(1) There is created a department that, notwithstanding the provisions of s. 20.04(1), shall be called the Agency for Health Care Administration.
(2) The head of the department is the Secretary of Health Care Administration, who shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. The secretary shall serve at the pleasure of and report to the Governor.
(3) The department shall be the chief health policy and planning entity for the state. The department is responsible for health facility licensure, inspection, and regulatory enforcement; investigation of consumer complaints related to health care facilities and managed care plans; the implementation of the certificate of need program; the operation of the Florida Center for Health Information and Transparency; the administration of the Medicaid program; the administration of the contracts with the Florida Healthy Kids Corporation; the certification of health maintenance organizations and prepaid health clinics as set forth in part III of chapter 641; and any other duties prescribed by statute or agreement. The department is the lead agency responsible for the regulation of hospices, assisted living facilities, adult day care centers, and adult family-care homes.
History.—s. 1, ch. 92-33; s. 2, ch. 93-129; s. 3, ch. 94-218; s. 10, ch. 96-403; s. 2, ch. 97-92; s. 1, ch. 98-89; s. 8, ch. 2000-209; s. 2, ch. 2000-305; s. 6, ch. 2006-261; s. 10, ch. 2016-234; s. 3, ch. 2019-11.
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.