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• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.016; Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (1) "Department," unless otherwise specified, means the Department of Children and Family Services. (2) "Secretary" means the secretary of the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.017; Local Funding Revenue Maximization Act; legislative intent; revenue maximization program.
  (1) SHORT TITLE.--This section may be cited as the "Local Funding Revenue Maximization Act." (2) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.-- (a) The Legislature recognizes that state funds ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.031; State agency for administering social service funds.
  The department is designated as the state agency responsible for the administration of social service funds under Title XX of the Social Security ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.141; Equitable reimbursement methodology.
  (1) To assure high standards of care and essential residential services as a component of the services continuum for at-risk youth and families, the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.145; Care of children.
  (1) The department shall conduct, supervise, and administer a program for dependent children and their families. The services of the department are to be directed ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.1451; Independent living transition services.
  (1) SYSTEM OF SERVICES.-- (a) The Department of Children and Family Services, its agents, or community-based providers operating pursuant to s. 409.1671 shall ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.14511; Rulemaking authority to administer ch. 2005-179.
  The Department of Children and Family Services shall adopt rules to administer chapter 2005-179, Laws of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.146; Children and families client and management information system.
  (1) The Department of Children and Family Services shall establish a children and families client and management information system which shall provide information concerning children ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.152; Service integration and family preservation.
  (1) The Legislature intends to further the goal of family preservation through a family-centered services constellation. District goals and objectives must be consistent with ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.153; Implementation of Healthy Families Florida program.
  The Department of Children and Family Services shall contract with a private nonprofit corporation to implement the Healthy Families Florida program. The private nonprofit corporation ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.165; Alternate care for children.
  (1) Within funds appropriated, the department shall establish and supervise a program of emergency shelters, runaway shelters, foster homes, group homes, agency-operated group treatment ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.166; Special needs children; subsidized adoption program.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--It is the intent of the Legislature to protect and promote every child's right to the security and stability of a ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.167; Statewide adoption exchange; establishment; responsibilities; registration requirements; rules.
  (1) The Department of Children and Family Services shall establish, either directly or through purchase, a statewide adoption exchange, with a photo listing component, which ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.1671; Foster care and related services; outsourcing.
  (1)(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Children and Family Services shall outsource the provision of foster care and ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.1672; Incentives for department employees.
  In order to promote accomplishing the goal of family preservation, family reunification, or permanent placement of a child in an adoptive home, the department may, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.1673; Legislative findings; alternate care plans.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.--The Legislature finds that: (a)1. The traditional foster care system often fails to meet the needs of children in the legal ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.16745; Community partnership matching grant program.
  It is the intent of the Legislature to improve services and local participation in community-based care initiatives by fostering community support and providing enhanced ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.1675; Lead community-based providers; receivership.
  (1) The Department of Children and Family Services may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a receiver for a lead community-...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.1676; Comprehensive residential group care services to children who have extraordinary needs.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide comprehensive residential group care services, including residential care, case management, and other services, to children ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.1677; Model comprehensive residential services programs.
  (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) "Residential group care" means a living environment for children who have been adjudicated dependent and are ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.1679; Additional requirements, effective date, reimbursement methodology, and evaluation.
  (1) The programs established under ss. 409.1676 and 409.1677 are to be operational within 6 months after those sections take effect, and, beginning ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.1685; Children in foster care; annual report to Legislature.
  The Department of Children and Family Services shall submit a written report to the substantive committees of the Legislature concerning the status of children in ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.175; Licensure of family foster homes, residential child-caring agencies, and child-placing agencies; public records exemption.
  (1)(a) The purpose of this section is to protect the health, safety, and well-being of all children in the state who are cared ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.1753; Foster care; duties.
  The department shall ensure that, within each district, each foster home is given a telephone number for the foster parent to call during normal working ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.1755; One Church, One Child of Florida Corporation Act; creation; duties.
  (1) SHORT TITLE.--This section may be cited as the "One Church, One Child of Florida Corporation Act." (2) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--The Legislature finds and ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.1757; Persons not required to be refingerprinted or rescreened.
  Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, human resource personnel who have been fingerprinted or screened pursuant to chapters 393, 394, 397, 402, and ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.1758; Summer camp personnel; fingerprints not required for screening purposes.
  Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, human resource personnel of summer recreation camps, summer day camps, or summer 24-hour camps, other than ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.176; Registration of residential child-caring agencies and family foster homes.
  (1)(a) A residential child-caring agency or family foster home may not receive a child for continuing full-time care or custody, and a ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.178; Child Care Executive Partnership Act; findings and intent; grant; limitation; rules.
  (1) This section may be cited as the "Child Care Executive Partnership Act." (2)(a) The Legislature finds that when private employers provide onsite child ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.179; Family-friendly workplace initiative.
  Recognizing that employers play a key role in helping families balance work and family responsibilities, the Executive Office of the Governor, in consultation with members ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.212; Optional supplementation.
  (1) There may be monthly optional supplementation payments, made in such amount as determined by the department, to any person who: (a) Meets all the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.221; Consumer-directed care program.
  (1) SHORT TITLE.--This section may be cited as the "Florida Consumer-Directed Care Act." (2) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.--The Legislature finds that alternatives to institutional ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.2355; Programs for prosecution of males over age 21 who commit certain offenses involving girls under age 16.
  Subject to specific appropriated funds, the Department of Children and Family Services is directed to establish a program by which local communities, through the state ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.2551; Legislative intent.
  Common-law and statutory procedures governing the remedies for enforcement of support for financially dependent children by persons responsible for their support have not proven ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.2554; Definitions; ss. 409.2551-409.2598.
  As used in ss. 409.2551-409.2598, the term: (1) "Department" means the Department of Revenue. (2) "Dependent child" means any unemancipated person under ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.2557; State agency for administering child support enforcement program.
  (1) The department is designated as the state agency responsible for the administration of the child support enforcement program, Title IV-D of the Social ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.25575; Support enforcement; privatization.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the Department of Revenue to contract with private entities for the provision of support enforcement ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.2558; Support distribution and disbursement.
  (1) DISTRIBUTION OF PAYMENTS.--The department shall distribute and disburse support payments collected in Title IV-D cases in accordance with 42 U.S.C. ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.2559; State disbursement unit.
  The department shall establish and operate a state disbursement unit by October 1, 1999, as required by 42 U.S.C. s. 654(...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.256; Administrative proceeding to establish paternity or paternity and child support; order to appear for genetic testing.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section, the term: (a) "Another state" or "other state" means a state of the United States, the District of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.2561; Support obligations when public assistance is paid; assignment of rights; subrogation; medical and health insurance information.
  (1) Any payment of temporary cash or Title IV-E assistance made to, or for the benefit of, any dependent child creates an obligation in ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.2563; Administrative establishment of child support obligations.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section, the term: (a) "Administrative support order" means a final order rendered by or on behalf of the department ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.25635; Determination and collection of noncovered medical expenses.
  (1) DEFINITION.--As used in this section, "noncovered medical expenses" means uninsured medical, dental, or prescription medication expenses that are ordered to be paid on ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.2564; Actions for support.
  (1) In each case in which regular support payments are not being made as provided herein, the department shall institute, within 30 days after determination ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.25641; Procedures for processing automated administrative enforcement requests.
  (1) The Title IV-D agency shall use automated administrative enforcement, as defined in the Social Security Act, in response to a request from another ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.25645; Administrative orders for genetic testing.
  (1) The Department of Revenue is authorized to use administrative orders to require genetic testing in Title IV-D cases. In such cases the department ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.2565; Publication of delinquent obligors.
  For support orders that are being enforced by the department, the department may compile and make available for publication a listing of cases in which ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.25656; Garnishment.
  (1) If a person has a support obligation which is subject to enforcement by the department as the state Title IV-D program, the executive ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.25657; Requirements for financial institutions.
  (1) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, reference is made to 42 U.S.C. s. 669A: (a) "Financial institution" means: 1. A depository institution, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.25658; Use of unclaimed property for past due support.
  (1) In a joint effort to facilitate the collection and payment of past due support, the Department of Revenue, in cooperation with the Department of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.25659; Insurance claim data exchange.
  (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) "Insurer" means an entity that is responsible for paying a claim on liability coverage in an ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.25661; Public records exemption for insurance claim data exchange information.
  (1) Information obtained by the Department of Revenue pursuant to s. 409.25659 is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.2567; Services to individuals not otherwise eligible.
  All support services provided by the department shall be made available on behalf of all dependent children. Services shall be provided upon acceptance of public ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.2569; Continuation of support services for recipients of public assistance when benefits are terminated.
  Whenever a recipient of public assistance ceases to receive such public assistance, the department shall continue to provide services after the recipient ceases to receive ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.257; Service of process.
  The service of initial process and orders in lawsuits filed by the department, under this act, shall be served by the sheriff in the county ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.2571; Court and witness fees; bond.
  (1) The department or an authorized agent thereof shall be entitled to the necessary services of the clerk, court reporter, and county comptroller in any ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.2572; Cooperation.
  (1) An applicant for, or recipient of, public assistance for a dependent child shall cooperate in good faith with the department or a program attorney ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.2574; Income deduction enforcement in Title IV-D cases.
  (1) The department or its designee shall enforce income deduction orders on behalf of obligees who have applied for IV-D services, and the department ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.2575; Liens on motor vehicles and vessels.
  (1) The director of the state IV-D program, or the director's designee, may cause a lien for unpaid and delinquent support to be ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.2576; State Directory of New Hires.
  (1) DIRECTORY CREATED.--The State Directory of New Hires is hereby created and shall be administered by the Department of Revenue or its agent. The ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.2577; Parent locator service.
  The department shall establish a parent locator service to assist in locating parents who have deserted their children and other persons liable for support of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.2578; Access to employment information; administrative fine.
  (1) For the purpose of establishing paternity, establishing a child support obligation, or enforcing a support obligation, all persons in this state, including for-profit, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.2579; Safeguarding Title IV-D case file information.
  (1) Information concerning applicants for or recipients of Title IV-D child support services is confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.2581; Use of clearing accounts and revolving funds.
  To facilitate the cash flow and administration of child support enforcement under this act, the department may use clearing accounts and revolving ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.2584; Interest on obligations due; waiver.
  The department may collect interest at the rate established in s. 55.03 on all support obligations due and owing to the department; however, the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.259; Filing fees in Title IV-D cases; electronic filing of pleadings, returns of service, and other papers.
  (1) Notwithstanding s. 28.241, each clerk of the circuit court shall accept petitions, complaints, and motions filed by the department in Title IV-D ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.2594; Record requirements.
  The department shall keep the records necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of the program. At a minimum, the records shall include: (1) The number of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.2597; Retention of actions.
  All actions pending under the authority of those statutes repealed by this act shall not abate but shall continue pursuant to the provisions of this ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.2598; License suspension proceeding to enforce support order.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section, the term: (a) "License" means a license, permit, certificate, registration, franchise, or other form of written permission issued ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.2599; Data processing services; interagency agreement.
  The Department of Children and Family Services shall provide to the child support enforcement program in the Department of Revenue data processing services that meet ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.25995; State Title IV-D agency; contracts.
  The Department of Revenue, in its capacity as the state Title IV-D agency, may enter into contracts consistent with federal law for the provision ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.2673; Shared county and state health care program for low-income persons.
  (1) It is the policy of the state that the state and local governments have a joint obligation, as provided in this section, to participate ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.26731; Certification of local funds as state match for federally funded services.
  The department is authorized to certify local funds as state match for eligible Title IV-E expenditures in excess of the amount of state general ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.2675; Rules.
  (1) The Department of Children and Family Services shall adopt rules governing the shared county and state program under s. 409.2673. Topics to be ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.285; Opportunity for hearing and appeal.
  (1) If an application for public assistance is not acted upon within a reasonable time after the filing of the application, or is denied in ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.352; Licensing requirements for physicians, osteopathic physicians, and chiropractic physicians employed by the department.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that physicians providing services in state institutions meet the professional standards of their respective licensing boards and ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.401; Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.
  The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in form ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.402; Financial responsibility for child.
  Financial responsibility for any child placed pursuant to the provisions of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children shall be determined in accordance with ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.403; Definitions; Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.
  (1) The "appropriate public authorities" as used in Article III of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children shall, with reference to this state, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.404; Agreements between party state officers and agencies.
  (1) The officers and agencies of this state and its subdivisions having authority to place children are hereby empowered to enter into agreements with appropriate ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.405; Court placement of delinquent children.
  Any court having jurisdiction to place delinquent children may place such a child in an institution in another state pursuant to Article VI of the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.406; Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance.
  The Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance is enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in form substantially ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.407; Interstate agreements between the Department of Children and Family Services and agencies of other states.
  The Department of Children and Family Services, which is authorized to enter into interstate agreements with agencies of other states for the implementation of the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.441; Runaway youth programs and centers.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--The purpose of this act is to assist runaway youths and their families through a program of prevention, early intervention, community outreach, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.508; Low-income home energy assistance program.
  (1) As used in this section: (a) "Eligible household" means a household eligible for funds from the Low-income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.509; Definitions; weatherization of low-income residences.
  As used in this act, the term: (1) "Community action agency" means a private corporation or public agency established pursuant to the Economic Opportunity Act ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.5091; Department responsible for weatherizing agencies; energy assessment.
  (1) The department is responsible for ensuring that weatherizing agencies comply with state laws and department rules. (2) Before a residence is weatherized, the department ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.5092; Permission for weatherization; rules.
  Before a leased or rented residence is weatherized, written permission for the weatherization shall be obtained from the owner of the residence. The department shall ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.5093; Replacement agency.
