Florida HB 1121: Pub. Rec./Crash Reports and Traffic Citations

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An act relating to aging and disability services; 2
amending s. 409.979, F.S.; revising requirements for 3
Medicaid recipients to receive an offer for enrollment 4
for long-term care services; requiring the Department 5
of Elderly Affairs to maintain a statewide pre-6
enrollment list for certain services; requiring aging 7
and disability resource center personnel to place 8
individuals on certain lists; requiring certain staff 9
to administer rescreening under certain circumstances; 10
authorizing individuals who meet specified criteria to 11
enroll in the long-term care managed care program; 12
amending s. 409.983, F.S.; providing that the initial 13
assessment of an enrollee shall be reviewed or 14
performed by the Comprehensive Assessment and Review 15
for Long-term Care Services program; amending s. 16
430.04, F.S.; revising provisions relating to 17
intermediate measures taken against an area agency on 18
aging; creating s. 430.09, F.S.; providing 19
definitions; providing requirements for the 20
procurement of commodities or contractual services by 21
area agencies on aging; limiting the salary of the 22
chief executive officer and executive director of an 23
area agency on aging; providing construction; 24
requiring the department to impose certain penalties; 25

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amending s. 430.203, F.S.; revising the definitions of 26
the terms "community care service system" and "core 27
services"; amending s. 430.204, F.S.; authorizing an 28
area agency on aging to directly provide core services 29
under certain circumstances; amending s. 430.205, 30
F.S.; removing obsolete language; revising frequency 31
of inservice training for certain providers; requiring 32
certain elderly persons to be given priority 33
consideration for receiving certain services; amending 34
s. 430.2053, F.S.; redesignating aging resource 35
centers as aging and disability resource centers; 36
revising the purpose thereof; authorizing aging and 37
disability resource centers to place certain clients 38
on and release certain clients from pre-enrollment 39
lists; removing a requirement to convene a work group 40
for certain purposes; removing a requirement to 41
provide enrollment and coverage information to certain 42
individuals; requiring the aging and disability 43
resource center to receive a waiver to be the provider 44
of other direct services; revising the program to 45
which the department and the agency on aging may not 46
make payments; removing an eligibility requirement for 47
an area agency on aging to transition to an aging 48
resource center; revising the entity with which the 49
department may consult to develop capitation rates; 50

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amending s. 430.605, F.S.; revising certain subsidy 51
payments to include supplements to provide for food 52
and nutritional supplements and certain care; amending 53
s. 430.901, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes 54
made by the act; amending s. 744.2001, F.S.; revising 55
the required qualifications of the executive director 56
of the Office of Public and Professional Guardians; 57
amending s. 744.2003, F.S.; revising continuing 58
education requirements for a professional guardian; 59
amending ss. 744.2004 and 744.20041, F.S.; revising 60
disciplinary actions taken by the office; amending s. 61
744.2104, F.S.; providing certain authority for the 62
office in conducting certain investigations; amending 63
s. 744.3701, F.S.; requiring the clerk to disclose 64
confidential information to the department under 65
certain circumstances; requiring the department to 66
provide specified records to the Legislature by a 67
specified date; providing an effective date. 68
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 70
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Section 1. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 409.979, 72
Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 73
409.979 Eligibility.— 74
(2) PRE-ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT OFFERS.—Subject to the 75

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availability of funds, the Department of Elderly Affairs shall 76
make offers for enrollment to eligible individuals based on a 77
pre-enrollment list wait-list prioritization. Before making 78
enrollment offers, the agency and the Department of Elderly 79
Affairs shall determine that sufficient funds exist to support 80
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