| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to local long-term care ombudsman |
| 3 | councils; repealing s. 400.0074, F.S., relating to |
| 4 | requirement that local ombudsman councils conduct onsite |
| 5 | administrative assessments; amending s. 400.0067, F.S.; |
| 6 | F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 400.0069, |
| 7 | F.S.; removing a provision relating to onsite |
| 8 | administrative assessments by local ombudsman council |
| 9 | members, to conform; providing an effective date. |
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 13 | Section 1. Section 400.0074, Florida Statutes, is |
| 14 | repealed. |
| 15 | Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section |
| 16 | 400.0067, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 17 | 400.0067 State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Council; duties; |
| 18 | membership.- |
| 19 | (2) The State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Council shall: |
| 20 | (b) Serve as an appellate body in receiving from the local |
| 21 | councils complaints not resolved at the local level. Any |
| 22 | individual member or members of the state council may enter any |
| 23 | long-term care facility involved in an appeal, pursuant to the |
| 24 | conditions specified in s. 400.0074(2). |
| 25 | Section 3. Subsections (4) through (9) of section |
| 26 | 400.0069, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (3) |
| 27 | through (8), respectively, and present subsection (3) of that |
| 28 | section is amended to read: |
| 29 | 400.0069 Local long-term care ombudsman councils; duties; |
| 30 | membership.- |
| 31 | (3) In order to carry out the duties specified in |
| 32 | subsection (2), a member of a local council is authorized to |
| 33 | enter any long-term care facility without notice or first |
| 34 | obtaining a warrant, subject to the provisions of s. |
| 35 | 400.0074(2). |
| 36 | Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |