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The 2003 Florida Statutes

Title XXX
SOCIAL WELFARE
Chapter 409
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Section 409.813, Florida Statutes 2003

409.813  Program components; entitlement and nonentitlement.--The Florida Kidcare program includes health benefits coverage provided to children through:

(1)  Medicaid;

(2)  Medikids as created in s. 409.8132;

(3)  The Florida Healthy Kids Corporation as created in s. 624.91;

(4)  Employer-sponsored group health insurance plans approved under ss. 409.810-409.820; and

(5)  The Children's Medical Services network established in chapter 391.

Except for coverage under the Medicaid program, coverage under the Florida Kidcare program is not an entitlement. No cause of action shall arise against the state, the department, the Department of Children and Family Services, or the agency for failure to make health services available to any person under ss. 409.810-409.820.

History.--ss. 35, 57, ch. 98-288; s. 22, ch. 2003-405.