Bill Text: FL H4199 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Pharmacy & Dietary/Assisted Living Facilities

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration [H4199 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-H4199-Introduced.html

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HB 4199

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to pharmacy and dietary services at
3	assisted living facilities; amending s. 429.42, F.S.;
4	deleting obsolete provisions relating to a corrective
5	action plan and a requirement that two pharmacists assist
6	with inspections at assisted living facilities under
7	certain conditions; providing an effective date.
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9	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11	Section 1.  Subsection (4) of section 429.42, Florida
12	Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (2), and present
13	subsections (2) and (3) of that section are amended to read:
14	429.42  Pharmacy and dietary services.-
15	(2)  A corrective action plan for deficiencies related to
16	assistance with the self-administration of medication or the
17	administration of medication must be developed and implemented
18	by the facility within 48 hours after notification of such
19	deficiency, or sooner if the deficiency is determined by the
20	agency to be life-threatening.
21	(3)  The agency shall employ at least two pharmacists
22	licensed pursuant to chapter 465 among its personnel who
23	biennially inspect assisted living facilities licensed under
24	this part, to participate in biennial inspections or consult
25	with the agency regarding deficiencies relating to medicinal
26	drugs or over-the-counter preparations.
27	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.