| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to assisted living facilities; amending s. |
| 3 | 429.178, F.S.; removing a provision that exempts an |
| 4 | assisted living facility that provides special care for |
| 5 | persons with Alzheimer's disease or other related |
| 6 | disorders from the requirement to pay for certain training |
| 7 | and education programs; providing an effective date. |
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 11 | Section 1. Subsection (8) of section 429.178, Florida |
| 12 | Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (7), and present |
| 13 | subsection (8) of that section is amended to read: |
| 14 | 429.178 Special care for persons with Alzheimer's disease |
| 15 | or other related disorders.- |
| 16 | (7) Any facility more than 90 percent of whose residents |
| 17 | receive monthly optional supplementation payments is not |
| 18 | required to pay for the training and education programs required |
| 19 | under this section. A facility that has one or more such |
| 20 | residents shall pay a reduced fee that is proportional to the |
| 21 | percentage of such residents in the facility. A facility that |
| 22 | does not have any residents who receive monthly optional |
| 23 | supplementation payments must pay a reasonable fee, as |
| 24 | established by the department, for such training and education |
| 25 | programs. |
| 26 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |