Florida Statutes Title XXIX Chapter 402 - Health And Human Services: Miscellaneous Provisions

• 402.04 - Award Of Scholarships And Stipends; Disbursement Of Funds; Administration.
  The award of scholarships or stipends provided for herein shall be made by the Department of Children and Families, hereinafter referred to as the department....
• 402.05 - Requisites For Holding Scholarship And Stipend.
  Scholarships or stipends are to be awarded only to such residents of the state as intend to make psychiatric social work, psychiatry, psychiatric nursing, and...
• 402.06 - Notes Required Of Scholarship Holders.
  Each person who receives a scholarship or stipend as provided for in this chapter shall execute a promissory note under seal, on forms to be...
• 402.07 - Payment Of Notes.
  Prior to the award of a scholarship or stipend provided herein for trainees in psychiatric social work, psychiatry, clinical psychology, or psychiatric nursing, the recipient...
• 402.115 - Sharing Confidential Or Exempt Information.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Department of Health, the Department of Children and Families, and the Agency for Persons with...
• 402.12 - National Community Mental Health Centers Act.
  Any federal funds accruing to the state for the purposes of carrying out the national Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963 shall be paid...
• 402.16 - Proceedings By Department.
  (1) Whenever it becomes necessary for the welfare and convenience of any of the institutions now under the supervision and control of the Department of Children...
• 402.161 - Authorization For Sale Of Property.
  (1) The Department of Children and Families is authorized to sell any real or personal property that it acquired by way of donation, gift, contribution, bequest,...
• 402.164 - Legislative Intent; Definitions.
  (1)(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to use citizen volunteers as members of the Florida Statewide Advocacy Council and the Florida local advocacy councils,...
• 402.165 - Florida Statewide Advocacy Council; Confidential Records And Meetings.
  (1) The Florida Statewide Advocacy Council shall be located in the Executive Office of the Governor but may be assigned by the Governor for administrative support...
• 402.166 - Florida Local Advocacy Councils; Confidential Records And Meetings.
  (1) The local councils are subject to direction from and the supervision of the statewide council. The statewide council shall assign staff to provide support to...
• 402.167 - Duties Of State Agencies That Provide Client Services Relating To The Florida Statewide Advocacy Council And The Florida Local Advocacy Councils.
  The secretaries or directors of the state agencies shall ensure the full cooperation and assistance of employees of their respective state agencies with members and...
• 402.17 - Claims For Care And Maintenance; Trust Property.
  The Department of Children and Families and the Agency for Persons with Disabilities shall protect the financial interest of the state with respect to claims...
• 402.18 - Welfare Trust Funds; Creation, Use.
  (1) All moneys now held in any auxiliary, canteen, welfare, donated, or similar fund in any state institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of Children...
• 402.181 - State Institutions Claims Program.
  (1) There is created a State Institutions Claims Program, for the purpose of making restitution for property damages and direct medical expenses for injuries caused by...
• 402.185 - Productivity Enhancing Technology.
  In accordance with the provisions of chapter 216, 20 percent of any unobligated General Revenue Fund or any trust fund appropriation for salaries and benefits,...
• 402.19 - Photographing Records; Destruction Of Records; Effect As Evidence.
  The Department of Children and Families may authorize each of the agencies under its supervision and control to photograph, microphotograph, or reproduce on film or...
• 402.20 - County Contracts Authorized For Services And Facilities For Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities.
  The boards of county commissioners are authorized to provide monetary grants and facilities, and to enter into renewable contracts, for services and facilities, for a...
• 402.22 - Education Program For Students Who Reside In Residential Care Facilities Operated By The Department Of Children And Families Or The Agency For Persons With Disabilities.
  (1)(a) The Legislature recognizes that the Department of Children and Families and the Agency for Persons with Disabilities have under their residential care students with critical...
• 402.24 - Recovery Of Third-party Payments For Medical Services.
  (1) As used in this section, “medical services” means medical or medically related institutional or noninstitutional services which are provided or paid for by the Department...
• 402.26 - Child Care; Legislative Intent.
  (1) The Legislature recognizes the critical importance to the citizens of the state of both safety and quality in child care. Child care in Florida is...
• 402.281 - Gold Seal Quality Care Program.
  (1)(a) There is established within the department the Gold Seal Quality Care Program.(b) A child care facility, large family child care home, or family day care home...
• 402.301 - Child Care Facilities; Legislative Intent And Declaration Of Purpose And Policy.
  It is the legislative intent to protect the health, safety, and well-being of the children of the state and to promote their emotional and intellectual...
