Fla. Stat. § 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 department is also known as the Department of Elder Affairs.
Florida Statutes Chapter 430 — ELDER AFFAIRS
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Fla. Stat. § 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 programs and services are developed and implemented to be accessible to all elderly citizens to assist them in the achievement or maintenance of maximum independence and quality of l…
Fla. Stat. § 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 elderly and for developing policy recommendations for long-term care.(2) Combat ageism and create public awareness and understanding of the potentials and needs of…
Fla. Stat. § 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 1965, as amended, and other programs that are assigned to it by law.(2) Be responsible for ensuring that each area agency on aging operates in a manner to…
Fla. Stat. § 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 the House of Representatives a summary of the results of the department’s monitoring of the activities of area agencies on aging. The report must include information about each area…
Fla. Stat. § 430.0402
Screening of direct service providers
(1)(a) Except as provided in subsection (2), level 2 background screening pursuant to chapter 435 is required for direct service providers. Background screening includes employment history checks as provided in s. 435.03(1) and local criminal records checks through local law enforcement agencies.(b) For purposes of thi…
Fla. Stat. § 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 by elderly persons.(2) Compile an inventory of services being provided to elderly persons to meet those needs.(3) Determine which services needed by elderly p…
Fla. Stat. § 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 specifically for the purpose of providing care for that homebound elderly individual. The family does not necessarily need to be related by blood or marriage to the homebo…
Fla. Stat. § 430.08
Rulemaking
The department shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this chapter.
Fla. Stat. § 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 all responsibilities under that act. The department is the state agency designated to handle all programs of the Federal Government relating to the aging, by virtue of fu…
Fla. Stat. § 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, elder care, or long-term care services is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. Such information may be disclose…
Fla. Stat. § 430.201
Short title
Sections 430.201-430.207 may be cited as the “Community Care for the Elderly Act.”
Fla. Stat. § 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 homes or in the homes of relatives or caregivers through the development, expansion, reorganization, and coordination of various community-based services. The Legislatu…
Fla. Stat. § 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 by the department to coordinate and administer the department’s programs and to provide, through contracting agencies, services within a planning and service area. An area agency on aging…
Fla. Stat. § 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 the prevention of unnecessary institutionalization of functionally impaired elderly persons through the provision of community-based core services. Whenever feasible, an area a…
Fla. Stat. § 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 that provides case management and other in-home and community services as needed to help the older person maintain independence and prevent or delay more costly institutional…
Fla. Stat. § 430.2053
Aging resource centers
(1) The department, in consultation with the Agency for Health Care Administration and the Department of Children and Families, shall develop pilot projects for aging resource centers.(2) The purposes of an aging resource center shall be:(a) To provide Florida’s elders and their families with a locally focused, coordin…
Fla. Stat. § 430.207
Confidentiality of information
Information about functionally impaired elderly persons who receive services under ss. 430.201-430.2053 and 430.902 which is received through files, reports, inspections, or otherwise, by the department or by authorized departmental employees, by persons who volunteer services, or by persons who provide services to fun…
Fla. Stat. § 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 those over 65 years of age, and yet little is known of the cause, prevention, or treatment of this disease.(2) There is created an Alzheimer’s Disease Advisory…
Fla. Stat. § 430.5015
Dementia Director
(1) The position of Dementia Director is created within the Department of Elderly Affairs. The Secretary of Elderly Affairs shall appoint the director who shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary.(2) The director may call upon appropriate agencies of state government for assistance as is needed pursuant to s. 430.0…
Fla. Stat. § 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 a major private nonprofit research-oriented teaching hospital, and may fund a memory disorder clinic at any of the other affiliated teaching hospitals;(c) A memory disorder clinic at…
Fla. Stat. § 430.5025
Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of dementia; education and training
(1) This section may be cited as the “Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Forms of Dementia Education and Training Act.”(2) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Covered provider” means a nursing home, a home health agency, a nurse registry, a companion or homemaker service provider, a health care services pool, an assist…
Fla. Stat. § 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 for services in accordance with rules adopted by the department. Provider agencies shall assess fees for services rendered in accordance with those rules. To help pay for se…
Fla. Stat. § 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, by the department or by authorized departmental employees, by persons who volunteer services, or by persons who provide services to clients of programs created or f…
Fla. Stat. § 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 nursing home care, thereby allowing seniors to remain in their homes.
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