Bill > H7111

This bill establishes "recovery care centers" as a new type of licensed healthcare facility in Florida, defining them as places primarily for postsurgical and postdiagnostic medical and general nursing care for patients who do not require acute hospitalization and are expected to recover uncomplicatedly, with admissions limited to 72 hours and requiring physician certification of medical stability. The bill mandates that these centers have emergency care and transfer protocols, including hospital agreements, and establish discharge planning procedures, while also authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) to create specific standards for their operation, including dietary services, medication administration, and pharmacy services, and to enforce building code provisions related to their occupancy. Importantly, recovery care centers will be licensed under Chapter 395 of Florida Statutes, which governs hospitals and other healthcare facilities, and will be subject to the Health Care Licensing Procedures Act, though they will be exempt from certain minimum licensure requirements.