Florida Senate - 2014 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 316 Ì794588fÎ794588 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RS . 04/01/2014 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 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. 67 68 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 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.