HB 7139 (2006) -  Emergency Management

General Bill by Health Care General Committee and Harrell (CO-SPONSORS) Adams; Arza; Bucher; Grant; Hasner; Homan; Joyner; Sobel
Emergency Management: Revises various provisions of law relating to emergency management; specifies additional entities and agencies that are required to provide registration information to persons with special needs for purposes of inclusion within the registry of persons with special needs maintained by local emergency management agencies; provides that the Department of Community Affairs shall be the designated lead agency responsible for community education and outreach to the general public, including persons with special needs, regarding registration as a person with special needs, special needs shelters, and general information regarding shelter stays; provides that a person with special needs shall be allowed to bring his or her service animal into a special needs shelter; revises provisions with respect to the required notification of residential utility customers of the availability of the special needs registration program; provides that special needs shelter roster information shall be provided to local law enforcement agencies upon request; requires the Division of Emergency Management to address strategies for the evacuation of persons with pets in the shelter component of the state comprehensive emergency management plan; provides for the inclusion of the requirement for similar strategies within local comprehensive emergency management plans; requires the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to provide specified assistance to the division; requires the Florida Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan to permit the Agency for Health Care Administration to make initial contact with each nursing home and assisted living facility in a disaster area; requires the agency to annually publish an emergency telephone number that may be used by nursing homes and assisted living facilities to contact the agency; requires the Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Community Affairs to biennially prepare and submit a statewide emergency shelter plan to the Governor and the Cabinet for approval; provides plan requirements; requires the Department of Health to provide specified assistance to the division; revises those facilities which are excluded as being suitable for use as public hurricane evacuation shelters; requires local emergency management agencies to coordinate with public facilities to determine its readiness prior to activation; provides for the operation and closure of special needs shelters; provides that local Children's Medical Services offices shall assume lead responsibility for specified coordination with respect to the development of a plan for the staffing and medical management of pediatric special needs shelters; requires such plans to conform to the local comprehensive emergency management plan; requires county governments to assist the Department of Health with nonmedical staffing and operation of special needs shelters; requires county health departments and emergency management agencies to coordinate such efforts to ensure appropriate staffing; provides that the appropriate county health department, Children's Medical Services office, and local emergency management agency shall jointly determine the responsibility for medical supervision in a special needs shelter; requires the local health department and emergency management agency to coordinate efforts to ensure appropriate designation, operation, and closure of special needs shelters; requires the Secretary of Elderly Affairs to convene multiagency special needs shelter discharge planning teams to assist local areas that are severely impacted by a natural or manmade disaster that requires the use of special needs shelters; provides duties and responsibilities of such discharge planning teams; provides for the inclusion of specified state agency representatives on each discharge planning team; revises provisions relating to reimbursement of health care practitioners; provides for eligibility of specified health care facilities for reimbursement when a multiagency special needs shelter discharge planning team discharges persons with special needs to such receiving facilities; provides procedures and requirements with respect to such reimbursement; requires the department to specify by rule expenses that are reimbursable and the rate of reimbursement for services; revises provisions which prescribe means of and procedures for reimbursement; disallows specified reimbursements; revises provisions with respect to the organization, role, duties, and composition of the special needs shelter interagency committee; requires the department to adopt specified rules with respect to special needs shelters; revises requirements with respect to the comprehensive emergency management plans of home health agencies, nurse registries, and hospices, and provides such requirements with respect to home medical equipment providers, to include the means by which continuing services will be provided to patients who evacuate to special needs shelters; authorizes the establishment of links to local emergency operations centers for specified purposes; revises requirements of a county health department with respect to review of a comprehensive emergency management plan submitted by a home health agency, nurse registry, or hospice; provides requirements upon failure to submit a plan or requested information to the department; provides for imposition of a fine; revises requirements of the Department of Health with respect to review of the plan of a home health agency or hospice that operates in more than one county; provides that the preparation and maintenance of a comprehensive emergency management plan by a home medical equipment provider is a requirement for licensure and must meet minimum criteria established by the Agency for Health Care Administration; provides plan requirements; provides that the plan is subject to review and approval by the county health department; requires each home medical equipment provider to maintain a current prioritized list of patients who need continued services during an emergency; defines "life-supporting or life-sustaining equipment" for purposes of pt. X of ch. 400, F.S., relating to home medical equipment providers; requires the Agency for Health Care Administration to adopt rules with respect to the comprehensive emergency management plan prepared by a home medical equipment services provider; provides that entities regulated or licensed by the agency may exceed their licensed capacity to act as a receiving facility under specified circumstances; provides requirements while such entities are in an overcapacity status; provides for issuance of an inactive license to such licensees under specified conditions; provides requirements and procedures with respect to the issuance and reactivation of an inactive license; provides fees; requires certain health insurance entities to waive time restrictions on refilling prescriptions for medication during specified emergency conditions; provides legislative findings with respect to the equipping of all designated public special needs hurricane evacuation shelters with permanent emergency power generating capacity by a specified date; requires the Department of Community Affairs to work with local communities to ensure a sufficient number of public special needs shelters designated to meet anticipated demand; specifies the percentage of local match for such projects; provides an appropriation to the Department of Community Affairs to establish a competitive award process; specifies a limit with respect to administration of the funding; provides legislative findings with respect to retrofitting public hurricane evacuation shelters; provides criteria for the retrofitting of a public hurricane evacuation shelter; provides an appropriation to the Department of Community Affairs to establish a competitive award process; specifies a limit with respect to administration of the funding; provides an appropriation to implement the provisions of emergency management plan reviews for home health agencies and nurse registry, hospice, and home medical equipment providers.
Effective Date: July 1, 2006.
Last Event: 05/05/06 S Died in Committee on Domestic Security, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to HB 7121 (Ch. 2006-71) on Friday, May 5, 2006 11:59 PM

