(1) Provide to children with special health care needs a family-centered, comprehensive, and coordinated statewide managed system of care that links community-based health care with multidisciplinary, regional, and tertiary pediatric specialty care. The program shall coordinate and maintain a consistent medical home for participating children.
(2) Provide essential preventive, evaluative, and early intervention services for children at risk for or having special health care needs, in order to prevent or reduce long-term disabilities.
History.—s. 2, ch. 78-106; s. 3, ch. 98-288; s. 74, ch. 2012-184.
Structure Florida Statutes
Chapter 391 - Children's Medical Services
Part I - General Provisions (Ss. 391.011-391.097)
391.016 - Purposes and functions.
391.025 - Applicability and scope.
391.026 - Powers and duties of the department.
391.029 - Program eligibility.
391.035 - Provider qualifications.
391.037 - Physicians; private sector services.
391.047 - Third-party payments.
391.055 - Service delivery systems.
391.065 - Health care provider agreements.
391.071 - Quality of care requirements.