Bill Text: FL S1346 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Florida Statutes

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-02 - Laid on Table, refer to HB 7027 [S1346 Detail]

Download: Florida-2018-S1346-Introduced.html
       Florida Senate - 2018                                    SB 1346
       
       
                                                                       
       By Senator Benacquisto
       
       
       
       
       
       27-00783-18                                           20181346__
    1                   A reviser’s bill to be entitled                 
    2         An act relating to the Florida Statutes; amending ss.
    3         20.2551, 101.5614, 122.34, 201.02, 394.907, 395.602,
    4         395.603, and 395.604, F.S., to conform to the
    5         directive of the Legislature in section 9 of chapter
    6         2012-116, Laws of Florida, codified as section
    7         11.242(5)(j), Florida Statutes, to prepare a reviser’s
    8         bill to omit all statutes and laws, or parts thereof,
    9         which grant duplicative, redundant, or unused
   10         rulemaking authority; amending ss. 101.6952, 102.141,
   11         and 102.166, F.S., to conform cross-references;
   12         providing an effective date.
   13          
   14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   15  
   16         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
   17  20.2551, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   18         20.2551 Citizen support organizations; use of property;
   19  audit; public records; partnerships.—
   20         (2) USE OF PROPERTY.—
   21         (b) The department may prescribe by rule any condition with
   22  which a citizen support organization shall comply in order to
   23  use fixed property or facilities of the department.
   24         Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 101.5614, Florida
   25  Statutes, is amended to read:
   26         101.5614 Canvass of returns.—
   27         (2)The Department of State shall, in accordance with s.
   28  101.015, adopt rules that provide safeguards for the counting of
   29  votes at a precinct and at a central or regional location.
   30         Section 3. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
   31  122.34, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   32         122.34 Special provisions for certain sheriffs and full
   33  time deputy sheriffs.—
   34         (1)
   35         (c)The department shall make such rules as are necessary
   36  for the effective administration of the intent of this section.
   37         Section 4. Paragraph (c) of subsection (10) of section
   38  201.02, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   39         201.02 Tax on deeds and other instruments relating to real
   40  property or interests in real property.—
   41         (10)
   42         (c)The department may adopt rules to administer the method
   43  for reporting tax due under this subsection.
   44         Section 5. Subsection (8) of section 394.907, Florida
   45  Statutes, is amended to read:
   46         394.907 Community mental health centers; quality assurance
   47  programs.—
   48         (8)The department, in consultation with the agency, shall
   49  adopt rules to carry out this section.
   50         Section 6. Subsection (4) of section 395.602, Florida
   51  Statutes, is amended to read:
   52         395.602 Rural hospitals.—
   53         (4)RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.—The department may adopt all
   54  necessary rules pertaining to the standards of care applicable
   55  to rural hospital swing-beds and the criteria whereby swing-bed
   56  stays of longer than 30 days shall be authorized. The latter
   57  length-of-stay criteria shall include, but not be limited to,
   58  the medical needs of the patient, the county of residence of the
   59  patient and patient’s family, patient preference, proximity to
   60  relatives and friends, and distance to available nursing home
   61  beds, if any.
   62         Section 7. Subsection (1) of section 395.603, Florida
   63  Statutes, is amended to read:
   64         395.603 Deactivation of general hospital beds; rural
   65  hospital impact statement.—
   66         (1) The agency shall establish, by rule, a process by which
   67  a rural hospital, as defined in s. 395.602, that seeks licensure
   68  as a rural primary care hospital or as an emergency care
   69  hospital, or becomes a certified rural health clinic as defined
   70  in Pub. L. No. 95-210, or becomes a primary care program such as
   71  a county health department, community health center, or other
   72  similar outpatient program that provides preventive and curative
   73  services, may deactivate general hospital beds. Rural primary
   74  care hospitals and emergency care hospitals shall maintain the
   75  number of actively licensed general hospital beds necessary for
   76  the facility to be certified for Medicare reimbursement.
   77  Hospitals that discontinue inpatient care to become rural health
   78  care clinics or primary care programs shall deactivate all
   79  licensed general hospital beds. All hospitals, clinics, and
   80  programs with inactive beds shall provide 24-hour emergency
   81  medical care by staffing an emergency room. Providers with
   82  inactive beds shall be subject to the criteria in s. 395.1041.
   83  The agency shall specify in rule requirements for making 24-hour
   84  emergency care available. Inactive general hospital beds shall
   85  be included in the acute care bed inventory, maintained by the
   86  agency for certificate-of-need purposes, for 10 years from the
   87  date of deactivation of the beds. After 10 years have elapsed,
   88  inactive beds shall be excluded from the inventory. The agency
   89  shall, at the request of the licensee, reactivate the inactive
   90  general beds upon a showing by the licensee that licensure
   91  requirements for the inactive general beds are met.
   92         Section 8. Subsection (3) of section 395.604, Florida
   93  Statutes, is amended to read:
   94         395.604 Other rural hospital programs.—
   95         (3)The agency may adopt licensure rules for rural primary
