DeSantis signs bill reducing level of nursing care required in Florida nursing homes
• HB 1239 was sponsored by Republican Rep. Lauren Melo of Naples. It cuts the requirement for certified nursing assistants by 20 percent.
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• HB 1239 was sponsored by Republican Rep. Lauren Melo of Naples. It cuts the requirement for certified nursing assistants by 20 percent.
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• The nonpartisan organization with millions of members 50 and older is making the issue a top priority.
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• The nursing home industry sought the change, citing the staffing crisis and a need for flexibility.
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• Senate Bill 804 and House Bill 1239 would reduce the required daily hours for certified nursing assistants by 20%.
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• The White House plan aims to ensure adequate, well-trained staff; hold poor-performing nursing homes to account; and get the public better information about them.
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• The amended version of the bill reduces — but does not eliminate — the care that residents must get from certified nursing assistants. Those nursing hours would drop from 2 1/2 to 2 hours a day.
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• Florida is one of just three states with fewer than half its nursing home workers fully vaccinated.
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