Florida HB 1295: Executive Appointments

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to memory care; amending s. 429.02, 2
F.S.; defining terms; amending s. 429.07, F.S.; 3
requiring licenses for assisted living facilities that 4
provide memory care services; making technical 5
changes; creating s. 429.076, F.S.; requiring an 6
assisted living facility that serves memory care 7
residents or holds itself out as providing memory care 8
services to obtain a memory care services license; 9
providing an exception; requiring an assisted living 10
facility to maintain certain licensure and meet 11
certain requirements in order to obtain a memory care 12
services license; requiring the Agency for Health Care 13
Administration to adopt rules governing memory care 14
services licenses by a specified date; specifying 15
requirements for such rules; requiring an assisted 16
living facility licensed on or after the effective 17
date of such rules to obtain a memory care services 18
license to carry out certain functions; requiring an 19
assisted living facility licensed before the effective 20
date of such rules to obtain a memory care services 21
license at the time such facility renews its 22
licensure; authorizing a facility that served memory 23
care residents without a memory care services license 24
prior to a specified date to continue to do so if 25

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certain requirements are met; requiring a facility 26
without a memory care services license to meet 27
specified requirements if a memory care resident 28
decides to remain at the facility despite the lack of 29
such license; repealing ss. 429.177 and 429.178, F.S., 30
relating to patients with Alzheimer's disease or other 31
related disorders and certain disclosures and special 32
care for persons with Alzheimer's disease or other 33
related disorders, respectively, upon the adoption of 34
certain rules; providing an effective date. 35
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 37
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Section 1. Present subsections (15) through (28) of 39
section 429.02, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as 40
subsections (17) through (30), respectively, new subsections 41
(15) and (16) are added to that section, and subsection (12) of 42
that section is amended, to read: 43
429.02 Definitions.—When used in this part, the term: 44
(12) "Extended congregate care" means acts beyond those 45
authorized in subsection (20) (18) which may be performed 46
pursuant to part I of chapter 464 by persons licensed thereunder 47
while carrying out their professional duties, and other 48
supportive services that may be specified by rule. The purpose 49
of such services is to enable residents to age in place in a 50

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residential environment despite mental or physical limitations 51
that might otherwise disqualify them from residency in a 52
facility licensed under this part. 53
(15) "Memory care resident" means a person who suffers 54
from Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia who is a resident 55
of an assisted living facility that claims or otherwise 56
represents that it provides specialized care, services, or 57
activities specifically to support such resident's Alzheimer's 58
disease or related dementia, irrespective of whether such care, 59
services, or activities were listed in the resident's contract. 60
(16) "Memory care services" means specific specialized or 61
focused care, services, or activities an assisted living 62
facility agrees to provide to a memory care resident to support 63
his or her Alzheimer's disease or related dementia. Such 64
services do not include services, care, or activities provided 65
by the assisted living facility as optional supportive services 66
that are available to all residents of the facility. 67
Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 429.07, Florida 68
Statutes, is amended to read: 69
429.07 License required; fee.— 70
(3) In addition to the requirements of s. 408.806, each 71
license granted by the agency must state the type of care for 72
which the license is granted. Licenses shall be issued for one 73
or more of the following categories of care: standard, extended 74
congregate care, limited nursing services, or limited mental 75

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health, or memory care services. 76
(a) A standard license shall be issued to facilities 77
providing one or more of the personal services identified in s. 78
429.02. Suc