Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1120
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  01/29/2020           .                                
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       The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Harrell)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 113 and 114
    4  insert:
    5         Section 4. Present subsections (4), (5), and (6) of section
    6  397.4873, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (5),
    7  (6), and (7), respectively, a new subsection (4) is added to
    8  that section, and subsection (1) of that section is republished,
    9  to read:
   10         397.4873 Referrals to or from recovery residences;
   11  prohibitions; penalties.—
   12         (1) A service provider licensed under this part may not
   13  make a referral of a prospective, current, or discharged patient
   14  to, or accept a referral of such a patient from, a recovery
   15  residence unless the recovery residence holds a valid
   16  certificate of compliance as provided in s. 397.487 and is
   17  actively managed by a certified recovery residence administrator
   18  as provided in s. 397.4871.
   19         (4) In addition to any other punishment provided by law,
   20  any person who willfully and knowingly violates subsection (1)
   21  commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as
   22  provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
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   24  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   25  And the title is amended as follows:
   26         Delete line 15
   27  and insert:
   28         recovery residences; amending s. 397.4873, F.S.;
   29         providing criminal penalties for violations relating
   30         to recovery residence patient referrals; amending s.
   31         817.505, F.S.;