Bill Text: FL S1972 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

Florida Senate Bill 1972 (Prior Session Legislation)

FL State Legislature page for S1972

Bill Title: Veterans [GPSC]

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-28 - Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read 2nd time -SJ 00983; Substituted CS/HB 1003 -SJ 00983; Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1003 (Ch. 2010-177) -SJ 00983 [S1972 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S1972-Comm_Sub.html

 
Florida Senate - 2010                             CS for SB 1972 
 
By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability; 
and Senator Aronberg 
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1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to veterans; amending s. 496.406, 
3         F.S.; exempting certain veterans’ organizations from 
4         requirements to file registration statements with the 
5         Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; 
6         amending s. 295.187, F.S.; revising the definition of 
7         the term “service-disabled veteran” for purposes of 
8         the Florida Service-Disabled Veteran Business 
9         Enterprise Opportunity Act; amending s. 296.06, F.S.; 
10         revising eligibility requirements for residency in the 
11         Veterans’ Domiciliary Home of Florida; amending s. 
12         296.36, F.S.; revising eligibility requirements for 
13         admittance into a licensed health care facility 
14         operated by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs; 
15         providing an effective date. 
16 
17  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
18 
19         Section 1. Section 496.406, Florida Statutes, is amended to 
20  read: 
21         496.406 Exemption from registration.—The following 
22  charitable organizations and sponsors are exempt from the 
23  requirements of s. 496.405: 
24         (1) A person who is soliciting for a named individual, 
25  provided that all the contributions collected without any 
26  deductions whatsoever are turned over to the beneficiary for her 
27  or his use and provided that the person has complied with the 
28  requirements of s. 496.413. 
29         (2) A charitable organization or sponsor which limits 
30  solicitation of contributions to the membership of the 
31  charitable organization or sponsor. For the purposes of this 
32  paragraph, the term “membership” does not include those persons 
33  who are granted a membership upon making a contribution as a 
34  result of a solicitation. 
35         (3) Any division, department, post, or chapter of a 
36  veterans’ service organization granted a federal charter under 
37  Title 36, U.S.C. 
38         Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section 
39  295.187, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
40         295.187 Florida Service-Disabled Veteran Business 
41  Enterprise Opportunity Act.— 
42         (3) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this section, the term: 
43         (b) “Service-disabled veteran” means a veteran who is a 
44  permanent Florida resident with a service-connected disability 
45  of 10 percent or greater as determined by the United States 
46  Department of Veterans Affairs or who has been terminated from 
47  military service by reason of disability by the United States 
48  Department of Defense. 
49         Section 3. Subsection (2) of section 296.06, Florida 
50  Statutes, is amended to read: 
51         296.06 State policy; eligibility requirements.— 
52         (2) To be eligible for residency in the home, a veteran 
53  must: 
54         (a) Have wartime service as provided in s. 1.01(14) or 
55  peacetime service as defined in s. ss. 1.01(14) and 296.02. 
56         (b) Have been a resident of the state for 1 year 
57  immediately preceding application and be a resident of the state 
58  at the time of application. 
59         (c) Not be mentally ill, habitually inebriated, or addicted 
60  to drugs. 
61         (d) Not owe money to the department for services rendered 
62  during any previous stay at a department facility. 
63         (e) Have applied for all financial assistance reasonably 
64  available through governmental sources. 
65         (f) Have been approved as eligible for care and treatment 
66  by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. 
67         Section 4. Subsection (1) of section 296.36, Florida 
68  Statutes, is amended to read: 
69         296.36 Eligibility and priority of admittance.— 
70         (1) To be eligible for admittance to the home, the person 
71  must be a veteran as provided defined in s. 1.01(14) or have 
72  eligible peacetime service as defined in s. 296.02 and must: 
73         (a) Be in need of nursing home care. 
74         (b) Have been a resident of the state for 1 year 
75  immediately preceding, and at the time of application for, 
76  admission to the home. 
77         (c) Not owe money to the department for services rendered 
78  during any previous stay at a department facility. 
79         (d) Have applied for all financial assistance reasonably 
80  available through governmental sources. 
81         (e) Have been approved as eligible for care and treatment 
82  by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. 
83         Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.