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11  Representative(s) Bullard offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 76, between lines 7 & 8, of the bill

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17         Section 48.  Paragraphs (d) through (k) of subsection

18  (3) of section 230.2305, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as

19  paragraphs (e) through (l), respectively, and a new paragraph

20  (d) is added to said section to read:

21         230.2305  Prekindergarten early intervention program.--

22         (3)  STANDARDS.--

23         (d)  The program curriculum must include music therapy

24  services for the purpose of maximizing individual potential

25  and preventing developmental delays.

26         Section 49.  Subsection (4) of section 391.305, Florida

27  Statutes, is amended to read:

28         391.305  Program standards; rules.--The Department of

29  Health shall adopt rules for the administration of the

30  developmental evaluation and intervention program. The rules

31  shall specify standards for the development and operation of

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 1  the program, including, but not limited to:

 2         (4)  Minimum developmental evaluation and intervention

 3  and support services, which shall include music therapy

 4  services for the purpose of maximizing individual potential

 5  and preventing further developmental delays.

 6         Section 50.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section

 7  393.064, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

 8         393.064  Prevention.--

 9         (2)  Prevention services provided by the developmental

10  services program include services to high-risk and

11  developmentally disabled children from birth to 5 years of

12  age, and their families, to meet the intent of chapter 411.

13  Such services shall include individual evaluations or

14  assessments necessary to diagnose a developmental disability

15  or high-risk condition and to determine appropriate individual

16  family and support services, unless evaluations or assessments

17  are the responsibility of the Division of Children's Medical

18  Services for children ages birth to 3 years eligible for

19  services under this chapter or part H of the Individuals with

20  Disabilities Education Act, and may include:

21         (a)  Early intervention services, including

22  developmental training, and specialized therapies, and music

23  therapy services for the purpose of maximizing individual

24  potential and preventing further development delays. Early

25  intervention services, which are the responsibility of the

26  Division of Children's Medical Services for children ages

27  birth to 3 years who are eligible for services under this

28  chapter or under part H of the Individuals with Disabilities

29  Education Act, shall not be provided through the developmental

30  services program unless funding is specifically appropriated

31  to the developmental services program for this purpose.

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 1         Section 51.  Paragraphs (j) through (o) of subsection

 2  (4) of section 393.066, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as

 3  paragraphs (k) through (p), respectively, and a new paragraph

 4  (j) is added to said subsection to read:

 5         393.066  Community services and treatment for persons

 6  who are developmentally disabled.--

 7         (4)  Community-based services shall, to the extent of

 8  available resources, include:

 9         (j)  Music therapy services for infant and toddlers,

10  for the purpose of maximizing individual potential and

11  preventing further developmental delays.

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13  Services to clients with spina bifida shall not include

14  medical services except as appropriated by the Legislature.

15         Section 52.  Section 402.25, Florida Statutes, is

16  amended to read:

17         402.25  Infants and toddlers in state-funded education

18  and care programs; brain development activities.--Each

19  state-funded education and care program for children from

20  birth to 5 years of age must provide activities to foster

21  brain development in infants and toddlers. A program must

22  provide an environment rich in language and music and filled

23  with objects of various colors, shapes, textures, and sizes to

24  stimulate visual, tactile, auditory, and linguistic senses in

25  the children and must include classical music and music

26  therapy for the purpose of maximizing individual potential and

27  preventing developmental delays, and at least 30 minutes of

28  reading to the children each day. A program may be offered

29  through an existing early childhood program such as Healthy

30  Start, the Title I program, contracted or directly operated

31  subsidized child care, the prekindergarten early intervention

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 1  program, Florida First Start, the Head Start program, or a

 2  private child care program. A program must provide training

 3  for the infants' and toddlers' parents including direct

 4  dialogue and interaction between teachers and parents

 5  demonstrating the urgency of brain development in the first

 6  year of a child's life. Family day care centers are

 7  encouraged, but not required, to comply with this section.

 8         Section 53.  The introductory paragraph and paragraph

 9  (d) of subsection (9) of section 411.203, Florida Statutes,

10  are amended, paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (7) are

11  redesignated as paragraphs (c) and (d), respectively, and a

12  new paragraph (b) is added to said subsection, to read:

13         411.203  Continuum of comprehensive services.--The

14  Department of Education and the Department of Children and

15  Family Health and Rehabilitative Services shall utilize the

16  continuum of prevention and early assistance services for

17  high-risk pregnant women and for high-risk and handicapped

18  children and their families, as outlined in this section, as a

19  basis for the intraagency and interagency program

20  coordination, monitoring, and analysis required in this

21  chapter.  The continuum shall be the guide for the

22  comprehensive statewide approach for services for high-risk

23  pregnant women and for high-risk and handicapped children and

24  their families, and may be expanded or reduced as necessary

25  for the enhancement of those services.  Expansion or reduction

26  of the continuum shall be determined by intraagency or

27  interagency findings and agreement, whichever is applicable.

