Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 116
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/12/2025           .                                
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       The Committee on Rules (Burgess) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 94 - 136
    4  and insert:
    5         (b) The report must also describe The actions taken by the
    6  department in implementing subsections (4), (5), and (7), and
    7  (8) and includes include other information and recommendations
    8  as the department determines are necessary to provide
    9  information on its annual activities requires.
   10         (c)(b) The current status of the department’s domiciliary
   11  and nursing homes established pursuant to chapter 296, including
   12  all receipts and expenditures, the condition of the homes, the
   13  number of residents received and discharged during the preceding
   14  year, occupancy rates, staffing, and any other information
   15  necessary to provide an understanding of the management,
   16  conduct, and operation of the homes.
   17         (d) For the report due on December 31, 2025, an evaluation
   18  by the department among veterans in this state on the level of
   19  health literacy and any recommendations to increase veteran
   20  knowledge of available programs and services and maximize their
   21  use of such resources.
   22         (8) The department shall ensure coordination to the
   23  greatest extent possible with the United States Department of
   24  Defense to directly engage all servicemembers returning home to,
   25  or electing to remain in or move to, this state following their
   26  service and during re-entry into civilian life, including
   27  connecting them with Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., and other
   28  relevant resources. The department may engage county and city
   29  veteran service officers for assistance with fulfilling this
   30  duty.
   31         Section 3. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 292.115,
   32  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   33         292.115 Veteran Suicide Prevention Training Pilot Program.—
   34         (1) The Department of Veterans’ Affairs shall establish the
   35  Veteran Suicide Prevention Training Pilot Program. The purpose
   36  of the pilot program is to offer to each Department of Veterans’
   37  Affairs claims examiner and each county and city veteran service
   38  officer, as described in s. 292.11, specialized mental health
   39  training and certification in the prevention of veteran suicide.
   40         (2) Individuals electing to participate in the pilot
   41  program must be trained to identify indicators of mental health
   42  conditions and elevated suicide risk and provide emergency
   43  crisis referrals for veterans expressing or exhibiting symptoms
   44  of emotional or psychological distress. The Department of
   45  Veterans’ Affairs shall contract with an organization having
   46  proven experience developing and implementing veteran-relevant
   47  and evidence-based mental health assistance and suicide
   48  prevention training to
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   50  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   51  And the title is amended as follows:
   52         Delete lines 31 - 34
   53  and insert:
   54         mental health conditions; requiring the department to
   55         contract with an organization developing and
   56         implementing veteran-relevant and evidence-based
   57         mental health assistance; amending s. 295.124, F.S.;