Fla. Stat. § 391.011
Short title
The provisions of this chapter may be cited as the “Children’s Medical Services Act.”
Florida Statutes Chapter 391 — CHILDREN'S MEDICAL SERVICES
Florida · statute · Fla. Stat. ch. 391 · 14 active provisions
Fla. Stat. § 391.016
Purposes and functions
The Children’s Medical Services program is established for the following purposes and authorized to perform the following functions:(1) Provide to children and youth with special health care needs a family-centered, comprehensive, and coordinated statewide managed system of care that links community-based health care w…
Fla. Stat. § 391.021
Definitions
When used in this act, the term:(1) “Children and youth with special health care needs” means those children and youth younger than 21 years of age who have chronic and serious physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional conditions and who require health care and related services of a type or amount beyond that w…
Fla. Stat. § 391.025
Applicability and scope
(1) The Children’s Medical Services program consists of the following components:(a) The newborn screening program established in s. 383.14 and the newborn, infant, and toddler hearing screening program established in s. 383.145.(b) The regional perinatal intensive care centers program established in ss. 383.15-383.19.…
Fla. Stat. § 391.026
Powers and duties of the department
The department shall have the following powers, duties, and responsibilities:(1) To provide or contract for the provision of health services to eligible individuals.(2) To provide services to abused and neglected children through Child Protection Teams pursuant to s. 39.303.(3) To determine the medical and financial el…
Fla. Stat. § 391.029
Program eligibility
(1) Eligibility for the Children’s Medical Services program is based on the diagnosis of one or more chronic and serious medical conditions and the family’s need for specialized services.(2) The following individuals are eligible to receive services through the program:(a) Related to the regional perinatal intensive ca…
Fla. Stat. § 391.065
Health care provider agreements
The department is authorized to establish health care provider agreements for participation in the Children’s Medical Services program.
Fla. Stat. § 391.081
Grievance reporting and resolution requirements
The department shall adopt and implement a system to provide assistance to eligible individuals and health care providers to resolve complaints and grievances. To the greatest extent possible, the department shall use existing grievance reporting and resolution processes. The department shall ensure that the system dev…
Fla. Stat. § 391.095
Program integrity
The department shall operate a system to oversee the activities of Children’s Medical Services program participants, and health care providers and their representatives, to prevent fraudulent and abusive behavior, overutilization and duplicative utilization, and neglect of participants and to recover overpayments as ap…
Fla. Stat. § 391.097
Research and evaluation
The department may initiate, fund, and conduct research and evaluation projects to improve the delivery of children’s medical services. The department may cooperate with public and private agencies engaged in work of a similar nature.
Fla. Stat. § 391.301
Early Steps Program; establishment and goals
(1) The Early Steps Program is established within the department to serve infants and toddlers who are at risk of developmental disabilities based on a physical or mental condition and infants and toddlers with developmental delays by providing developmental evaluation and early intervention and by providing families w…
Fla. Stat. § 391.302
Definitions
As used in ss. 391.301-391.3081, the term:(1) “Department” means the Department of Health.(2) “Developmental delay” means a condition, identified and measured through appropriate instruments and procedures, which may delay physical, cognitive, communication, social or emotional, or adaptive development.(3) “Development…
Fla. Stat. § 391.308
Early Steps Program
The department shall implement and administer part C of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which shall be known as the “Early Steps Program.”(1) PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.—The department shall ensure that the Early Steps Program complies with the following performance standards:(a) The program…
Fla. Stat. § 391.3081
Early Steps Extended Option
(1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.—The Legislature recognizes that continuity of care promotes positive outcomes in the learning and development of infants, toddlers, and children. It is the intent of the Legislature to offer families of children with developmental delays or disabilities a choice for such children to continue ser…