The Rule amendment will provide technical changes to requirements for fee-for-service providers and vendors and updates to forms that are incorporated by reference.

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-25.021Service Provider Registration and Quality Assurance Requirements

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Rule amendment will provide technical changes to requirements for fee-for-service providers and vendors and updates to forms that are incorporated by reference.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Technical updates include registration requirements for service providers and updates to the definitions relating to quality assurance, proven functional systems, and due-diligence inquiry, as defined in section 413.208, F.S., Additionally, the rule outlines measures to ensure compliance with regards to suspending, terminating, or revocation for service providers. The following forms that are incorporated by reference are edited to provide technical updates and changes:

1. Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Fee-for-Service Provider Application – the document was re-formatted to clarify services that providers may apply for on the application. Additionally, VR clarified the different role types on the application as it relates the provision of services to people with disabilities.

2. Vocational Rehabilitation Fee-for-Service Provider Contractual Agreement – the agreement included revisions on the security requirements for fee-for-service providers. VR met with the division of technology and innovation and created appropriate security requirements that are applicable to the providers based on guidance from Rules 60GG-2.002(a-e), 60GG-2.003(1)(a), 60GG-2.005(2)(a-d), and 60GG-2.006(1)(a-e)., F.A.C.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 413.22 , F.S.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 413.208, F.S.

IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

DATE AND TIME: November 22, 2024, 1:00 p.m.

PLACE: Virtual – link will be posted at https://web02.fldoe.org/rules, if requested.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Michael Newsome, Bureau Chief, Bureau of Vendor and Contract Services, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, [e-mail]. To comment on this rule development or to request a rule development workshop, please go to https://web02.fldoe.org/rules or contact: Chris Emerson, Director, Office of Executive Management, [e-mail].

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS: Available at https://web02.fldoe.org/rules.