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State Children’s Health Insurance Program

Phase 1 Effective Date: April 1, 1998

Revised: 1/26/98, 2/19/98, 3/3/98, 3/6/98 Phase 2 Effective Date: July 1, 1998

Revised: 8/20/98, 8/24/98, 10/1/99, 7/28/00, 1/31/01, 7/02/02, 7/22/02, 1/3/03, 2/13/04, 9/27/04, 11/15/04, 8/11/05, 10/1/06, 7/1/09, 7/1/10, 7/1/11, 7/1/12 38 driver/passenger safety, violence prevention, and to promote healthy life styles such as healthy nutrition and increased physical activity to prevent obesity and related chronic diseases; • Identifying health and safety concerns in the school environment, and • Administering medications. In addition, Full Service Schools provide additional services, such as: • Nutritional Services, • Economic services, • Job training, • Parenting classes, • Delinquency counseling, • Counseling for abused children, and • Mental health and substance abuse counseling.

Registered school nurses provide services that range from first aid, nursing assessment, health care planning and complex medical procedures to medication administration, health counseling, and health screening, referral and follow-up. They also provide case management to ensure that students access needed health and social services that enable them to remain in school or, in the case of pregnant and parenting students, return to school after delivery.

Health Care Providers Services are provided by registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, , advanced registered nurse practitioners, social workers, and health asides who are trained to provide health services under the delegation and supervision of the registered nurses.. The services are provided in school, clinics, classrooms and collocated full service school service centers.

Funding Sources Florida’s Comprehensive and Full Service School Health Services programs are funded with state general revenue and additionally by Federal Title XXI dollars. In some counties, program participants have entered into partnerships with other public (such as county government) and private organizations. The programs do not receive any third-party insurance payments for services provided. A very small amount of Title XIX Medicaid funds, approximately $ 250,000 in calendar year 2010, have been billed for basic school health services under the County Health Department Certified Matching Program for school nursing services. This amounts to approximately 1% of