Florida Governor Rick Scott's Assisted Living Facility Work Group To Meet Friday, September 23, 2011 at University of South Florida
Convened in July 2011 by Florida Governor Rick Scott after gut-wrenching reports of elder abuse and neglect at assisted living facilities throughout the State of Florida, Florida Governor Rick Scott's Assisted Living Workgroup will hold another public meeting on Friday, September 23, 2011 to continue its examination of the regulation and oversight of assisted living in Florida, for the purposes of developing recommendations to improve the State’s ability to monitor quality and safety in assisted living facilities and ensure the well-being of their residents. The September 23 meeting, which will be held at the University of South Florida, will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The deadline to submit public testimony for this meeting was September 16, 2011. For more information, contact: Faye Miller at (850)412-3735.
The meeting will be at:
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue, Gibbons Alumni Center,
Tampa, Florida 33620.
Directional and Parking Maps:
Alumni Center Directional Map [41kb .pdf]
Daily/Visitor Parking Map [405kb .pdf]
Agenda [30kb pdf]
Meeting Materials:
Resources:
Community Residential Care Issue Paper [172kb pdf]Assisted Living Facilities White Paper Introduction [540kb pdf]
Assessment and Complaint Process [148kb pdf]
The Florida Senate - Interim Report 2012-128
Regulations:
Chapter 408, Part II, Florida Statutes (PDF) /(HTML)
Chapter 59A-35, Florida Administrative Code (HTML)
Chapter 429, Part I, Florida Statutes (PDF) /(HTML)
Chapter 58A-5, Florida Administrative Code (PDF) /(HTML)
Chapter 58T-1, Florida Administrative Code (HTML)
Meeting materials from August 8, 2011:
Agenda
Meeting Materials:
(TAB A) Sunshine Laws Presentation [394kb.ppt]
(TAB B) Workgroup Charter [95kb.pdf]
(TAB C) Rules of Order [95kb.pdf]
(TAB D) Press Release 07_25_11 [147kb.pdf]
(TAB E) Resolution No. R-586-11, Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners [255kb.pdf]
(TAB F) Workgroup Objectives [38kb .pdf]
Additional Resources:
Stakeholder Presentations:
- AARP Remarks [55kb .pdf]
- Disability Rights Florida, Residential Options for People with Disabilities [166kb .pdf]
- Florida Assisted Living Association [77kb .pdf]
- Florida Association of Homes and Services for the Aging [291kb .ppt]
- Florida Council for Community Mental Health [40kb .pdf]
- Florida Health Care Association [380kb .pdf]
- Florida Life Care Residents Association [61kb .pdf]
- Long Term Care Ombudsman [168kb .pdf]
- Florida Peer Network, Inc. [77kb .pdf]
- Joan Andrade, Pinellas County [176kb .pdf]
- National Alliance on Mental Illness [176kb .pdf]
- Sean Cononie, Public Testimony [551kb .pdf]
News release from Florida Governor Rick Scott:
Workgroup Established to Examine Assisted Living Facilities
AHCA releases annual summary of ALF fines and sanctions
7/25/2011 Tallahassee, Fla.— Carrying out Governor Rick Scott’s directive to examine the regulation and oversight of assisted living facilities in Florida, the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) announced the creation of the Assisted Living Workgroup. The workgroup’s objective is to make recommendations that will improve the monitoring and safety in assisted living facilities.
“Assisted living facilities play a critical role for many seniors by providing safe, community living accommodations for residents. While most facilities live up to those standards, we’ve seen reports of some that do not,” said Governor Scott. “The efforts of the workgroup will help ensure the safety and well-being of our residents.”
The workgroup includes Sen. Ronda Storms, Rep. Matt Hudson as well as health care association representatives, policy experts, advocates, and assisted living facility administrators. Larry Polivka, Director and Scholar in Residence at the Claude Pepper Foundation, has agreed to serve as Chairman of the workgroup. The first meeting of the Assisted Living Workgroup is scheduled for August 8 in Tallahassee.
“I look forward to working with the members of the workgroup in our mutual effort to better serve residents of assisted living facilities,” said Liz Dudek, AHCA Secretary. “I am also thankful for the participation of our state partners from the Office of the Attorney General, the State Fire Marshal’s Office, the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, and the Departments of Elder Affairs and Children and Families.”
The Agency also released its annual report of Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) administrative fines, which highlights the over 300 ALFs penalized for serious or uncorrected violations. In addition, the annual summary of sanctions was released, which includes the 23 facilities whose licenses were revoked or denied at renewal or who had an emergency action imposed between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011.
For information about facilities AHCA licenses, please visit www.floridahealthfinder.gov.
The ALF annual report can be accessed at: http://ahca.myflorida.com/MCHQ/Long_Term_Care/FDAU/Reports.shtml.
For more information about the Assisted Living Workgroup, please visit http://ahca.myflorida.com/SCHS/ALWG2011/alwg2011.shtml.
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Always nice to see the local government showing support for industries like ours. We operate in-home assisted living and home care services in New London, New Hampshire and the nearby areas, and always appreciate when our local government in NH takes up an interest in our work and shows support. Awesome!
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