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Florida Statutes, Title XXX

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Title XXX, Social Welfare

16 chapters · 723 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title XXX723 Ch 409, Social and Economic Assistance211 Ch 420, Housing98 Ch 429, Assisted Care Communities77 Ch 413, Employment and Related Services for …66 Ch 414, Family Self-sufficiency48 Ch 421, Public Housing48 Ch 430, Elder Affairs39 Ch 425, Rural Electric Cooperatives31 Ch 427, Special Transportation and Communica…27 Ch 415, Adult Protective Services25 Ch 410, Aging and Adult Services15 Ch 411, Handicap or High-risk Condition Prev…12 Ch 418, Recreation Districts12 Ch 422, Housing Cooperation Law9

723 sections·Filtered byTitle XXX✕

Fla. Stat. § 409.25641 Procedures for processing interstate enforcement requests
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The department shall use automated administrative enforcement as provided in 42 U.S.C. s. 666(a)(14)(A) to respond to a request from another state to enforce a support order and shall promptly report the results of the enforcement action to the requesting state.History.—s. 49, ch…
Fla. Stat. § 409.2565 Publication of delinquent obligors
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For support orders that are being enforced by the department, the department may compile and make available for publication a listing of cases in which payment of the support obligation is overdue. Each case on the list may be identified only by the name of the support obligor, t…
Fla. Stat. § 409.25656 Garnishment
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(1) If a person has a support obligation which is subject to enforcement by the department as the state Title IV-D program, the executive director or his or her designee may give notice of past due and/or overdue support by registered mail to all persons who have in their possess…
Fla. Stat. § 409.25657 Requirements for financial institutions
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(1) For purposes of this section, reference is made to 42 U.S.C. s. 669A:(a) “Financial institution” means:1. A depository institution, as defined in s. 3(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 12 U.S.C. s. 1813(c);2. An institution-affiliated party, as defined in s. 3(u) of su…

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Fla. Stat. § 409.25658 Use of unclaimed property for past due support

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(1) In a joint effort to facilitate the collection and payment of past due support, the Department of Revenue, in cooperation with the Department of Financial Services, shall identify persons owing support collected by the department who are presumed to have unclaimed property he…

Fla. Stat. § 409.25659 Insurance claim data exchange

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(1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Insurer” means an entity that is responsible for paying a claim on liability coverage in an insurance contract and is:1. An insurer, as defined in s. 624.03, authorized to transact insurance in this state;2. An eligible surplus lines ins…

Fla. Stat. § 409.25661 Public records exemption for insurance claim data exchange information

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Information obtained by the Department of Revenue pursuant to s. 409.25659 is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution until such time as the department determines whether a match exists. If a match exists, such information becomes …

Fla. Stat. § 409.2567 Services to individuals not otherwise eligible

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(1)(a) All support services provided by the department shall be made available on behalf of all dependent children. Services shall be provided upon acceptance of public assistance or upon proper application filed with the department. The federally required application fee for ind…

Fla. Stat. § 409.2569 Continuation of support services for recipients of public assistance when benefits are terminated

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Whenever a recipient of public assistance ceases to receive such public assistance, the department shall continue to provide services after the recipient ceases to receive benefits unless otherwise advised in writing or in person not to do so by the former recipient. These servic…

Fla. Stat. § 409.257 Service of process

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(1) The service of original process and orders in any paternity or child support action or proceeding filed by the department shall be made in accordance with chapter 48. The sheriff shall be reimbursed at the prevailing rate of federal financial participation for service of proc…

Fla. Stat. § 409.2571 Court and witness fees; bond

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(1) The department or an authorized agent thereof shall be entitled to the necessary services of the clerk, court reporter, and county comptroller in any proceedings under the IV-D program, including contempt proceedings; and no fees for such court reporter, clerk, or comptroller…

Fla. Stat. § 409.2572 Cooperation

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(1) An applicant for, or recipient of, public assistance for a dependent child shall cooperate in good faith with the department or a program attorney in:(a) Identifying and helping to locate the alleged parent or obligor.(b) Assisting in establishing the paternity of a child bor…

Fla. Stat. § 409.2574 Income deduction enforcement in Title IV-D cases

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(1) The department or its designee shall enforce income deduction orders on behalf of obligees who have applied for IV-D services, and the department shall be considered a party in the action.(2)(a) In a support order being enforced under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act and…

Fla. Stat. § 409.2575 Liens on motor vehicles and vessels

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(1) The director of the state IV-D program, or the director’s designee, may cause a lien for unpaid and delinquent support to be placed upon motor vehicles, as defined in chapter 320, and upon vessels, as defined in chapter 327, that are registered in the name of an obligor who i…

