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Florida Statute 409.016 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 409.016 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 409.016 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
409.016 Definitions.As used in this chapter:
(1) “Commercial sexual exploitation” means the use of any person under the age of 18 years for sexual purposes in exchange for money, goods, or services or the promise of money, goods, or services.
(2) “Department,” unless otherwise specified, means the Department of Children and Families.
(3) “Management functions” means:
(a) Planning, directing, organizing, coordinating, and carrying out oversight duties of the lead agency; or
(b) Contracting for officer or director level staffing in performance of the planning, directing, organizing, coordinating, and carrying out of oversight duties of the lead agency.
(4) “Secretary” means the secretary of the Department of Children and Families.
(5) “Social and economic services,” within the meaning of this chapter, means the providing of financial assistance as well as preventive and rehabilitative social services for children, adults, and families.
History.s. 1, ch. 70-255; s. 2, ch. 78-433; s. 110, ch. 97-101; s. 168, ch. 2014-19; s. 3, ch. 2017-23; s. 18, ch. 2024-183.

Cases Citing F.S. 409.016

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·Newton v. Dep't of Health & Rehabilitative Servs., 598 So. 2d 1078 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 5508, 1992 WL 104620

...Title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations provides that state agencies make the initial disability and blindness determination for the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1503 (1991). In Florida, the state agency designated to make this determination is the Department of HRS. See §§ 409.266(1), 2 409.016(1), 3 Fla.Stat....
...signated as the state agency responsible for the administration of Medicaid funds under Title XIX of the Social Security Act and, to the extent moneys are appropriated, is authorized to provide for payment for medical services to any person who_” .Section 409.016(1) defines “department” as meaning the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, unless otherwise specified....
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In Re the Complaint of Gore Marine Corp., 767 F. Supp. 2d 1316 (M.D. Fla. 2011).

Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 2011 A.M.C. 1951, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13305, 2011 WL 588720

JEROME was not in violation of 33 U.S.C. § 403 or § 409. (16) Failure to Comply with Fla. Stat. § 327.44:

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