Florida Statutes
Chapter 381 - Public Health: General Provisions
381.96 - Pregnancy Support and Wellness Services.


(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:
(a) “Department” means the Department of Health.
(b) “Eligible client” means a pregnant woman or a woman who suspects she is pregnant, and the family of such woman, who voluntarily seeks pregnancy support services and any woman who voluntarily seeks wellness services.
(c) “Florida Pregnancy Care Network, Inc.,” or “network” means the not-for-profit statewide alliance of pregnancy support organizations that provide pregnancy support and wellness services through a comprehensive system of care to women and their families.
(d) “Pregnancy support services” means services that promote and encourage childbirth, including, but not limited to:
1. Direct client services, such as pregnancy testing, counseling, referral, training, and education for pregnant women and their families. A woman and her family shall continue to be eligible to receive direct client services for up to 12 months after the birth of the child.
2. Program awareness activities, including a promotional campaign to educate the public about the pregnancy support services offered by the network and a website that provides information on the location of providers in the user’s area and other available community resources.
3. Communication activities, including the operation and maintenance of a hotline or call center with a single statewide toll-free number that is available 24 hours a day for an eligible client to obtain the location and contact information for a pregnancy center located in the client’s area.

(e) “Wellness services” means services or activities intended to maintain and improve health or prevent illness and injury, including, but not limited to, high blood pressure screening, anemia testing, thyroid screening, cholesterol screening, diabetes screening, and assistance with smoking cessation.

(2) DEPARTMENT DUTIES.—The department shall contract with the network for the management and delivery of pregnancy support and wellness services to eligible clients.
(3) CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.—The department contract shall specify the contract deliverables, including financial reports and other reports due to the department, timeframes for achieving contractual obligations, and any other requirements the department determines are necessary, such as staffing and location requirements. The contract shall require the network to:
(a) Establish, implement, and monitor a comprehensive system of care through subcontractors to meet the pregnancy support and wellness needs of eligible clients.
(b) Establish and manage subcontracts with a sufficient number of providers to ensure the availability of pregnancy support and wellness services for eligible clients, and maintain and manage the delivery of such services throughout the contract period.
(c) Spend at least 90 percent of the contract funds on pregnancy support and wellness services.
(d) Offer wellness services through vouchers or other appropriate arrangements that allow the purchase of services from qualified health care providers.
(e) Require a background screening under s. 943.0542 for all paid staff and volunteers of a subcontractor if such staff or volunteers provide direct client services to an eligible client who is a minor or an elderly person or who has a disability.
(f) Annually monitor its subcontractors and specify the sanctions that shall be imposed for noncompliance with the terms of a subcontract.
(g) Subcontract only with providers that exclusively promote and support childbirth.
(h) Ensure that informational materials provided to an eligible client by a provider are current and accurate and cite the reference source of any medical statement included in such materials.

(4) SERVICES.—Services provided pursuant to this section must be provided in a noncoercive manner and may not include any religious content.
History.—s. 1, ch. 2018-29.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XXIX - Public Health

Chapter 381 - Public Health: General Provisions

381.001 - Public Health System.

381.0011 - Duties and Powers of the Department of Health.

381.0012 - Enforcement Authority.

381.0016 - County and Municipal Regulations and Ordinances.

381.0018 - Application for and Acceptance of Gifts or Grants.

381.0019 - Disposition of Equipment and Material; Transfers to County Health Departments.

381.002 - Grant of Title to Prescriptive Medical Personal Property to Client.

381.0021 - Client Welfare Accounts.

381.0022 - Sharing Confidential or Exempt Information.

381.003 - Communicable Disease and AIDS Prevention and Control.

381.0031 - Epidemiological Research; Report of Diseases of Public Health Significance to Department.

381.00315 - Public Health Advisories; Public Health Emergencies; Isolation and Quarantines.

381.00316 - Covid-19 Vaccine Documentation.

381.00317 - Private Employer Covid-19 Vaccination Mandates Prohibited.

381.00318 - Complaints and Investigations Regarding Private Employer Covid-19 Vaccination Mandates; Public Records Exemption.