28  Implementation of the continuum shall be based upon applicable

29  eligibility criteria, availability of resources, and

30  interagency prioritization when programs impact both agencies,

31  or upon single agency prioritization when programs impact only

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 1  one agency.  The continuum shall include, but not be limited

 2  to:

 3         (7)  EDUCATION, EARLY ASSISTANCE, AND RELATED SERVICES

 4  FOR HIGH-RISK CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES.--

 5         (b)  Music therapy services for the purpose of

 6  maximizing individual potential and preventing further

 7  developmental delays, for handicapped and high-risk infants

 8  and children.

 9         (9)  MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND PROCEDURES.--

10         (d)  Information sharing system among the Department of

11  Children and Family Health and Rehabilitative Services, the

12  Department of Education, local education agencies, and other

13  appropriate entities, on children eligible for services.

14  Information may be shared when parental or guardian permission

15  has been given for release.

16         Section 54.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (3), paragraph

17  (a) of subsection (4), and subsection (6) of section 411.232,

18  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

19         411.232  Children's Early Investment Program.--

20         (3)  ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS.--

21         (b)  While a flexible range of services is essential in

22  the implementation of this act, the following services shall

23  be considered the core group of services:

24         1.  Adequate prenatal care;

25         2.  Health services to the at-risk young children and

26  their families;

27         3.  Infant and child care services;

28         4.  Parenting skills training;

29         5.  Education or training opportunities appropriate for

30  the family; and

31         6.  Economic support.

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 2  Additional services may include, without limitation, alcohol

 3  and drug abuse treatment, mental health services, music

 4  therapy services for the purpose of maximizing individual

 5  potential and preventing developmental delays, housing

 6  assistance, transportation, and nutrition services.

 7         (4)  IMPLEMENTATION.--

 8         (a)  The Department of Children and Family Health and

 9  Rehabilitative Services or its designee shall implement the

10  Children's Early Investment Program using the criteria

11  provided in this section.  The department or its designee

12  shall evaluate and select the programs and sites to be funded

13  initially. The initial contract awards must be made no later

14  than January 15, 1990.  No more than one of each of the

15  following prototypes may be selected among the first sites to

16  be funded:

17         1.  A program based in a county health department;

18         2.  A program based in an office of the Department of

19  Children and Family Health and Rehabilitative Services;

20         3.  A program based in a local school district;

21         4.  A program based in a local board or council that is

22  responsible for coordinating and managing community resources

23  from revenue sources earmarked for helping children and

24  meeting their needs;

25         5.  A program based in a local, public or private,

26  not-for-profit provider of services to children and their

27  families; and

28         6.  A program based in a local government.

29         (6)  RULES FOR IMPLEMENTATION.--The Department of

30  Children and Family Health and Rehabilitative Services shall

31  adopt rules necessary to implement this section.

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 2  And the title is amended as follows:

 3         On page 4, line 1, after the semicolon,

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 5  insert:

 6         amending s. 230.2305, F.S.; requiring program

 7         curriculum under the prekindergarten early

 8         intervention program to include music therapy

 9         services; amending s. 391.305, F.S.; including

10         music therapy services in the developmental

11         evaluation and intervention program for

12         high-risk and disabled infants and toddlers;

13         amending s. 393.064, F.S.; including music

14         therapy services in early intervention services

15         for high-risk and developmentally disabled

16         children under the developmental services

17         program; amending s. 393.066, F.S.; requiring

18         community-based services for the

19         developmentally disabled to include music

20         therapy services for infants and toddlers;

21         amending s. 402.25, F.S.; including music

22         therapy in the brain development activities

23         required for infants and toddlers in

24         state-funded education and care programs;

25         amending s. 411.203, F.S.; requiring the

26         interagency continuum of comprehensive services

27         coordinated by Departments of Education and

28         Children and Family Services to include music

29         therapy services for high-risk and handicapped

30         infants and children; amending s. 411.232,

31         F.S.; providing that additional services under

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