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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXX
SOCIAL WELFARE
Chapter 429
ASSISTED CARE COMMUNITIES
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F.S. 429.01
429.01 Short title; purpose.
(1) This act may be cited as the “Assisted Living Facilities Act.”
(2) The purpose of this act is to promote the availability of appropriate services for elderly persons and adults with disabilities in the least restrictive and most homelike environment, to encourage the development of facilities that promote the dignity, individuality, privacy, and decisionmaking ability of such persons, to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of residents of assisted living facilities in the state, to promote continued improvement of such facilities, to encourage the development of innovative and affordable facilities particularly for persons with low to moderate incomes, to ensure that all agencies of the state cooperate in the protection of such residents, and to ensure that needed economic, social, mental health, health, and leisure services are made available to residents of such facilities through the efforts of the Agency for Health Care Administration, the Department of Elderly Affairs, the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Health, assisted living facilities, and other community agencies. To the maximum extent possible, appropriate community-based programs must be available to state-supported residents to augment the services provided in assisted living facilities. The Legislature recognizes that assisted living facilities are an important part of the continuum of long-term care in the state. In support of the goal of aging in place, the Legislature further recognizes that assisted living facilities should be operated and regulated as residential environments with supportive services and not as medical or nursing facilities. The services available in these facilities, either directly or through contract or agreement, are intended to help residents remain as independent as possible. Regulations governing these facilities must be sufficiently flexible to allow facilities to adopt policies that enable residents to age in place when resources are available to meet their needs and accommodate their preferences.
(3) The principle that a license issued under this part is a public trust and a privilege and is not an entitlement should guide the finder of fact or trier of law at any administrative proceeding or in a court action initiated by the Agency for Health Care Administration to enforce this part.
History.ss. 1, 2, ch. 75-233; ss. 12, 13, ch. 80-198; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 79, 83, ch. 83-181; s. 2, ch. 87-371; s. 2, ch. 91-263; s. 28, ch. 92-33; ss. 1, 38, 39, ch. 93-216; s. 6, ch. 95-210; s. 46, ch. 95-418; s. 122, ch. 99-8; s. 2, ch. 2006-197; s. 243, ch. 2014-19.
Note.Former s. 400.401.

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Cases Citing Statute 429.01

Total Results: 4

Maldonado v. Alta Healthcare Group, Inc.

17 F. Supp. 3d 1181, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60153, 2014 WL 1661265

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Mar 26, 2014 | Docket: 64294776

Cited 1 times | Published

Florida’s Assisted Living Facilities Act, Fla. Stat. 429.01 et seq., and were primarily engaged in providing

Kendall v. Genworth Life Insurance Co.

193 F. Supp. 3d 1290, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 103410, 2016 WL 4203852

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Jun 22, 2016 | Docket: 64309451

Published

from an assisted living facility.6 Fla. Stat. § 429.01. Accordingly, Defendant Genworth Life Insurance

Ago

Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Mar 28, 1977 | Docket: 3258782

Published

cooling-off period for door-to-door sales (16 C.F.R. § 429.1). This rule explicitly excepts from home solicitation

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Feb 14, 1975 | Docket: 3257158

Published

Cooling-Off Period for Doorto-Door Sales (16 C.F.R. § 429.1). This rule specifically includes those sales "in