381.00319 - Prohibition on Covid-19 Vaccination Mandates for Students.

381.0034 - Requirement for Instruction on HIV and Aids.

381.0035 - Educational Course on HIV and Aids; Employees and Clients of Certain Health Care Facilities.

381.0038 - Education; Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Programs.

381.0039 - Oversight of AIDS Education Programs.

381.004 - HIV Testing.

381.0041 - Donation and Transfer of Human Tissue; Testing Requirements.

381.0042 - Patient Care for Persons With HIV Infection.

381.0043 - Blood Donor Protection Act; Blood and Blood Component Donors; Confidentiality.

381.0045 - Targeted Outreach for Pregnant Women.

381.0046 - Statewide HIV and AIDS Prevention Campaign.

381.005 - Primary and Preventive Health Services.

381.0051 - Family Planning.

381.0052 - Dental Health.

381.0053 - Comprehensive Nutrition Program.

381.0055 - Confidentiality and Quality Assurance Activities.

381.0056 - School Health Services Program.

381.0057 - Funding for School Health Services.

381.0059 - Background Screening Requirements for School Health Services Personnel.

381.00591 - Department of Health; National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation; Application.

381.00593 - Public School Volunteer Health Care Practitioner Program.

381.006 - Environmental Health.

381.0061 - Administrative Fines.

381.0062 - Supervision; Private and Certain Public Water Systems.

381.0063 - Drinking Water Funds.

381.0064 - Continuing Education Program for Installation and Use of Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems.

381.0065 - Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems; Regulation.

381.00651 - Periodic Evaluation and Assessment of Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems.

381.00652 - Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems Technical Advisory Committee.

381.00655 - Connection of Existing Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems to Central Sewerage System; Requirements.

381.0066 - Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems; Fees.

381.0067 - Corrective Orders; Private and Certain Public Water Systems and Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems.

381.0072 - Food Service Protection.

381.0075 - Regulation of Body-Piercing Salons.

381.00771 - Definitions of Terms Used in Ss. 381.00771-381.00791.

381.00773 - Application of Ss. 381.00771-381.00791; Exemption.

381.00775 - Tattoo Artists; Licensure; Registration of Guest Tattoo Artists.

381.00777 - Tattoo Establishments; Licensure; Temporary Establishments.

381.00779 - Practice Requirements.

381.00781 - Fees; Disposition.

381.00783 - Grounds for Discipline; Administrative Penalties.

381.00785 - Criminal Penalties.

381.00787 - Tattooing Prohibited; Penalty.

381.00789 - Rulemaking.

381.00791 - Local Laws and Ordinances.

381.008 - Definitions of Terms Used in Ss. 381.008-381.00897.

381.0081 - Permit Required to Operate a Migrant Labor Camp or Residential Migrant Housing; Penalties for Unlawful Establishment or Operation; Allocation of Proceeds.

381.0082 - Application for Permit to Operate Migrant Labor Camp or Residential Migrant Housing.

381.0083 - Permit for Migrant Labor Camp or Residential Migrant Housing.

381.0084 - Application Fees for Migrant Labor Camps and Residential Migrant Housing.

381.0085 - Revocation of Permit to Operate Migrant Labor Camp or Residential Migrant Housing.

381.0086 - Rules; Variances; Penalties.

381.0087 - Enforcement; Citations.

381.0088 - Right of Entry.

381.00893 - Complaints by Aggrieved Parties.

381.00895 - Prohibited Acts; Application.

381.00896 - Nondiscrimination.

381.00897 - Access to Migrant Labor Camps and Residential Migrant Housing.

381.009 - Toilets Required by Department Regulations; Charge for Use of Prohibited.

381.0098 - Biomedical Waste.

381.0101 - Environmental Health Professionals.

381.0201 - Technical and Support Services.

381.0202 - Laboratory Services.

381.0203 - Pharmacy Services.

381.02035 - Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program.

381.0204 - Vital Statistics.

381.0205 - Emergency Medical Services.

381.026 - Florida Patient’s Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.

