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    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

    Division of Children’s Medical Services

    RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

    64C-10.001Definitions

    NOTICE OF CHANGE

    Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 41 No. 53, March 18, 2015 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.

    The Florida KidCare Quality Assurance and Access Standards Handbook, which is incorporated by reference in subsection (2) of this rule, has been amended to incorporate and include the following documents as appendices to the handbook:

     

    1. The 2014 NCQA Standards and Guidelines for Credentialing and Re-credentialing.
    2. The 2015 Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Immunization Program Guidelines.

     

    The language of the Handbook was changed, removing the requirement the provision of preventative services must be in accordance with the Guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics Bright Futures Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents. New handbook language reflects the provision of preventive pediatric health care services must be in accordance with the recommendations of a nationally recognized pediatric organization.

     

    A typographical error in the Handbook regarding “travel times” was corrected.

     

    The following changes have been made to the rule text:

     

    64C-10.001 Florida KidCare Quality Assurance and Access Standards.

    (1) No change.

    (2) The Florida KidCare Quality Assurance and Access Standards Handbook, May 2015, is herein incorporated by reference and is available from CMS Headquarters, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A06, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1707 or may be obtained at http://dos.myflorida.com/.

    Rulemaking Authority 391.026, 409.820, FS.  Law Implemented 409.820, FS.  History – New _______.

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