(1) The director of the agency shall be the agency head for all purposes and shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The director shall administer the affairs of the agency and may, within available resources, employ assistants, professional staff, and other employees as necessary to discharge the powers and duties of the agency.
(2) The agency shall include a Division of Budget and Planning and a Division of Operations. In addition, and in accordance with s. 20.04, the director of the agency may recommend establishing additional divisions, bureaus, sections, and subsections of the agency in order to promote efficient and effective operation of the agency.
(3) The agency is responsible for providing all services provided to persons with developmental disabilities under chapter 393, including the operation of all state institutional programs and the programmatic management of Medicaid waivers established to provide services to persons with developmental disabilities.
(4) The agency shall engage in such other administrative activities as are deemed necessary to effectively and efficiently address the needs of the agency’s clients.
(5) The agency shall enter into an interagency agreement that delineates the responsibilities of the Agency for Health Care Administration for the following:
(a) The terms and execution of contracts with Medicaid providers for the provision of services provided through Medicaid, including federally approved waiver programs.
(b) The billing, payment, and reconciliation of claims for Medicaid services reimbursed by the agency.
(c) The implementation of utilization management measures, including the prior authorization of services plans and the streamlining and consolidation of waiver services, to ensure the cost-effective provision of needed Medicaid services and to maximize the number of persons with access to such services.
(d) A system of approving each client’s plan of care to ensure that the services on the plan of care are those that without which the client would require the services of an intermediate care facility for the developmentally disabled.
History.—s. 70, ch. 2004-267; s. 1, ch. 2006-227; s. 6, ch. 2014-19.
Structure Florida Statutes
Chapter 20 - Organizational Structure
20.02 - Declaration of Policy.
20.04 - Structure of Executive Branch.
20.05 - Heads of Departments; Powers and Duties.
20.052 - Advisory Bodies, Commissions, Boards; Establishment.
20.055 - Agency Inspectors General.
20.057 - Interagency Agreements to Delete Duplication of Inspections.
20.058 - Citizen Support and Direct-Support Organizations.
20.06 - Method of Reorganization.
20.104 - Clearing Funds Trust Fund.
20.105 - Federal Grants Trust Fund.
20.106 - Land Acquisition Trust Fund Within Department of State.
20.11 - Department of Legal Affairs.
20.111 - Operating Trust Fund.
20.112 - Federal Grants Trust Fund; Department of Legal Affairs.
20.121 - Department of Financial Services.
20.14 - Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
20.142 - Land Acquisition Trust Fund Within Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
20.15 - Department of Education.
20.155 - Board of Governors of the State University System.
20.165 - Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
20.166 - Florida Business Information Portal.
20.181 - Federal Grants Trust Fund.
20.19 - Department of Children and Families.
20.195 - Department of Children and Families; Trust Funds.
20.197 - Agency for Persons With Disabilities.
20.1971 - Agency for Persons With Disabilities; Trust Funds.
20.201 - Department of Law Enforcement.
20.21 - Department of Revenue.
20.22 - Department of Management Services.
20.221 - Federal Grants Trust Fund.
20.23 - Department of Transportation.
20.24 - Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
20.241 - Federal Grants Trust Fund; Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
20.255 - Department of Environmental Protection.
20.25501 - Department of Environmental Protection; Trust Funds.
20.2551 - Citizen Support Organizations; Use of Property; Audit; Public Records; Partnerships.
20.28 - State Board of Administration.
20.29 - Department of Citrus; Florida Citrus Commission; Executive Director.
20.315 - Department of Corrections.
20.3151 - Administrative Trust Fund.
20.316 - Department of Juvenile Justice.
20.3161 - Federal Grants Trust Fund; Department of Juvenile Justice.
20.317 - Department of the Lottery.
20.32 - Florida Commission on Offender Review.
20.331 - Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
20.3311 - Additional Powers of Commission.
20.34 - Governmental Reorganization Act of 1969; Effect on Rules.
20.37 - Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
20.375 - Department of Veterans’ Affairs; Trust Funds.
20.41 - Department of Elderly Affairs.
20.415 - Department of Elderly Affairs; Trust Funds.
20.42 - Agency for Health Care Administration.
20.425 - Agency for Health Care Administration; Trust Funds.
20.435 - Department of Health; Trust Funds.
20.506 - Welfare Transition Trust Fund.
20.60 - Department of Economic Opportunity; Creation; Powers and Duties.
20.601 - Agency Review; Department of Economic Opportunity.
20.605 - Administrative Trust Fund of the Department of Economic Opportunity.