Florida Senate - 2014 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 992
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
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5 Section 1. The Department of Health shall convene a study
6 group to evaluate and make recommendations related to the
7 efficacy of state surveillance, mandatory reporting, public
8 notification, prevention, and response activities related to
9 antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The study group must include, at
10 a minimum, representatives of facilities licensed under chapter
11 395, chapter 400, and part I of chapter 483, health care
12 practitioners licensed under chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter
13 464, and chapter 474, the Agency for Health Care Administration,
14 and the Department of Health. At least two members of the work
15 group must be certified infection control practitioners. Members
16 of the study group may be reimbursed for travel expenses. The
17 work group shall evaluate the list of currently reportable
18 antibiotic-resistant bacteria; reporting procedures, including
19 content and format of the reports; notification procedures,
20 including the modes and the network of distribution; and
21 response procedures, including coordination with other
22 departments and agencies of state government, with county and
23 municipal governments, school boards, the Centers for Disease
24 Control and Prevention, facilities that may be affected by an
25 outbreak, and the public. The work group may evaluate other
26 issues it deems necessary and appropriate. The study group shall
27 submit a report of its findings and an action plan for
28 implementation, together with any recommendations of necessary
29 legislation, to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and
30 the Speaker of the House of Representatives no later than July
31 1, 2015.
32 Section 2. Paragraph (t) of subsection (1) of section
33 400.141, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
34 400.141 Administration and management of nursing home
35 facilities.—
36 (1) Every licensed facility shall comply with all
37 applicable standards and rules of the agency and shall:
38 (t) Assess all residents within 5 working days after
39 admission for eligibility for pneumococcal polysaccharide
40 vaccination or revaccination (PPV) and vaccinate residents when
41 indicated within 60 days after the effective date of this act in
42 accordance with the recommendations of the United States Centers
43 for Disease Control and Prevention, subject to exemptions for
44 medical contraindications and religious or personal beliefs.
45 Residents admitted after the effective date of this act shall be
46 assessed within 5 working days of admission and, when indicated,
47 vaccinated within 60 days in accordance with the recommendations
48 of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
49 subject to exemptions for medical contraindications and
50 religious or personal beliefs. Immunization shall not be
51 provided to any resident who provides documentation that he or
52 she has been immunized as required by this paragraph. This
53 paragraph does not prohibit a resident from receiving the
54 immunization from his or her personal physician if he or she so
55 chooses. A resident who chooses to receive the immunization from
56 his or her personal physician shall provide proof of
57 immunization to the facility. The agency may adopt and enforce
58 any rules necessary to comply with or implement this paragraph.
59 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.
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62 And the title is amended as follows:
63 Delete everything before the enacting clause
64 and insert:
65 A bill to be entitled
66 An act relating to infectious disease control;
67 creating a study group to evaluate activities related
68 to antibiotic-resistant bacteria; specifying
69 appointments; providing duties and responsibilities of
70 the study group; providing for a report and
71 recommendations to be submitted to the Governor,
72 President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of
73 Representatives; amending s. 400.141, F.S.; revising
74 the type of pneumococcal vaccine given to nursing home
75 residents; deleting obsolete language; providing an
76 effective date.