  If any area of the state has no designated weatherization agency as a result of withdrawal or loss of designation by departmental action, a replacement ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.801; Goal of Legislature; creation of Family Policy Act.
  The primary goal of the Legislature is to protect, preserve, and enhance the stability and quality of Florida's families through the funding of programs ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.802; Provisions of Family Policy Act.
  In order to accomplish the goal of the Family Policy Act, the Legislature shall seek to provide to all families of this state the following: (...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.803; Shelter and foster care services to dependent children; pilot programs.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to: (a) Facilitate the reunification of families or the permanent placement of a child pursuant to 1part ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.810; Short title.
  Sections 409.810-409.820 may be cited as the "Florida Kidcare ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.811; Definitions relating to Florida Kidcare Act.
  As used in ss. 409.810-409.820, the term: (1) "Actuarially equivalent" means that: (a) The aggregate value of the benefits included in health ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.812; Program created; purpose.
  The Florida Kidcare program is created to provide a defined set of health benefits to previously uninsured, low-income children through the establishment of a ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.813; Program components; entitlement and nonentitlement.
  The Florida Kidcare program includes health benefits coverage provided to children through: (1) Medicaid; (2) Medikids as created in s. 409.8132; (3) The Florida ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.8132; Medikids program component.
  (1) PROGRAM COMPONENT CREATED; PURPOSE.--The Medikids program component is created in the Agency for Health Care Administration to provide health care services under the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.8134; Program expenditure ceiling.
  (1) Except for the Medicaid program, a ceiling shall be placed on annual federal and state expenditures for the Florida Kidcare program as provided each ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.8135; Behavioral health services.
  In order to ensure a high level of integration of physical and behavioral health care and to meet the more intensive treatment needs of enrollees ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.814; Eligibility.
  A child who has not reached 19 years of age whose family income is equal to or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.815; Health benefits coverage; limitations.
  (1) MEDICAID BENEFITS.--For purposes of the Florida Kidcare program, benefits available under Medicaid and Medikids include those goods and services provided under the medical ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.816; Limitations on premiums and cost-sharing.
  The following limitations on premiums and cost-sharing are established for the program. (1) Enrollees who receive coverage under the Medicaid program may not be ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.817; Approval of health benefits coverage; financial assistance.
  In order for health insurance coverage to qualify for premium assistance payments for an eligible child under ss. 409.810-409.820, the health benefits ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.8175; Delivery of services in rural counties.
  A health maintenance organization or a health insurer may reimburse providers located in a rural county according to the Medicaid fee schedule for services provided ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.8177; Program evaluation.
  (1) The agency, in consultation with the Department of Health, the Department of Children and Family Services, and the Florida Healthy Kids Corporation, shall contract ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.818; Administration.
  In order to implement ss. 409.810-409.820, the following agencies shall have the following duties: (1) The Department of Children and Family Services ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.820; Quality assurance and access standards.
  Except for Medicaid, the Department of Health, in consultation with the agency and the Florida Healthy Kids Corporation, shall develop a minimum set of quality ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.821; Florida Kidcare program public records exemption.
  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any information identifying a Florida Kidcare program applicant or enrollee, as defined in s. 409.811, held by ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.901; Definitions; ss. 409.901-409.920.
  As used in ss. 409.901-409.920, except as otherwise specifically provided, the term: (1) "Affiliate" or "affiliated person" means any person who directly ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.902; Designated single state agency; payment requirements; program title; release of medical records.
  The Agency for Health Care Administration is designated as the single state agency authorized to make payments for medical assistance and related services under Title ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.9021; Forfeiture of eligibility agreement.
  As a condition of Medicaid eligibility, subject to federal approval, a Medicaid applicant shall agree in writing to forfeit all entitlements to any goods or ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.903; Mandatory payments for eligible persons.
  The agency shall make payments for medical assistance and related services on behalf of the following persons who the department, or the Social Security Administration ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.904; Optional payments for eligible persons.
  The agency may make payments for medical assistance and related services on behalf of the following persons who are determined to be eligible subject to ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.905; Mandatory Medicaid services.
  The agency may make payments for the following services, which are required of the state by Title XIX of the Social Security Act, furnished by ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.906; Optional Medicaid services.
  Subject to specific appropriations, the agency may make payments for services which are optional to the state under Title XIX of the Social Security Act ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.9061; Statewide laboratory services contract authorized.
  The Agency for Health Care Administration may contract on a capitated, prepaid, or fixed-sum basis with a laboratory service provider to provide statewide laboratory ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.9062; Lung transplant services for Medicaid recipients.
  Subject to the availability of funds and subject to any limitations or directions provided for in the General Appropriations Act or chapter 216, the Agency ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.9066; Medicare prescription discount program.
  (1) As a condition of participation in the Florida Medicaid program or the pharmaceutical expense assistance program, a pharmacy must agree to charge any individual ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.907; Medicaid provider agreements.
  The agency may make payments for medical assistance and related services rendered to Medicaid recipients only to an individual or entity who has a provider ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.9071; Medicaid provider agreements for school districts certifying state match.
  (1) The agency shall reimburse school-based services as provided in former s. 236.0812 pursuant to the rehabilitative services option provided under 42 U....
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.908; Reimbursement of Medicaid providers.
  Subject to specific appropriations, the agency shall reimburse Medicaid providers, in accordance with state and federal law, according to methodologies set forth in the rules ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.9081; Copayments.
  (1) The agency shall require, subject to federal regulations and limitations, each Medicaid recipient to pay at the time of service a nominal copayment for ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.910; Responsibility for payments on behalf of Medicaid-eligible persons when other parties are liable.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that Medicaid be the payor of last resort for medically necessary goods and services furnished to Medicaid ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.9101; Recovery for payments made on behalf of Medicaid-eligible persons.
  (1) This section may be cited as the "Medicaid Estate Recovery Act." (2) It is the intent of the Legislature by this section to supplement ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.9102; A qualified state Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership Program in Florida.
  The Agency for Health Care Administration, in consultation with the Office of Insurance Regulation and the Department of Children and Family Services, is directed to ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.911; Disproportionate share program.
  Subject to specific allocations established within the General Appropriations Act and any limitations established pursuant to chapter 216, the agency shall distribute, pursuant to this ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.9112; Disproportionate share program for regional perinatal intensive care centers.
  In addition to the payments made under s. 409.911, the Agency for Health Care Administration shall design and implement a system of making disproportionate ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.9113; Disproportionate share program for teaching hospitals.
  In addition to the payments made under ss. 409.911 and 409.9112, the Agency for Health Care Administration shall make disproportionate share payments to ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.9115; Disproportionate share program for mental health hospitals.
  The Agency for Health Care Administration shall design and implement a system of making mental health disproportionate share payments to hospitals that qualify for disproportionate ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.91151; Expenditure of funds generated through mental health disproportionate share program.
  Funding generated through the mental health disproportionate share program shall be expended in accordance with legislatively authorized appropriations. If such funding is not addressed in ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.9116; Disproportionate share/financial assistance program for rural hospitals.
  In addition to the payments made under s. 409.911, the Agency for Health Care Administration shall administer a federally matched disproportionate share program and ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.9117; Primary care disproportionate share program.
  For the state fiscal year 2006-2007, the agency shall not distribute moneys under the primary care disproportionate share program. (1) If federal funds are ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.9118; Disproportionate share program for specialty hospitals.
  The Agency for Health Care Administration shall design and implement a system of making disproportionate share payments to those hospitals licensed in accordance with part ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.91188; Specialty prepaid health plans for Medicaid recipients with HIV or AIDS.
  The Agency for Health Care Administration is authorized to contract with specialty prepaid health plans and pay them on a prepaid capitated basis to provide ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.9119; Disproportionate share program for specialty hospitals for children.
  In addition to the payments made under s. 409.911, the Agency for Health Care Administration shall develop and implement a system under which disproportionate ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.91195; Medicaid Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee.
  There is created a Medicaid Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee within the agency for the purpose of developing a Medicaid preferred drug list. (1) The committee ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.91196; Supplemental rebate agreements; public records and public meetings exemption.
  (1) The rebate amount, percent of rebate, manufacturer's pricing, and supplemental rebate, and other trade secrets as defined in s. 688.002 that the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.912; Cost-effective purchasing of health care.
  The agency shall purchase goods and services for Medicaid recipients in the most cost-effective manner consistent with the delivery of quality medical care. To ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.9121; Legislative findings and intent.
  The Legislature hereby finds that the Medicaid program has experienced an annual growth rate of approximately 28 percent per year for the past 5 years, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.91211; Medicaid managed care pilot program.
  (1)(a) The agency is authorized to seek and implement experimental, pilot, or demonstration project waivers, pursuant to s. 1115 of the Social Security Act, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.91213; Quarterly progress reports and annual reports.
  (1) The agency shall submit to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.9122; Mandatory Medicaid managed care enrollment; programs and procedures.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that the MediPass program be cost-effective, provide quality health care, and improve access to health services, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.9123; Quality-of-care reporting.
  In order to promote competition between Medicaid managed care plans and MediPass based on quality-of-care indicators, the agency shall annually develop and publish ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.9124; Managed care reimbursement.
  The agency shall develop and adopt by rule a methodology for reimbursing managed care plans. (1) Final managed care rates shall be published annually prior ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.91255; Federally qualified health center access program.
  (1) SHORT TITLE.--This section may be cited as the "Community Health Center Access Program Act." (2) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.-- (a) The Legislature finds ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.9126; Children with special health care needs.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (4), children eligible for Children's Medical Services who receive Medicaid benefits, and other Medicaid-eligible children with special ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.9127; Preauthorization and concurrent utilization review; conflict-of-interest standards.
  (1) The Agency for Health Care Administration shall be solely responsible for developing and enforcing standards to prohibit financial and other conflicts of interest among ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.9128; Requirements for providing emergency services and care.
  (1) In providing for emergency services and care as a covered service, neither a managed care plan nor the MediPass program may: (a) Require prior ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.913; Oversight of the integrity of the Medicaid program.
  The agency shall operate a program to oversee the activities of Florida Medicaid recipients, and providers and their representatives, to ensure that fraudulent and abusive ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.9131; Special provisions relating to integrity of the Medicaid program.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.--It is the intent of the Legislature that physicians, as defined in this section, be subject to Medicaid fraud and ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.914; Assistance for the uninsured.
  (1) The agency shall use the claims payment systems, utilization control systems, cost control systems, case management systems, and other systems and controls that it ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.915; County contributions to Medicaid.
  Although the state is responsible for the full portion of the state share of the matching funds required for the Medicaid program, in order to ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.916; Grants and Donations Trust Fund.
  (1) The agency shall deposit any funds received from pharmaceutical manufacturers and all other funds received by the agency from any other person as the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.918; Public Medical Assistance Trust Fund.
  It is declared that access to adequate health care is a right which should be available to all Floridians. However, rapidly increasing health care costs ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.919; Rules.
  The agency shall adopt any rules necessary to comply with or administer ss. 409.901-409.920 and all rules necessary to comply with federal ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.920; Medicaid provider fraud.
  (1) For the purposes of this section, the term: (a) "Agency" means the Agency for Health Care Administration. (b) "Fiscal agent" means any individual, firm, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.9201; Medicaid fraud.
  (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) "Legend drug" means any drug, including, but not limited to, finished dosage forms or active ingredients ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.9205; Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
  (1) Except as provided in s. 110.205, all positions in the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Department of Legal Affairs are hereby transferred ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.9301; Pharmaceutical expense assistance.
  (1) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.--A program is established in the Agency for Health Care Administration to provide pharmaceutical expense assistance to individuals diagnosed with cancer or ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.942; Electronic benefit transfer program.
  (1) The Department of Children and Family Services shall establish an electronic benefit transfer program for the dissemination of food stamp benefits and temporary assistance ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.944; Inner City Redevelopment Assistance Grants Program.
  There is created an Inner City Redevelopment Assistance Grants Program to be administered by the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development. The office shall ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.945; Eligibility for grant proposals.
  Eligibility requirements for grant proposals are as follows: (1) An eligible grant recipient must serve within 1 of the 13 urban high-crime job tax ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.946; Inner City Redevelopment Review Panel.
  In order to enhance public participation and involvement in the redevelopment of inner-city areas, there is created within the Office of Tourism, Trade, and ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.953; Rulemaking authority for refugee assistance program.
  (1) The Department of Children and Family Services has the authority to administer the refugee assistance program in accordance with 45 C.F.R. parts ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 410.0245; Study of service needs; report; multiyear plan.
  (1)(a) The Adult Services Program Office of the Department of Children and Family Services shall contract for a study of the service needs of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 410.031; Legislative intent.
  It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the provision of care for disabled adults in family-type living arrangements in private homes as ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 410.032; Definitions; ss. 410.031-410.036.
  As used in ss. 410.031-410.036: (1) "Department" means the Department of Children and Family Services. (2) "Disabled adult" means any person at ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 410.033; Home care for disabled adults; rules.
  The department shall by rule establish minimum standards and procedures for the provision of home care for disabled adults, and for the approval of persons ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 410.034; Department determination of fitness to provide home care.
  In accordance with s. 429.02, a person caring for an adult who is related to such person by blood or marriage is not subject ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 410.035; Subsidy payments.
  The department shall develop a schedule of subsidy payments to be made to persons providing home care for certain eligible disabled adults. Payments shall be ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 410.036; Eligibility for services.
  Criteria for determining eligibility for this program shall be the same as criteria used to determine eligibility for assistance under Title XVI of the Social ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 410.037; Confidentiality of information.
