HB 1891 CS (2003) -  Protection and Delivery of Services to Persons who are Disabled, Vulnerable, or Elderly

General Bill by Future of Florida's Families (CO-SPONSORS) Fiorentino; Green; Sobel
Protection and Delivery of Services to Persons who are Disabled, Vulnerable, or Elderly: Permits administration of medication by certain unlicensed staff for persons with developmental disabilities; provides alternative payment methods for contracts for provision of local substance abuse and mental health programs; provides additional persons which may be given a proxy for the making of health care decisions; provides that a public guardian shall be considered a professional guardian for certain purposes; provides for payment of certain guardianship costs from the guardianship estate; increases professional guardian registrationl fee; requires additional information for registration; transfers certain responsibilities from the Statewide Public Guardianship Office to the Department of Elderly Affairs; authorizes the Department of Elderly Affairs to contract with a not-for-profit entity to register professional guardians; provides that certain educational institutions may act as professional guardians without registering; provides additional regulation of professional guardians; provides that certain financial institutions are exempt from the regulations governing professional guardians; authorizes the court to require guardians to submit to credit history investigations and background screening; provides training requirements for parents appointed as guardians of the proerty of their minor children; allows guardians to employ care managers and disclose confidential information to an ombudsman without court approval; providing that the executive director of the Statewide Public Guardianship Office shall be appointed by the Secretary of Elderly Affairs; removes a limitation on what wards a public guardian may serve; creates the Guardianship Task Force to examine and make recommendations regarding guardianship in this state; provides that certain prior offenses shall be considered in conducting employment screening regardless of date of offense; requires applicants for licensure as a nursing home to provide proof of a legal right to occupy the property; delineates the types and number of deficiencies justifying denial, revocation, or suspension of a license as an assisted living facility; permits alternative methods of providing licensure notices to ceratin care facilites; provides that administrative fines for assisted living facilities or its personnel shall be imposed by AHCA in the manner provided in ch. 120, F.S.; provides for deposit of civil monetary fines in the Quality of Long Term Care Trust Fund; permits financial statements to be submitted for the Gold Seal program; revises training requirements for assisted living facilities; provides for a Medicaid home and community-based waiver for persons with Alzheimer's disease; reinstates provisions governing background screening of persons involved with health care services pools; exempts nursing homes and continuing care facilities from certain financial reporting requirements; requires that licensees of AHCA pay or arrange for payment of amounts owed to the agency by the licensee prior to transfer of the license or issuance of a license to a transferee.
Effective Date: This act shall take effect upon becoming a law
Last Event: Died on Second Reading Calendar on Friday, May 2, 2003 6:15 PM
Date Available for Final Passage: Friday, May 02, 2003 4:41 PM

PCB committee actions:

  • PCB FFF 03-05 recommended by:
    Future of Florida's Families
    • On agenda for: 04/09/03   8:45 AM View Notice
    • Favorable With Amendment(s) (final action) See Votes

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

House Referrals

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 1397 CS Subject: Substance Abuse Services Relationship: Compare
Bill #: HB 1621 Subject: Adult Protective Services Relationship: Compare
Bill #: HB 1871 CS Subject: Long-Term Care Services Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/CS/SB 400 Subject: Health Programs Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/CS/SB 572 Subject: Health Care Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/CS/SB 700 Subject: Children & Family Services Dept. Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/CS/SB 1782 Subject: Guardianship Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/SB 1822 Subject: Adult Protective Services Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/SB 2150 Subject: Nursing Homes Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/SB 2212 Subject: Health Care Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/CS/SB 2390 Subject: Health Care Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/SB 2404 Subject: Substance Abuse & Mental Health Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/SB 2568 Subject: Disabled, Vulnerable, or Elderly Relationship: Compare
Bill #: SB 2766 Subject: Statewide Public Guardianship Office Relationship: Compare
Bill #: SB 2804 Subject: Prescription Medication Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: House Committee: Appropriations 4/24/2003 3:35:02 PM
Chamber: House Committee: Future of Florida's Families 4/18/2003 7:52:57 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Bill added to Second Reading Calendar Time: 05/05/2003 - 11:44 AM Member: Committee: Version:
Event: H Died on Second Reading Calendar Time: 05/02/2003 - 6:15 PM Member: Committee: Version:
Event: H Amendment 132749 filed timely Time: 04/30/2003 - 5:15 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: H Temporarily postponed on 2nd reading; On Unfinished Business Time: 04/30/2003 - 4:43 PM Member: Committee: Version:
Event: H Amendment 120037 adopted Time: 04/30/2003 - 4:41 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: H Read 2nd time Time: 04/30/2003 - 4:38 PM Member: Committee: Version:
Event: H Amendment 120037 filed timely Time: 04/30/2003 - 8:55 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: H Amendment 277559 filed timely Time: 04/30/2003 - 8:55 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: H Bill added to Special Order Calendar (04/30/2003) Time: 04/29/2003 - 1:40 AM Member: Committee: Version:
Event: H Bill added to Second Reading Calendar Time: 04/28/2003 - 8:02 PM Member: Committee: Version:
Event: H Bill released to House Calendar Time: 04/28/2003 - 8:02 PM Member: Committee: Version:
Event: H Recommendation: CS by Appropriations ; Pending Review of CS under Rule 6.3 Time: 04/28/2003 - 1:47 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version:
Event: H Bill passed referred committee Time: 04/28/2003 - 1:47 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version:
Event: H Bill reported out of committee meeting Time: 04/28/2003 - 1:47 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version:
Event: H Bill added to Appropriations agenda Time: 04/23/2003 - 4:16 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version:
Event: H Bill now in Appropriations Time: 04/21/2003 - 12:43 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version:
Event: H Bill referred to Appropriations Time: 04/21/2003 - 12:43 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version:
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 04/17/2003 - 3:18 PM Member: Committee: Version:
Event: H Filed timely Time: 04/17/2003 - 3:18 PM Member: Committee: Future of Florida's Families Version:

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
393.506
394.74 HB 1397 CS
400.0239 HB 1871 CS
400.071 HB 1803, HB 1871 CS
400.141 HB 705 CS, HB 1083, HB 1105, HB 1871 CS, HB 1925
400.235 HB 705 CS, HB 1083, HB 1871 CS
400.414 HB 1871 CS
400.417 HB 1871 CS
400.419 HB 1871 CS
400.452 HB 1871 CS
400.557 HB 1871 CS
400.619 HB 1871 CS
400.9685
400.980 HB 1871 CS
408.061 HB 1871 CS
408.062 HB 1871 CS
408.831 HB 1871 CS
409.9116 HB 1871 CS
415.102
430.502 HB 1871 CS
744.102
744.108
744.1083
744.1085
744.3135
744.3145
744.444
744.534 HB 1803
744.7021
744.704
765.401