Florida Senate - 2017 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 406 Ì4378141Î437814 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 04/20/2017 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Stargel) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Between lines 530 and 531 4 insert: 5 (e) A nursing home or assisted living facility may not 6 prevent a qualifying patient residing in the nursing home or 7 assisted living facility from hiring a caregiver. A nursing home 8 or assisted living facility may prohibit its employees from 9 acting as caregivers to residents of the nursing home or 10 assisted living facility. A nursing home or assisted living 11 facility is not required to provide a caregiver to a resident 12 who is a qualifying patient. 13 14 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 15 And the title is amended as follows: 16 Delete line 40 17 and insert: 18 registry; prohibiting a nursing home or assisted 19 living facility from preventing certain residents from 20 hiring a caregiver; authorizing a nursing home or 21 assisted living facility to prohibit its employees 22 from acting as caregivers to residents; providing that 23 a nursing home or assisted living facility is not 24 required to provide a caregiver to certain residents; 25 revising the entities to which the