430.204 – Community-Care-for-the-Elderly Core Services; Departmental Powers and Duties.
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 agency on aging shall […]
430.205 – Community Care Service System.
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 care. (b) The […]
430.2053 – Aging Resource Centers.
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, coordinated approach to integrating information and […]
430.207 – Confidentiality of Information.
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 functionally impaired elderly persons under ss. 430.201-430.2053 and 430.902 through […]
430.501 – Alzheimer’s Disease Advisory Committee; Research Grants.
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 […]
430.5015 – Dementia Director.
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. 430.04(13). (3) The director shall: […]
430.502 – Alzheimer’s Disease; Memory Disorder Clinics and Day Care and Respite Care Programs.
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 […]
429.909 – Application for license.
429.909 Application for license.—In addition to all provisions of part II of chapter 408, the applicant for licensure must furnish a description of the physical and mental capabilities and needs of the participants to be served and the availability, frequency, and intensity of basic services and of supportive and optional services to be provided and proof […]
430.0402 – Screening of Direct Service Providers.
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 this section, the term “direct service […]
429.911 – Denial, suspension, revocation of license; emergency action; administrative fines; investigations and inspections.
429.911 Denial, suspension, revocation of license; emergency action; administrative fines; investigations and inspections.— (1) The agency may deny, revoke, and suspend a license under this part, impose an action under s. 408.814, and impose an administrative fine against the owner of an adult day care center or its operator or employee in the manner provided in chapter […]