Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1180
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/13/2024           .                                
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       The Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
       (Harrell) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 168 and 169
    4  insert:
    5         Section 4. Subsections (6) and (10) of section 397.407,
    6  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
    7         397.407 Licensure process; fees.—
    8         (6) The department may issue probationary, regular, and
    9  interim licenses. The department may shall issue one license for
   10  all each service components component that is operated by a
   11  service provider and defined pursuant to s. 397.311(26). The
   12  license is valid only for the specific service components listed
   13  for each specific location identified on the license. The
   14  licensed service provider shall apply for a new license at least
   15  60 days before the addition of any service components and obtain
   16  approval prior to initiating additional services. The licensed
   17  service provider must notify the department and provide any
   18  required documentation at least or 30 days before the relocation
   19  of any of its service sites. Provision of service components or
   20  delivery of services at a location not identified on the license
   21  may be considered an unlicensed operation that authorizes the
   22  department to seek an injunction against operation as provided
   23  in s. 397.401, in addition to other sanctions authorized by s.
   24  397.415. Probationary and regular licenses may be issued only
   25  after all required information has been submitted. A license may
   26  not be transferred. As used in this subsection, the term
   27  “transfer” includes, but is not limited to, the transfer of a
   28  majority of the ownership interest in the licensed entity or
   29  transfer of responsibilities under the license to another entity
   30  by contractual arrangement.
   31         (10) A separate license is required for each service
   32  component maintained by the service provider.
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   34  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   35  And the title is amended as follows:
   36         Between lines 10 and 11
   37  insert:
   38         amending s. 397.407, F.S.; authorizing, rather than
   39         requiring, the Department of Children and Families to
   40         issue a license for certain service components
   41         operated by a service provider; deleting the timeframe
   42         in which a licensed service provider must apply for
   43         additional services and requiring the service provider
   44         to obtain approval prior to relocating to a different
   45         service site; removing a requirement that a separate
   46         license is required for each service component
   47         maintained by a service provider;