FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS florida resource guide

SECTION 6PreventionFlorida providesa statewidesystematic structurefor reducing theimpact of prenatalsubstance abuse.The Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA)AHCA administers Medicaid funding to provide diagnostic andmedical care for individuals determined eligible for Medicaid. AllMedicaid eligible children qualify for a well child evaluation thatincludes a behavioral health screen.Reducing the Effects of Prenatal Substance Abusein FloridaFlorida’s system of care for families affected by prenatal drug abuse:▪ Requires that all health care workers paid with state funds assess thetobacco, alcohol, and other drug use history of all the women ofchild bearing age for whom they provide care (64F-4, F.A.C.).▪ Assures universal prenatal care for women in Florida (s.383.011,F.S.).▪ Provides a hotline to assist women having problems accessing prenatalcare or alcohol and other drug abuse treatment. Call 800-451-2229(451-BABY).▪ Requires that communities develop a coordinated, transdiciplinaryresponse to these families’ needs (Letter of Agreement between theDepartment of Health and Department of Children and Families).▪ Requires that all pregnant women will be screened for tobacco,alcohol, and other drug use. Women who use these drugs areoffered Healthy Start care coordination and enhanced services.▪ Offers families of children born prenatally drug exposed intensivecare coordination services, home visiting, education on the uniqueparenting skills needed, links with needed services, and support forsteps in drug abuse abstinence (s. 383.14, F.S., 64F-4, F.A.C., HealthyStart Standards and Guidelines, and the County Health DepartmentGuidebook, Maternal Health Technical Assistance Guidelines).▪ Provides, through the Regional Perinatal Intensive Care Centers,obstetrical services to women identified as having high-riskpregnancies and neonatal intensive care services to critically ill orlow birth weight babies at designated centers in Florida.▪ Offers smoking cessation programs for the pregnant woman andothers in her home, and nicotine patches to other smokers in thehome as part of the enhanced services.▪ Requires drug treatment programs and county health departmentsreceiving state or federal funds to give priority to pregnant andpostpartum women and to accept the children with the motherwhen requested by the mother (64F-4, F.A.C.).52 FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS florida resource guide