Bill Text: FL S0816 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Teaching Nursing Homes [SPSC]

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-28 - Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read 2nd time -SJ 00956; Substituted CS/HB 491 -SJ 00956; Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 491 (Ch. 2010-197) -SJ 00956 [S0816 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0816-Comm_Sub.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                       CS for CS for SB 816 
 
By the Committees on Health and Human Services Appropriations; 
and Higher Education; and Senator Aronberg 
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1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to teaching nursing homes; amending s. 
3         430.80, F.S.; revising the term “teaching nursing 
4         home” as it relates to the implementation of a 
5         teaching nursing home pilot project; revising the 
6         requirements to be designated as a teaching nursing 
7         home; amending s. 400.141, F.S.; conforming a cross 
8         reference; providing an effective date. 
9 
10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
11 
12         Section 1. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 430.80, 
13  Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 
14         430.80 Implementation of a teaching nursing home pilot 
15  project.— 
16         (1) As used in this section, the term “teaching nursing 
17  home” means a nursing home facility licensed under chapter 400 
18  which contains a minimum of 170 400 licensed nursing home beds; 
19  has access to a resident senior population of sufficient size to 
20  support education, training, and research relating to geriatric 
21  care; and has a contractual relationship with a federally funded 
22  accredited geriatric research center in this state or operates 
23  in its own right as a geriatric research center. 
24         (3) To be designated as a teaching nursing home, a nursing 
25  home licensee must, at a minimum: 
26         (a) Provide a comprehensive program of integrated senior 
27  services that include institutional services and community-based 
28  services; 
29         (b) Participate in a nationally recognized accreditation 
30  program and hold a valid accreditation, such as the 
31  accreditation awarded by the Joint Commission on Accreditation 
32  of Healthcare Organizations, or, at the time of initial 
33  designation, possess a Gold Seal Award as conferred by the state 
34  on its licensed nursing home; 
35         (c) Have been in business in this state for a minimum of 10 
36  consecutive years; 
37         (d) Demonstrate an active program in multidisciplinary 
38  education and research that relates to gerontology; 
39         (e) Have a formalized contractual relationship with at 
40  least one accredited health profession education program located 
41  in this state; 
42         (f) Have a formalized contractual relationship with an 
43  accredited hospital that is designated by law as a teaching 
44  hospital; and 
45         (f)(g) Have senior staff members who hold formal faculty 
46  appointments at universities, which must include at least one 
47  accredited health profession education program; and. 
48         (g)(h) Maintain insurance coverage pursuant to s. 
49  400.141(1)(s) or proof of financial responsibility in a minimum 
50  amount of $750,000. Such proof of financial responsibility may 
51  include: 
52         1. Maintaining an escrow account consisting of cash or 
53  assets eligible for deposit in accordance with s. 625.52; or 
54         2. Obtaining and maintaining pursuant to chapter 675 an 
55  unexpired, irrevocable, nontransferable and nonassignable letter 
56  of credit issued by any bank or savings association organized 
57  and existing under the laws of this state or any bank or savings 
58  association organized under the laws of the United States that 
59  has its principal place of business in this state or has a 
60  branch office which is authorized to receive deposits in this 
61  state. The letter of credit shall be used to satisfy the 
62  obligation of the facility to the claimant upon presentment of a 
63  final judgment indicating liability and awarding damages to be 
64  paid by the facility or upon presentment of a settlement 
65  agreement signed by all parties to the agreement when such final 
66  judgment or settlement is a result of a liability claim against 
67  the facility. 
68         Section 2. Paragraph (s) of subsection (1) of section 
69  400.141, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
70         400.141 Administration and management of nursing home 
71  facilities.— 
72         (1) Every licensed facility shall comply with all 
73  applicable standards and rules of the agency and shall: 
74         (s) Maintain general and professional liability insurance 
75  coverage that is in force at all times. In lieu of general and 
76  professional liability insurance coverage, a state-designated 
77  teaching nursing home and its affiliated assisted living 
78  facilities created under s. 430.80 may demonstrate proof of 
79  financial responsibility as provided in s. 430.80(3)(g)(h). 
80         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.