Florida Senate - 2022                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 988
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  01/13/2022           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Policy (Garcia) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 68 - 74
    4  and insert:
    5  during their admission to, or residency at, the provider’s
    6  facility in accordance with agency rules.
    7         (2) If circumstances require a provider to restrict public
    8  access to the facility due to health or safety concerns, the
    9  provider must develop alternate visitation protocols that allow
   10  visitation to the greatest extent possible while maintaining
   11  client health and safety.
   12         (3) A provider that admits clients to its facility or
   13  serves clients who are residents in the provider’s facility must
   14  allow in-person visits in all of the
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   17  And the title is amended as follows:
   18         Delete line 5
   19  and insert:
   20         visitors during their admission or residency at the
   21         facility; requiring providers