  Information about disabled adults who receive services under ss. 410.031-410.036 which is received through files, reports, inspection, or otherwise, by the department ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 410.502; Housing and living arrangements; special needs of the elderly; services.
  The Department of Elderly Affairs shall provide services related to housing and living arrangements which meet the special needs of the elderly. Such services shall ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 410.504; Multidisciplinary center on elderly living environments.
  (1) PURPOSE.--The necessity for ongoing information on housing and living arrangements needed by the elderly mandates that there should be a central effort to ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 410.601; Short title.
  Sections 410.601-410.606 may be cited as "The Community Care for Disabled Adults ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 410.602; Legislative intent.
  The purpose of ss. 410.601-410.606 is to assist disabled adults to live dignified and reasonably independent lives in their own homes or ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 410.603; Definitions relating to Community Care for Disabled Adults Act.
  As used in ss. 410.601-410.606: (1) "Department" means the Department of Children and Family Services. (2) "Disabled adult" means any person at ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 410.604; Community care for disabled adults program; powers and duties of the department.
  (1) In each district, the department shall operate or contract for a community care for disabled adults program which shall have as its primary purpose ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 410.605; Confidentiality of information.
  Information about disabled adults who receive services under ss. 410.601-410.606 which is received through files, reports, inspections, or otherwise, by the department ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 410.606; Rulemaking.
  The department shall adopt rules to implement ss. 410.601-410.606. The rules shall define each community service, establish minimum standards for the delivery ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 411.01; School readiness programs; early learning coalitions.
  (1) SHORT TITLE.--This section may be cited as the "School Readiness Act." (2) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.-- (a) The Legislature recognizes that school readiness programs increase ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 411.0103; Teacher Education and Compensation Helps (TEACH) scholarship program.
  (1) The Legislature finds that the level of early child care teacher education and training is a key predictor for determining program quality. The Legislature ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 411.0105; Early Learning Opportunities Act and Even Start Family Literacy Programs; lead agency.
  For purposes of administration of the Early Learning Opportunities Act and the Even Start Family Literacy Programs, pursuant to Pub. L. No. 106-554, the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 411.011; Records of children in school readiness programs.
  (1) The individual records of children enrolled in school readiness programs provided under s. 411.01, held by an early learning coalition or the Agency ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 411.201; Florida Prevention, Early Assistance, and Early Childhood Act; short title.
  This chapter may be cited as the "Florida Prevention, Early Assistance, and Early Childhood ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 411.202; Definitions.
  As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Assistance services" means those assessments, individualized therapies, and other medical, educational, and social services designed to enhance ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 411.203; Continuum of comprehensive services.
  The Department of Education and the 1Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services shall utilize the continuum of prevention and early assistance services for high-risk ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 411.205; Rules.
  The 1Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services and the State Board of Education shall adopt rules necessary for the implementation of this ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 411.22; Legislative intent.
  The Legislature finds and declares that 50 percent of handicapping conditions in young children can be prevented, and such conditions which are not prevented can ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 411.221; Prevention and early assistance strategic plan; agency responsibilities.
  (1) The 1Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services and the Department of Education shall prepare a joint strategic plan relating to prevention and early assistance, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 411.223; Uniform standards.
  (1) The Department of Children and Family Services, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall establish a minimum set of procedures for each preschool ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 411.224; Family support planning process.
  The Legislature establishes a family support planning process to be used by the Department of Children and Family Services as the service planning process for ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 411.226; Learning Gateway.
  (1) PROGRAM GOALS.--The Legislature authorizes a 3-year demonstration program, to be called the Learning Gateway, the purpose of which is to provide parents ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 411.227; Components of the Learning Gateway.
  The Learning Gateway system consists of the following components: (1) COMMUNITY EDUCATION STRATEGIES AND FAMILY-ORIENTED ACCESS.-- (a) Each local demonstration project shall establish the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 411.228; Accountability.
  (1) The steering committee shall provide information to the School Readiness Estimating Conference and the Enrollment Conference for Public Schools regarding estimates of the population ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 411.23; Short title.
  Sections 411.23-411.232 may be cited as the "Children's Early Investment ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 411.231; Legislative intent; purpose.
  The Legislature recognizes the need for and value of intensive, comprehensive, integrated, and continuous services statewide for young children who are at risk of developmental ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 411.232; Children's Early Investment Program.
  (1) CREATION.--There is hereby created the Children's Early Investment Program for young children who are at risk of developmental dysfunction or delay and ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 411.233; Dangers of shaking infants and young children; requirements for distributing brochures.
  (1) Every hospital, birthing facility, and provider of home birth which has maternity and newborn services shall provide to the parents of a newborn, before ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 411.24; Short title.
  This part may be cited as the "Florida Education Now and Babies Later (ENABL) ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 411.241; Legislative intent.
  The Legislature finds and declares that childhood pregnancies continue to be a serious problem in the state. Therefore, the Legislature intends to establish, through a ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 411.242; Florida Education Now and Babies Later (ENABL) program.
  (1) CREATION.--There is hereby created the Florida Education Now and Babies Later (ENABL) program for children and their families, with the goal of reducing ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 411.243; Teen Pregnancy Prevention Community Initiative.
  Subject to the availability of funds, the Department of Health shall create a Teen Pregnancy Prevention Community Initiative. The purpose of this initiative is to ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.011; Division of Blind Services, legislative policy, intent; internal organizational structure and powers; Rehabilitation Council for the Blind.
  (1) POLICY.--It is the policy of the Legislature that all programs, projects, and activities of the division are to be carried out in a ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.0111; Blind services direct-support organization.
  (1) As used in this section, the term "direct-support organization" means a not-for-profit corporation incorporated under chapter 617 and organized and operated ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.0115; State Board of Administration; authorization to invest division's portfolio.
  The State Board of Administration may invest and reinvest the portfolio of stocks, bonds, and mutual funds held by the Division of Blind Services in ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.012; Confidential records disclosure prohibited; exemptions.
  (1) All records furnished to the Division of Blind Services in connection with state or local vocational rehabilitation programs and containing information as to personal ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.013; Destruction of records.
  The Division of Blind Services may authorize the destruction of any correspondence, documents, or other records when the subject matter involved has been closed or ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.014; Community rehabilitation programs.
  The Division of Blind Services shall enter into cooperative agreements with community rehabilitation programs as defined by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, to ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.021; Products and services by blind persons; sale, exhibition regulated.
  (1) When appearing in the Florida Statutes "blind person" shall mean an individual having central visual acuity 20/200 or less in the better eye ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.031; Products, purchase by state agencies and institutions.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.--When used in this section: (a) "Accredited nonprofit workshop" means a Florida workshop which has been certified by either the Division of Blind ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.032; Purpose.
  The purpose of this act is to further the policy of the state to encourage and assist blind and other severely handicapped individuals to achieve ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.033; Definitions.
  As used in ss. 413.032-413.037: (1) "Blind" means an individual having central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.035; Duties and powers of the department.
  (1) It shall be the duty of the department to determine the market price of all products and services offered for sale to the various ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.036; Procurement of services by agencies; authority of department.
  (1) If any agency intends to procure any product or service on the procurement list, that agency shall, in accordance with rules and regulations of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.037; Cooperation with department required; duties of state agencies.
  (1) In furtherance of the purposes of this act and in order to contribute to the economy of state government, it is the intent of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.041; Eligible blind persons; placement in vending facilities in public places.
  For the purpose of assisting blind persons to become self-supporting, the Division of Blind Services is hereby authorized to carry on activities to promote ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.051; Eligible blind persons; operation of vending stands.
  (1) This section may be cited as the Little Randolph Sheppard Act. (2) As used in this section, the term: (a) "Blind licensee" means any ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.08; Rights of an individual with a disability; use of a service animal; discrimination in public employment or housing accommodations; penalties.
  (1) As used in this section and s. 413.081, the term: (a) "Housing accommodation" means any real property or portion thereof which is used ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.081; Interference with or injury to a service animal; penalties; restitution.
  (1) A person who, with reckless disregard, interferes with, or permits a dog that he or she owns or is in the immediate control of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.082; Groups to recommend policies to improve access for individuals with disabilities.
  The Florida Americans with Disabilities Act Working Group and the Commission on Human Relations, jointly, are directed to provide to the Executive Office of the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.091; Identification cards.
  (1) The Division of Blind Services of the Department of Education shall issue identification cards to persons known to be blind or partially sighted, upon ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.092; Blind Babies Program.
  (1) The Blind Babies Program is created within the Division of Blind Services of the Department of Education to provide community-based early-intervention education ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.20; Definitions.
  As used in this part, the term: (1) "Act" means the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. (2) "Activity of daily living" means an activity ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.201; Designated state agency.
  Effective on the effective date of this act, for the purposes of effecting compliance with the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, the Department ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.202; Designated administrative unit.
  Effective on the effective date of this act, for the purposes of effecting compliance with the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, the Division ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.203; Conflict of laws.
  It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this part not conflict with any federal statute or implementing regulation governing federal grant-...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.205; Payments not treated as collateral payments.
  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, payments made under programs covered by this part are neither collateral payments nor collateral sources within the meaning ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.206; Five-year plan.
  The division shall, by October 1, 2002, after identifying specific weaknesses in service capacity and program performance and after consulting with stakeholders, develop a 5-...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.207; Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; quality assurance.
  The Division of Vocational Rehabilitation shall maintain an internal system of quality assurance, have proven functional systems, perform due diligence, review provider systems of quality ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.208; Service providers; quality assurance and fitness for responsibilities.
  The Division of Vocational Rehabilitation shall certify providers of direct service and ensure that they maintain an internal system of quality assurance, have proven functional ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.215; Division's status in workers' compensation proceedings.
  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the division retains all rights and remedies granted under s. 413.445 as against moneys paid under chapter ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.22; Division rules.
  The division shall prepare rules as it finds necessary to carry out the purposes of this ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.23; Administration.
  The division shall provide vocational rehabilitation services to persons who have disabilities determined to be eligible therefor and, in carrying out the purposes of this ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.24; Cooperation with Federal Government.
  The division is authorized to adopt such methods of administration not in conflict with the laws of this state as are found by the Federal ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.26; Cooperative agreements with other governmental agencies relative to joint use of services and facilities.
  (1)(a) The division is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with any state agency or institution, county, county agency or institution, municipality, or municipal ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.27; Cooperative agreements with Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind.
  (1) The division is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with the Board of Trustees of the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.271; Florida Coordinating Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
  (1) For purposes of this section, the term: (a) "Communication access realtime translation" means the instant translation of the spoken word into English text using ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.273; Per diem, travel expenses, personal care attendants, and interpreters for council members; conflicts of interest; removal.
  (1) Members of any council established under this part are entitled to per diem and travel expenses for required attendance at council meetings in accordance ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.28; Appropriations of federal funds.
  In the event federal funds are available to the state for vocational rehabilitation purposes, the division is authorized to comply with such requirements as may ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.29; Gifts.
  The division is hereby authorized and empowered to accept and use gifts made unconditionally by will or otherwise for carrying out the purposes of this ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.30; Eligibility for vocational rehabilitation services.
  (1) A person is eligible for vocational rehabilitation services if the person has a disability and requires vocational rehabilitation services to prepare for, enter, engage ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.31; Benefits not assignable.
  The right of a person who has a disability to any of the benefits under this part is not transferable or assignable, and any benefits, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.32; Retention of title to and disposal of equipment.
  (1) The division is authorized to retain title to any property, tools, instruments, training supplies, equipment, or other items of value acquired for use of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.341; Applicant and client records; confidential and privileged.
  (1) All oral and written records, information, letters, and reports received, made, or maintained by the division relative to any client or applicant are privileged, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.36; Duties of other agencies and officials regarding this part.
  It shall be the duty of all officials in charge of state or county agencies whose official duties enable them to know the need for ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.371; Independent living program; establishment and maintenance.
  The division shall establish and maintain an independent living program that will provide any appropriate rehabilitation services or other services to enhance the ability of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.39; Administration; independent living program.
  The division is hereby authorized, in addition to its other duties and responsibilities, to administer a program of independent living services for individuals with severe ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.393; State plan for independent living.
  (1) The state plan for independent living shall be jointly developed and submitted by the Independent Living Council and the division, and the plan must: (...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.395; Florida Independent Living Council.
  (1) There is created the Florida Independent Living Council to assist the division and the Division of Blind Services of the Department of Education, as ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.40; Powers of division; independent living program.
  The division, in carrying out a program of providing independent living rehabilitation services to persons who have severe disabilities, shall be authorized to: (1) Employ ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.401; Eligibility for independent living services.
  Independent living services may be provided to any person who has a significant disability and for whom a reasonable expectation exists that independent living services ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.402; Personal care attendant program.
  The Florida Association of Centers for Independent Living, in conjunction with the Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program in the Department of Health, shall develop ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.4021; Program participant selection; tax collection enforcement diversion program.
  The Department of Revenue, in coordination with the Florida Association of Centers for Independent Living and the Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association, shall select judicial circuits ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.405; Florida Rehabilitation Council.
  There is created the Florida Rehabilitation Council to assist the division in the planning and development of statewide rehabilitation programs and services, to recommend improvements ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.407; Assistive Technology Advisory Council.
  There is created the Assistive Technology Advisory Council, responsible for ensuring consumer involvement in the creation, application, and distribution of technology-related assistance to and ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.41; Cooperation by division with state agencies.
  The division is hereby authorized to cooperate with other agencies of state government or with any nonprofit, charitable corporations or foundations concerned with the problems ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.42; Cooperation with federal agencies.