   96  care hospitals and essential access community hospitals. Such
   97  rules must conform to s. 395.1055.
   98         Section 9. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
   99  101.6952, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  100         101.6952 Vote-by-mail ballots for absent uniformed services
  101  and overseas voters.—
  102         (3)
  103         (b) A federal write-in absentee ballot may not be canvassed
  104  until 7 p.m. on the day of the election. A federal write-in
  105  absentee ballot from an overseas voter in a presidential
  106  preference primary or general election may not be canvassed
  107  until the conclusion of the 10-day period specified in
  108  subsection (5). Each federal write-in absentee ballot received
  109  by 7 p.m. on the day of the election shall be canvassed pursuant
  110  to ss. 101.5614(4) 101.5614(5) and 101.68, unless the elector’s
  111  official vote-by-mail ballot is received by 7 p.m. on election
  112  day. Each federal write-in absentee ballot from an overseas
  113  voter in a presidential preference primary or general election
  114  received by 10 days after the date of the election shall be
  115  canvassed pursuant to ss. 101.5614(4) 101.5614(5) and 101.68,
  116  unless the overseas voter’s official vote-by-mail ballot is
  117  received by 10 days after the date of the election. If the
  118  elector’s official vote-by-mail ballot is received by 7 p.m. on
  119  election day, or, for an overseas voter in a presidential
  120  preference primary or general election, no later than 10 days
  121  after the date of the election, the federal write-in absentee
  122  ballot is invalid and the official vote-by-mail ballot shall be
  123  canvassed. The time shall be regulated by the customary time in
  124  standard use in the county seat of the locality.
  125         Section 10. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) and paragraph
  126  (a) of subsection (7) of section 102.141, Florida Statutes, are
  127  amended to read:
  128         102.141 County canvassing board; duties.—
  129         (4)(a) The supervisor of elections shall upload into the
  130  county’s election management system by 7 p.m. on the day before
  131  the election the results of all early voting and vote-by-mail
  132  ballots that have been canvassed and tabulated by the end of the
  133  early voting period. Pursuant to ss. 101.5614(8) 101.5614(9),
  134  101.657, and 101.68(2), the tabulation of votes cast or the
  135  results of such uploads may not be made public before the close
  136  of the polls on election day.
  137         (7) If the unofficial returns reflect that a candidate for
  138  any office was defeated or eliminated by one-half of a percent
  139  or less of the votes cast for such office, that a candidate for
  140  retention to a judicial office was retained or not retained by
  141  one-half of a percent or less of the votes cast on the question
  142  of retention, or that a measure appearing on the ballot was
  143  approved or rejected by one-half of a percent or less of the
  144  votes cast on such measure, a recount shall be ordered of the
  145  votes cast with respect to such office or measure. The Secretary
  146  of State is responsible for ordering recounts in federal, state,
  147  and multicounty races. The county canvassing board or the local
  148  board responsible for certifying the election is responsible for
  149  ordering recounts in all other races. A recount need not be
  150  ordered with respect to the returns for any office, however, if
  151  the candidate or candidates defeated or eliminated from
  152  contention for such office by one-half of a percent or less of
  153  the votes cast for such office request in writing that a recount
  154  not be made.
  155         (a) Each canvassing board responsible for conducting a
  156  recount shall put each marksense ballot through automatic
  157  tabulating equipment and determine whether the returns correctly
  158  reflect the votes cast. If any marksense ballot is physically
  159  damaged so that it cannot be properly counted by the automatic
  160  tabulating equipment during the recount, a true duplicate shall
  161  be made of the damaged ballot pursuant to the procedures in s.
  162  101.5614(4) 101.5614(5). Immediately before the start of the
  163  recount, a test of the tabulating equipment shall be conducted
  164  as provided in s. 101.5612. If the test indicates no error, the
  165  recount tabulation of the ballots cast shall be presumed correct
  166  and such votes shall be canvassed accordingly. If an error is
  167  detected, the cause therefor shall be ascertained and corrected
  168  and the recount repeated, as necessary. The canvassing board
  169  shall immediately report the error, along with the cause of the
  170  error and the corrective measures being taken, to the Department
  171  of State. No later than 11 days after the election, the
  172  canvassing board shall file a separate incident report with the
  173  Department of State, detailing the resolution of the matter and
  174  identifying any measures that will avoid a future recurrence of
  175  the error.
  176         Section 11. Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section
  177  102.166, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  178         102.166 Manual recounts of overvotes and undervotes.—
  179         (5) Procedures for a manual recount are as follows:
  180         (b) Each duplicate ballot prepared pursuant to s.
  181  101.5614(4) 101.5614(5) or s. 102.141(7) shall be compared with
  182  the original ballot to ensure the correctness of the duplicate.
  183         Reviser’s note.—Amends or repeals provisions of the Florida
  184         Statutes pursuant to the directive of the Legislature in s.
  185         9, ch. 2012-116, Laws of Florida, codified as s.
  186         11.242(5)(j), Florida Statutes, to prepare a reviser’s bill
  187         to omit all statutes and laws, or parts thereof, which
  188         grant duplicative, redundant, or unused rulemaking
  189         authority.
  190         Section 12. This act shall take effect on the 60th day
  191  after adjournment sine die of the session of the Legislature in
  192  which enacted.

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