FL S0184

Transfers regulatory authority over hospices, assisted living facilities, adult family-care homes, and adult day care centers from the Department of Elderly Affairs to the Agency for Health Care Administration through a type two transfer (including powers, duties, personnel, property, budget, and administrative rules)

Establishes the Agency for Health Care Administration as the lead agency responsible for regulation of hospices, assisted living facilities, adult day care centers, and adult family-care homes

Requires the Department of Elderly Affairs to provide documents and information to the Agency for Health Care Administration upon request for regulatory purposes related to these facilities

Amends numerous statutes to replace references to "department" (Department of Elderly Affairs) with "agency" (Agency for Health Care Administration) for rulemaking authority, training requirements, standards establishment, and enforcement procedures

Effective date of July 1, 2019