  The division is authorized to cooperate with any agency of the Federal Government charged with responsibility for administering laws relating to rehabilitation of persons who ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.43; Utilization of state and federal funds.
  The division is authorized to utilize for purposes of this law, and for matching any federal funds which may be available for similar rehabilitation purposes, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.44; State Treasury depository.
  The State Treasury shall be the depository of all funds appropriated by the state Legislature or received as federal grants or received as gifts from ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.445; Recovery of third-party payments for vocational rehabilitation and related services.
  (1) As used in this section, "vocational rehabilitation and related services" means any services that are provided or paid for by the Division of Vocational ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.4455; Deposit and appropriation of funds recovered under s. 413.445.
  Funds received under the provisions of s. 413.445 shall be deposited in the Federal Rehabilitation Trust Fund and shall be available for appropriation for ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.615; Florida Endowment for Vocational Rehabilitation.
  (1) SHORT TITLE.--This section may be cited as the "Florida Endowment for Vocational Rehabilitation Act." (2) DEFINITIONS.--For the purposes of this section: (a) "...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.70; Limiting disabilities program; establishment; purpose.
  The division shall establish and maintain a limiting disabilities program. The program shall provide rehabilitation services to persons who have a limiting disability if such ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.72; Eligibility.
  (1) A person who has a limiting disability must document her or his limiting disability through diagnostics provided by her or him or by the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.73; Disability assistance program.
  The division shall: (1) Provide rehabilitation services to persons who have limiting disabilities. Prior to providing these services, the division shall determine if the services ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.731; Legislative funding; contracting for services.
  (1) The services prescribed to be provided by the division pursuant to this part are required only to the extent they are funded by the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 413.74; Other agencies; cooperation and referral.
  (1) When an individual contacts any public agency requesting rehabilitation services, the agency shall determine whether the individual's needs can be met by that ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.025; Legislative intent.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that families in this state be strong and economically self-sufficient so as to require minimal involvement ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.0252; Definitions.
  As used in ss. 414.025-414.55, the term: (1) "Alternative payee" means an individual who receives temporary assistance payments on behalf of a ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.035; Authorized expenditures.
  Any expenditures from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant, or from other state funds that the secretary or his or her designee determines ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.045; Cash assistance program.
  Cash assistance families include any families receiving cash assistance payments from the state program for temporary assistance for needy families as defined in federal law, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.065; Noncompliance with work requirements.
  (1) PENALTIES FOR NONPARTICIPATION IN WORK REQUIREMENTS AND FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ALTERNATIVE REQUIREMENT PLANS.--The department shall establish procedures for administering penalties for nonparticipation ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.0655; Medical incapacity due to substance abuse or mental health impairment.
  (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 414.065 to the contrary, any participant who requires out-of-home residential treatment for alcoholism, drug addiction, alcohol ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.075; Resource eligibility standards.
  For purposes of program simplification and effective program management, certain resource definitions, as outlined in the food stamp regulations at 7 C.F.R. s. ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.085; Income eligibility standards.
  (1) For purposes of program simplification and effective program management, certain income definitions, as outlined in the food stamp regulations at 7 C.F.R. ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.095; Determining eligibility for temporary cash assistance.
  (1) ELIGIBILITY.--An applicant must meet eligibility requirements of this section before receiving services or temporary cash assistance under this chapter, except that an applicant ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.105; Time limitations of temporary cash assistance.
  Except as otherwise provided in this section, an applicant or current participant shall receive temporary cash assistance for no more than a lifetime cumulative total ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.106; Exemption from public meetings law.
  That portion of a meeting held by the department, Workforce Florida, Inc., or a regional workforce board or local committee created pursuant to s. 445....
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.115; Limited temporary cash assistance for children born to families receiving temporary cash assistance.
  (1) The department shall provide limited additional temporary cash assistance to: (a) An existing temporary-cash-assistance case due to the birth of a child ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.122; Withholding of payments based on evidence of fraud.
  The department shall withhold payment from a recipient of temporary cash assistance when, after redetermination of eligibility or at any other time, the department obtains ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.1251; Learnfare program.
  (1) The department shall reduce the temporary cash assistance for a participant's eligible dependent child or for an eligible teenage participant who has not ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.13; Immunizations.
  Each applicant who has a preschool child must begin and complete appropriate childhood immunizations for the child as a condition of eligibility. At the time ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.14; Public assistance policy simplification.
  To the extent possible, the department shall align the requirements for eligibility under this chapter with the food stamp program and medical assistance eligibility policies ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.157; Diversion program for victims of domestic violence.
  (1) The diversion program for victims of domestic violence is intended to provide services and one-time payments to assist victims of domestic violence and ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.158; Diversion program to prevent or reduce child abuse and neglect.
  (1) The diversion program to prevent or reduce child abuse and neglect is intended to provide services and one-time payments to assist families in ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.1585; Diversion program for families at risk of welfare dependency due to substance abuse or mental illness.
  (1) The diversion program for families at risk of welfare dependency due to substance abuse or mental illness is intended to provide services and one-...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.1599; Diversion programs; determination of need.
  If federal regulations require a determination of needy families or needy parents to be based on financial criteria, such as income or resources, for individuals ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.16; Emergency assistance program.
  (1) DEFINITION.--For purposes of this section, the term "family in an emergency situation" means a family that is totally without shelter or that faces ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.17; Audits.
  The WAGES Program is subject to the audit requirements of 31 U.S.C. ss. 5701 et ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.175; Review of existing waivers.
  (1) The Department of Children and Family Services shall review existing waivers granted to the department by the Federal Government and determine if such waivers ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.24; Integrated welfare reform and child welfare services.
  The department shall develop integrated service delivery strategies to better meet the needs of families subject to work activity requirements who are involved in the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.26; Court-appointed guardian unnecessary.
  It is unnecessary for any incompetent person entitled to public assistance payments, as provided by this chapter, to have a court-appointed guardian in order ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.27; Temporary cash assistance; payment on death.
  (1) Upon the death of any person receiving temporary cash assistance through the Department of Children and Family Services, all temporary cash accrued to such ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.28; Public assistance payments to constitute debt of recipient.
  (1) CLAIMS.--The acceptance of public assistance creates a debt of the person accepting assistance, which debt is enforceable only after the death of the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.295; Temporary cash assistance programs; public records exemption.
  (1) Personal identifying information of a temporary cash assistance program participant, a participant's family, or a participant's family or household member, except for ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.31; State agency for administering federal food stamp program.
  (1) The department shall place into operation in each of the several counties of the state a food stamp program as authorized by the Congress ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.32; Prohibitions and restrictions with respect to food stamps.
  (1) COOPERATION WITH CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.-- (a) A parent or caretaker relative who receives temporary cash assistance or food stamps on behalf of a ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.33; Violations of food stamp program.
  (1) In accordance with federal law and regulations, the department shall establish procedures for notifying the appropriate federal and state agencies of any violation of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.34; Annual report concerning administrative complaints and disciplinary actions involving food stamp program violations.
  The department shall prepare and submit a report to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the chairs of the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.35; Emergency relief.
  (1) The department shall adopt rules for the administration of emergency assistance programs delegated to the department either by executive order in accordance with the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.36; Public assistance overpayment recovery program; contracts.
  (1) The department shall develop and implement a plan for the statewide privatization of activities relating to the recovery of public assistance overpayment claims. These ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.37; Public assistance overpayment recovery privatization; reemployment of laid-off career service employees.
  Should career service employees of the Department of Children and Family Services be subject to layoff after July 1, 1995, due to the privatization of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.39; Fraud.
  (1) Any person who knowingly: (a) Fails, by false statement, misrepresentation, impersonation, or other fraudulent means, to disclose a material fact used in making a ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.391; Automated fingerprint imaging.
  (1) The Department of Children and Family Services shall develop and implement, as part of the electronic benefits transfer program, a statewide program to prevent ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.392; Applicant screening.
  At the time of application or reapplication, each adult or teen parent applying for public assistance benefits under this chapter must provide the state with ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.40; Stop Inmate Fraud Program established; guidelines.
  (1) There is created within the Department of Law Enforcement a Stop Inmate Fraud Program. (2) The Department of Law Enforcement is directed to implement ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.41; Recovery of payments made due to mistake or fraud.
  (1) Whenever it becomes apparent that any person or provider has received any public assistance under this chapter to which she or he is not ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.42; Cause for employee dismissal.
  It is cause for dismissal of an employee of the Department of Children and Family Services if the employee knowingly and willfully allows an ineligible ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.45; Rulemaking.
  The department has authority to adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement and enforce the provisions of this chapter. ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 414.55; Implementation of community work program.
  The Governor shall minimize the liability of the state by opting out of the special provision related to community work, as described in s. 402(...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 415.101; Adult Protective Services Act; legislative intent.
  (1) Sections 415.101-415.113 may be cited as the "Adult Protective Services Act." (2) The Legislature recognizes that there are many persons in ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 415.102; Definitions of terms used in ss. 415.101-415.113.
  As used in ss. 415.101-415.113, the term: (1) "Abuse" means any willful act or threatened act by a relative, caregiver, or household ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 415.103; Central abuse hotline.
  (1) The department shall establish and maintain a central abuse hotline that receives all reports made pursuant to s. 415.1034 in writing or through ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 415.1034; Mandatory reporting of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults; mandatory reports of death.
  (1) MANDATORY REPORTING.-- (a) Any person, including, but not limited to, any: 1. Physician, osteopathic physician, medical examiner, chiropractic physician, nurse, paramedic, emergency medical technician, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 415.1035; Facility's duty to inform residents of their right to report abusive, neglectful, or exploitive practices.
  The department shall work cooperatively with the Agency for Health Care Administration, the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, and the Department of Elderly Affairs to ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 415.1036; Immunity.
  (1) Any person who participates in making a report under s. 415.1034 or participates in a judicial proceeding resulting therefrom is presumed to be ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 415.104; Protective investigations of cases of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults; transmittal of records to state attorney.
  (1) The department shall, upon receipt of a report alleging abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult, begin within 24 hours a protective investigation ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 415.1045; Photographs, videotapes, and medical examinations; abrogation of privileged communications; confidential records and documents.
  (1) PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEOTAPES.-- (a) The protective investigator, while investigating a report of abuse, neglect, or exploitation, may take or cause to be taken photographs ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 415.105; Provision of protective services with consent; withdrawal of consent; interference.
  (1) PROTECTIVE SERVICES WITH CONSENT.--If the department determines through its investigation that a vulnerable adult demonstrates a need for protective services or protective supervision, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 415.1051; Protective services interventions when capacity to consent is lacking; nonemergencies; emergencies; orders; limitations.
  (1) NONEMERGENCY PROTECTIVE SERVICES INTERVENTIONS.--If the department has reasonable cause to believe that a vulnerable adult or a vulnerable adult in need of services ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 415.1052; Interference with investigation or with the provision of protective services.
  (1) If, upon arrival of the protective investigator, any person refuses to allow the department to begin a protective investigation, interferes with the department's ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 415.1055; Notification to administrative entities.
  (1) Upon receipt of a report that alleges that an employee or agent of the department, the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, or the Department ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 415.106; Cooperation by the department and criminal justice and other agencies.
  (1) All criminal justice agencies have a duty and responsibility to cooperate fully with the department so as to enable the department to fulfill its ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 415.107; Confidentiality of reports and records.
  (1) In order to protect the rights of the individual or other persons responsible for the welfare of a vulnerable adult, all records concerning reports ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 415.1071; Release of confidential information.
  (1) Any person or organization, including the Department of Children and Family Services, may petition the court for an order making public the records of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 415.1099; Court and witness fees not allowed.
  In all proceedings under ss. 415.101-415.113, court fees must not be charged to the department; to any party to a petition; to ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 415.1102; Adult protection teams.
  (1) Subject to an appropriation, the department may develop, maintain, and coordinate the services of one or more multidisciplinary adult protection teams in each of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 415.1105; Training programs.
  (1) The department shall develop rules governing preservice and inservice training for adult protective investigation staff and, within available resources, shall provide appropriate preservice and ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 415.111; Criminal penalties.
  (1) A person who knowingly and willfully fails to report a case of known or suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult, or ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 415.1111; Civil actions.
  A vulnerable adult who has been abused, neglected, or exploited as specified in this chapter has a cause of action against any perpetrator and may ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 415.1113; Administrative fines for false report of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult.
  (1) In addition to any other penalty authorized by this section, chapter 120, or other law, the department may impose a fine, not to exceed $...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 415.1115; Civil actions involving elderly parties; speedy trial.
  In a civil action in which a person over the age of 65 is a party, such party may move the court to advance the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 415.112; Rules for implementation of ss. 415.101-415.113.
  The department shall promulgate rules for the implementation of ss. 415.101-415....
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 415.113; Statutory construction; treatment by spiritual means.
  Nothing in ss. 415.101-415.112 shall be construed to mean a person is abused, neglected, or in need of emergency or protective services ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 418.01; Scope of chapter; definition.
  This chapter shall apply to all cities, towns and counties of the state. The term "such municipality or county" as used in this chapter refers ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 418.02; Recreation centers; use and acquisition of land; equipment and maintenance.
  The governing body of any such municipality or county may dedicate and set apart for use as playgrounds and recreation centers and other recreation purposes, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 418.03; Supervision.
  The governing body of any such municipality or county may establish a system of supervised recreation and it may, by resolution or ordinance, vest the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 418.04; Playground and recreation board.
  If the governing body of any such municipality or county shall determine that the power to provide, establish, conduct and maintain a recreation system as ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 418.05; Cooperation with other units and boards.
