Bill > S2514

Introduced Session

An act relating to health and human services; amending s. 381.4019, F.S.; authorizing certain dental and dental hygiene students to apply for the Dental Student Loan Repayment Program before obtaining active employment; amending s. 381.915, F.S.; revising the definitions of the terms “cancer center” and “Florida based”; defining the term “Cancer Connect Collaborative” or “collaborative”; making clarifying changes; deleting an obsolete date; revising the composition of the collaborative; deleting obsolete provisions; requiring the collaborative to review all submitted Cancer Innovation Fund grant applications using certain parameters; requiring the collaborative to give priority to certain applications; requiring that licensed or certified health care providers, facilities, or entities meet certain criteria to be eligible for specified grant funding; specifying such criteria; requiring the Department of Health to appoint peer review panels for a specified purpose; requiring that priority scores be forwarded to the collaborative and be considered in determining which proposals the collaborative recommends for certain grant funding; requiring the collaborative and peer review panels to establish and follow certain guidelines and adhere to a certain policy; prohibiting a member of the collaborative or a panel from participating in certain discussions or decisions under certain circumstances; requiring, beginning on a specified date and annually thereafter, the collaborative to prepare and submit a specified report to the Governor and the Legislature; requiring that the report include certain information; revising the requirements for a specified report by the department; requiring, beginning on a specified date, that certain allocation agreements include certain information; providing legislative findings; creating the Cancer Connect Collaborative Research Incubator within the department, and overseen by the collaborative, to provide funding for a specified purpose over a specified timeframe; specifying the incubator’s targeted area of cancer research for the first specified timeframe; providing that grants issued through the incubator are contingent upon the appropriation of funds and must be awarded through a specified process; requiring that priority be given to certain applicants; authorizing the prioritization of certain grant proposals; providing that applications for incubator funding may be submitted by specified hospitals; requiring that all qualified applicants have equal access and opportunity to compete for research funding; requiring that incubator grants be recommended by the collaborative and awarded by the department in a certain manner; requiring the department to appoint peer review panels for a specified purpose; requiring that priority scores be forwarded to the collaborative and be considered in determining which proposals the collaborative recommends for funding; requiring the collaborative and peer review panels to establish and follow certain guidelines and adhere to a certain policy; prohibiting a member of the collaborative or a panel from participating in certain discussions or decisions; requiring recipients of incubator grant funds to enter into an allocation agreement with the department; specifying requirements for such allocation agreements; requiring, beginning on a specified date and annually until a specified date, the collaborative to prepare and submit a specified report to the Governor and the Legislature; requiring the collaborative to make a certain recommendation under certain circumstances; requiring that a specified report include certain information; amending s. 381.922, F.S.; establishing the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute VisionGen Initiative within the William G. “Bill” Bankhead, Jr., and David Coley Cancer Research Program; providing the purpose of the initiative; providing that funding for the initiative is subject to annual appropriation; amending s. 381.986, F.S.; requiring the department to revoke the medical marijuana use registry registration of qualified patients and caregivers who enter certain pleas or are found guilty of certain offenses; authorizing a person seeking reinstatement of qualified patient or caregiver registration to submit a new application with a certain attestation; providing criminal penalties for knowingly making a false attestation; reviving, reenacting, and amending s. 400.0225, F.S., relating to consumer satisfaction surveys; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to develop user-friendly consumer satisfaction surveys for nursing home facilities; specifying requirements for the surveys; authorizing family members, guardians, and other resident designees to assist the resident in completing the survey; prohibiting employees and volunteers of the facility or of a corporation or business entity with an ownership interest in the facility from attempting to influence a resident’s responses to the survey; requiring the agency to specify certain protocols for administration of the survey; requiring the agency to publish on its website aggregated survey data in a manner that allows for comparison between nursing home facilities; amending s. 400.141, F.S.; requiring medical directors of nursing home facilities to obtain, or to be in the process of obtaining, certain qualifications by a specified date; requiring the agency to include such medical director’s name on each nursing home facility’s online provider profile; requiring nursing home facilities to conduct biennial patient safety culture surveys; specifying requirements for administration of such surveys; requiring nursing home facilities to submit the results of such surveys biennially to the agency in a format specified by agency rule; authorizing nursing home facilities to develop an internal action plan between surveys to identify measures for improvement of the survey and submit such plan to the agency; amending s. 400.191, F.S.; requiring the agency to include the results from specified consumer satisfaction surveys as part of the Nursing Home Guide on its website; amending s. 408.051, F.S.; requiring nursing home facilities that maintain certain electronic health records to make available certain data to the agency’s Florida Health Information Exchange program for a specified purpose; authorizing the agency to adopt rules; amending s. 408.061, F.S.; exempting nursing homes operated by state agencies from certain financial reporting requirements; requiring the agency to impose administrative fines against nursing homes and home offices of nursing homes for failing to comply with certain reporting requirements; defining the term “violation”; providing construction; requiring the agency to adopt rules; providing requirements for such rules; amending s. 408.08, F.S.; prohibiting nursing homes subject to certain administrative fines from being fined under a specified provision for the same violation; amending s. 409.904, F.S.; providing a presumption of eligibility for continued coverage of certain services for certain persons during a redetermination process; requiring certain persons to notify the agency and the Department of Children and Families of certain material changes; authorizing the department to conduct a redetermination of eligibility; requiring the department to provide certain persons notification and the results of such redeterminations; requiring the agency to seek federal authorization to exempt certain persons from annual redetermination of eligibility by a certain date; requiring the agency and department to develop a certain process; amending s. 409.906, F.S.; authorizing the agency to pay for certain blood-based biomarker tests; amending s. 409.908, F.S.; requiring the agency to revise its methodology for calculating Quality Incentive Program payments; providing requirements for such revision; requiring the agency to submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature on payments made under the Quality Incentive Program; specifying requirements for the report; amending s. 409.909, F.S.; revising the number of resident positions for which the agency may allocate certain funding to hospitals and qualifying institutions; deleting provisions creating the Graduate Medical Education Committee within the agency; amending s. 409.91256, F.S.; revising the purpose of the Training, Education, and Clinicals in Health Funding Program; revising the definition of the term “qualified facility”; specifying an allowed reimbursement rate to qualified facilities under the program for nursing students; amending s. 409.967, F.S.; requiring the agency to review certain audit reports for compliance; requiring a certified public accountant to correct certain audit report deficiencies and resubmit the report before the report is considered final; amending s. 409.9745, F.S.; requiring a managed care plan to provide coverage for certain blood-based biomarker tests; amending s. 409.977, F.S.; authorizing the agency to exceed a certain amount of financial assistance for a high-cost patient under certain circumstances; requiring the agency to submit a certain annual report to the Legislature beginning on a specified date; requiring that the report contain certain information; amending s. 430.84, F.S.; authorizing the state administering agency to exclude certain areas from designation as service areas under contracts with PACE organizations under certain circumstances; requiring the state to determine whether a certain unmet need exists in a certain area upon receipt of a letter of intent to provide PACE services from a new applicant; requiring such applicants to meet certain requirements; requiring the agency to contract with a third-party vendor to conduct a comprehensive study of nursing home quality incentive programs in other states; providing requirements for the study; requiring the agency to submit a final report on the study to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date; providing an effective date.

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Chapter No. 2025-204, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2500 (Ch. 2025-198), SB 2502 (Ch. 2025-199) (on 07/03/2025)

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