FL H0945

Requires assisted living facilities with 17 or more beds to have a functioning automated external defibrillator on premises at all times, effective July 1, 2011.

Encourages facilities to register the location of each automated external defibrillator with the local emergency medical services medical director.

Extends liability protections under the Good Samaritan Act and Cardiac Arrest Survival Act to the use of automated external defibrillators in assisted living facilities.

Authorizes the Department of Elderly Affairs to adopt rules for implementation of provisions relating to automated external defibrillator use.

Appropriates $22,447 in recurring funds and $11,200 in nonrecurring funds for fiscal year 2010-2011, plus $113,030 in recurring funds for fiscal year 2011-2012 to the Agency for Health Care Administration.