1 | Representative Jones offered the following: |
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3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
4 | Between lines 197 and 198, insert: |
5 | Section 3. 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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74 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
75 | Remove line 16 and insert: |
76 | certain entities; amending s. 400.191, F.S.; requiring the |
77 | Agency for Health Care Administration to list information about |
78 | nursing home family councils in a mandated report; providing |
79 | applicability; providing for |