  Any two or more municipalities or counties may jointly provide, establish, maintain and conduct a recreation system and acquire property for and establish and maintain ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 418.06; Gifts, grants, devises, and bequests.
  (1) A playground and recreation board or other authority in which is vested the power to provide, establish, maintain and conduct such supervised recreation system ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 418.07; Issuance of bonds.
  The governing body of such municipality or county may, pursuant to law and in conformity with the constitution of this state, provide that the bonds ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 418.08; Petition for referendum.
  Whenever a petition signed by at least 5 percent of the qualified and registered electors in such municipality or county shall be filed with the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 418.09; Resolution or ordinance providing for recreation system.
  Upon the adoption of such proposition by a majority of those voting on it at an election, the governing body of such municipality or county ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 418.10; Tax levy.
  The governing body of such municipality or county adopting the provisions of this chapter at an election and until revoked at an election by a ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 418.11; Payment of expenses and custody of funds.
  The cost and expense of the establishment, maintenance and conduct of a supervised recreation system of playgrounds, recreation centers and other recreational facilities and activities ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 418.12; Duties and functions of Division of Recreation and Parks.
  Among its functions, the Division of Recreation and Parks of the Department of Environmental Protection shall: (1) Study and appraise the recreation needs of the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 418.20; Creation of recreation districts authorized.
  Each municipality and county in the state is authorized to create one or more recreation districts comprising the whole of or any part of the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 418.21; Governing body.
  (1) The governing body of a recreation district shall be determined by ordinance of the municipality or county that created the district and must be ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 418.22; Powers of recreation districts.
  The charter of a recreation district may grant to the recreation district the following powers and all further or additional powers as the governing body ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 418.23; Limitation on power of districts.
  The charter of any recreation district may contain such limitations and restrictions on any of the powers named in s. 418.22 as the governing ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 418.24; Filing of ordinance.
  Any ordinance creating or amending the charter of a recreation district, upon being finally adopted, shall be filed in the minutes of the governing body ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 418.25; Actions by aggrieved parties.
  Any person feeling aggrieved by the adoption of an ordinance granting or amending the charter of a recreation district may bring, within the period hereinafter ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 418.26; Assessment records.
  The assessment records for the municipality or county in which a recreation district is located shall be the official assessment records for any recreation district ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 418.30; Creation of mobile home park recreation districts.
  Any municipality or county in the state is authorized to create one or more mobile home park recreation districts. Each such district shall be limited ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 418.302; Governing body of mobile home park recreation district.
  (1) The governing body of a recreation district created pursuant to s. 418.30 shall consist of a nine-member board of trustees elected by ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 418.304; Powers of the mobile home park recreation district; recreation district tax.
  An ordinance creating or amending the charter of a mobile home park recreation district may grant to the recreation district the following powers: (1) To ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 418.306; Bonds of the mobile home park recreation district.
  The trustees may construct, acquire, or improve real or personal property of the district and may issue refunding bonds or other obligations for such purposes ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 418.309; Abolishment of the mobile home park recreation district.
  The district created pursuant to this act may be abolished by a majority vote of the qualified electors of the district at an election called ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 419.001; Site selection of community residential homes.
  (1) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (a) "Community residential home" means a dwelling unit licensed to serve residents, as ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.0001; Short title.
  This part may be cited as the "State Housing Strategy ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.0002; Legislative findings.
  The Legislature finds that: (1) With cutbacks in federal assistance for housing programs, the projected population growth of the state, and the impact of the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.0003; State housing strategy.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--It is the intent of this act to begin the process of articulating a state housing strategy that will carry the state ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.0004; Definitions.
  As used in this part, unless the context otherwise indicates: (1) "Adjusted for family size" means adjusted in a manner which results in an income ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.0005; State Housing Trust Fund; State Housing Fund.
  (1) There is hereby established in the State Treasury a separate trust fund to be named the "State Housing Trust Fund." There shall be deposited ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.0006; Authority to contract with corporation; contract requirements; nonperformance.
  The secretary of the department shall contract, notwithstanding the provisions of part I of chapter 287, with the Florida Housing Finance Corporation on a multiyear ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.101; Housing Development Corporation of Florida; creation, membership, and purposes.
  (1) Twenty-five or more persons, a majority of whom shall be residents of this state, who may desire to create a housing development corporation ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.102; Definitions.
  As used in this part, the following words and terms have the following meanings unless the context indicates another or different meaning or intent: (1) "...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.111; Housing Development Corporation of Florida; additional powers.
  In furtherance of its purposes and in addition to the powers now or hereafter conferred on business corporations by chapter 607, the corporation shall, subject ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.112; Authorization for certain relationships.
  Notwithstanding any rule at common law or any provision of any general or special law or any provision in their respective charters, agreements of association, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.123; Stockholders; loan requirement.
  (1) Any financial institution may request membership in the corporation by making application to the board of directors on such form and in such manner ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.124; Stockholders; powers.
  The stockholders of the corporation shall have the following powers of the corporation: (1) To make, amend, and repeal bylaws. (2) To amend the charter ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.131; Articles of incorporation; method of amending.
  (1) The articles of incorporation may be amended by the vote of the stockholders of the corporation, and such amendments shall require approval by the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.141; Housing Development Corporation of Florida; deposits and examination.
  (1) The corporation shall not deposit any of its funds in any financial institution unless such institution has been designated as a depository by the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.151; Housing Development Corporation of Florida; first meeting.
  (1) The first meeting of the corporation shall be called by a notice signed by three or more of the incorporators stating the time, place, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.161; Housing Development Corporation of Florida; period of existence; method of dissolution.
  (1) The period of duration of the corporation shall be perpetual, subject, however, to the right of the stockholders and the members to dissolve the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.171; Housing Development Corporation of Florida; tax privileges and fiscal year.
  (1) Any tax exemptions, tax credits, or tax privileges granted to banks, savings and loan associations, and trust companies by the general laws of the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.36; Low-income Emergency Home Repair Program.
  There is established within the Department of Community Affairs the Low-income Emergency Home Repair Program to assist low-income persons, especially the elderly and ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.421; Short title.
  Sections 420.421-420.429 may be cited as the "Neighborhood Housing Services ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.422; Legislative findings.
  The Legislature finds that: (1) A substantial number of housing units in this state are in deteriorating condition, many residents are living in dwelling units ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.423; Policy and purpose.
  It is the policy of this state to provide a necessary means to prevent the deterioration of housing, the decline of neighborhoods and surrounding areas, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.424; Definitions.
  As used in ss. 420.421-420.429: (1) "Department" means the Department of Community Affairs. (2) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Community Affairs. (3) "...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.426; Eligible applicants.
  To receive a grant, an applicant must: (1) Be a local government within this state; (2) Be able to demonstrate a clear need for the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.427; Project eligibility.
  (1) Grants may be provided to local governments for: (a) A newly incorporated neighborhood housing services corporation project; (b) An expansion of an existing neighborhood ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.428; Eligible activities.
  Grant recipients may use grant funds made available pursuant to ss. 420.421-420.429 to: (1) Pay the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for the fee ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.429; Authority of the department.
  The department shall have all the powers necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of ss. 420.421-420.429. The department may: (1) ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.501; Short title.
  This act may be cited as the "Florida Housing Finance Corporation ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.502; Legislative findings.
  It is hereby found and declared as follows: (1) The costs of developing, operating, and maintaining multifamily rental housing have increased substantially and have thereby ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.503; Definitions.
  As used in this part, the term: (1) "Affordable housing debt" means debt issued by or loans made to the corporation, counties, municipalities, or other ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.504; Public corporation; creation, membership, terms, expenses.
  (1) There is created within the Department of Community Affairs a public corporation and a public body corporate and politic, to be known as the "...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.505; Meetings; quorum; voting.
  The powers of the corporation shall be vested in the members of its board of directors in office from time to time. Five members of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.506; Executive director; agents and employees.
  The appointment and removal of an executive director shall be by the Secretary of Community Affairs, with the advice and consent of the corporation's ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.5061; Transfer of ¹agency assets and liabilities.
  Effective January 1, 1998, all assets and liabilities and rights and obligations, including any outstanding contractual obligations, of the 1agency shall be transferred to the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.507; Powers of the corporation.
  The corporation shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this part, including the following ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.508; Special powers; multifamily and single-family projects.
  The corporation shall have the special power to: (1)(a) Purchase or take assignments of, and enter into commitments to purchase or to take assignments ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.5087; State Apartment Incentive Loan Program.
  There is hereby created the State Apartment Incentive Loan Program for the purpose of providing first, second, or other subordinated mortgage loans or loan guarantees ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.5088; Florida Homeownership Assistance Program.
  There is created the Florida Homeownership Assistance Program for the purpose of assisting low-income and moderate-income persons in purchasing a home as their ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.5089; HOME Investment Partnership Program; HOME Investment Partnership Fund.
  (1) There is authorized to be established by the corporation with a qualified public depository meeting the requirements of chapter 280 the HOME Investment Partnership ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.509; Revenue bonds.
  (1) The issuance of revenue bonds to provide sufficient funds to achieve the purposes of this part; pay interest on bonds; pay expenses incident to ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.5091; HOPE Program.
  (1) The corporation may adopt rules to implement the HOPE Program, created by the 1990 National Affordable Housing Act, to make loans and grants, foreclose ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.5092; Florida Affordable Housing Guarantee Program.
  (1) There is created the Florida Affordable Housing Guarantee Program for the purposes of: (a) Stimulating creative private sector lending activities to increase the supply ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.5093; State Housing Tax Credit Program.
  (1) There is created the State Housing Tax Credit Program for the purposes of stimulating creative private sector initiatives to increase the supply of affordable ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.5095; Community Workforce Housing Innovation Pilot Program.
  (1) The Legislature finds and declares that recent rapid increases in the median purchase price of a home and the cost of rental housing have ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.5099; Allocation of the low-income housing tax credit.
  (1) The Florida Housing Finance Corporation is designated the housing credit agency for the state within the meaning of s. 42(h)(7)(A) of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.51; State and local government not liable on bonds or notes.
  The bonds of the corporation shall not be a debt of the state or of any local government, and neither the state nor any local ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.511; Business plan; strategic plan; annual report.
  (1) The corporation shall develop a business plan for the provision of affordable housing for the state. The plan shall not be inconsistent with the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.512; Conflicts of interest.
  (1) If any member, officer, or employee of the corporation shall have an interest, either direct or indirect, in any contract to which the corporation ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.513; Exemption from taxes and eligibility as investment.
  (1) The property of the corporation, the transactions and operations thereof, the income therefrom, and the bonds of the corporation issued under this act, together ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.514; Corporate existence.
  The corporation and its corporate existence shall continue until terminated by law, provided that no such law shall take effect so long as the corporation ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.515; Inconsistent provisions of other laws superseded.
  Insofar as the provisions of this part are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, general, special, or local, the provisions of this part ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.516; Discrimination prohibited.
  It is an unlawful practice for a sponsor, while bonds are outstanding for the purpose of funding or financing the sponsor's project, to discriminate ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.517; Affordable housing and job training coordination.
  The Florida Housing Finance Corporation shall undertake efforts to provide incentives to developers to build housing that encourages onsite job skills training to enable low-...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.521; Short title.
  Sections 420.521-420.529 may be cited as the "Predevelopment Loan Program ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.522; Legislative findings.
  It is hereby found by the Legislature that: (1) There continues to exist a serious shortage of affordable housing for farmworkers, very-low-income persons ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.523; Purpose.
  The purpose of the Predevelopment Loan Program is to: (1) Provide for financial and technical assistance to local governments, housing authorities, and not-for-profit ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.524; Definitions relating to Predevelopment Loan Program Act.
  For the purpose of ss. 420.521-420.529, the term: (1) "Community-based organization" or "not-for-profit organization" means any group incorporated under ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.525; Housing Predevelopment Fund.
  (1) There is authorized to be established by the corporation with a qualified public depository meeting the requirements of chapter 280 a separate fund to ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.526; Predevelopment Loan Program; loans and grants authorized; activities eligible for support.
  (1) The corporation is authorized to make loans and grants from the Housing Predevelopment Fund to eligible sponsors when it determines that: (a) A need ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.527; Application procedure.
  (1) Applications shall be submitted to the corporation in a form that it establishes by rule. (2) By rule, the corporation shall establish the criteria ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.528; Rules; summary required with annual report.
  (1) The corporation may adopt rules necessary to implement ss. 420.521-420.529 and to further specify the purposes for which loan and grant ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.529; Default by sponsor.
  If a default on a loan occurs, the corporation may foreclose on any mortgage or security interest or commence any legal action to protect the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.5295; Applicability.
  To the extent that provisions of this part are not inconsistent with contract provisions under the Rural Land Acquisition and Site Development Act, the Farmworker ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.531; Affordable Housing Catalyst Program.
  The corporation shall operate the Affordable Housing Catalyst Program for the purpose of securing the expertise necessary to provide specialized technical support to local governments ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.55; Housing; response to disasters.
  The Florida Housing Finance Corporation is authorized to provide funds to eligible entities for affordable housing recovery in those areas of the state which sustained ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.601; Short title.
  Sections 420.601-420.609 may be cited as the "Affordable Housing Planning and Community Assistance ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.6015; Legislative findings.
  In addition to the findings and declarations in ss. 420.0002, 420.502, 421.02, 422.02, and 423.01, which are hereby reaffirmed, the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.602; Definitions.
