Task Force Initiatives
Below, you will see a sampling of issues that the Task Force work on monthly.
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** Meetings occur weekly on Thursday mornings from 8am to 9am.
2025 Recap:
1. Secured enactment of the Stop the Scammers bill, effective July 1, 2025, authorizing substitute service on internet scammers so courts can issue exploitation injunctions to protect vulnerable adults.
2. Advanced future right-to-counsel legislative proposal by submitting it to the Florida Bar Board of Governors for approval; the measure would require ALFs and SNFs to provide incoming residents with written notice of the right to hire an attorney for Medicaid applications.
3. Pursued future legislative proposal for Responsible Party/Guarantor provisions in ALF/ILF contracts.
4. Monitored the Centers Pooled Trust bankruptcy: bond denied for principal; court ordered sale of assets; and a summary judgment of approximately $120 million entered against principal, the trust, and roughly 118 alter-ego entities.
5. Continued quarterly coordination with DCF, confirming that the statewide team model is working, refining escalation timelines and channels for case issues, and engaging DCF on concerns about nonlawyer Medicaid planners and potential UPL, with a request for specific examples from practitioners.
6. Assisted lobbyists with preparation for early 2026 Florida legislative session.