Florida Senate - 2021 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 894 Ì324598YÎ324598 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . Floor: WD/2R . 04/26/2021 10:02 AM . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senator Jones moved the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Before line 34 4 insert: 5 Section 1. Present subsections (16) through (28) of section 6 429.02, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (17) 7 through (29), respectively, a new subsection (16) is added to 8 that section, and subsection (12) of that section is amended, to 9 read: 10 429.02 Definitions.—When used in this part, the term: 11 (12) “Extended congregate care” means acts beyond those 12 authorized in subsection (19)(18)which may be performed 13 pursuant to part I of chapter 464 by persons licensed thereunder 14 while carrying out their professional duties, and other 15 supportive services that may be specified by rule. The purpose 16 of such services is to enable residents to age in place in a 17 residential environment despite mental or physical limitations 18 that might otherwise disqualify them from residency in a 19 facility licensed under this part. 20 (16) “Medication technician” means an unlicensed staff 21 member who has completed 6 hours of training. A medication 22 technician may provide assistance with a resident’s self 23 administration of medications and with his or her use of point 24 of-care devices. 25 Section 2. Subsection (6) of section 429.52, Florida 26 Statutes, is amended to read: 27 429.52 Staff training and educational requirements.— 28 (6) Medication technicians shallStaff assisting with the29self-administration of medications under s. 429.256 must30 complete a minimum of 6 additional hours of training provided by 31 a registered nurse or a licensed pharmacist before providing 32 assistance. Two hours of continuing education are required 33 annually thereafter. The agency shall establish by rule the 34 minimum requirements of medication technicianthistraining, 35 which must address infection control, safe handling and use of 36 point-of-care devices, communicating with case managers and 37 health care providers, standard of care protocols for the 38 provision of care in a licensed assisted living facility, 39 identification of nursing standards, and methods of assisting 40 residents with the self-administration of medications. 41 42 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 43 And the title is amended as follows: 44 Delete line 2 45 and insert: 46 An act relating to physician assistants; amending s. 47 429.02, F.S.; defining the term “medication 48 technician”; amending s. 429.52, F.S.; providing 49 minimum requirements and specifications for training 50 of medication technicians; amending ss.