Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 316
       
       
       
       
       
       
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    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 224 - 278
    4  and insert:
    5         (g) Establish certification standards for third-party
    6  credentialing entities which meet or exceed the department
    7  standards for training and education programs for assisted
    8  living facility administrators.
    9         (4) ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY ADMINISTRATOR CERTIFICATION.
   10  Effective July 1, 2014, an assisted living facility
   11  administrator may be certified by a third-party credentialing
   12  entity that is approved by the department under this section. An
   13  assisted living facility administrator who fails to be certified
   14  under this section or fails to meet training and educational
   15  requirements of s. 429.52 violates this section and is subject
   16  to an administrative fine as provided under s. 429.19. This
   17  subsection does not apply to an administrator licensed under
   18  part II of chapter 468.
   19         (5) GRANDFATHER CLAUSE.—A third-party credentialing entity
   20  shall allow the following persons to enroll in its certification
   21  program, at no cost to the department or the person, in the 12
   22  months immediately after the department approves the third-party
   23  credentialing entity as provided in subsection (3):
   24         (a) A person who is employed as of July 1, 2014, as an
   25  assisted living facility administrator and is in compliance with
   26  the requirements under s. 429.52.
   27         (b) A person who has completed before July 1, 2014, the
   28  required training as an administrator, including the competency
   29  test and continuing education requirements under s. 429.52.
   30         (6) CORE COMPETENCIES.—A third-party credentialing entity
   31  that is approved by the department shall establish the core
   32  competencies for assisted living facility administrators
   33  according to the standards established by the National
   34  Commission for Certifying Agencies.
   35         (7) CERTIFICATION PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—A certification
   36  program of a third-party credentialing entity that is approved
   37  by the department must:
   38         (a) Be established according to the standards set forth by
   39  the National Commission for Certifying Agencies.
   40         (b) Be directly related to the core competencies.
   41         (c) Establish minimum requirements in each of the following
   42  categories:
   43         1. Formal education.
   44         2. Training.
   45         3. On-the-job work experience.
   46         4. Supervision.
   47         5. Testing.
   48         6. Biennial continuing education.
   49         (d) Administer a professional code of ethics and
   50  disciplinary process that applies to all certified persons.
   51         (e) Administer and maintain a publicly accessible Internet
   52  based database that contains information on each person who
   53  applies for certification or is certified.
   54         (f) Approve qualified training entities that provide
   55  precertification training to applicants and continuing education
   56  to certified assisted living facility administrators.
   57         (8) APPEAL.—An individual who is adversely affected by the
   58  decision of a department-approved, third-party credentialing
   59  entity with regard to the denial of initial certification or an
   60  adverse action on continued certification may appeal such
   61  decision to the department for a final determination.
   62         (9) FEES.—A third-party credentialing entity shall
   63  establish a fee for application, examination, certification, and
   64  biennial certification renewal. The fee for application,
   65  examination, and certification may not exceed $200. The fee for
   66  biennial certification renewal may not exceed $100.
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   69  And the title is amended as follows:
   70         Delete line 49
   71  and insert:
   72         certain circumstances; requiring a third-party
   73         credentialing entity to establish fees; providing an
   74         effective date.