• 402.302 - Definitions.
  As used in this chapter, the term:(1) “Child care” means the care, protection, and supervision of a child, for a period of less than 24 hours...
• 402.3025 - Public And Nonpublic Schools.
  For the purposes of ss. 402.301-402.319, the following shall apply:(1) PUBLIC SCHOOLS.—(a) The following programs for children shall not be deemed to be child care and shall...
• 402.3026 - Full-service Schools.
  (1) The State Board of Education and the Department of Health shall jointly establish full-service schools to serve students from schools that have a student population...
• 402.305 - Licensing Standards; Child Care Facilities.
  (1) LICENSING STANDARDS.—The department shall establish licensing standards that each licensed child care facility must meet regardless of the origin or source of the fees used...
• 402.30501 - Modification Of Introductory Child Care Course For Community College Credit Authorized.
  The Department of Children and Families may modify the 40-clock-hour introductory course in child care under s. 402.305 or s. 402.3131 to meet the requirements...
• 402.3054 - Child Enrichment Service Providers.
  (1) For the purposes of this section, “child enrichment service provider” means an individual who provides enrichment activities, such as language training, music instruction, educational instruction,...
• 402.3055 - Child Care Personnel Requirements.
  (1) REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILD CARE PERSONNEL.—(a) The department or local licensing agency shall require that the application for a child care license contain a question that specifically...
• 402.3057 - 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...
• 402.306 - Designation Of Licensing Agency; Dissemination By The Department And Local Licensing Agency Of Information On Child Care.
  (1) Any county whose licensing standards meet or exceed state minimum standards may:(a) Designate a local licensing agency to license child care facilities in the county; or(b) Contract...
• 402.307 - Approval Of Licensing Agency.
  (1) Within 30 days after the promulgation of state minimum standards, each county shall provide the department with a copy of its standards if they differ...
• 402.308 - Issuance Of License.
  (1) ANNUAL LICENSING.—Every child care facility in the state shall have a license which shall be renewed annually.(2) CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP.—Every child care facility shall reapply for...
• 402.309 - Provisional License Or Registration.
  (1) The local licensing agency or the department, whichever is authorized to license child care facilities in a county, may issue a provisional license for child...
• 402.310 - Disciplinary Actions; Hearings Upon Denial, Suspension, Or Revocation Of License Or Registration; Administrative Fines.
  (1)(a) The department or local licensing agency may administer any of the following disciplinary sanctions for a violation of any provision of ss. 402.301-402.319, or the...
• 402.311 - Inspection.
  A licensed child care facility shall accord to the department or the local licensing agency, whichever is applicable, the privilege of inspection, including access to...
• 402.3115 - Elimination Of Duplicative And Unnecessary Inspections; Abbreviated Inspections.
  The Department of Children and Families and local governmental agencies that license child care facilities shall develop and implement a plan to eliminate duplicative and...
• 402.312 - License Required; Injunctive Relief.
  (1) The operation of a child care facility without a license, a family day care home without a license or registration, or a large family child...
• 402.3125 - Display And Appearance Of License; Posting Of Violations; Information To Be Provided To Parents.
  (1)(a) Upon receipt of a license issued under s. 402.308 or s. 402.309, the child care facility shall display such license in a conspicuous place within...
• 402.313 - Family Day Care Homes.
  (1) Family day care homes shall be licensed under this act if they are presently being licensed under an existing county licensing ordinance or if the...
• 402.3131 - Large Family Child Care Homes.
  (1) Large family child care homes shall be licensed under this section.(a) A licensed family day care home must first have operated for a minimum of 2...
• 402.314 - Supportive Services.
  The department shall provide consultation services, technical assistance, and inservice training, when requested and as available, to operators, licensees, registrants, and applicants to help improve...
• 402.315 - Funding; License Fees.
  (1) If the county designates a local agency to be responsible for the licensing of child care facilities, the county shall bear at least 75 percent...
• 402.316 - Exemptions.
  (1) The provisions of ss. 402.301-402.319, except for the requirements regarding screening of child care personnel, shall not apply to a child care facility which is...
• 402.317 - Prolonged Child Care.
  Notwithstanding the time restriction specified in s. 402.302(1), child care may be provided for 24 hours or longer for a child whose parent or legal...
• 402.318 - Advertisement.
  A person, as defined in s. 1.01(3), may not advertise a child care facility, family day care home, or large family child care home without...
• 402.319 - Penalties.
  (1) It is a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, for any person knowingly to:(a) Fail, by false statement,...
