No. CS/CS/SB 794
Filed under Healthcare.
Agency for Persons with Disabilities; Requiring level 2 employment screening for all employees of residential facilities and adult day training programs; providing background screening requirements for such employees; requiring the agency to solicit input and conduct publicly noticed hearings for a specified purpose in each service region; requiring the agency to use certain information to identify certain core competencies and performance metrics and make recommendations for standardizing assessments, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDEvery employee of a licensed residential facility or adult day training program must now undergo level 2 background screening, including employment history and local criminal record checks -- not just managers, supervisors, and direct care staff.
The Agency for Persons with Disabilities must commission university surveys, hold a public hearing in every service region, and study caseloads to identify core competencies for waiver support coordinators. It must report its findings to the Legislature by February 2027.
Tatton-Brown-Rahman syndrome, a genetic disorder linked to intellectual disability and macrocephaly, is added to the statutory list of conditions that can qualify someone as having a developmental disability under Florida law.
AILevel 2 background screening, previously required only for managers, supervisors, and direct service providers, now applies to every employee of a licensed residential facility or adult day training program regardless of role.
AIA new definition for Tatton-Brown-Rahman syndrome, a genetic disorder marked by intellectual disability and macrocephaly, is created, and the syndrome is added to the list of conditions -- alongside Down syndrome and Prader-Willi syndrome -- that can qualify someone as having a developmental disability.
AIThe agency must contract with a state university to survey organization owners, support coordinators, and iBudget clients and their families about the quality and consistency of waiver support coordination services.
AIBeyond the university survey, the agency itself must solicit input from stakeholders and hold at least one publicly noticed hearing on coordinator quality in each of its service regions.
AIUsing the survey and gap-analysis data, the agency must identify core competencies and performance metrics for support coordinators and report its findings and recommendations by February 15, 2027.