conduct in a nursing home to local law enforcement |
| 25 | under certain conditions; requiring preservation of evidence; |
| 26 | providing criminal penalties for destruction of evidence; |
| 27 | providing applicability; providing for |