Fla. Stat. § 409.2576 State Directory of New Hires

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(1) DIRECTORY CREATED.—The State Directory of New Hires is hereby created and shall be administered by the Department of Revenue or its agent. All employers and service recipients in this state shall furnish a report consistent with subsection (3) for each newly hired or rehired …

Fla. Stat. § 409.2577 Parent locator service

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The department shall establish a parent locator service to assist in locating parents who have deserted their children and other persons liable for support of dependent children. The department shall use all sources of information available, including the Federal Parent Locator S…

Fla. Stat. § 409.2578 Access to employment information; administrative fine

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(1) For the purpose of establishing paternity, establishing a child support obligation, or enforcing a support obligation, all persons in this state, including for-profit, not-for-profit, and governmental employers or contractors, shall, upon written request from the IV-D agency …

Fla. Stat. § 409.2579 Safeguarding Title IV-D case file information

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(1) Information concerning applicants for or recipients of Title IV-D child support services is confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1). The use or disclosure of such information by the IV-D program is limited to purposes directly connected with:(a) The admini…

Fla. Stat. § 409.2581 Use of clearing accounts and revolving funds

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To facilitate the cash flow and administration of child support enforcement under this act, the department may use clearing accounts and revolving funds.History.—s. 10, ch. 76-220.

Fla. Stat. § 409.2584 Interest on obligations due; waiver

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The department may collect interest at the rate established in s. 55.03 on all support obligations due and owing to the department; however, the department is not required to maintain interest balance due accounts, and said interest may be waived by the department if the waiver w…

Fla. Stat. § 409.259 Filing fees in Title IV-D cases; electronic filing of pleadings, returns of service, and other papers

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(1) Notwithstanding s. 28.241, each clerk of the circuit court shall accept petitions, complaints, and motions filed by the department in Title IV-D cases without billing the department separately for each filing, as long as the clerk is being reimbursed in a different manner for…

Fla. Stat. § 409.2594 Record requirements

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The department shall keep the records necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of the program. At a minimum, the records shall include:(1) The number of parents located.(2) The amount of money generated through the collection of support of dependent children.(3) The cost of progra…

Fla. Stat. § 409.2597 Retention of actions

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All actions pending under the authority of those statutes repealed by this act shall not abate but shall continue pursuant to the provisions of this act.History.—s. 16, ch. 76-220.

Fla. Stat. § 409.2598 License suspension proceeding to enforce support order

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(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:(a) “License” means a license, permit, certificate, registration, franchise, or other form of written permission issued by a licensing agency to an individual which authorizes the individual to engage in an occupation, business, …

Fla. Stat. § 409.2599 Data processing services; interagency agreement

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The Department of Children and Families shall provide to the child support enforcement program in the Department of Revenue data processing services that meet the standards for federal certification pursuant to an interagency agreement.History.—s. 1(5), ch. 94-124; ss. 12, 26, ch…

Fla. Stat. § 409.25995 State Title IV-D agency; contracts

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The Department of Revenue, in its capacity as the state Title IV-D agency, may enter into contracts consistent with federal law for the provision of program services by for-profit corporations, governmental entities, not-for-profit corporations, and other entities capable of prov…

Fla. Stat. § 409.25996 Organizations that assist noncustodial parents

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The Department of Commerce shall award grants to organizations that assist noncustodial parents who are unemployed or underemployed and have difficulty meeting child support obligations to become self-sufficient and establish a successful pattern of paying child support obligatio…

Fla. Stat. § 409.2673 Shared county and state health care program for low-income persons

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(1) It is the policy of the state that the state and local governments have a joint obligation, as provided in this section, to participate in the provision of health care services to low-income persons who do not meet the criteria for Medicaid or any other state-funded or federa…

Fla. Stat. § 409.26731 Certification of local funds as state match for federally funded services

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The department is authorized to certify local funds as state match for eligible Title IV-E expenditures in excess of the amount of state general revenue matching funds appropriated for such services by the General Appropriations Act. Title IV-E funds provided to the state as fede…

Fla. Stat. § 409.285 Opportunity for hearing and appeal

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(1) If an application for public assistance is not acted upon within a reasonable time after the filing of the application, or is denied in whole or in part, or if an assistance payment is modified or canceled, the applicant or recipient may appeal the decision to the Department …

Fla. Stat. § 409.352 Licensing requirements for physicians, osteopathic physicians, and chiropractic physicians employed by the department

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(1) It is the intent of the Legislature that physicians providing services in state institutions meet the professional standards of their respective licensing boards and that such institutions make every reasonable effort to assure that all physicians employed are licensed, or wi…

Fla. Stat. § 409.401 Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children

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1The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in form substantially as follows:INTERSTATE COMPACT ON THEPLACEMENT OF CHILDRENARTICLE I. Purpose and PolicyIt is the purpose and …

