27707388, 65E-9.002 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 27707388

Notice of Development of Rulemaking

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Division:

Mental Health Program

Chapter:

Licensure of Residential Treatment Centers

Overview

RULE:

65E-9.002	Definitions
65E-9.006	Program Standards
65E-9.007	Staffing

PURPOSE:

Updates definitions, terms of art, 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 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:

Human trafficking and regulatory burdens.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

394.875(8) FS.

LAW:

394.875 FS.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

10/27/2023 Vol. 49/210

RELATED STATUTES
AND LAWS:

394.875(8) FS., 394.875 FS.

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE:

Joint Administrative Procedures Committee
Florida Administrative Law Central Online Network (F.A.L.C.O.N.)

RELATED COURT CASES:

Division of Administrative Hearings

FEDERAL eRULEMAKING
WEB PORTAL:

Regulations.gov

HOW TO LINK TO
THIS NOTICE:

http://www.flrules.org/gateway/ruleno.asp?id=65E-9.002&PDate=10/27/2023&Section=1

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

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