Bill Text: FL S1338 | 2023 | Regular Session | Comm Sub


Bill Title: Massage Establishments

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 2-1)

Status: (Failed) 2023-05-05 - Died in Messages [S1338 Detail]

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       Florida Senate - 2023                      CS for CS for SB 1338
       
       
        
       By the Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services;
       the Committee on Health Policy; and Senator Martin
       
       
       
       
       603-03950-23                                          20231338c2
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to massage establishments; amending s.
    3         456.074, F.S.; authorizing the Department of Health to
    4         immediately suspend the license of massage therapists
    5         and massage establishments if the massage therapist or
    6         certain individuals connected to the massage
    7         establishment are arrested for, convicted or found
    8         guilty of, or enter criminal pleas to specified
    9         violations; amending s. 480.033, F.S.; providing and
   10         revising definitions; amending s. 480.035, F.S.;
   11         revising quorum requirements for the Board of Massage
   12         Therapy; amending s. 480.039, F.S.; authorizing
   13         specified enforcement officers to perform inspections
   14         and investigations of massage establishments for
   15         specified purposes; requiring code enforcement
   16         officers, and authorizing law enforcement officers, to
   17         submit affidavits with specified photos and other
   18         evidence and documentation to the department within a
   19         specified timeframe; requiring certain law enforcement
   20         agencies to notify the department within a specified
   21         timeframe after discovering certain violations by a
   22         massage therapist or massage establishment; requiring
   23         the department to inspect a massage establishment
   24         within a specified timeframe for specified violations
   25         and to initiate disciplinary proceedings if violations
   26         are discovered; amending s. 480.043, F.S.; revising
   27         certain rules the board is required to adopt; revising
   28         the timeframe in which massage establishment owners
   29         must report specified information to the department;
   30         prohibiting sexual activity and certain devices in
   31         massage establishments; specifying prohibited conduct
   32         by massage establishment owners and employees;
   33         providing requirements for outside windows and signs
   34         in massage establishments; providing exceptions;
   35         providing employee dress code requirements; requiring
   36         establishments to maintain certain employment records
   37         in English or Spanish; requiring that specified
   38         information be recorded before an employee may provide
   39         services or treatment; requiring massage
   40         establishments to conspicuously display a photo and
   41         specified information for each employee; requiring
   42         that such photos and information be displayed before
   43         an employee may provide services or treatment;
   44         providing for such requirements in massage
   45         establishments within public lodging establishments;
   46         requiring massage establishments to maintain customer
   47         and patient records for services and treatment
   48         provided in the massage establishment in English or
   49         Spanish; providing that medical records satisfy this
   50         requirement if they contain specified information;
   51         requiring massage establishments to maintain such
   52         records for a specified timeframe; requiring massage
   53         establishments to collect and record specified
   54         information and confirm the identification of a
   55         customer or patient before providing services or
   56         treatment; amending s. 480.0465, F.S.; revising
   57         advertising requirements for massage therapists and
   58         massage establishments; amending s. 480.0475, F.S.;
   59         revising hours during which a massage establishment
   60         may operate; requiring that all customer and patient
   61         services and treatment be performed within specified
   62         hours; prohibiting establishments from sheltering or
   63         harboring, or being used as sleeping quarters for, any
   64         person; providing criminal penalties; amending s.
   65         480.0485, F.S.; specifying additional conduct that
   66         constitutes sexual misconduct in the practice of
   67         massage therapy; amending s. 480.0535, F.S.; requiring
   68         department investigators to request valid government
   69         identification from all employees while in a massage
   70         establishment; specifying additional documents a
   71         person operating a massage establishment must
   72         immediately present, upon request, to department
   73         investigators and law enforcement officers; requiring
   74         the department to notify a federal immigration office
   75         if specified persons fail to provide valid government
   76         identification; amending s. 847.001, F.S.; revising
   77         the definitions of the terms “adult entertainment
   78         establishment” and “unlicensed massage establishment”
   79         for purposes of certain criminal conduct; providing an
   80         appropriation; providing an effective date.