Fla. Stat. § 409.402 Financial responsibility for child

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Financial responsibility for any child placed pursuant to the provisions of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Article V thereof in the first instance. However, in the event of partial or complete default o…

Fla. Stat. § 409.403 Definitions; Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children

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(1) The “appropriate public authorities” as used in Article III of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children shall, with reference to this state, mean the Department of Children and Families, and said department shall receive and act with reference to notices required b…

Fla. Stat. § 409.404 Agreements between party state officers and agencies

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(1) The officers and agencies of this state and its subdivisions having authority to place children are hereby empowered to enter into agreements with appropriate officers or agencies of or in other party states pursuant to paragraph (b) of Article V of the Interstate Compact on …

Fla. Stat. § 409.405 Court placement of delinquent children

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Any court having jurisdiction to place delinquent children may place such a child in an institution in another state pursuant to Article VI of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, s. 409.401, and shall retain jurisdiction as provided in Article V thereof.History.—…

Fla. Stat. § 409.406 Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance

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The Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance is enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in form substantially as follows:INTERSTATE COMPACT ONADOPTION AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCEARTICLE I. FindingsThe Legislature finds that:(…

Fla. Stat. § 409.407 Interstate agreements between the Department of Children and Families and agencies of other states

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The Department of Children and Families, which is authorized to enter into interstate agreements with agencies of other states for the implementation of the purposes of the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance pursuant to s. 409.406, may not expand the financial …

Fla. Stat. § 409.408 Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children

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Effective July 1, 2009, or upon the enactment of the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children into law by the 35th compacting state, whichever date occurs later, the Governor is authorized and directed to execute a compact on behalf of this state with any other state or s…

Fla. Stat. § 409.409 Effect of existing compact provisions

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The provisions of the existing Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, as created under s. 409.401, shall remain in effect until repealed by entry into the new Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children, as created under s. 409.408, by the Governor as authorized by…

Fla. Stat. § 409.4101 Rulemaking authority

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Following entry into the new Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children by this state pursuant to ss. 409.408 and 409.409, any rules adopted by the Interstate Commission shall not be binding unless also adopted by this state through the rulemaking process. The Department of…

Fla. Stat. § 409.441 Runaway youth programs and centers

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(1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.—The purpose of this act is to assist runaway youths and their families through a program of prevention, early intervention, community outreach, short-term residential care, aftercare, and counseling. The Legislature intends that a continuum of services be …

Fla. Stat. § 409.508 Low-income home energy assistance program

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(1) As used in this section:(a) “Eligible household” means a household eligible for funds from the Low-income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, 42 U.S.C. ss. 8621 et seq.(b) “Home energy” means a source of heating or cooling in residential dwellings.(c) “Utility” means any pers…

Fla. Stat. § 409.509 Definitions; weatherization of low-income residences

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As used in this act, the term:(1) “Community action agency” means a private corporation or public agency established pursuant to the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, Pub. L. No. 88-452, which is authorized to administer funds from federal, state, local, or private funding entiti…

Fla. Stat. § 409.5091 Department responsible for weatherizing agencies; energy assessment

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(1) The department is responsible for ensuring that weatherizing agencies comply with state laws and department rules.(2) Before a residence is weatherized, the department shall require that an energy assessment be conducted.History.—s. 3, ch. 91-287.

Fla. Stat. § 409.5093 Replacement agency

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If any area of the state has no designated weatherization agency as a result of withdrawal or loss of designation by departmental action, a replacement agency or agencies may be selected following a process delineated by federal and state law, regulations, and rules.History.—s. 5…

Fla. Stat. § 409.810 Short title

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Sections 409.810-409.821 may be cited as the “Florida Kidcare Act.”History.—ss. 32, 57, ch. 98-288; s. 22, ch. 2003-405; s. 1, ch. 2009-113.

Fla. Stat. § 409.811 Definitions relating to Florida Kidcare Act

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As used in ss. 409.810-409.821, the term:(1) “Actuarially equivalent” means that:(a) The aggregate value of the benefits included in health benefits coverage is equal to the value of the benefits in the benchmark benefit plan; and(b) The benefits included in health benefits cover…

Fla. Stat. § 409.812 Program created; purpose

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The Florida Kidcare program is created to provide a defined set of health benefits to uninsured, low-income children through the establishment of a variety of affordable health benefits coverage options from which families may select coverage and through which families may contri…

Fla. Stat. § 409.813 Health benefits coverage; program components; entitlement and nonentitlement

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(1) The Florida Kidcare program includes health benefits coverage provided to children through the following program components, which shall be marketed as the Florida Kidcare program:(a) Medicaid;(b) Medikids as created in s. 409.8132;(c) The Florida Healthy Kids Corporation as …