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FL H0223
Bill
Status
Failed
6/16/2025
Primary Sponsor
Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
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AI Summary
- Residents of nursing home and assisted living facilities, or their representatives (power of attorney, guardian, or health care surrogate), may install and use fixed-position, non-rotatable video and/or audio electronic monitoring devices in their rooms after providing written notice to the facility on a standardized form adopted by the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA)
- All costs of the device—including installation, maintenance, removal, and internet access—must be paid by the resident or their representative, except for electricity used by the device
- In shared rooms, the other resident or their representative must consent to the device and may impose conditions (e.g., pointing the camera away or prohibiting specific devices); if consent is refused, the facility must make a reasonable attempt to move the requesting resident to another similar available room
- Facilities are prohibited from denying admission, discharging, discriminating against, or retaliating against a resident for choosing to use a monitoring device, subject to a $500 administrative fine per violation; intentionally obstructing, tampering with, or destroying a device or its recordings is a first-degree misdemeanor
- Only the resident, the resident's representative, law enforcement, or individuals specifically authorized by the resident may view or listen to recordings; publishing recordings on the internet in a manner accessible to the general public is prohibited
- Effective date is July 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Electronic Monitoring Devices in Long-term Care Facilities
Last Action
Died in Judiciary Committee
6/16/2025
Committee Referrals
Judiciary2/27/2025
Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee2/6/2025
Full Bill Text
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