Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 804
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/02/2021           .                                
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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         Delete lines 85 - 105
    4  and insert:
    5  has issued an exemption under s. 435.07. Exemptions from
    6  disqualification applicable to service providers pursuant to s.
    7  435.07 or s. 397.4073 shall apply to this subsection. In
    8  accordance with s. 435.04, the department shall notify the
    9  credentialing agency of an owner’s, director’s, or chief
   10  financial officer’s eligibility based on the results of his or
   11  her background screening.
   12         Section 4. Subsection (5) of section 397.4871, Florida
   13  Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         397.4871 Recovery residence administrator certification.—
   15       (5) All applicants are subject to level 2 background
   16  screening as provided under chapter 435. An applicant is
   17  ineligible, and a credentialing entity shall deny the
   18  application, if the applicant has been found guilty of, or has
   19  entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, regardless of
   20  adjudication, any offense listed in s. 408.809 or s. 435.04(2)
   21  unless the department has issued an exemption under s. 435.07.
   22  Exemptions from disqualification applicable to service providers
   23  pursuant to s. 435.07 or s. 397.4073 shall apply to this
   24  subsection. In accordance with s. 435.04, the
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   27  And the title is amended as follows:
   28         Delete lines 10 - 13
   29  and insert:
   30         F.S.; expanding the applicability of certain
   31         exemptions for disqualification to applications for
   32         certification of a recovery residence or a recovery
   33         residence administrator, respectively;