Updates definitions and statutory references, adds requirements regarding content of signs required to be conspicuously placed on the premises at residential treatment centers warning of the dangers of human trafficking ....

 

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Mental Health Program

RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

65E-9.002Definitions

65E-9.006Program Standards

65E-9.007Staffing

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Updates definitions and statutory references, adds requirements regarding content of signs required to be conspicuously placed on the premises at residential treatment centers warning of the dangers of human trafficking pursuant to Chapter Law 2023-85 and 2024-184. And finally reduces unnecessary regulatory burdens on providers, while improving safety and treatment for children in care by differentiating minimum staffing and treatment standards among types of residential treatment centers.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Human trafficking and regulatory burdens.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 394.875(8) FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 394.875 FS.

IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE NOTICED IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE REGISTER.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Elizabeth Floyd. Elizabeth can be reached at [e-mail].

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.