Title: Applied Behavior Analysis Services

Summary: Revising the definition of the term "clinic" to exempt certain groups of individuals providing applied behavior analysis services from health care clinic licensure requirements; revising the definition of the term "private instructional personnel" to include certain registered behavior technicians, etc.

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An act relating to applied behavior analysis services; amending s. 400.9905, F.S.; revising the definition of the term  clinic  to exempt certain groups of individuals providing applied behavior analysis services from health care clinic licensure requirements; amending s. 1003.572, F.S.; revising the definition of the term  private instructional personnel  to include certain registered behavior technicians; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Present paragraphs (o), (p), and (q) of subsection (4) of section 400.9905, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as paragraphs (p), (q), and (r), respectively, and a new paragraph (o) is added to that subsection, to read: 400.9905 Definitions.  (4) Clinic  means an entity where health care services are provided to individuals and which tenders charges for reimbursement for such services, including a mobile clinic and a portable equipment provider. As used in this part, the term does not include and the licensure requirements of this part do not apply to: (o)  A group of individuals who are certified under s. 393.17 or licensed under chapter or chapter and are employed by or under contract with a group practice, a billing provider, or an agency that provides applied behavior analysis services as defined in ss. 627.6686 a nd 641.31098. Notwithstanding this subsection, an entity shall be deemed a clinic and must be licensed under this part in order to receive reimbursement under the Florida Motor Vehicle No-Fault Law, ss. 627.730-627.7405, unless exempted under s. 627.736(5)(h). Section 2. Present paragraphs (b) through (f) of subsection (1) of section 1003.572, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as paragraphs (c) through (g), respectively, and a new paragraph (b) is added to that subsection, to read: 1003.572 Collaboration of public and private instructional personnel.  (1) As used in this section, the term  private instructional personnel  means: (b)  Registered behavior technicians who have a nationally recognized paraprofessional certification in behavior analysis and who practice under the supervision of an individual described in paragraph (a),assisting and supporting such individual in the provision of applied behavior analysis services. Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.