411.201 – Florida Prevention, Early Assistance, and Early Childhood Act; short title.
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 Act.” History.—s. 1, ch. 89-379.
411.202 – Definitions.
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 the environment for the high-risk or handicapped preschool child, in order to achieve optimum growth and development. Provision of such services may include monitoring and modifying the delivery of assistance services. […]
411.203 – Continuum of comprehensive services.
411.203 Continuum of comprehensive services.—The Department of Education and the Department of Health shall utilize the continuum of prevention and early assistance services for high-risk pregnant women and for high-risk and handicapped children and their families, as outlined in this section, as a basis for the intraagency and interagency program coordination, monitoring, and analysis required in […]
411.2035 – Dangers of shaking infants and young children; requirements for distributing brochures.
411.2035 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 they take their newborn home from the hospital or birthing facility, written information with an explanation concerning the dangers of […]
411.22 – Legislative intent.
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 be minimized by focusing prevention efforts on high-risk pregnant women and on high-risk and handicapped preschool children and their families. The Legislature further finds that by preventing handicaps in […]
411.223 – Uniform standards.
411.223 Uniform standards.— (1) The Department of Children and Families, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall establish a minimum set of procedures for each preschool child who receives preventive health care with state funds. Preventive health care services shall meet the minimum standards established by federal law for the Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment […]
411.224 – Family support planning process.
411.224 Family support planning process.—The Legislature establishes a family support planning process to be used by the Department of Children and Families as the service planning process for targeted individuals, children, and families under its purview. (1) The Department of Education shall take all appropriate and necessary steps to encourage and facilitate the implementation of the family […]
411.227 – Components of the Learning Gateway.
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 system access point, or gateway, by which parents can receive information about available appropriate services. An existing public or private agency or provider or new provider may serve as […]
411.228 – Accountability.
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 of children from birth through age 9 who are at risk of learning problems and learning disabilities. (2) The steering committee, in conjunction with the demonstration projects, shall develop accountability mechanisms […]
411.24 – Short title.
411.24 Short title.—This part may be cited as the “Florida Education Now and Babies Later (ENABL) Act.” History.—s. 2, ch. 95-321.