Florida Statute 20.42 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title IV
EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Chapter 20
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

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20.42 Agency for Health Care Administration.—

(1) There is created a department that, notwithstanding the provisions of s. 20.04(1), shall be called the Agency for Health Care Administration.

(2) The head of the department is the Secretary of Health Care Administration, who shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. The secretary shall serve at the pleasure of and report to the Governor.

(3) The department shall be the chief health policy and planning entity for the state. The department is responsible for health facility licensure, inspection, and regulatory enforcement; investigation of consumer complaints related to health care facilities and managed care plans; the implementation of the certificate of need program; the operation of the Florida Center for Health Information and Transparency; the administration of the Medicaid program; the administration of the contracts with the Florida Healthy Kids Corporation; the certification of health maintenance organizations and prepaid health clinics as set forth in part III of chapter 641; and any other duties prescribed by statute or agreement. The department is the lead agency responsible for the regulation of hospices, assisted living facilities, adult day care centers, and adult family-care homes.

History.—s. 1, ch. 92-33; s. 2, ch. 93-129; s. 3, ch. 94-218; s. 10, ch. 96-403; s. 2, ch. 97-92; s. 1, ch. 98-89; s. 8, ch. 2000-209; s. 2, ch. 2000-305; s. 6, ch. 2006-261; s. 10, ch. 2016-234; s. 3, ch. 2019-11.

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Agency for Health Care v. Assoc. Indus., 678 So. 2d 1239 (Fla. 1996).

Cited 52 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...there cannot be more than twenty-five executive departments in existence at any time. The legislature created the Agency in 1992. That act reads as follows: Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Effective July 1, 1992, section 20.42, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 20.42 Agency for Health Care Administration.There is created the Agency for Health Care Administration within the Department of Professional Regulation....

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Grabau v. Dept. of Health, Bd. of Psycho., 816 So. 2d 701 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2002 WL 649062

...PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Before July 1, 1997, the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) was the state agency charged with regulating the practice of psychology. Department, the appellee, is now charged with such regulation and was substituted as a party in this case. § 20.42-.43, Fla....

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Albertson's, Inc. v. Florida Dep't of Prof'l Reg., 658 So. 2d 134 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 7344, 1995 WL 405278

Rehabilitative Services were transferred to the agency. See § 20.42, Fla. Stat. (Supp.1992). In fleshing out the organizational