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FL H1037
Bill
Status
4/29/2011
Primary Sponsor
Leonard Bembry
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AI Summary
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Defines "continuing care at-home" as a new service type allowing residents to live outside a facility while maintaining contractual rights to future access to shelter and nursing/personal services upon payment of an entrance fee.
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Requires providers offering continuing care at-home contracts to obtain a certificate of authority from the Office of Insurance Regulation and submit actuarial studies, business plans, and market feasibility studies demonstrating sound financial impact.
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Establishes minimum reservation and escrow requirements for continuing care at-home contracts (50 percent of moneys in escrow for expansions) and limits combined outstanding continuing care and continuing care at-home contracts based on facility unit types.
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Requires providers to disclose in at-home contracts details about transportation, provider liability limitations, resident monitoring mechanisms, priority processes for facility moves, and relocation policies.
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Applies existing continuing care contract protections and regulatory standards to the new continuing care at-home model, including rescission rights, refund provisions, financial reporting requirements, and resident disclosure obligations.
Legislative Description
Continuing Care Retirement Communities
Last Action
Ordered enrolled -HJ 1964
5/6/2011