   81          
   82  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   83  
   84         Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 456.074, Florida
   85  Statutes, is amended, and subsection (7) is added to that
   86  section, to read:
   87         456.074 Certain health care practitioners; immediate
   88  suspension of license.—
   89         (4) The department shall issue an emergency order
   90  suspending the license of a massage therapist and or
   91  establishment as those terms are defined in chapter 480 upon
   92  receipt of information that the massage therapist, the
   93  designated establishment manager as defined in chapter 480, an
   94  employee of the establishment, a person with an ownership
   95  interest in the establishment, or, for a corporation that has
   96  more than $250,000 of business assets in this state, the owner,
   97  officer, or individual directly involved in the management of
   98  the establishment has been arrested for committing or
   99  attempting, soliciting, or conspiring to commit, or convicted or
  100  found guilty of, or has entered a plea of guilty or nolo
  101  contendere to, regardless of adjudication, a violation of s.
  102  796.07 s. 796.07(2)(a) which is reclassified under s. 796.07(7)
  103  or a felony offense under any of the following provisions of
  104  state law or a similar provision in another jurisdiction:
  105         (a) Section 787.01, relating to kidnapping.
  106         (b) Section 787.02, relating to false imprisonment.
  107         (c) Section 787.025, relating to luring or enticing a
  108  child.
  109         (d) Section 787.06, relating to human trafficking.
  110         (e) Section 787.07, relating to human smuggling.
  111         (f) Section 794.011, relating to sexual battery.
  112         (g) Section 794.08, relating to female genital mutilation.
  113         (h) Former s. 796.03, relating to procuring a person under
  114  the age of 18 for prostitution.
  115         (i) Former s. 796.035, relating to the selling or buying of
  116  minors into prostitution.
  117         (j) Section 796.04, relating to forcing, compelling, or
  118  coercing another to become a prostitute.
  119         (k) Section 796.05, relating to deriving support from the
  120  proceeds of prostitution.
  121         (l) Section 796.07(4)(a)3., relating to a felony of the
  122  third degree for a third or subsequent violation of s. 796.07,
  123  relating to prohibiting prostitution and related acts.
  124         (m) Section 800.04, relating to lewd or lascivious offenses
  125  committed upon or in the presence of persons less than 16 years
  126  of age.
  127         (n) Section 825.1025(2)(b), relating to lewd or lascivious
  128  offenses committed upon or in the presence of an elderly or
  129  disabled person.
  130         (o) Section 827.071, relating to sexual performance by a
  131  child.
  132         (p) Section 847.0133, relating to the protection of minors.
  133         (q) Section 847.0135, relating to computer pornography.
  134         (r) Section 847.0138, relating to the transmission of
  135  material harmful to minors to a minor by electronic device or
  136  equipment.
  137         (s) Section 847.0145, relating to the selling or buying of
  138  minors.
  139         (7)The department shall issue an emergency order
  140  suspending the license of any licensee upon a finding of the
  141  State Surgeon General that probable cause exists to believe that
  142  the licensee has committed sexual misconduct as defined and
  143  prohibited in s. 456.063(1), or the applicable practice act, and
  144  that such violation constitutes an immediate danger to the
  145  public.
  146         Section 2. Present subsections (1) through (6) and (7)
  147  through (12) of section 480.033, Florida Statutes, are
  148  redesignated as subsections (2) through (7) and (9) through
  149  (14), respectively, new subsections (1) and (8) and subsection
  150  (15) are added to that section, and present subsection (6) of
  151  that section is amended, to read:
  152         480.033 Definitions.—As used in this act:
  153         (1)“Advertising medium” means any newspaper; airwave or
  154  computer transmission; telephone directory listing, other than
  155  an in-column listing consisting only of a name, physical
  156  address, and telephone number; business card; handbill; flyer;
  157  sign, other than a building directory listing all building
  158  tenants and their room or suite numbers; or other form of
  159  written or electronic advertisement.
  160         (7)(6) “Designated establishment manager” means a massage
  161  therapist, a health care practitioner licensed under chapter
  162  457, or a physician licensed under chapter 458, chapter 459, or
  163  chapter 460 who holds a clear and active license without
  164  restriction, who is responsible for the operation of a massage
  165  establishment in accordance with the provisions of this chapter,
  166  and who is designated the manager by the rules or practices at
  167  the establishment.
