No. SB 404
Filed under Healthcare.
Postsurgical Recovery Homes; Creating the "Postsurgical Recovery Home Safety Act"; providing licensure requirements to operate a postsurgical recovery home; requiring inspections before issuing a license and annually thereafter; prohibiting operating or advertising a postsurgical recovery home without a license; prohibiting a postsurgical recovery home from providing patient care without meeting certain staffing requirements, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDCreates the Postsurgical Recovery Home Safety Act, requiring anyone operating a residential facility that cares for patients recovering from surgery or a medical procedure to get a license from the Agency for Health Care Administration.
Homes must keep a nurse on site or on call around the clock, cap staff-to-patient ratios at 1-to-8 by day and 1-to-6 overnight, and maintain hurricane evacuation plans and hospital transfer agreements.
Operating or advertising one of these homes without a license is illegal, carrying civil fines up to $10,000 per violation, and unlicensed operation is a third-degree felony.
The agency must inspect each home before licensing it and every year after, and must write rules covering license applications, renewals, inspections, and staff training requirements.
AIAnyone operating a postsurgical recovery home must first obtain a license from the Agency for Health Care Administration, and applicants must show safety compliance, background checks, and liability insurance.
AIEvery home must have a licensed nurse on site or on call at all times, and cannot exceed a set number of patients per staff member during the day or overnight.
AIThe act makes it illegal to run a postsurgical recovery home without a license, to advertise as one without a license, or to provide care using inadequately trained staff.
AIOn top of civil fines up to $10,000 per violation and license suspension or revocation, actually running one of these homes without a license is charged as a third-degree felony.
AIBeyond the initial application review, the agency must physically inspect each home before it can be licensed and then inspect it again every year it continues operating.
AIHomes must meet physical safety standards, keep emergency power and proper medical waste disposal, and have written hurricane evacuation plans and hospital transfer contracts ready in advance.
AIBefore admission, homes must give the patient or their representative a written service agreement, access to the patient's recovery plan, and a visitor access policy meant to prevent isolating patients.