{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-083","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Florida - Agency for Health Care Administration","state":"FL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","eco":"","issuer":"Agency for Health Care Administration","authority":"Rulemaking authority 408.819, 408.821(4), F.S. (recited)","instrument":"Emergency Rule 59AER21-1, Hospital Screening Requirements for Long-Term Care Facility Residents (supersedes 59AER20-11)","title":"Hospital testing and discharge bar for LTC residents continued into 2021","dateIssued":"2021-02-01","effective":"2021-02-01","end":"90 days (May 2, 2021)","startDate":"2021-02-01","endDate":"2021-05-02","quarters":["2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["HC","QUAR"],"addressees":["every licensed hospital"],"clause":"(3) Every hospital must test any long-term care facility resident whose COVID-19 status is unknown using a nucleic acid amplification laboratory test... (4)... A hospital is prohibited from discharging any long-term care facility resident that has tested positive for COVID-19 or is exhibiting symptoms consistent with COVID-19 to any long-term care facility until [the criteria are met]... (6) This rule supersedes emergency rule 59AER20-11. EFFECTIVE DATE: February 1, 2021","enforcement":"Fla. Stat. §§ 395.1065, 408.813","functions":["IP discharge and capacity","DX diagnostics","IN long-term care intake"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.flrules.org/gateway/readFile.asp?sid=4\u0026tid=24160001\u0026type=1\u0026file=59AER21-1.doc","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":52224,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-083","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-083","citation":"Agency for Health Care Administration, Emergency Rule 59AER21-1, Hospital Screening Requirements for Long-Term Care Facility Residents (supersedes 59AER20-11) (Feb. 1, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-083)","stateName":"Florida","related":["AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-084","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-085","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-082","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-081"]}