Bill > S1254

This bill makes several changes to Florida's healthcare regulations, including exempting home health agencies that are not certified by Medicare or Medicaid and do not offer skilled nursing care from needing to provide proof of accreditation, and revising reporting requirements for all home health agencies to be submitted electronically every six months instead of quarterly, with updated data points and a daily fine for late submissions. It also limits services at PPEC centers (Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care centers, which provide care for medically fragile children) to a maximum of 12 hours per day and exclusively for medically or technologically dependent children, and amends provisions related to home medical equipment providers by requiring their emergency management plans to include criteria for maintaining patient equipment and supply lists. Additionally, the bill modifies rules for specialty hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare facilities regarding staffing, emergency preparedness, and deficiency classifications, and clarifies various administrative and rulemaking authorities for the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA).