Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 210
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/15/2023           .                                
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       The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Harrell)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 37 - 91
    4  and insert:
    5  medication is prescribed. For the purposes of this paragraph,
    6  "marijuana" includes marijuana that has been certified by a
    7  qualified physician for medical use in accordance with s.
    8  381.986.
    9         Section 2. Paragraph (f) is added to subsection (1) of
   10  section 397.410, Florida Statutes, to read:
   11         397.410 Licensure requirements; minimum standards; rules.—
   12         (1) The department shall establish minimum requirements for
   13  licensure of each service component, as defined in s.
   14  397.311(26), including, but not limited to:
   15         (f) A prohibition on the premises against alcohol,
   16  marijuana, illegal drugs, and the use of prescribed medications
   17  by an individual other than the individual for whom the
   18  medication is prescribed. For the purposes of this paragraph,
   19  "marijuana" includes marijuana that has been certified by a
   20  qualified physician for medical use in accordance with s.
   21  381.986.
   22         Section 3. Subsection (8) is added to section 397.411,
   23  Florida Statutes, to read:
   24         397.411 Inspection; right of entry; classification of
   25  violations; records.—
   26         (8) The department shall establish a mechanism for the
   27  imposition and collection of fines for violations under this
   28  section no later than January 1, 2024.
   29         Section 4. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
   30  397.487, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsection (12) is
   31  added to that section, to read:
   32         397.487 Voluntary certification of recovery residences.—
   33         (3) A credentialing entity shall require the recovery
   34  residence to submit the following documents with the completed
   35  application and fee:
   36         (a) A policy and procedures manual containing:
   37         1. Job descriptions for all staff positions.
   38         2. Drug-testing procedures and requirements.
   39         3. A prohibition on the premises against alcohol,
   40  marijuana, illegal drugs, and the use of prescribed medications
   41  by an individual other than the individual for whom the
   42  medication is prescribed. For the purposes of this subsection,
   43  "marijuana" includes marijuana that has been certified by a
   44  qualified physician for medical use in accordance with s.
   45  381.986.
   46         4. Policies to support a resident’s recovery efforts.
   47         5. A good neighbor policy to address neighborhood concerns
   48  and complaints.
   49         (12) Any person discharged from a recovery residence under
   50  subsection (11) who willfully refuses to depart after being
   51  warned by the owner or an authorized employee of the recovery
   52  residence commits the offense of trespass in a recovery
   53  residence, a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as
   54  provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
   55         Section 5. Present subsections (3) through (7) of section
   56  397.4873, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (4)
   57  through (8), respectively, a new subsection (3) is added to that
   58  section, and present subsections (3) and (6) of that section are
   59  amended, to read:
   60         397.4873 Referrals to or from recovery residences;
   61  prohibitions; penalties.—
   62         (3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), a service provider
   63  licensed under this part may not make a referral of a
   64  prospective, current, or discharged patient to, or accept a
   65  referral of such patient from, a recovery residence that allows
   66  on its premises the use of alcohol, marijuana, or illegal drugs
   67  or the use of prescribed medications by an individual other than
   68  the individual for whom the medication is prescribed. For the
   69  purposes of this subsection, "marijuana" includes marijuana that
   70  has been certified by a qualified physician for medical use in
   71  accordance with s. 381.986.