  As used in this part, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Adjusted for family size" means adjusted ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.606; Training and technical assistance program.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.--In addition to the legislative findings set forth in s. 420.6015, the Legislature finds and declares that: (a) Housing in economically ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.6075; Research and planning for affordable housing; annual housing report.
  (1) The research and planning functions of the department shall include the collection of data on the need for affordable housing in this state and ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.609; Affordable Housing Study Commission.
  Because the Legislature firmly supports affordable housing in Florida for all economic classes: (1) There is created the Affordable Housing Study Commission, which shall be ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.615; Affordable housing land donation density bonus incentives.
  (1) A local government may provide density bonus incentives pursuant to the provisions of this section to any landowner who voluntarily donates fee simple interest ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.621; Definitions; ss. 420.621-420.627.
  As used in ss. 420.621-420.627, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "AFDC" means Aid ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.622; State Office on Homelessness; Council on Homelessness.
  (1) The State Office on Homelessness is created within the Department of Children and Family Services to provide interagency, council, and other related coordination on ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.623; Local coalitions for the homeless.
  (1) ESTABLISHMENT.--The department shall establish local coalitions to plan, network, coordinate, and monitor the delivery of services to the homeless. Appropriate local groups and ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.624; Local homeless assistance continuum of care.
  (1) A local homeless assistance continuum of care is a framework for a comprehensive and seamless array of emergency, transitional, and permanent housing, and services ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.625; Grant-in-aid program.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.--The Legislature hereby finds and declares that most services for the homeless have been provided by local communities through voluntary private agencies ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.626; Homelessness; discharge guidelines.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature, to encourage mental health facilities or institutions under contract with, operated, licensed, or regulated by the state ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.630; Short title.
  Sections 420.630-420.635 may be cited as the "Urban Homesteading ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.631; Definitions relating to Urban Homesteading Act.
  As used in ss. 420.630-420.635: (1) "Authority" or "housing authority" means any of the public corporations created under s. 421.04. (2) "...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.632; Authority to operate.
  By resolution, subject to federal and state law, and in consultation with the Office of Urban Opportunity, a local government or its designee may operate ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.633; Eligibility.
  An applicant is eligible to enter into a homestead agreement to acquire single-family housing property as a qualified buyer under ss. 420.630-420....
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.634; Application process; deed to qualified buyer.
  (1) A qualified buyer may apply to a local government or its designee to acquire single-family housing property. The application must be in a ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.635; Loans to qualified buyers.
  Contingent upon an appropriation, the department, in consultation with the Office of Urban Opportunity, shall provide loans to qualified buyers who are required to pay ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.907; Short title.
  Sections 420.907-420.9079 may be cited as the "State Housing Initiatives Partnership ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.9071; Definitions.
  As used in ss. 420.907-420.9079, the term: (1) "Adjusted for family size" means adjusted in a manner that results in an income ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.9072; State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program.
  The State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program is created for the purpose of providing funds to counties and eligible municipalities as an incentive for the creation ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.9073; Local housing distributions.
  (1) Distributions calculated in this section shall be disbursed on a monthly basis by the corporation beginning the first day of the month after program ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.9075; Local housing assistance plans; partnerships.
  (1)(a) Each county or eligible municipality participating in the State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program shall develop and implement a local housing assistance plan created ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.9076; Adoption of affordable housing incentive strategies; committees.
  (1) Each county or eligible municipality participating in the State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program, including a municipality receiving program funds through the county, or an ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.9078; State administration of remaining local housing distribution funds.
  When appropriated funds remain in the Local Government Housing Trust Fund, the corporation shall distribute the remaining funds as follows: (1) The corporation shall distribute ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 420.9079; Local Government Housing Trust Fund.
  (1) There is created in the State Treasury the Local Government Housing Trust Fund, which shall be administered by the corporation on behalf of the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.001; State role in housing and urban development.
  The role of state government required by part I of chapter 421 (Housing Authorities Law), chapter 422 (Housing Cooperation Law), and chapter 423 (Tax Exemption ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.01; Short title.
  Part I of this chapter may be referred to as the "Housing Authorities ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.02; Finding and declaration of necessity.
  It is hereby declared that: (1) There exist in the state insanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations and that persons of low income are forced to ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.03; Definitions.
  The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this part, shall have the following respective meanings for the purposes of this part, unless a ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.04; Creation of housing authorities.
  (1) In each city, as herein defined, there is hereby created a public body corporate and politic to be known as the "Housing Authority" of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.05; Appointment, qualifications, and tenure of commissioners; hiring of employees.
  (1) When the governing body of a city adopts a resolution as aforesaid, the mayor, with the approval of the governing body, shall promptly appoint ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.06; Commissioners or employees prohibited from acquiring interests in housing projects and required to disclose interests in specified properties; exception.
  Except for the leasehold interest held by a tenant-commissioner in the housing project in which he or she is a tenant, no commissioner or ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.07; Removal of commissioners.
  For inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, a commissioner of an authority may be removed by the mayor with the concurrence of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.08; Powers of authority.
  An authority shall constitute a public body corporate and politic, exercising the public and essential governmental functions set forth in this chapter, and having all ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.09; Operation not for profit.
  (1) It is the policy of this state that each housing authority shall manage and operate its housing projects in an efficient manner so as ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.091; Financial accounting and investments; fiscal year.
  (1) A complete and full financial accounting and audit in accordance with federal audit standards of public housing agencies shall be made biennially by a ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.10; Rentals and tenant selection.
  (1) In the operation or management of housing projects an authority shall at all times observe the following duties with respect to rentals and tenant ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.101; False representations to obtain lower rent in housing accommodations; penalty.
  Whoever makes a false statement or representation, knowing it to be false, or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact in order to obtain a ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.11; Cooperation of authorities.
  (1) Any two or more housing authorities may join or cooperate with one another in the exercise, either jointly or otherwise, of any or all ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.12; Eminent domain.
  An authority shall have the right to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property which it may deem necessary ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.13; Planning, zoning and building laws.
  All housing projects of an authority shall be subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary and building laws, ordinances and regulations applicable to the locality in ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.14; Debentures.
  (1) An authority may issue debentures from time to time in its discretion, for any of its corporate purposes. An authority may also issue refunding ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.15; Form and sale of debentures.
  (1) Debentures of an authority shall be authorized by its resolution and may be issued in one or more series and shall bear such dates, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.16; Provisions of debentures and trust indentures.
  In connection with the issuance of debentures or the incurring of obligations under leases and in order to secure the payment of such indentures or ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.17; Validation of debentures and proceedings.
  (1) A housing authority shall have the right, if it deems it expedient, to determine its authority to issue any debentures, and the legality of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.18; Remedies of an obligee of authority.
  An obligee of an authority shall have the right in addition to all other rights which may be conferred on such obligee, subject only to ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.19; Additional remedies conferrable by authority.
  An authority shall have power by its resolution, trust indenture, lease or other contract to confer upon any obligee holding or representing a specified amount ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.21; Aid from Federal Government; tax exemptions.
  (1) In addition to the powers conferred upon an authority by other provisions of this chapter, an authority is empowered to borrow money or accept ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.22; Reports.
  At least once a year, an authority shall file with the clerk a report of its activities for the preceding year, and shall make recommendations ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.23; Liabilities of authority.
  The liabilities, whether ex contractu or ex delicto, of an authority arising from the operation of its housing projects, may not be paid from any ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.24; Organization and establishment.
  The establishment and organization of housing authorities in the state under the provisions of the Housing Authorities Law of this state, together with all proceedings, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.25; Contracts and undertakings.
  All contracts, agreements, obligations, and undertakings of such housing authorities heretofore entered into relating to financing or aiding in the development, construction, maintenance, or operation ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.26; Notes and bonds.
  All proceedings, acts and things heretofore undertaken, performed or done in or for the authorization, issuance, execution and delivery of notes and bonds by housing ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.261; Continuance of municipal housing authorities when municipality abolished; counties in excess of 400,000.
  Whenever a municipality in any county having a population in excess of 400,000 according to the most recent official census has been or hereafter ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.27; Housing authorities in counties.
  (1) In each county of the state there is hereby created a public body corporate and politic to be known as the "housing authority" of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.28; Creation of regional housing authority.
  (1) If the governing body of each of two or more contiguous counties by resolution declares that there is a need for one housing authority ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.29; Area of operation of regional housing authority.
  (1) The area of operation of a regional housing authority shall include all of the counties for which such regional housing authority is created and ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.30; Commissioners of regional authorities.
  (1) When a regional housing authority has been created as provided above, the Governor shall thereupon appoint one qualified elector from each county included in ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.31; Powers of regional housing authority; definitions.
  Except as otherwise provided herein, a regional housing authority and the commissioners thereof shall, within the area of operation of such regional housing authority, have ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.32; Rural housing projects.
  County housing authorities and regional housing authorities are specifically empowered and authorized to borrow money, accept grants and exercise their other powers to provide housing ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.321; Execution of mortgages.
  County and regional housing authorities organized under this chapter are authorized to execute mortgages encumbering real property as security for loans made for providing facilities ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.33; Housing applications by farmers.
  The owner of any farm operated, or worked upon, by farmers of low income in need of safe and sanitary housing may file an application ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.34; Additional definitions.
  (1) "Farmers of low income," as used in this law, shall mean persons or families who at the time of their admission to occupancy in ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.35; Supplemental nature of sections.
  The powers conferred by ss. 421.27-421.34 shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.36; Short title.
  Sections 421.27-421.35 may be cited and referred to as the "Rural Housing Authorities Law of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.46; Organization and establishment of housing authorities validated.
  The establishment and organization of housing authorities under the provisions of the Housing Authorities Law of this state together with all proceedings, acts and things ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.47; Contracts and undertakings of housing authorities validated.
  All contracts, agreements, obligations, and undertakings of such housing authorities heretofore entered into relating to financing or aiding in the development, construction, maintenance, or operation ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.48; Notes and bonds of housing authorities validated.
  All proceedings, laws and things heretofore undertaken, performed or done in or for the authorization, issuance, execution and delivery of notes and bonds by housing ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.49; Area of operation of housing authorities for defense housing.
  In the development or the administration of projects, under ss. 421.37-421.48, to assure the availability of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.50; Decreasing area of operation of regional authority.
  (1) The area of operation of a regional housing authority shall be decreased from time to time to exclude one or more counties from such ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.51; Authority for county excluded from regional authority.
  At any time after a county or counties is excluded from the area of operation of a regional housing authority as provided above, the governing ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.52; Authorities; creation, obligations, etc., validated.
  (1) The creation, establishment and organization of housing authorities under the provisions of chapter 17981, Laws of Florida, 1937, as amended, or chapter 20220, Laws ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 421.55; Relocation of displaced persons.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to authorize the state and its departments, agencies, political subdivisions, and legislatively established port and airport authorities ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 422.001; State role in housing and urban development.
  The role of state government required by part I of chapter 421 (Housing Authorities Law), chapter 422 (Housing Cooperation Law), and chapter 423 (Tax Exemption ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 422.01; Short title.
  This chapter may be referred to as the "Housing Cooperation ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 422.02; Finding and declaration of necessity.
  It has been found and declared in the Housing Authorities Law that there exist in the state unsafe and insanitary housing conditions and a shortage ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 422.03; Definitions.
  The following terms, whenever used or referred to in this chapter shall have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 422.04; Cooperation in undertaking housing projects.
  (1) For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of housing projects located within the area in which it ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 422.05; Contracts for payments for services.
  In connection with any housing project located wholly or partly within the area in which it is authorized to act, any state public body may ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 422.06; Advances to housing authority.
  When any housing authority which is created for any city becomes authorized to transact business and exercise its powers therein, the governing body of the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 422.07; Procedure for exercising powers.
  The exercise by a state public body of the powers herein granted may be authorized by resolution of the governing body of such state public ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 422.08; Supplemental nature of chapter.
  The powers conferred by this chapter shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 423.001; State role in housing and urban development.
  The role of state government required by part I of chapter 421 (Housing Authorities Law), chapter 422 (Housing Cooperation Law), and chapter 423 (Tax Exemption ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 423.01; Finding and declaration of property of tax exemption for housing authorities.
  It has been found and declared in the Housing Authorities Law and the Housing Cooperation Law that: (1) There exist in the state housing conditions ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 423.02; Housing projects exempted from taxes and assessments; payments in lieu thereof.
  The housing projects, including all property of housing authorities used for or in connection therewith or appurtenant thereto, of housing authorities shall be exempt from ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 423.03; Housing debentures exempted from taxation.
  The debentures of a housing authority, together with interest thereon and income therefrom, shall be exempt from all taxes. The exemption granted by this section ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.01; Short title.
  This chapter may be cited as the "Rural Electric Cooperative ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.02; Purpose.
  Cooperative, nonprofit, membership corporations may be organized under this chapter for the purpose of supplying electric energy and promoting and extending the use thereof in ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.03; Definitions.
  In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Rural area" means any area not included within the boundaries of any incorporated or unincorporated city, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.04; Powers.
  A cooperative shall have power: (1) To sue and be sued, in its corporate name; (2) To have perpetual existence; (3) To adopt a corporate ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.045; Meetings of trustees; records.
  (1) All meetings of any board of trustees of a cooperative organized pursuant to this chapter, or the board of any affiliated company or subsidiary ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.05; Name.
  The name of each cooperative shall include the words "electric" and "cooperative" and the abbreviation "inc."; provided, however, such limitation shall not apply if, in ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.06; Incorporators.
  Five or more natural persons or two or more cooperatives, may organize a cooperative in the manner hereinafter ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.07; Articles of incorporation.
