"Evacuation plans generally fell through," said Senior, the secretary for the Agency for Health Care Administration. He said that Irma's unpredictable path showed that is no longer acceptable for nursing homes to merely say they plan to evacuate patients when a storm is looming. ![]() Senior showed up at the nursing home industry summit to explain the logic behind the rule. Justin Senior, the state's top health care regulator, said the state will "aggressively" enforce the mandate, which calls for fines for those homes that fail to comply. ![]() So far, the Scott administration isn't backing down. "Compliance with the rule is impossible and time is running out," said Steve Bahmer, president and CEO of LeadingAge Florida, an association that represents both nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
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