FL S1946

Creates a student evaluation program within the Florida Department of Health to fund evaluations of students preparing for practitioner licensure who have or are suspected of having impairments that could affect their ability to practice safely

Eligibility requires the student to be enrolled in a Florida school or program preparing for licensure, referred by the school to a consultant, and determined by the school to have a financial hardship (unemployed, receiving public assistance, income at or below 150% of the federal poverty level, or lacking insurance to fully cover the evaluation)

Consultants must redact students' personal identifying information before forwarding evaluation invoices to the Department of Health, which then pays the evaluator directly

Consultants must submit monthly reports to the department including the number of students evaluated, evaluation costs, and program participation status, with no personal identifying information included

Funding comes from the Medical Quality Assurance Trust Fund through legislative appropriation, and the program must cease operations for the remainder of a fiscal year if funding is exhausted