  (1) The articles of incorporation of a cooperative shall recite in the caption that they are executed pursuant to this chapter, shall be signed and ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.08; Bylaws.
  The original bylaws of a cooperative, and the first bylaws for a corporation after the effective date of the conversion thereof into a cooperative, pursuant ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.09; Members.
  (1) No person who is not an incorporator shall become a member of a cooperative unless such person agrees to use electric energy furnished by ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.10; Board of trustees.
  (1) The business and affairs of a cooperative shall be managed by a board of not less than five trustees, each of whom shall be ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.11; Voting districts.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the bylaws may provide that the territory in which a cooperative supplies electric energy to its members shall ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.12; Officers.
  The officers of a cooperative shall consist of a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer, who shall be elected annually by and from the board ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.13; Amendment of articles of incorporation.
  A cooperative may amend its articles of incorporation by complying with the following requirements: (1) The proposed amendment shall first be approved by the board ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.14; Consolidation.
  Any two or more cooperatives, each of which is hereinafter designated a "consolidating cooperative," may consolidate into a new cooperative, hereinafter designated the "new cooperative," ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.15; Merger.
  Any one or more cooperatives, each of which is hereinafter designated a "merging cooperative," may merge into another cooperative, hereinafter designated the "surviving cooperative," by ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.16; Effect of consolidation or merger.
  The effect of consolidation or merger shall be as follows: (1) The several cooperatives, parties to the consolidation or merger, shall be a single cooperative, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.17; Conversion of existing corporations.
  Any corporation organized under the laws of this state for the purpose, among others, of supplying electric energy in rural areas may be converted into ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.18; Initiative by members.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any proposition embodied in a petition signed by not less than 10 percent of the members of a ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.19; Dissolution.
  (1) A cooperative which has not commenced business may dissolve voluntarily by delivering to the Department of State articles of dissolution, executed and acknowledged on ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.20; Filing of articles.
  Articles of incorporation, amendment, consolidation, merger, conversion, or dissolution, as the case may be, when executed and acknowledged and accompanied by such affidavits as may ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.21; Refunds to members.
  Revenues of a cooperative for any fiscal year in excess of the amount thereof necessary: (1) To defray expenses of the cooperative and of the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.22; Disposition of property.
  A cooperative may not sell, mortgage, lease or otherwise dispose of or encumber all or any substantial portion of its property unless such sale, mortgage, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.23; Nonliability of members for debts of cooperative.
  The private property of the members of a cooperative shall be exempt from execution for the debts of the cooperative and no member shall be ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.24; Recordation of mortgages.
  Any mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument executed by a cooperative or foreign corporation transacting business in this state pursuant to this chapter, which, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.25; Waiver of notice.
  Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of this chapter or under the provisions of the articles of incorporation or bylaws ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.26; Trustees, officers or members, notaries.
  No person who is authorized to take acknowledgments under the laws of this state shall be disqualified from taking acknowledgments of instruments executed in favor ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.27; Foreign corporations.
  Any corporation organized under the laws of another state on a nonprofit or a cooperative basis for the purpose of supplying electric energy in rural ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.28; Fees.
  The Department of State shall charge and collect for: (1) Filing articles of incorporation, $17.50; (2) Filing articles of amendment, $8.75; (3) Filing ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 425.29; Exemption from ¹Sale of Securities Law.
  The provisions of the 1Sale of Securities Law shall not apply to any note, bond or other evidence of indebtedness issued by any cooperative or ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 427.011; Definitions.
  For the purposes of ss. 427.011-427.017: (1) "Transportation disadvantaged" means those persons who because of physical or mental disability, income status, or ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 427.012; The Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged.
  There is created the Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged in the Department of Transportation. (1) The commission shall consist of seven members, all of whom ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 427.013; The Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged; purpose and responsibilities.
  The purpose of the commission is to accomplish the coordination of transportation services provided to the transportation disadvantaged. The goal of this coordination shall be ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 427.0135; Member departments; duties and responsibilities.
  Each member department, in carrying out the policies and procedures of the commission, shall: (1)(a) Use the coordinated transportation system for provision of services ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 427.015; Function of the metropolitan planning organization or designated official planning agency in coordinating transportation for the transportation disadvantaged.
  (1) In developing the transportation improvement program, each metropolitan planning organization or designated official planning agency in this state shall include a realistic estimate of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 427.0155; Community transportation coordinators; powers and duties.
  Community transportation coordinators shall have the following powers and duties: (1) Execute uniform contracts for service using a standard contract, which includes performance standards for ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 427.0157; Coordinating boards; powers and duties.
  The purpose of each coordinating board is to develop local service needs and to provide information, advice, and direction to the community transportation coordinators on ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 427.0158; School bus and public transportation.
  (1) The community transportation coordinator shall maximize the use of public school transportation and public fixed route or fixed schedule transit service for the transportation ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 427.0159; Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund.
  (1) There is established in the State Treasury the Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund to be administered by the Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged. All fees ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 427.016; Expenditure of local government, state, and federal funds for the transportation disadvantaged.
  (1)(a) All transportation disadvantaged funds expended within the state shall be expended to purchase transportation services from community transportation coordinators or public, private, or ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 427.017; Conflicts with federal laws or regulations.
  Upon notification by an agency of the Federal Government that any provision of this act conflicts with federal laws or regulations, the state or local ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 427.701; Title.
  This part may be cited as the "Telecommunications Access System Act of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 427.702; Findings, purpose, and legislative intent.
  (1) The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) Telecommunications services provide a rapid and essential communications link among the general public and with essential offices ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 427.703; Definitions.
  As used in this part: (1) "Administrator" means a corporation not for profit incorporated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 617 and designated by the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 427.704; Powers and duties of the commission.
  (1) The commission shall establish, implement, promote, and oversee the administration of a statewide telecommunications access system to provide access to telecommunications relay services by ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 427.705; Administration of the telecommunications access system.
  (1) Consistent with the provisions of this act and rules and regulations established by the commission, the administrator shall: (a) Purchase, store, distribute, and maintain ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 427.706; Advisory committee.
  (1) The commission shall appoint an advisory committee to assist the commission with the implementation of the provisions of this part. The committee shall be ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 427.707; Exemption from liability.
  Neither the commission, the administrator, the provider of the telecommunications relay service, nor any agent, employee, representative, or officer of the foregoing shall be liable ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 427.708; Certain public safety and health care providers required to purchase and operate TDD's.
  (1) The central communications office of each county sheriff's department shall purchase and continually operate at least one TDD. (2)(a) The central communications ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 427.801; Short title.
  This part may be cited as the "Assistive Technology Device Warranty ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 427.802; Definitions.
  As used in this part: (1) "Assistive technology devices" means manual wheelchairs, motorized wheelchairs, motorized scooters, voice-synthesized computer modules, optical scanners, talking software, braille ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 427.803; Express warranty.
  A manufacturer who sells a new assistive technology device to a consumer, either directly or through an assistive technology device dealer, shall furnish the consumer ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 427.804; Repair of nonconforming assistive technology devices; refund or replacement of devices after attempt to repair; sale or lease of returned device; arbitration; limitation of rights.
  (1) If a new assistive technology device does not conform to an applicable express warranty and the consumer reports the nonconformity to the manufacturer, the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 427.805; Waiver.
  Any waiver by a consumer of rights under this part is ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 427.806; Action for damages.
  In addition to pursuing any other remedy, a consumer may bring an action to recover damages for any injury caused by a violation of this ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.01; Short title; purpose.
  (1) This act may be cited as the "Assisted Living Facilities Act." (2) The purpose of this act is to promote the availability of appropriate ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.02; Definitions.
  When used in this part, the term: (1) "Activities of daily living" means functions and tasks for self-care, including ambulation, bathing, dressing, eating, grooming, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.04; Facilities to be licensed; exemptions.
  (1) For the administration of this part, facilities to be licensed by the agency shall include all assisted living facilities as defined in this part. (...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.07; License required; fee, display.
  (1) A license issued by the agency is required for an assisted living facility operating in this state. (2) Separate licenses shall be required for ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.071; Intergenerational respite care assisted living facility pilot program.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a pilot program to: (a) Facilitate the receipt of in-home, family-based care by ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.075; Limited mental health license.
  An assisted living facility that serves three or more mental health residents must obtain a limited mental health license. (1) To obtain a limited mental ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.08; Unlicensed facilities; referral of person for residency to unlicensed facility; penalties; verification of licensure status.
  (1)(a) It is unlawful to own, operate, or maintain an assisted living facility without obtaining a license under this part. (b) Except as provided ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.11; Initial application for license; provisional license.
  (1) Application for a license shall be made to the agency on forms furnished by it and shall be accompanied by the appropriate license fee. (...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.12; Sale or transfer of ownership of a facility.
  It is the intent of the Legislature to protect the rights of the residents of an assisted living facility when the facility is sold or ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.14; Denial, revocation, or suspension of license; imposition of administrative fine; grounds.
  (1) The agency may deny, revoke, or suspend any license issued under this part, or impose an administrative fine in the manner provided in chapter ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.15; Moratorium on admissions; notice.
  The agency may impose an immediate moratorium on admissions to any assisted living facility if the agency determines that any condition in the facility presents ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.17; Expiration of license; renewal; conditional license.
  (1) Biennial licenses, unless sooner suspended or revoked, shall expire 2 years from the date of issuance. Limited nursing, extended congregate care, and limited mental ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.174; Background screening; exemptions.
  (1)(a) Level 2 background screening must be conducted on each of the following persons, who shall be considered employees for the purposes of conducting ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.176; Notice of change of administrator.
  If, during the period for which a license is issued, the owner changes administrators, the owner must notify the agency of the change within 10 ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.177; Patients with Alzheimer's disease or other related disorders; certain disclosures.
  A facility licensed under this part which claims that it provides special care for persons who have Alzheimer's disease or other related disorders must ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.178; Special care for persons with Alzheimer's disease or other related disorders.
  (1) A facility which advertises that it provides special care for persons with Alzheimer's disease or other related disorders must meet the following standards ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.18; Disposition of fees and administrative fines.
  (1) Income from license fees, inspection fees, late fees, and administrative fines generated pursuant to ss. 429.07, 429.08, 429.17, 429.19, and ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.19; Violations; imposition of administrative fines; grounds.
  (1) The agency shall impose an administrative fine in the manner provided in chapter 120 for any of the actions or violations as set forth ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.195; Rebates prohibited; penalties.
  (1) It is unlawful for any assisted living facility licensed under this part to contract or promise to pay or receive any commission, bonus, kickback, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.20; Certain solicitation prohibited; third-party supplementation.
  (1) A person may not, in connection with the solicitation of contributions by or on behalf of an assisted living facility or facilities, misrepresent or ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.21; Injunctive proceedings.
  (1) The agency may institute injunctive proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to: (a) Enforce the provisions of this part or any minimum standard, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.22; Receivership proceedings.
  (1) As an alternative to or in conjunction with an injunctive proceeding, the agency may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.23; Internal risk management and quality assurance program; adverse incidents and reporting requirements.
  (1) Every facility licensed under this part may, as part of its administrative functions, voluntarily establish a risk management and quality assurance program, the purpose ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.24; Contracts.
  (1) The presence of each resident in a facility shall be covered by a contract, executed at the time of admission or prior thereto, between ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.255; Use of personnel; emergency care.
  (1)(a) Persons under contract to the facility, facility staff, or volunteers, who are licensed according to part I of chapter 464, or those persons ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.256; Assistance with self-administration of medication.
  (1) For the purposes of this section, the term: (a) "Informed consent" means advising the resident, or the resident's surrogate, guardian, or attorney in ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.26; Appropriateness of placements; examinations of residents.
  (1) The owner or administrator of a facility is responsible for determining the appropriateness of admission of an individual to the facility and for determining ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.27; Property and personal affairs of residents.
  (1)(a) A resident shall be given the option of using his or her own belongings, as space permits; choosing his or her roommate; and, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.275; Business practice; personnel records; liability insurance.
  The assisted living facility shall be administered on a sound financial basis that is consistent with good business practices. (1) The administrator or owner of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.28; Resident bill of rights.
  (1) No resident of a facility shall be deprived of any civil or legal rights, benefits, or privileges guaranteed by law, the Constitution of the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.29; Civil actions to enforce rights.
  (1) Any person or resident whose rights as specified in this part are violated shall have a cause of action. The action may be brought ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.293; Presuit notice; investigation; notification of violation of residents' rights or alleged negligence; claims evaluation procedure; informal discovery; review; settlement offer; mediation.
  (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) "Claim for residents' rights violation or negligence" means a negligence claim alleging injury to or the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.294; Availability of facility records for investigation of resident's rights violations and defenses; penalty.
  (1) Failure to provide complete copies of a resident's records, including, but not limited to, all medical records and the resident's chart, within ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.295; Certain provisions not applicable to actions under this part.
  An action under this part for a violation of rights or negligence recognized herein is not a claim for medical malpractice, and the provisions of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.296; Statute of limitations.
  (1) Any action for damages brought under this part shall be commenced within 2 years from the time the incident giving rise to the action ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.297; Punitive damages; pleading; burden of proof.
  (1) In any action for damages brought under this part, no claim for punitive damages shall be permitted unless there is a reasonable showing by ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.298; Punitive damages; limitation.
  (1)(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), an award of punitive damages may not exceed the greater of: 1. Three times the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.31; Closing of facility; notice; penalty.
  (1) Whenever a facility voluntarily discontinues operation, it shall inform the agency in writing at least 90 days prior to the discontinuance of operation. The ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.34; Right of entry and inspection.