PCB committee actions:

  • PCB HCG 06-01 recommended by:
    Health Care General Committee
    • On agenda for: 02/22/06   10:30 AM View Notice
    • Favorable With Amendment(s) (final action) See Votes

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

House Referrals

Senate Referrals

  • Domestic Security
  • Community Affairs
  • Health Care
  • Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/CS/CS/CS/CS/SB 1058 Subject: Emergency Management Relationship: Similar
Bill #: HB 89 Subject: Emergency Management Relationship: Compare
Bill #: HB 545 CS Subject: Emergency Sheltering of Persons with Pets Relationship: Compare
Bill #: HB 7121 Subject: Disaster Preparedness Response and Recovery Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/CS/SB 862 Subject: Emergency Preparedness Relationship: Compare
Bill #: SB 1484 Subject: Emergency Public Shelters Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: House Committee: Health & Families Council 4/23/2006 3:53:25 PM
Chamber: House Committee: Health & Families Council 4/19/2006 8:44:05 PM
Chamber: House Committee: Health Care Appropriations Committee 4/18/2006 8:09:01 AM
Chamber: House Committee: Health Care Appropriations Committee 4/17/2006 11:36:33 AM
Chamber: House Committee: Health Care General Committee 3/16/2006 10:00:13 AM
Chamber: House Committee: Health Care General Committee 3/16/2006 9:08:18 AM
Chamber: House Committee: Health Care General Committee 2/21/2006 8:53:34 PM

Vote History

Chamber Date Yeas Nays Action Action 2 Vote Detail Barcode
Chamber: House Date: 04/28/2006 01:59 PM   Yeas: 115 Nays: 0 Action: Passage Action 2: Vote Detail: Vote [Seq# 992] Barcode:

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Committee on Domestic Security, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to HB 7121 (Ch. 2006-71) Time: 05/05/2006 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: S Received, referred to Domestic Security; Community Affairs; Health Care; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations -SJ 00705 Time: 04/28/2006 - 5:10 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: S In Messages Time: 04/28/2006 - 3:37 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H Message sent to senate Time: 04/28/2006 - 3:30 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H Passage on third reading Time: 04/28/2006 - 1:59 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H Passed as amended; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 Time: 04/28/2006 - 1:59 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H Read 3rd time Time: 04/28/2006 - 1:58 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H Added to Third Reading Calendar Time: 04/27/2006 - 7:19 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H Read 2nd time Time: 04/27/2006 - 12:51 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: H Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2006) Time: 04/25/2006 - 6:23 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: H Added to Second Reading Calendar Time: 04/23/2006 - 4:22 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: H Bill released to House Calendar Time: 04/23/2006 - 4:22 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: H Pending review of CS under Rule 6.3 Time: 04/23/2006 - 3:48 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: H Reported out of Health & Families Council Time: 04/23/2006 - 3:38 PM Member: Committee: Health & Families Council Version: c1
Event: H Favorable with CS by Health & Families Council Time: 04/20/2006 - 4:45 PM Member: Committee: Health & Families Council Version: c1
Event: H Added to Health & Families Council agenda Time: 04/18/2006 - 4:21 PM Member: Committee: Health & Families Council Version: c1
Event: H Now in Health & Families Council Time: 04/18/2006 - 11:02 AM Member: Committee: Health & Families Council Version: c1
Event: H Pending review of CS under Rule 6.3 Time: 04/18/2006 - 8:21 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: H Reported out of Health Care Appropriations Committee Time: 04/18/2006 - 8:09 AM Member: Committee: Health Care Appropriations Committee Version: __
Event: H Favorable with CS by Health Care Appropriations Committee Time: 04/17/2006 - 4:00 PM Member: Committee: Health Care Appropriations Committee Version: __
Event: H Added to Health Care Appropriations Committee agenda Time: 04/13/2006 - 4:22 PM Member: Committee: Health Care Appropriations Committee Version: __
Event: H Now in Health Care Appropriations Committee Time: 03/22/2006 - 1:22 PM Member: Committee: Health Care Appropriations Committee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Health & Families Council Time: 03/22/2006 - 1:22 PM Member: Committee: Health & Families Council Version: __
Event: H Referred to Health Care Appropriations Committee Time: 03/22/2006 - 1:22 PM Member: Committee: Health Care Appropriations Committee Version: __
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 03/16/2006 - 8:06 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Filed Time: 03/16/2006 - 9:55 AM Member: Committee: Health Care General Committee Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
252.355 HB 89
252.355 HB 89
252.355 HB 89
252.3568 HB 545 CS
252.3568 HB 545 CS
252.3568 HB 545 CS
252.357 HB 89
252.357 HB 89
252.357 HB 89
252.385 HB 89, HB 911, HB 7257
252.385 HB 89, HB 911, HB 7257
252.385 HB 89, HB 911, HB 7257
381.0303 HB 89
381.0303 HB 89
381.0303 HB 89
400.492 HB 89
400.492 HB 89
400.492 HB 89
400.497 HB 501 CS
400.497 HB 501 CS
400.497 HB 501 CS
400.506
400.506
400.506
400.610
400.610
400.610
400.925
400.925
400.925
400.934
400.934
400.934
400.935
400.935
400.935
408.831 HB 89, HB 501 CS, HB 7141
408.831 HB 89, HB 501 CS, HB 7141
408.831 HB 89, HB 501 CS, HB 7141