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FL H1037

Bill

Status

Engrossed

4/29/2011

Primary Sponsor

Leonard Bembry

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Origin

House of Representatives

2011 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Health and Human Services Quality Subcommittee3/10/2011

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