• 402.33 - Department Authority To Charge Fees For Services Provided.
  (1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Benefit payments” means cash payments from retirement, survivors, or disability insurance or from supplemental security income programs, and includes,...
• 402.34 - Body Corporate.
  The department is a body corporate and shall adopt and have a corporate seal. It shall have the power to contract and be contracted with,...
• 402.35 - Employees.
  All personnel of the Department of Children and Families shall be governed by rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the Department of Management Services...
• 402.40 - Child Welfare Training And Certification.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.—In order to enable the state to provide a systematic approach to staff development and training for persons providing child welfare services that will...
• 402.402 - Child Protection And Child Welfare Personnel; Attorneys Employed By The Department.
  (1) CHILD PROTECTIVE INVESTIGATION PROFESSIONAL STAFF REQUIREMENTS.—The department is responsible for recruitment of qualified professional staff to serve as child protective investigators and child protective investigation...
• 402.403 - Child Protection And Child Welfare Personnel Tuition Exemption Program.
  (1) There is established within the department the Child Protection and Child Welfare Personnel Tuition Exemption Program for the purpose of recruiting and retaining high-performing individuals...
• 402.404 - Child Protection And Child Welfare Personnel Student Loan Forgiveness Program.
  (1) There is established within the department the Child Protection and Child Welfare Personnel Student Loan Forgiveness Program. The purpose of the program is to increase...
• 402.41 - Educational Materials And Training Concerning Hiv Infections And Aids.
  The Department of Health shall develop educational materials and training about the transmission, control, and prevention of human immunodeficiency virus infections and acquired immune deficiency...
• 402.47 - Foster Grandparent And Retired Senior Volunteer Services To High-risk And Handicapped Children.
  (1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Foster grandparent” means an individual who volunteers to provide support services to high-risk and handicapped children.(b) “Foster grandparent program” means...
• 402.49 - Mediation Process Established.
  (1) The Department of Children and Families shall establish a mediation process for the purpose of resolving disputes that arise between the department and agencies that...
• 402.56 - Children’s Cabinet; Organization; Responsibilities; Annual Report.
  (1) SHORT TITLE.—This act may be cited as the “Children and Youth Cabinet Act.”(2) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.—(a) The Legislature finds that all state agencies and programs that...
• 402.70 - Interagency Agreement Between Department Of Health And Department Of Children And Families.
  The Department of Health and the Department of Children and Families shall enter into an interagency agreement to ensure coordination and cooperation in identifying client...
• 402.71 - Transfer Of Funds, Positions, And Budget Authority Within Department.
  (1) The secretary may transfer funds, positions, and budget authority within the department, pursuant to chapter 216, provided the department comports generally with legislative intent.(2) The secretary...
• 402.73 - Contracting And Performance Standards.
  (1) The Department of Children and Families shall adopt, by rule, provisions for including in its contracts incremental penalties to be imposed by its contract managers...
• 402.7305 - Department Of Children And Families; Procurement Of Contractual Services; Contract Management.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:(a) “Contract manager” means the department employee who is responsible for enforcing the compliance with administrative and programmatic terms and...
• 402.7306 - Administrative Monitoring Of Child Welfare Providers, And Administrative, Licensure, And Programmatic Monitoring Of Mental Health And Substance Abuse Service Providers.
  The Department of Children and Families, the Department of Health, the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, the Agency for Health Care Administration, community-based care lead...
• 402.731 - Department Of Children And Families Certification Programs For Employees And Service Providers; Employment Provisions For Transition To Community-based Care.
  (1) The Department of Children and Families is authorized to approve third-party credentialing entities, as defined in s. 402.40, for its employees and service providers to...
• 402.80 - Office Of Community Partners.
  There is established the Office of Community Partners within the Department of Health for the purpose of receiving, coordinating, and dispensing federal funds set aside...
• 402.81 - 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 individuals who...
• 402.82 - Electronic Benefits Transfer Program.
  (1) The Department of Children and Families shall establish an electronic benefits transfer program for the dissemination of food assistance benefits and temporary cash assistance payments,...
• 402.86 - Rulemaking Authority For Refugee Assistance Program.
  (1) The Department of Children and Families has the authority to administer the refugee assistance program in accordance with 45 C.F.R. parts 400 and 401. The...
• 402.87 - Services To Immigrant Survivors Of Human Trafficking, Domestic Violence, And Other Serious Crimes.
  The Department of Children and Families shall establish a structure by which the department shall:(1) Provide services to immigrant survivors of human trafficking, domestic violence, and...

Last modified: September 23, 2016