408.08 – Inspections and audits; violations; penalties; fines; enforcement.
408.08 Inspections and audits; violations; penalties; fines; enforcement.— (1) The agency may inspect and audit books and records of individual or corporate ownership, including books and records of related organizations with which a health care provider or a health care facility had transactions, for compliance with this chapter. Upon presentation of a written request for inspection to […]
408.09 – Assistance on cost containment strategies.
408.09 Assistance on cost containment strategies.—The agency shall: (1) Assist purchasers and employers who seek technical assistance from the agency for the purpose of cost-effective purchasing of health care. (2) Develop cost containment strategies for use by providers, employers, or consumers of health care. (3) Develop an outreach program to assist small business to include cost containment initiatives for […]
408.10 – Consumer complaints.
408.10 Consumer complaints.—The agency shall publish and make available to the public a toll-free telephone number for the purpose of handling consumer complaints and shall serve as a liaison between consumer entities and other private entities and governmental entities for the disposition of problems identified by consumers of health care. History.—s. 76, ch. 92-33; s. 22, […]
408.15 – Powers of the agency.
408.15 Powers of the agency.—In addition to the powers granted to the agency elsewhere in this chapter, the agency is authorized to: (1) Enter into contracts and execute all instruments necessary or convenient for carrying out its business. (2) Acquire, own, hold, dispose of, and encumber personal property and to lease real property in exercising its powers and […]
408.16 – Health Care Trust Fund; moneys to be deposited therein.
408.16 Health Care Trust Fund; moneys to be deposited therein.— (1) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the Health Care Trust Fund, which shall be used in the operation of the Agency for Health Care Administration in the performance of the various functions and duties required of it by […]
408.18 – Health Care Community Antitrust Guidance Act; antitrust no-action letter; market-information collection and education.
408.18 Health Care Community Antitrust Guidance Act; antitrust no-action letter; market-information collection and education.— (1) This section may be cited as the “Florida Health Care Community Antitrust Guidance Act.” (2) This section is created to provide instruction to the health care community in a time of tremendous change, and to resolve, as completely as possible, the problem of […]
408.185 – Information submitted for review of antitrust issues; confidentiality.
408.185 Information submitted for review of antitrust issues; confidentiality.—The following information held by the Office of the Attorney General, which is submitted by a member of the health care community pursuant to a request for an antitrust no-action letter shall be confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of […]
408.20 – Assessments; Health Care Trust Fund.
408.20 Assessments; Health Care Trust Fund.— (1) The data collection and analysis activities of the agency shall be financed, in part, by an assessment on: (a) Hospitals in an amount to be determined annually by the agency, but not to exceed 0.04 percent of the gross operating expenses of each hospital for the provision of hospital services for […]
408.301 – Legislative findings.
408.301 Legislative findings.—The Legislature has found that access to quality, affordable, health care for all Floridians is an important goal for the state. The Legislature recognizes that there are Floridians with special health care and social needs which require particular attention. The people served by the Department of Children and Families, the Agency for Persons with […]
408.034 – Duties and responsibilities of agency; rules.
408.034 Duties and responsibilities of agency; rules.— (1) The agency is designated as the single state agency to issue, revoke, or deny certificates of need and to issue, revoke, or deny exemptions from certificate-of-need review in accordance with present and future federal and state statutes. The agency is designated as the state health planning agency for purposes […]