  Any duly designated officer or employee of the department, the Department of Children and Family Services, the agency, the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.35; Maintenance of records; reports.
  (1) Every facility shall maintain, as public information available for public inspection under such conditions as the agency shall prescribe, records containing copies of all ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.41; Rules establishing standards.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that rules published and enforced pursuant to this section shall include criteria by which a reasonable and ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.42; Pharmacy and dietary services.
  (1) Any assisted living facility in which the agency has documented a class I or class II deficiency or uncorrected class III deficiencies regarding medicinal ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.44; Construction and renovation; requirements.
  (1) The requirements for the construction and renovation of a facility shall comply with the provisions of chapter 553 which pertain to building construction standards, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.445; Compliance with local zoning requirements.
  No facility licensed under this part may commence any construction which will expand the size of the existing structure unless the licensee first submits to ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.47; Prohibited acts; penalties for violation.
  (1) It is unlawful for any person or public body to offer or advertise to the public, in any way by any medium whatever, personal ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.49; Resident records; penalties for alteration.
  (1) Any person who fraudulently alters, defaces, or falsifies any medical or other record of an assisted living facility, or causes or procures any such ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.51; Existing facilities to be given reasonable time to comply with rules and standards.
  Any facility as defined in this part which is in operation at the time of promulgation of any applicable rules or standards adopted or amended ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.52; Staff training and educational programs; core educational requirement.
  (1) Administrators and other assisted living facility staff must meet minimum training and education requirements established by the Department of Elderly Affairs by rule. This ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.53; Consultation by the agency.
  (1) The area offices of licensure and certification of the agency shall provide consultation to the following upon request: (a) A licensee of a facility. (...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.54; Collection of information; local subsidy.
  (1) To enable the department to collect the information requested by the Legislature regarding the actual cost of providing room, board, and personal care in ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.60; Short title.
  This part may be cited as the "Adult Family-Care Home ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.63; Legislative intent; purpose.
  (1) The Legislature encourages the provision of care for disabled adults and frail elders in family-type living arrangements in private homes. (2) Adult family-...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.65; Definitions.
  As used in this part, the term: (1) "Activities of daily living" means functions and tasks for self-care, including eating, bathing, grooming, dressing, ambulating, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.67; Licensure application and renewal.
  (1) Each person who intends to be an adult family-care home provider must apply for a license from the agency at least 90 days ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.69; Denial, revocation, or suspension of a license.
  The agency may deny, suspend, or revoke a license for any of the following reasons: (1) Failure of any of the persons required to undergo ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.71; Violations; penalties.
  (1) In addition to any other liability or penalty provided by law, the agency may impose a civil penalty on a provider according to the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.73; Rules and standards relating to adult family-care homes.
  (1) The department, in consultation with the Department of Health, the Department of Children and Family Services, and the agency shall, by rule, establish minimum ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.75; Training and education programs.
  (1) Each adult family-care home provider shall complete training and education programs. (2) Training and education programs must include information relating to: (a) State ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.77; Injunctive proceedings.
  The department, the Department of Children and Family Services, or the agency may institute injunctive proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to: (1) Enforce ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.81; Residency agreements.
  (1) Each resident must be covered by a residency agreement, executed before or at the time of admission, between the provider and the resident or ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.83; Residents with Alzheimer's disease or other related disorders; certain disclosures.
  An adult family-care home licensed under this part which claims that it provides special care for persons who have Alzheimer's disease or other ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.85; Residents' bill of rights.
  (1) A resident of an adult family-care home may not be deprived of any civil or legal rights, benefits, or privileges guaranteed by law, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.87; Civil actions to enforce rights.
  (1) Any person or resident whose rights as specified in this part are violated has a cause of action against any adult family-care home, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.90; Purpose.
  The purpose of this part is to develop, establish, and enforce basic standards for adult day care centers in order to assure that a program ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.901; Definitions.
  As used in this part, the term: (1) "Adult day care center" or "center" means any building, buildings, or part of a building, whether operated ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.903; Applicability.
  Any facility that comes within the definition of an adult day care center which is not exempt under 1s. 429.905 must be licensed by ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.905; Exemptions; monitoring of adult day care center programs colocated with assisted living facilities or licensed nursing home facilities.
  (1) The following are exempt from this part: (a) Any facility, institution, or other place that is operated by the Federal Government or any agency ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.907; License requirement; fee; exemption; display.
  (1) It is unlawful to operate an adult day care center without first obtaining from the agency a license authorizing such operation. The agency is ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.909; Application for license.
  (1) An application for a license to operate an adult day care center must be made to the agency on forms furnished by the agency ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.911; Denial, suspension, revocation of license; administrative fines; investigations and inspections.
  (1) The agency may deny, revoke, or suspend a license under this part or may impose an administrative fine against the owner of an adult ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.913; Administrative fines; interest.
  (1)(a) If the agency determines that an adult day care center is not operated in compliance with this part or with rules adopted under ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.915; Expiration of license; renewal; conditional license or permit.
  (1) A license issued for the operation of an adult day care center, unless sooner suspended or revoked, expires 2 years after the date of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.917; Patients with Alzheimer's disease or other related disorders; staff training requirements; certain disclosures.
  (1) An adult day care center licensed under this part must provide the following staff training: (a) Upon beginning employment with the facility, each employee ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.919; Background screening.
  (1)(a) Level 2 background screening must be conducted on each of the following persons, who shall be considered employees for the purposes of conducting ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.921; Disposition of fees and administrative fines.
  Fees and fines received by the agency under this part shall be deposited in the Health Care Trust Fund established pursuant to s. 408.16. ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.923; Injunctive relief.
  (1) The agency may institute an action for injunctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to: (a) Enforce the provisions of this part or ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.925; Closing or change of owner or operator of center.
  (1) Before operation of an adult day care center may be voluntarily discontinued, the operator must inform the agency in writing at least 60 days ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.927; Right of entry and inspection.
  Any duly designated officer or employee of the agency or department has the right to enter the premises of any adult day care center licensed ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.929; Rules establishing standards.
  (1) The Department of Elderly Affairs, in conjunction with the agency, shall adopt rules to implement the provisions of this part. The rules must include ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.931; Construction and renovation; requirements.
  The requirements for the construction and the renovation of a center must comply with the provisions of chapter 553 which pertain to building construction standards, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 429.933; Prohibited acts; penalty for violation.
  (1)(a) It is unlawful for any person or public body to offer or advertise to the public, in any way, by any medium whatever, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.01; Short title.
  This chapter may be cited as the "Department of Elderly Affairs Act," or the "Pepper Act" as a memorial to Congressman Claude Denson Pepper. The ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.02; Legislative intent.
  It is the intent of the Legislature to: (1) Advise, assist, and protect the state's elderly citizens to the fullest extent. (2) Ensure that ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.03; Purposes.
  The purposes of the Department of Elderly Affairs are to: (1) Serve as the primary state agency responsible for administering human services programs for the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.04; Duties and responsibilities of the Department of Elderly Affairs.
  The Department of Elderly Affairs shall: (1) Administer human services and long-term care programs, including programs funded under the federal Older Americans Act of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.0401; Annual report summarizing monitoring activities.
  By January 1 of each year, the Department of Elderly Affairs shall submit to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.05; Department of Elderly Affairs Advisory Council.
  (1) There is created the Department of Elderly Affairs Advisory Council which shall be located for administrative purposes in the Department of Elderly Affairs. It ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.07; Office of Volunteer Community Service.
  There is created within the Department of Elderly Affairs the Office of Volunteer Community Service. The office shall: (1) Compile an inventory of services needed ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.071; Respite for elders living in everyday families.
  (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) "Family unit" means one or more individuals whose primary residence is with a homebound elderly individual ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.08; Rulemaking.
  The department shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.101; Administration of federal aging programs.
  The Department of Elderly Affairs is designated the state unit on aging under the federal Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and shall exercise ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.105; Confidentiality of information.
  Personal identifying information in a record held by the department that relates to an individual's health or eligibility for or receipt of health-related, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.201; Short title.
  Sections 430.201-430.207 may be cited as the "Community Care for the Elderly ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.202; Community care for the elderly; legislative intent.
  The purpose of ss. 430.201-430.207 is to assist functionally impaired elderly persons in living dignified and reasonably independent lives in their own ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.203; Community care for the elderly; definitions.
  As used in ss. 430.201-430.207, the term: (1) "Area agency on aging" means a public or nonprofit private agency or office designated ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.204; Community-care-for-the-elderly core services; departmental powers and duties.
  (1)(a) The department shall fund, through each area agency on aging, at least one community care service system the primary purpose of which is ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.205; Community care service system.
  (1)(a) The department, through the area agency on aging, shall fund in each planning and service area at least one community care service system ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.2053; Aging resource centers.
  (1) The department, in consultation with the Agency for Health Care Administration and the Department of Children and Family Services, shall develop pilot projects for ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.207; Confidentiality of information.
  Information about functionally impaired elderly persons who receive services under ss. 430.201-430.206 which is received through files, reports, inspections, or otherwise, by ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.41; Grants and Donations Trust Fund.
  (1) The Grants and Donations Trust Fund is hereby created, to be administered by the Department of Elderly Affairs. Funds to be credited to the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.42; Department of Elderly Affairs Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund.
  (1) The Department of Elderly Affairs Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund is created within that department. Funds to be credited to the trust fund shall consist ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.501; Alzheimer's Disease Advisory Committee; research grants.
  (1) It is the finding of the Legislature that Alzheimer's disease and similar major memory disorders affect an alarmingly high percentage of citizens, primarily ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.502; Alzheimer's disease; memory disorder clinics and day care and respite care programs.
  (1) There is established: (a) A memory disorder clinic at each of the three medical schools in this state; (b) A memory disorder clinic at ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.503; Alzheimer's Disease Initiative; fees and administrative expense.
  (1) Sections 430.501-430.504 may be cited as the "Alzheimer's Disease Initiative." (2) Provider agencies are responsible for the collection of fees ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.504; Confidentiality of information.
  Information about clients of programs created or funded under s. 430.501 or s. 430.503 which is received through files, reports, inspections, or otherwise, ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.6001; Comprehensive day treatment services; demonstration projects.
  The Department of Elderly Affairs is authorized to initiate projects to demonstrate the effectiveness of comprehensive day treatment services to seniors as a diversion from ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.601; Home care for the elderly; legislative intent.
  It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the provision of care for the elderly in family-type living arrangements in private homes as ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.602; Home care for the elderly; definitions.
  As used in ss. 430.601-430.606: (1) "Department" means the Department of Elderly Affairs. (2) "Elderly person" means any person 60 years of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.603; Home care for the elderly; rules.
  The department shall by rule establish minimum standards and procedures for the provision of home care for the elderly and for the approval of persons ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.604; Department determination of inability to provide home care.
  If a person who plans to provide home care under ss. 430.601-430.606 is found by the department, or its designee, to be ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.605; Subsidy payments.
  The department shall develop a schedule of subsidy payments to be made to persons providing home care, and to providers of goods and services, for ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.606; Eligibility for services.
  The criteria for determining eligibility for this program shall be substantially similar to the criteria used to determine eligibility for nursing home care under the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.608; Confidentiality of information.
  (1) Identifying information about elderly persons who receive services under ss. 430.601-430.606, which is received through files, reports, inspection, or otherwise by ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.701; Legislative findings and intent; approval for action relating to provider enrollment levels.
  (1) The Legislature finds that state expenditures for long-term care services continue to increase at a rapid rate and that Florida faces increasing pressure ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.702; Short title.
  This act may be cited as the "Long-Term Care Community Diversion Pilot Project ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.703; Definitions.
  As used in this act, the term: (1) "Agency" means the Agency for Health Care Administration. (2) "Community diversion" means a strategy that places participants ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.7031; Nursing home transition program.
  The department and the Agency for Health Care Administration: (1) Shall implement a system of care designed to assist individuals residing in nursing homes to ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.704; Evaluation of long-term care through the pilot projects.
  (1) The department shall evaluate the Comprehensive Assessment and Review for Long-Term Care (CARES) Program processes, procedures, and instruments, and its ability to predict ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.705; Implementation of the long-term care community diversion pilot projects.
  (1) In designing and implementing the community diversion pilot projects, the department shall work in consultation with the agency. (2)(a) The department shall select ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.706; Quality of care.
  The department, in consultation with the agency, shall develop quality of care standards for community diversion pilot projects. Such standards shall apply to all contractors ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.707; Contracts.
  (1) The department, in consultation with the agency, shall select and contract with managed care organizations and, on a prepaid basis, with other qualified providers ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.708; Certificate of need.
  To ensure that Medicaid community diversion pilot projects result in a reduction in the projected average monthly nursing home caseload, the agency shall, in accordance ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.709; Reports and evaluations.
  (1) Beginning January 1, 1998, and continuing each January 1 while the community diversion pilot projects are operating, the department shall report to the Legislature ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.80; Implementation of a teaching nursing home pilot project.
  (1) As used in this section, the term "teaching nursing home" means a nursing home facility licensed under chapter 400 which contains a minimum of ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.83; Sunshine for Seniors Program.
  (1) POPULAR NAME.--This section shall be known by the popular name "The Sunshine for Seniors Act." (2) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section, the ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.901; Multiservice senior center; definition; purpose.
  A "multiservice senior center" is: (1) A community facility that is a focal point for the organization and provision of a broad spectrum of services ...
• Florida Social Welfare Code Section 430.902; Multiservice senior center.
  (1) If practicable, multiservice senior center services shall be available to functionally impaired elderly persons. (2) If feasible, a multiservice senior center should be centrally ...

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