| 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. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section |
| 6 | 400.191, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 400.191 Availability, distribution, and posting of reports |
| 8 | and records.- |
| 9 | (2) The agency shall publish the Nursing Home Guide |
| 10 | quarterly in electronic form to assist consumers and their |
| 11 | families in comparing and evaluating nursing home facilities. |
| 12 | (a) The agency shall provide an Internet site which shall |
| 13 | include at least the following information either directly or |
| 14 | indirectly through a link to another established site or sites |
| 15 | of the agency's choosing: |
| 16 | 1. A section entitled "Have you considered programs that |
| 17 | provide alternatives to nursing home care?" which shall be the |
| 18 | first section of the Nursing Home Guide and which shall |
| 19 | prominently display information about available alternatives to |
| 20 | nursing homes and how to obtain additional information regarding |
| 21 | these alternatives. The Nursing Home Guide shall explain that |
| 22 | this state offers alternative programs that permit qualified |
| 23 | elderly persons to stay in their homes instead of being placed |
| 24 | in nursing homes and shall encourage interested persons to call |
| 25 | the Comprehensive Assessment Review and Evaluation for Long-Term |
| 26 | Care Services (CARES) Program to inquire if they qualify. The |
| 27 | Nursing Home Guide shall list available home and community-based |
| 28 | programs which shall clearly state the services that are |
| 29 | provided and indicate whether nursing home services are included |
| 30 | if needed. |
| 31 | 2. A list by name and address of all nursing home |
| 32 | facilities in this state, including any prior name by which a |
| 33 | facility was known during the previous 24-month period. |
| 34 | 3. Whether such nursing home facilities are proprietary or |
| 35 | nonproprietary. |
| 36 | 4. The current owner of the facility's license and the |
| 37 | year that that entity became the owner of the license. |
| 38 | 5. The name of the owner or owners of each facility and |
| 39 | whether the facility is affiliated with a company or other |
| 40 | organization owning or managing more than one nursing facility |
| 41 | in this state. |
| 42 | 6. The total number of beds in each facility and the most |
| 43 | recently available occupancy levels. |
| 44 | 7. The number of private and semiprivate rooms in each |
| 45 | facility. |
| 46 | 8. The religious affiliation, if any, of each facility. |
| 47 | 9. Information about the family council, or similar |
| 48 | organization, in each facility and the name and telephone number |
| 49 | of the council's, or the organization's, president or presiding |
| 50 | officer. |
| 51 | 10.9. The languages spoken by the administrator and staff |
| 52 | of each facility. |
| 53 | 11.10. Whether or not each facility accepts Medicare or |
| 54 | Medicaid recipients or insurance, health maintenance |
| 55 | organization, Veterans Administration, CHAMPUS program, or |
| 56 | workers' compensation coverage. |
| 57 | 12.11. Recreational and other programs available at each |
| 58 | facility. |
| 59 | 13.12. Special care units or programs offered at each |
| 60 | facility. |
| 61 | 14.13. Whether the facility is a part of a retirement |
| 62 | community that offers other services pursuant to part III of |
| 63 | this chapter or part I or part III of chapter 429. |
| 64 | 15.14. Survey and deficiency information, including all |
| 65 | federal and state recertification, licensure, revisit, and |
| 66 | complaint survey information, for each facility for the past 30 |
| 67 | months. For noncertified nursing homes, state survey and |
| 68 | deficiency information, including licensure, revisit, and |
| 69 | complaint survey information for the past 30 months shall be |
| 70 | provided. |
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| 73 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 74 | Remove line 210 and insert: |
| 75 | severability; amending s. 400.191, F.S.; requiring the Agency |
| 76 | for Health Care Administration to list information about nursing |
| 77 | home family councils in a mandated report; providing |
| 78 | applicability; providing an |