Tag: Restraint And Seclusion
Greater Oversight Needed at Facilities for Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
August 15, 2012
Elizabeth Dudek, Secretary
Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
2727 Mahan Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32308
John H.…
Safer Schools
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Current restraint and seclusion law in Florida requires that each school district develop and implement a plan to prevent and reduce use of…
Lawsuit Seeks to End Unnecessary Seclusion and Restraint and Improve Inadequate Treatment
Friday, May 20, 2011
Florida Institutional Legal Services, a public interest law firm that represents people institutionalized in Florida, and Disability Rights Florida, Florida’s protection and advocacy system for…
New Protections against Abusive Restraint and Seclusion of Students with Disabilities to Become Law on July 1, 2010
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
The Florida legislature’s first enactment of law to address widespread concern about the use of seclusion and restraint on students with disabilities in public school…
New Protections against Abusive Restraint and Seclusion of Students with Disabilities Pass the House and Senate and Head to the Governor's Desk
Monday, May 03, 2010
This effort, sponsored by Senator Andy Gardiner and Representatives Dorothy Hukill and Marcelo Llorente, represents the Florida legislature’s first enactment of law that addresses widespread…