381.0261 - Summary of Patient’s Bill of Rights; Distribution; Penalty.

381.028 - Adverse Medical Incidents.

381.0303 - Special Needs Shelters.

381.0402 - Area Health Education Center Network.

381.0405 - Office of Rural Health.

381.0406 - Rural Health Networks.

381.04065 - Rural Health Network Cooperative Agreements.

381.0601 - Self-Derived and Directed-Donor Blood Programs.

381.06014 - Blood Establishments.

381.06015 - Public Cord Blood Tissue Bank.

381.06016 - Umbilical Cord Blood Awareness.

381.4018 - Physician Workforce Assessment and Development.

381.4019 - Dental Student Loan Repayment Program.

381.40195 - Donated Dental Services Program.

381.735 - Office of Minority Health and Health Equity.

381.7351 - Short Title; Closing the Gap Act.

381.7352 - Legislative Intent.

381.7353 - Reducing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Closing the Gap Grant Program; Administration; Department Duties.

381.7354 - Eligibility.

381.7355 - Project Requirements; Review Criteria.

381.7356 - Local Matching Funds; Grant Awards.

381.739 - Short Title; Charlie Mack Overstreet Brain or Spinal Cord Injuries Act.

381.7395 - Legislative Intent.

381.74 - Establishment and Maintenance of a Central Registry.

381.745 - Definitions; Ss. 381.739-381.79.

381.75 - Duties and Responsibilities of the Department.

381.755 - Benefits Not Assignable.

381.76 - Eligibility for the Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program.

381.765 - Retention of Title to and Disposal of Equipment.

381.775 - Applicant and Recipient Records; Confidential and Privileged.

381.78 - Advisory Council on Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries.

381.785 - Recovery of Third-Party Payments for Funded Services.

381.79 - Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program Trust Fund.

381.815 - Sickle-Cell Program.

381.82 - Ed and Ethel Moore Alzheimer’s Disease Research Program.

381.825 - Education and Public Awareness Relating to Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Forms of Dementia.

381.84 - Comprehensive Statewide Tobacco Education and Use Prevention Program.

381.853 - Florida Center for Brain Tumor Research.

381.8531 - Florida Center for Brain Tumor Research; Public Records Exemption.

381.86 - Institutional Review Board.

381.88 - Emergency Allergy Treatment.

381.885 - Epinephrine Auto-Injectors; Emergency Administration.

381.887 - Emergency Treatment for Suspected Opioid Overdose.

381.89 - Regulation of Tanning Facilities.

381.895 - Standards for Compressed Air Used for Recreational Diving.

381.91 - Jessie Trice Cancer Prevention Program.

381.911 - Prostate Cancer Awareness Program.

381.915 - Casey Desantis Cancer Research Program.

381.922 - William G. “Bill” Bankhead, jr., and David Coley Cancer Research Program.

381.92201 - Exemptions From Public Records and Public Meetings Requirements; Peer Review Panels.

381.925 - Cancer Center of Excellence Award.

381.93 - Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program.

381.931 - Annual Report on Medicaid Expenditures.

381.9312 - Uterine Fibroid Research Database; Education and Public Awareness.

381.9315 - Gynecologic and Ovarian Cancer Education and Awareness.

381.932 - Breast Cancer Early Detection and Treatment Referral Program.

381.933 - Mammography Reports.

381.95 - Medical Facility Information Maintained for Terrorism Response Purposes; Confidentiality.

381.96 - Pregnancy Support and Wellness Services.

381.98 - The Florida Public Health Institute, inc.; Establishment; Purpose; Mission; Duties; Board of Directors.

381.981 - Health Awareness Campaigns.

381.982 - Short Title.

381.983 - Definitions.

381.984 - Educational Programs.

381.985 - Screening Program.

381.986 - Medical Use of Marijuana.

381.987 - Public Records Exemption for Personal Identifying Information Relating to Medical Marijuana Held by the Department.

381.988 - Medical Marijuana Testing Laboratories; Marijuana Tests Conducted by a Certified Laboratory.

381.989 - Public Education Campaigns.

381.99 - Rare Disease Advisory Council.