Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (469062) for SB 7034
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/04/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Garcia) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (574824) 
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    3         Delete lines 408 - 429
    4  and insert:
    5         (3) ELIGIBILITY.—The department shall apply the following
    6  eligibility criteria if specific funding is provided, and the
    7  associated applicable eligibility criteria are identified, in
    8  the General Appropriations Act:
    9         (a) Infants and toddlers are eligible for an evaluation to
   10  determine the presence of a developmental disability or the risk
   11  of a developmental delay based on a physical or medical
   12  condition.
   13         (b) Infants and toddlers determined to have a developmental
   14  delay based on informed clinical opinion and an evaluation using
   15  a standard evaluation instrument which results in a score that
   16  is 1.5 standard deviations from the mean in two or more of the
   17  following domains: physical, cognitive, communication, social or
   18  emotional, and adaptive.
   19         (c) Infants and toddlers determined to have a developmental
   20  delay based on informed clinical opinion and an evaluation using
   21  a standard evaluation instrument which results in a score that
   22  is 2.0 standard deviations from the mean in one of the following
   23  domains: physical, cognitive, communication, social or
   24  emotional, and adaptive.
   25         (d) Infants and toddlers determined to have a developmental
   26  delay based on informed clinical opinion and an evaluation using
   27  a standard evaluation instrument which results in a score that
   28  is 1.5 standard deviations from the mean in one or more of the
   29  following domains: physical, cognitive, communication, social or
   30  emotional, and adaptive.
   31         (e) Infants and toddlers determined to have a developmental
   32  delay based on informed clinical opinion.
   33         (f) Infants and toddlers at risk of developmental delay
   34  based on an established condition known to result in
   35  developmental delay, or a physical or mental condition known to
   36  create a risk of developmental delay.