  168         (8)“Employee” means any person, including independent
  169  contractors or lessees of the massage establishment, whose
  170  duties involve any aspect of the massage establishment
  171  regardless of whether such person is compensated for the
  172  performance of such duties. The term does not include a person
  173  exclusively engaged in the repair or maintenance of the massage
  174  establishment or the delivery of goods to the massage
  175  establishment. This definition applies to chapter 480 only.
  176         (15)“Sexual activity” means any direct or indirect contact
  177  by any employee or person, or between any employees or persons,
  178  with the intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, degrade, or arouse,
  179  or gratify the sexual desire of, any employee or person, or
  180  which is likely to cause such abuse, humiliation, harassment,
  181  degradation, or arousal, or sexual gratification:
  182         (a)With or without the consent of the employee or person;
  183         (b)With or without verbal or nonverbal communication that
  184  the sexual activity is undesired;
  185         (c)With or without the use of any device or object;
  186         (d)With or without the occurrence of penetration, orgasm,
  187  or ejaculation;
  188         (e)Including, but not limited to, intentional contact with
  189  the genitalia, groin, femoral triangle, anus, buttocks, gluteal
  190  cleft, breast or nipples, mouth, or tongue; and
  191         (f)Including, but not limited to, the intentional removal
  192  of any drape without written specific informed consent of the
  193  patient.
  194         Section 3. Subsection (5) of section 480.035, Florida
  195  Statutes, is amended to read:
  196         480.035 Board of Massage Therapy.—
  197         (5) The board shall hold such meetings during the year as
  198  it may determine to be necessary, one of which shall be the
  199  annual meeting. The chair of the board shall have the authority
  200  to call other meetings at her or his discretion. A quorum of the
  201  board shall consist of not less than a majority of the current
  202  membership of the board four members.
  203         Section 4. Section 480.039, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  204  read:
  205         480.039 Investigative services; reporting.—
  206         (1) The department shall provide all investigative services
  207  required in carrying out the provisions of this act. A code
  208  enforcement officer may perform inspections regarding a massage
  209  establishment’s compliance with s. 480.043(14)(a), (b), and (c),
  210  and a law enforcement officer may perform inspections and
  211  investigations regarding a massage establishment’s compliance
  212  with ss. 480.043(12) and (14)(a)-(f), 480.0465(3), 480.0475(1)
  213  and (2), and 480.0535. Code enforcement officers shall, and law
  214  enforcement officers may, submit to the department an executed
  215  affidavit with photos and any other evidence or documentation
  216  obtained during the inspection or investigation within 5
  217  business days after the inspection or investigation that finds
  218  there is a violation of s. 480.043(12) or (14)(a), (b), (c),
  219  (d), (e), or (f), s. 480.0465(3), s. 480.0475(1) or (2), or s.
  220  480.0535. For violations of s. 480.043(14)(a) or (f), s.
  221  480.0465(3), s. 480.0475(2), or s. 480.0535, within 20 business
  222  days after receipt of such executed affidavit, the department
  223  shall issue an emergency order suspending the license of the
  224  massage establishment. For violations of s. 480.043(12) or
  225  (14)(b), (c), (d), or (e) or s. 480.0475(1), within 30 business
  226  days after receipt of an executed affidavit, the department
  227  shall inspect the massage establishment to ensure the massage
  228  establishment’s compliance with this chapter, and, if the
  229  massage establishment is not in compliance with this chapter,
  230  the department shall initiate a disciplinary proceeding.
  231         (2)If a law enforcement officer arrests a massage
  232  therapist for any violation of this chapter or determines that a
  233  massage establishment continues to operate following the
  234  issuance of an emergency suspension or restriction by the
  235  department, the officer’s employing law enforcement agency shall
  236  notify the department within 5 business days after the arrest or
  237  determination of unlawful continued operation.
  238         Section 5. Present subsection (14) of section 480.043,
  239  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (15) and
  240  amended, a new subsection (14) is added to that section, and
  241  subsections (3) and (12) of that section are amended, to read:
  242         480.043 Massage establishments; requisites; licensure;
  243  inspection; human trafficking awareness training and policies;
  244  prohibited acts.—
  245         (3) The board shall adopt rules governing the operation of
  246  establishments and their facilities, employees personnel, safety
  247  and sanitary requirements, financial responsibility, insurance
  248  coverage, and the license application and granting process.
