Top health officials are set to take up a sweeping crackdown on the state's nursing homes.
- 14 people died from heat after Hurricane Irma
- State agencies would be more empowered under proposal
- Oct. 8: Florida nursing home laying off employees after deaths during Irma
It comes five months after 14 seniors died from sweltering inside a south Florida nursing home in the wake of Hurricane Irma.
There has been a lot of finger pointing going on about just who was to blame for not immediately evacuating that nursing home in Broward County.
Under the plan on the table, each assisted living facility would be required to identify staffers in charge of implementing state-mandated emergency response plans.
State agencies would also be more empowered to bring about enforcement actions, but many critics say this bill doesn't go nearly far enough.
They say there should be undercover investigations done by independent entities.
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