Florida HB 633: Insurance Coverages for Drugs and Medical Procedures and Treatments

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to public swimming and bathing places; 2
amending s. 514.0115, F.S.; requiring certain pools to 3
have a yearly inspection to confirm certain standards 4
are being met; authorizing the Public Swimming Pool 5
and Spa Technical Committee to review and grant rule 6
variances; amending s. 514.021, F.S.; requiring the 7
Public Swimming Pool and Spa Technical Committee to 8
adopt certain rules; removing a provision that such 9
rules be reviewed and revised biennially; revising the 10
sanitation and safety standards for public swimming 11
pools and bathing places; prohibiting the committee 12
from establishing by rule certain regulations; 13
removing a provision requiring the Department of 14
Health to provide technical assistance to the Florida 15
Building Commission; requiring certain employees of 16
the department to obtain, maintain, and renew a 17
Florida Public Pool Specialist Certification; 18
providing that the department is responsible for the 19
cost of such certification; amending s. 514.025, F.S.; 20
requiring certain employees of county health 21
departments to obtain, maintain, and renew a Florida 22
Public Pool Specialist Certification; providing that 23
the county health department is responsible for the 24
cost of such certification; amending s. 514.028, F.S.; 25

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creating the Public Swimming Pool and Spa Technical 26
Committee within the Department of Health, rather than 27
an advisory review board; requiring the Governor to 28
appoint members to the committee; requiring the 29
committee to meet on a certain schedule; revising the 30
membership and purpose of the committee; requiring the 31
committee to hold public workshops under certain 32
circumstances; requiring specified notice be published 33
in the Florida Administrative Register a specified 34
timeframe before such workshop; amending s. 514.03, 35
F.S.; requiring, rather than authorizing, local 36
governments and local enforcement districts to 37
determine compliance with certain standards; 38
prohibiting the department, local governments, and 39
local enforcement districts from requiring that 40
certain plans be submitted to replace certain 41
equipment if a specified condition is met; requiring 42
specified contractors to certify that replacement 43
equipment meets certain specifications; amending s. 44
514.031, F.S.; revising the information that must be 45
submitted with a permit application to operate a 46
public swimming pool; requiring the department to 47
grant such permit application unless there is clear 48
and convincing evidence that the public swimming pool 49
will not operate in compliance with specified laws and 50

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rules; requiring the department to provide specified 51
information to an applicant if the department denies a 52
permit application; providing an effective date. 53
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 55
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Section 1. Subsections (2), (3), and (9) of section 57
514.0115, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 58
514.0115 Exemptions from supervision or regulation; 59
variances.— 60
(2)(a) Pools serving no more than 32 condominium or 61
cooperative units which are not operated as a public lodging 62
establishment are shall be exempt from supervision under this 63
chapter, except for maintaining compliance with department rules 64
relating to water quality and a yearly inspection to confirm 65
that sanitary and entrapment standards are being met, including 66
all of the following: 67
1. The pool is compliant with the federal Virginia Graeme 68
Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, 15 U.S.C. ss. 8001 et seq. 69
2. The pool is being operated at the designed and 70
permitted flow rate. 71
3. The pool filtration system capacity is equal to or 72
greater than originally designed, is using the same filter media 73
as originally designed, and is being operated as originally 74
designed, whether as suction or pressure. 75

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(b) Pools serving condominium or cooperative associations 76
of more than 32 units and whose recorded documents prohibit the 77
rental or sublease of the units for periods of less than 60 days 78
are exempt from supervision under this chapter, except that the 79
condominium or cooperative owner or association must file 80
applications with the department and obtain construction plans 81
approval and rec