  249         (12) As a condition of licensure, a massage establishment
  250  must have a designated establishment manager. The designated
  251  establishment manager is responsible for complying with all
  252  requirements related to operating the establishment in this
  253  section and shall practice at the establishment for which he or
  254  she has been designated. Within 30 10 days after termination of
  255  a designated establishment manager, the establishment owner must
  256  notify the department of the identity of another designated
  257  establishment manager. Failure to have a designated
  258  establishment manager practicing at the location of the
  259  establishment shall result in summary suspension of the
  260  establishment license as described in s. 456.073(8) or s.
  261  120.60(6). An establishment licensed before July 1, 2019, must
  262  identify a designated establishment manager by January 1, 2020.
  263         (14)(a)Sexual activity in any massage establishment is
  264  prohibited. An establishment owner or employee may not engage in
  265  or allow any person to engage in sexual activity in the massage
  266  establishment or use the establishment to make arrangements to
  267  engage in sexual activity in another location. Prophylactic
  268  devices are prohibited in a massage establishment.
  269         (b)If there is an outside window or windows into the
  270  massage establishment’s reception area, the outside window or
  271  windows must allow for at least 35 percent light penetration,
  272  and no more than 50 percent of the outside window or windows may
  273  be obstructed with signage, blinds, curtains, or other
  274  obstructions, thus allowing the public to see the massage
  275  establishment’s reception area. A sign must be posted on the
  276  front window of the massage establishment and include the name
  277  of the massage establishment, its license number, and the
  278  telephone number that has been provided to the department as
  279  part of the licensing of the massage establishment. This
  280  paragraph does not apply to a massage establishment within a
  281  public lodging establishment as defined in s. 509.013(4). This
  282  paragraph does not apply to a massage establishment located
  283  within a county or municipality that has an ordinance that
  284  prescribes requirements related to business window light
  285  penetration or signage limitations if compliance with this
  286  paragraph would result in noncompliance with such ordinance.
  287         (c)All employees within the massage establishment must be
  288  fully clothed and such clothing must be fully opaque and made of
  289  nontransparent material that does not expose the employee’s
  290  genitalia, undergarments, or lingerie.
  291         (d)A massage establishment must maintain a complete set of
  292  legible records in English or Spanish, which must include each
  293  employee’s start date of employment, full legal name, date of
  294  birth, home address, telephone number, and employment position
  295  and a copy of the employee’s government identification required
  296  under s. 480.0535. All information required under this paragraph
  297  must be recorded before the employee may provide any service or
  298  treatment to a customer or patient.
  299         (e)A massage establishment must conspicuously display a 2
  300  inch by 2-inch photo for each employee, which, for massage
  301  therapists, must be attached to the massage therapist’s license.
  302  Such display must also include the employee’s full legal name
  303  and employment position. All information required under this
  304  paragraph must be displayed before the employee may provide any
  305  service or treatment to a customer or patient. A massage
  306  establishment within a public lodging establishment as defined
  307  in s. 509.013(4) may satisfy this requirement by displaying the
  308  photos and required information in an employee break room or
  309  other room that is used by employees but is not used by
  310  customers or patients.
  311         (f)A massage establishment must maintain a complete set of
  312  legible records in English or Spanish, which must include the
  313  date, time, and type of service or treatment provided; the full
  314  legal name of the employee who provided the service or
  315  treatment; and the full legal name, home address, and telephone
  316  number of the customer or patient. Medical records may satisfy
  317  this requirement if the records include the specified
  318  information. A copy of the customer’s or patient’s photo
  319  identification may be used to provide the full legal name and
  320  home address of the customer or patient. Records required under
  321  this paragraph must be maintained for at least 1 year after the
  322  provision of the service or treatment. All information required
  323  under this paragraph must be collected and recorded before the
  324  provision of any service or treatment to a customer or patient.
  325  The massage establishment must confirm the identification of the
  326  customer or patient before the provision of any service or
  327  treatment to the customer or patient.
