FL S1120

Requires exemption from employment disqualification for substance abuse service provider personnel with certain drug-related offenses after 5 years (or 3 years for peer specialists) have elapsed since completing confinement or supervision, provided they have no arrests during that period

Establishes first-degree misdemeanor penalties for licensed service providers who knowingly refer patients to or accept referrals from recovery residences that lack valid certification or certified administrators

Removes the Department of Children and Families' authority to grant exemptions from disqualification for recovery residence owners, directors, chief financial officers, and administrators, consolidating exemption authority under s. 435.07

Requires credentialing entities to notify the department within 3 business days when a recovery residence or administrator is newly certified or when certification expires or is terminated

Expands patient brokering exemptions from only "expressly authorized" payment practices to any payment practices "not prohibited" by federal anti-kickback statutes (42 U.S.C. s. 1320a-7b(b))