Florida Senate - 2018                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 422
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  01/11/2018           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
       (Gibson) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (634064) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete lines 11 - 86
    5  and insert:
    6  abuse or neglect. The teams are housed, for administrative
    7  purposes only, in the Department of Elderly Affairs.
    8         (b) An elder abuse fatality review team may include, but is
    9  not limited to, representatives from the following entities
   10  within the review team’s judicial circuit:
   11         1. Law enforcement agencies;
   12         2. The state attorney;
   13         3. The medical examiner;
   14         4. A county court judge;
   15         5. Adult protective services;
   16         6. The area agency on aging;
   17         7. The State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program;
   18         8. The Agency for Health Care Administration;
   19         9. The Office of the Attorney General;
   20         10. The Office of the State Courts Administrator;
   21         11. The clerk of the court;
   22         12. A victim services program;
   23         13. An elder law attorney;
   24         14. Emergency services personnel;
   25         15. A certified domestic violence center;
   26         16. An advocacy organization for victims of sexual
   27  violence;
   28         17. A funeral home director;
   29         18. A forensic pathologist;
   30         19. A geriatrician;
   31         20. A geriatric nurse;
   32         21. A geriatric psychiatrist or other individual licensed
   33  to offer behavioral health services;
   34         22. A hospital discharge planner;
   35         23. A public guardian; or
   36         24. Any other persons who have knowledge regarding fatal
   37  incidents of elder abuse, domestic violence, or sexual violence,
   38  including knowledge of research, policy, law, and other matters
   39  connected with such incidents involving elders or who are
   40  recommended for inclusion by the review team.
   41         (c) A person eligible under paragraph (b) may initiate the
   42  establishment of a team in his or her judicial circuit and call
   43  the first organizational meeting of the team. At the initial
   44  meeting, members of the team shall choose two members to serve
   45  as co-chairs.
   46         (d) Participation in a review team is voluntary. Members of
   47  the review team shall serve without compensation and may not be
   48  reimbursed for per diem or travel expenses.
   49         (e) Members shall serve for terms of 2 years, to be
   50  staggered as determined by the co-chairs. Chairs may be
   51  reelected by a majority of the review team but not for more than
   52  2 consecutive terms.
   53         (f) A review team shall determine the local operations of
   54  the team, including, but not limited to, the process for case
   55  selection, which must be limited to closed cases in which an
   56  elderly person’s death is verified to have been caused by abuse
   57  or neglect, and the meeting schedule, to include at least one
   58  meeting in each fiscal year.
   59         (g) Administrative costs of operating the review team shall
   60  be borne by the team members or entities whom they represent.
   61         (2) An elder abuse fatality review team must do all of the
   62  following:
   63         (a) Review deaths of elderly persons in its judicial
   64  circuit alleged or found to have been caused by, or related to,
   65  abuse or neglect.
   66         (b) Consider the events leading up to a fatal incident,
   67  available community resources, current law and policies, and the
   68  actions taken by systems and individuals related to the fatal
   69  incident.
   70         (c) Identify gaps, deficiencies, or problems in the
   71  delivery of services to elderly persons by public and private
   72  agencies which may be related to deaths reviewed by the team.
   73         (d) Whenever possible, develop a communitywide approach to
   74  address causes of, and contributing factors to, deaths reviewed
   75  by the team.
   76         (e) Develop practice standards and recommend changes in
   77  law, rules, and policies to support the care of elderly persons
   78  and prevent elder abuse deaths.
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   80  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   81  And the title is amended as follows:
   82         Delete line 182
   83  and insert:
   84         each judicial circuit housed, for administrative
   85         purposes only, in the Department of Elderly Affairs;
   86         providing conditions for team