Bill > S1086

Introduced Session

An act relating to the Department of Elderly Affairs; repealing s. 400.0067, F.S., relating to the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Council; amending s. 409.979, F.S.; deleting obsolete language; requiring aging and disability resource center personnel to place individuals requesting enrollment for home and community-based services on all appropriate preenrollment lists; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 430.03, F.S.; revising purposes of the department; amending s. 430.04, F.S.; clarifying that the department is responsible for designating area agencies on aging; creating s. 430.09, F.S.; specifying requirements for the procurement of commodities and contractual services by area agencies on aging and their subcontractors; specifying limitations on salaries paid to administrative employees of area agencies on aging; providing construction; amending s. 430.203, F.S.; revising definitions; defining the term “elderly person”; amending s. 430.204, F.S.; deleting the requirement that the department fund more than one community care service system within specified counties; deleting the requirement that certain contracted entities provide a specified percentage of funding necessary to support certain operation costs; amending s. 430.205, F.S.; deleting the requirement that the department fund more than one community care service system within specified counties; deleting construction; revising training program requirements for community-care-for-the-elderly service providers and staff; redesignating the term “primary consideration” as “priority consideration”; amending s. 430.2053, F.S.; redesignating “aging resource centers” as “aging and disability resource centers”; expanding the purpose of such centers to include providing services and resources to adults with disabilities in addition to the elderly; revising duties of such centers; making technical and conforming changes; creating s. 430.401, F.S.; providing a purpose for specified provisions; providing legislative intent; defining the terms “center” and “department”; creating the Florida Alzheimer’s Center of Excellence within the department; specifying duties of the center; requiring the center to work with specified entities; authorizing the center to either provide direct services or contract for the provision of such services to fulfill its duties; specifying eligibility criteria for receiving services from the center; authorizing the center to provide assistance to caregiving families of individuals eligible for services, subject to the availability of funds and resources; amending s. 430.503, F.S.; deleting the requirement that provider agencies assess and collect fees for services under the Alzheimer’s Disease Initiative; amending s. 430.602, F.S.; defining the term “functionally impaired elderly person”; amending s. 430.605, F.S.; revising criteria for special supplement subsidy payments for certain persons; amending s. 430.901, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; amending s. 744.2001, F.S.; deleting the requirement that the executive director of the Office of Public and Professional Guardians report to the Secretary of Elderly Affairs; amending s. 744.2003, F.S.; increasing the bond amount required to be maintained by professional guardians; requiring the court to enter a written order including specified findings if the judge decides to waive a certain bond requirement for a guardian; amending s. 744.2004, F.S.; revising administrative penalties the office may impose in disciplinary proceedings against professional guardians; amending s. 744.20041, F.S.; revising grounds for disciplinary action against professional guardians; revising administrative penalties the office may impose in disciplinary proceedings; creating s. 744.20061, F.S.; specifying requirements for offices of public guardian; specifying requirements for the board of directors of such offices; defining terms; requiring board members to disclose conflicts of interest related to certain activities presented to the board for consideration; specifying procedures for handling such disclosed conflicts of interest; requiring the department’s contracts with all offices of public guardian to contain specified penalties related to failure to disclose conflicts of interest; providing applicability; requiring the department to reprocure contracts where a conflict of interest was not disclosed; requiring the department to recoup certain costs related to such contract from the applicable office of public guardian; amending s. 744.2103, F.S.; increasing the frequency with which offices of public guardian are audited; revising requirements for such audits; amending s. 744.2104, F.S.; authorizing the Office of Public and Professional Guardians to issue subpoenas in certain investigations; providing for enforcement of such subpoenas; amending s. 744.351, F.S.; requiring the court to enter a written order including specified findings if it waives a certain bond requirement for a guardian; amending s. 744.361, F.S.; revising a guardian’s authority to dictate a ward’s right to visitation or contact with his or her family and friends; amending s. 744.3701, F.S.; authorizing the clerks of court to disclose certain confidential information to the department; amending s. 744.441, F.S.; requiring that a guardian’s petition for the sale, mortgage, or lease of a ward’s property include specified information; creating s. 744.448, F.S.; requiring that a written, certified appraisal of a ward’s real property be completed before a guardian may file a petition for authorization to act on the real property; specifying requirements for the appraisal; requiring guardians to make specified efforts to market the ward’s property effectively to obtain the highest sale price; specifying requirements for the petition for authorization to act on the real property; specifying notice requirements for the petition; requiring guardians to maintain certain records related to the sale of the property for a specified timeframe; providing that such records must be made available for inspection and review upon request by the Office of Public and Professional Guardians and the court; specifying requirements for an annual accounting following the sale; providing an effective date.

AI Summary

Corey Simon (R)*, 

Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (on 06/16/2025)

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