Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1736
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/22/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Regulation (Latvala) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 1973 and 1974
    4  insert:
    5         Section 56. Subsections (4) through (8) of section 408.809,
    6  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
    7         408.809 Background screening; prohibited offenses.—
    8         (4) In addition to the offenses listed in s. 435.04, all
    9  persons required to undergo background screening pursuant to
   10  this part or authorizing statutes must not have an arrest
   11  awaiting final disposition for, must not have been found guilty
   12  of, regardless of adjudication, or entered a plea of nolo
   13  contendere or guilty to, and must not have been adjudicated
   14  delinquent and the record not have been sealed or expunged for
   15  any of the following offenses or any similar offense of another
   16  jurisdiction:
   17         (a) Any authorizing statutes, if the offense was a felony.
   18         (b) This chapter, if the offense was a felony.
   19         (c) Section 409.920, relating to Medicaid provider fraud.
   20         (d) Section 409.9201, relating to Medicaid fraud.
   21         (e) Section 741.28, relating to domestic violence.
   22         (f) Section 817.034, relating to fraudulent acts through
   23  mail, wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectronic, or
   24  photooptical systems.
   25         (g) Section 817.234, relating to false and fraudulent
   26  insurance claims.
   27         (h) Section 817.505, relating to patient brokering.
   28         (i) Section 817.568, relating to criminal use of personal
   29  identification information.
   30         (j) Section 817.60, relating to obtaining a credit card
   31  through fraudulent means.
   32         (k) Section 817.61, relating to fraudulent use of credit
   33  cards, if the offense was a felony.
   34         (l) Section 831.01, relating to forgery.
   35         (m) Section 831.02, relating to uttering forged
   36  instruments.
   37         (n) Section 831.07, relating to forging bank bills, checks,
   38  drafts, or promissory notes.
   39         (o) Section 831.09, relating to uttering forged bank bills,
   40  checks, drafts, or promissory notes.
   41         (p) Section 831.30, relating to fraud in obtaining
   42  medicinal drugs.
   43         (q) Section 831.31, relating to the sale, manufacture,
   44  delivery, or possession with the intent to sell, manufacture, or
   45  deliver any counterfeit controlled substance, if the offense was
   46  a felony.
   47         (5) A person who serves as a controlling interest of, is
   48  employed by, or contracts with a licensee on July 31, 2010, who
   49  has been screened and qualified according to standards specified
   50  in s. 435.03 or s. 435.04 must be rescreened by July 31, 2015,
   51  in accordance with the schedule provided in this subsection. The
   52  agency may adopt rules to establish a schedule to stagger the
   53  implementation of the required rescreening over the 5-year
   54  period, beginning July 31, 2010, through July 31, 2015. If, upon
   55  rescreening, such person has a disqualifying offense that was
   56  not a disqualifying offense at the time of the last screening,
   57  but is a current disqualifying offense and was committed before
   58  the last screening, he or she may apply for an exemption from
   59  the appropriate licensing agency and, if agreed to by the
   60  employer, may continue to perform his or her duties until the
   61  licensing agency renders a decision on the application for
   62  exemption if the person is eligible to apply for an exemption
   63  and the exemption request is received by the agency within 30
   64  days after receipt of the rescreening results by the person. The
   65  rescreening schedule is as follows:
   66         (a) An individual whose last screening was conducted before
   67  December 31, 2003, must be rescreened by July 31, 2013;
   68         (b) An individual whose last screening was conducted
   69  between January 1, 2004, and December 31, 2007, must be
   70  rescreened by July 31, 2014; and
   71         (c) An individual whose last screening was conducted
   72  between January 1, 2008, and July 31, 2010, must be rescreened
   73  by July 31, 2015.
   74         (6)(5) The costs associated with obtaining the required
   75  screening must be borne by the licensee or the person subject to
   76  screening. Licensees may reimburse persons for these costs. The
   77  Department of Law Enforcement shall charge the agency for
   78  screening pursuant to s. 943.053(3). The agency shall establish
   79  a schedule of fees to cover the costs of screening.
   80         (7)(6)(a) As provided in chapter 435, the agency may grant
   81  an exemption from disqualification to a person who is subject to
   82  this section and who:
   83         1. Does not have an active professional license or
   84  certification from the Department of Health; or
   85         2. Has an active professional license or certification from
   86  the Department of Health but is not providing a service within
   87  the scope of that license or certification.
   88         (b) As provided in chapter 435, the appropriate regulatory
   89  board within the Department of Health, or the department itself
   90  if there is no board, may grant an exemption from
   91  disqualification to a person who is subject to this section and
   92  who has received a professional license or certification from
   93  the Department of Health or a regulatory board within that
   94  department and that person is providing a service within the
   95  scope of his or her licensed or certified practice.
   96         (8)(7) The agency and the Department of Health may adopt
   97  rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement this
   98  section, chapter 435, and authorizing statutes requiring
   99  background screening and to implement and adopt criteria
  100  relating to retaining fingerprints pursuant to s. 943.05(2).
  101         (9)(8) There is no unemployment compensation or other
  102  monetary liability on the part of, and no cause of action for
  103  damages arising against, an employer that, upon notice of a
  104  disqualifying offense listed under chapter 435 or this section,
  105  terminates the person against whom the report was issued,
  106  whether or not that person has filed for an exemption with the
  107  Department of Health or the agency.
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  110         And the title is amended as follows:
  111         Between lines 162 and 163
  112  insert:
  113         amending s. 408.809, F.S.; revising provisions to
  114         include a schedule for background rescreenings of
  115         certain employees;