| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to assisted living facilities; amending s. |
| 3 | 429.14, F.S.; removing a provision that authorizes the |
| 4 | Agency for Health Care Administration to deny a license to |
| 5 | an applicant or controlling interest of an assisted living |
| 6 | facility when the applicant or controlling interest has a |
| 7 | financial or ownership interest in another licensed |
| 8 | facility upon which specified sanctions have been imposed |
| 9 | within a certain period of time; removing a provision that |
| 10 | requires the agency to provide certain information |
| 11 | relating to assisted living facility license status to the |
| 12 | Division of Hotels and Restaurants of the Department of |
| 13 | Business and Professional Regulation; providing an |
| 14 | effective date. |
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| 16 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 18 | Section 1. Subsections (4), (5), and (7) of section |
| 19 | 429.14, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (3), |
| 20 | (4), and (5), respectively, and present subsections (3) and (6) |
| 21 | of that section are amended to read: |
| 22 | 429.14 Administrative penalties.- |
| 23 | (3) The agency may deny a license to any applicant or |
| 24 | controlling interest as defined in part II of chapter 408 which |
| 25 | has or had a 25-percent or greater financial or ownership |
| 26 | interest in any other facility licensed under this part, or in |
| 27 | any entity licensed by this state or another state to provide |
| 28 | health or residential care, which facility or entity during the |
| 29 | 5 years prior to the application for a license closed due to |
| 30 | financial inability to operate; had a receiver appointed or a |
| 31 | license denied, suspended, or revoked; was subject to a |
| 32 | moratorium; or had an injunctive proceeding initiated against |
| 33 | it. |
| 34 | (6) The agency shall provide to the Division of Hotels and |
| 35 | Restaurants of the Department of Business and Professional |
| 36 | Regulation, on a monthly basis, a list of those assisted living |
| 37 | facilities that have had their licenses denied, suspended, or |
| 38 | revoked or that are involved in an appellate proceeding pursuant |
| 39 | to s. 120.60 related to the denial, suspension, or revocation of |
| 40 | a license. |
| 41 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |