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Offline thackney

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Florida Mandates Backup Power in Nursing Homes
« on: April 10, 2018, 11:34:53 am »
Florida Mandates Backup Power in Nursing Homes
https://www.power-eng.com/articles/2018/04/florida-mandates-backup-power-in-nursing-homes.html
04/05/2018

Gov. Rick Scott signed legislation requiring backup power sources in Florida nursing homes and assisted living facilities, months after the deaths of several residents from a sweltering nursing home that lost power in a hurricane.

The legislation requires the facilities to have a generator capable of keeping nursing homes and assisted living facilities at 81 degrees Fahrenheit or lower for at least four days. All of Florida's 685 nursing homes and 3,089 assisted living facilities must be in compliance by the June 1 start of hurricane season. State agencies can grant an extension until Jan. 1, 2019, for facilities that would face delays in installing equipment or need zoning or other regulatory approval.

"As we near hurricane season, families can now know the facilities responsible for caring for their loved ones will have the resources needed to be fully prepared ahead of any potential storms," Scott said in a statement.

Officials from the state's Agency for Health Care Administration, which oversees nursing homes, and the Department of Elder Affairs, which regulates assisted living facilities, did not have updated numbers on how many facilities were already in compliance. As of January, 108 nursing homes and 138 assisted living facilities had installed the necessary equipment....
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Re: Florida Mandates Backup Power in Nursing Homes
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2018, 12:53:58 pm »
This is most certainly not a conservative position by the Governor.

Many people live their entire lives without AC.  I see no reason to mandate the taxpayer to subsidize this.
No punishment, in my opinion, is too great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country's ruin~  George Washington