Florida Senate - 2021 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 990
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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The Committee on Health Policy (Bradley) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment
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3 Delete lines 29 - 173
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5 school, workplace, community, and other settings for clients who
6 have or are at risk of developing an illness, injury, disease,
7 disorder, condition, impairment, disability, activity
8 limitation, or participation restriction purposeful activity or
9 interventions to achieve functional outcomes.
10 (a) For the purposes of this subsection:
11 1. “Activities of daily living” means functions and tasks
12 for self-care which are performed on a daily or routine basis,
13 including functional mobility, bathing, dressing, eating and
14 swallowing, personal hygiene and grooming, toileting, and other
15 similar tasks “Achieving functional outcomes” means to maximize
16 the independence and the maintenance of health of any individual
17 who is limited by a physical injury or illness, a cognitive
18 impairment, a psychosocial dysfunction, a mental illness, a
19 developmental or a learning disability, or an adverse
20 environmental condition.
21 2. “Assessment” means the use of skilled observation or the
22 administration and interpretation of standardized or
23 nonstandardized tests and measurements to identify areas for
24 occupational therapy services.
25 3. “Behavioral health services” means the promotion of
26 occupational performance through services to support positive
27 mental health by providing direct individual and group
28 interventions to improve the client’s participation in daily
29 occupations.
30 4. “Health management” means activities related to
31 developing, managing, and maintaining health and wellness,
32 including self-management, with the goal of improving or
33 maintaining health to support participation in occupations.
34 5. “Instrumental activities of daily living” means daily or
35 routine activities a person must perform to live independently
36 within the home and community.
37 6. “Mental health services” means the promotion of
38 occupational performance related to mental health, coping,
39 resilience, and well-being by providing individual, group, and
40 population level supports and services to improve the client’s
41 participation in daily occupations for those who are at risk of,
42 experiencing, or in recovery from these conditions, along with
43 their families and communities.
44 7. “Occupations” means meaningful and purposeful everyday
45 activities performed and engaged in by individuals, groups,
46 populations, families, or communities which occur in contexts
47 and over time, such as activities of daily living, instrumental
48 activities of daily living, health management, rest and sleep,
49 education, work, play, leisure, and social participation. The
50 term includes more specific occupations and execution of
51 multiple activities that are influenced by performance patterns,
52 performance skills, and client factors.
53 8. “Occupational performance” means the ability to
54 perceive, desire, recall, plan, and carry out roles, routines,
55 tasks, and subtasks for the purposes of self-maintenance, self
56 preservation, productivity, leisure, and rest, for oneself or
57 others, in response to internal or external demands of
58 occupations and contexts.
59 (b) The practice of occupational therapy includes services
60 include, but is are not limited to:
61 1. Assessment, treatment, and education of, and
62 consultation with, individuals, groups, and populations whose
63 abilities to participate safely in occupations, including
64 activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily
65 living, rest and sleep, education, work, play, leisure, and
66 social participation, are impaired or at risk for impairment due
67 to issues related to, but not limited to, developmental
68 deficiencies, the aging process, learning disabilities, physical
69 environment and sociocultural context, physical injury or
70 disease, cognitive impairments, and psychological and social
71 disabilities The assessment, treatment, and education of or
72 consultation with the individual, family, or other persons.
73 2. Methods or approaches to determine abilities and
74 limitations related to performance of occupations, including,
75 but not limited to, the identification of physical, sensory,
76 cognitive, emotional, or social deficiencies Interventions
77 directed toward developing daily living skills, work readiness
78 or work performance, play skills or leisure capacities, or
79 enhancing educational performance skills.
80 3. Specific occupational therapy techniques used for
81 treatment which involve, but are not limited to, training in
82 activities of daily living; environmental modification; the
83 designing, fabrication, and application of orthotics or orthotic
84 devices; selecting, applying, and training in the use of
85 assistive technology and adaptive devices; sensory, motor, and
86 cognitive activities; therapeutic exercises; manual therapy;
87 physical agent modalities; behavioral health services; and
88 mental health services Providing for the development of: