Bill Text: FL S0690 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Assisted Living Facilities

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-03 - Withdrawn from further consideration -SJ 725 [S0690 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-S0690-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2011                                     SB 690
       
       
       
       By Senator Richter
       
       
       
       
       37-00806-11                                            2011690__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to assisted living facilities;
    3         amending s. 429.41, F.S.; removing an obsolete
    4         provision requiring the Department of Elderly Affairs
    5         to submit to the Legislature for review and comment a
    6         copy of proposed department rules establishing
    7         standards for resident care; providing an effective
    8         date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Subsections (4) and (5) of section 429.41,
   13  Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (3) and (4),
   14  respectively, and present subsection (3) of that section is
   15  amended to read:
   16         429.41 Rules establishing standards.—
   17         (3) The department shall submit a copy of proposed rules to
   18  the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of
   19  the Senate, and appropriate committees of substance for review
   20  and comment prior to the promulgation thereof. Rules promulgated
   21  by the department shall encourage the development of homelike
   22  facilities which promote the dignity, individuality, personal
   23  strengths, and decisionmaking ability of residents.
   24         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.