Senate Bill sb2550

    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 2550

    By Senator Wise





    5-1297-05                                           See HB 735

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to assistive technology devices

  3         and services; requiring interagency agreements

  4         to ensure that assistive technology devices

  5         remain with a young person with disabilities as

  6         he or she makes certain transitions; providing

  7         an effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Accessibility, utilization, and

12  coordination of appropriate assistive technology devices and

13  services are essential as a young person with disabilities

14  moves from preschool to school, from one school to another,

15  and from school to employment or independent living. To ensure

16  that an assistive technology device issued to a young person

17  as part of his or her individual support plan or individual

18  education plan remains with the individual through such

19  transitions, interagency agreements shall be developed and

20  executed. The request that an assistive technology device

21  remain with an individual as he or she moves through the

22  continuum from home to school to postschool must be made by

23  the individual or his or her parent or guardian. Interagency

24  agreements shall be entered into by the following:

25         (1)  The Florida Infants and Toddlers Early

26  Intervention Program in the Division of Children's Medical

27  Services of the Department of Health.

28         (2)  The Division of Blind Services, the Bureau of

29  Exceptional Education and Student Services, and the Division

30  of Vocational Rehabilitation of the Department of Education.

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 2550
    5-1297-05                                           See HB 735




 1         (3)  The Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program

 2  administered by the Department of Education and the Agency for

 3  Workforce Innovation.

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 5  Interagency agreements shall provide a system for ensuring

 6  that young persons with disabilities and their families,

 7  educators, and employers are informed about the utilization

 8  and coordination of assistive technology devices and services

 9  that may assist in meeting transition needs.

10         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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