  328         (15)(14) Except for the requirements of subsection (13),
  329  this section does not apply to a practitioner physician licensed
  330  under chapter 457 or a physician licensed under, chapter 458,
  331  chapter 459, or chapter 460 who employs a licensed massage
  332  therapist to perform massage therapy on the practitioner’s or
  333  physician’s patients at his or her the physician’s place of
  334  practice. This subsection does not restrict investigations by
  335  the department for violations of chapter 456 or this chapter.
  336         Section 6. Section 480.0465, Florida Statutes, is amended
  337  to read:
  338         480.0465 Advertisement; prohibitions.—
  339         (1) Each massage therapist or massage establishment
  340  licensed under this act shall include the number of the license
  341  in any advertisement of massage therapy services appearing in
  342  any advertising medium, including a newspaper, airwave
  343  transmission, telephone directory, Internet, or other
  344  advertising medium. Pending licensure of a new massage
  345  establishment under s. 480.043(7), the license number of a
  346  licensed massage therapist who is an owner or principal officer
  347  of the establishment may be used in lieu of the license number
  348  for the establishment. The advertisement must also include the
  349  physical address of the massage establishment and the telephone
  350  number that has been provided to the department as part of the
  351  licensing of the massage establishment. However, the inclusion
  352  of the physical address and telephone number is not required for
  353  an advertisement by a massage establishment whose establishment
  354  owner operates more than five locations in this state.
  355         (2)An establishment owner or employee may not place,
  356  publish, or distribute, or cause to be placed, published, or
  357  distributed, any advertisement in any advertising medium which
  358  states prostitution services, escort services, or sexual
  359  services are available.
  360         (3)A massage therapist or a massage establishment or its
  361  employees may not place, publish, or distribute, or cause to be
  362  placed, published, or distributed, any online advertisement on
  363  any website known for advertising prostitution services, escort
  364  services, or sexual services.
  365         Section 7. Section 480.0475, Florida Statutes, is amended
  366  to read:
  367         480.0475 Massage establishments; prohibited practices;
  368  penalties.—
  369         (1) A massage establishment may only be operated person may
  370  not operate a massage establishment between the hours of 5 a.m.
  371  and midnight and all customer and patient services and treatment
  372  must be performed between the hours of 5 a.m. and 10 p.m. This
  373  subsection does not apply to a massage establishment:
  374         (a) Located on the premises of a health care facility as
  375  defined in s. 408.07; a health care clinic as defined in s.
  376  400.9905(4); a hotel, motel, or bed and breakfast inn, as those
  377  terms are defined in s. 509.242; a timeshare property as defined
  378  in s. 721.05; a public airport as defined in s. 330.27; or a
  379  pari-mutuel facility as defined in s. 550.002;
  380         (b) In which every massage performed between the hours of
  381  10 p.m. midnight and 5 a.m. is performed by a massage therapist
  382  acting under the prescription of a physician or physician
  383  assistant licensed under chapter 458, an osteopathic physician
  384  or physician assistant licensed under chapter 459, a
  385  chiropractic physician licensed under chapter 460, a podiatric
  386  physician licensed under chapter 461, an advanced practice
  387  registered nurse licensed under part I of chapter 464, or a
  388  dentist licensed under chapter 466; or
  389         (c) Operating during a special event if the county or
  390  municipality in which the establishment operates has approved
  391  such operation during the special event.
  392         (2) A person operating a massage establishment may not use
  393  or permit the establishment to be used as a principal domicile
  394  for, to shelter or harbor, or as sleeping quarters for any
  395  person unless the establishment is zoned for residential use
  396  under a local ordinance.
  397         (3) A person violating the provisions of this section
  398  commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as
  399  provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. A second or subsequent
  400  violation of this section is a felony of the third degree,
  401  punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
  402         Section 8. Section 480.0485, Florida Statutes, is amended
  403  to read:
  404         480.0485 Sexual misconduct in the practice of massage
  405  therapy.—The massage therapist-patient relationship is founded
  406  on mutual trust. Sexual misconduct in the practice of massage
  407  therapy means violation of the massage therapist-patient
  408  relationship through which the massage therapist uses that
  409  relationship to induce or attempt to induce the patient to
  410  engage, or to engage or attempt to engage the patient, in sexual
  411  activity outside the scope of practice or the scope of generally
  412  accepted examination or treatment of the patient. Sexual
  413  misconduct in the practice of massage therapy includes requiring
  414  patient nudity as part of any massage service or any other
  415  service in the massage establishment or the intentional removal
  416  of any drape without the written specific informed consent of
  417  the patient. Sexual misconduct in the practice of massage
  418  therapy is prohibited.
