Senate Bill 1264

    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 1264

    By Senator Forman





    32-30-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to traumatic brain injury;

  3         creating s. 402.09, F.S.; requiring the

  4         Department of Children and Family Services to

  5         provide services, in certain circumstances, to

  6         individuals who have sustained traumatic brain

  7         injury; providing for rules; providing an

  8         effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Section 402.09, Florida Statutes, is

13  created to read:

14         402.09  Traumatic brain injury.--

15         (1)  The Department of Children and Family Services

16  shall, contingent upon specific appropriations, establish a

17  program of long-term supports and services for individuals who

18  have sustained traumatic brain injuries and whose needs cannot

19  be met through other programs related to brain injury which

20  are located within the Department of Health, the Department of

21  Labor and Employment Security, or the Department of Children

22  and Family Services, or whose needs cannot be met through any

23  other programs for which they may be eligible. The

24  determination-of-eligibility process for this program must

25  include a process for ensuring that the individual is

26  ineligible for other programs or has needs that cannot be met

27  through other programs of the department or other agencies for

28  which he or she is eligible. This program is to be the program

29  of last resort for individuals who have sustained traumatic

30  brain injuries. Supports and services may be purchased by

31  department staff. This program is intended to prevent

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  1  inappropriate residential and institutional placements and

  2  must be designed to enhance or maximize the individual's

  3  independence.

  4         (2)  The department of Children and Family Services

  5  shall adopt rules for implementing and administering the

  6  program and shall establish the eligibility criteria for

  7  individuals applying for and receiving services from the

  8  program.

  9         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

10  law.

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14    Requires the Department of Children and Family Services
      to provide services, in certain circumstances, to
15    individuals who have sustained traumatic brain injury.

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