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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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As Florida lawmakers prepare to cut staffing standards, many warn nursing home residents will sufferSenate 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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After residents at a nursing home in South Florida died following a power outage at a South Florida nursing home- the state suspended the nursing home’s license. A criminal investigation’s been launched and now Florida Governor Rick Scott’s ordered nursing homes and assisted living facilities to get back up generators.
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More than two dozen nursing home companies are suing the state for being passed up on building new homes in Florida.
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Today is the deadline for companies to appeal decisions on who can build Florida's first new nursing homes in 14 years.