  419         Section 9. Section 480.0535, Florida Statutes, is amended
  420  to read:
  421         480.0535 Documents required while working in a massage
  422  establishment; penalties; reporting requirement.—
  423         (1) In order to provide the department and law enforcement
  424  agencies the means to more effectively identify, investigate,
  425  and arrest persons engaging in human trafficking, an employee a
  426  person employed by a massage establishment and any person
  427  performing massage therapy in a massage establishment therein
  428  must immediately present, upon the request of an investigator of
  429  the department or a law enforcement officer, valid government
  430  identification while in the establishment. An investigator of
  431  the department must request valid government identification from
  432  all employees while in the establishment. A valid government
  433  identification for the purposes of this section is:
  434         (a) A valid, unexpired driver license issued by any state,
  435  territory, or district of the United States;
  436         (b) A valid, unexpired identification card issued by any
  437  state, territory, or district of the United States;
  438         (c) A valid, unexpired United States passport;
  439         (d) A naturalization certificate issued by the United
  440  States Department of Homeland Security;
  441         (e) A valid, unexpired alien registration receipt card
  442  (green card); or
  443         (f) A valid, unexpired employment authorization card issued
  444  by the United States Department of Homeland Security.
  445         (2) A person operating a massage establishment must:
  446         (a) Immediately present, upon the request of an
  447  investigator of the department or a law enforcement officer:
  448         1. Valid government identification while in the
  449  establishment.
  450         2. A copy of the documentation specified in paragraph
  451  (1)(a) for each employee and any person performing massage
  452  therapy in the establishment.
  453         3.A copy of the documents required under s. 480.043(14)(d)
  454  and (f).
  455         (b) Ensure that each employee and any person performing
  456  massage therapy in the massage establishment is able to
  457  immediately present, upon the request of an investigator of the
  458  department or a law enforcement officer, valid government
  459  identification while in the establishment.
  460         (3) A person who violates any provision of this section
  461  commits:
  462         (a) For a first violation, a misdemeanor of the second
  463  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
  464         (b) For a second violation, a misdemeanor of the first
  465  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
  466         (c) For a third or subsequent violation, a felony of the
  467  third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083,
  468  or s. 775.084.
  469         (4)The department shall notify a federal immigration
  470  office if a person operating a massage establishment, an
  471  employee, or any person performing massage therapy in a massage
  472  establishment fails to provide a valid government identification
  473  as required under this section.
  474         Section 10. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section
  475  847.001, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  476         847.001 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:
  477         (2) “Adult entertainment establishment” means the following
  478  terms as defined:
  479         (d) “Unlicensed massage establishment” means any business
  480  or enterprise that offers, sells, or provides, or that holds
  481  itself out as offering, selling, or providing, massages that
  482  include bathing, physical massage, rubbing, kneading, anointing,
  483  stroking, manipulating, or other tactile stimulation of the
  484  human body by either male or female employees or attendants,
  485  including employees or attendants who are massage therapists
  486  licensed under s. 480.041, by hand or by any electrical or
  487  mechanical device, on or off the premises. The term “unlicensed
  488  massage establishment” does not include an establishment
  489  licensed under s. 480.043 which routinely provides medical
  490  services by state-licensed health care practitioners and massage
  491  therapists licensed under s. 480.041.
  492         Section 11. For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, the sums of
  493  $837,991 in recurring funds and $38,712 in nonrecurring funds
  494  from the Department of Health Medical Quality Assurance Trust
  495  Fund are appropriated to the Division of Medical Quality
  496  Assurance of the Department of Health, and eight full-time
  497  equivalent positions with associated salary rate of 544,600 are
  498  authorized, for the purpose of implementing this act.
  499         Section 12. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.

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