LibGuides: Florida Estate Planning by Leesha Newkirk-Crouch: Administrative Law

Florida Agencies

Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
Agency governing your health care.

The Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) champions accessible, affordable, quality health care for all Floridians. AHCA is committed to providing the best quality service to citizens.

Whether you're a consumer, health care provider, practitioner, or researcher, you will find important and useful materials including: health facility regulation, long term care services, managed health care, Medicaid services, statistics, certificates of need, complaint and information call center, and more!

Estate Planning is based on stautory law; therefore, there are not specific agencies in Florida that govern the process. Below are helpful agencies.

Health Care Administration
Agency governs Advanced Directives.
Florida Department of Health
Agency governing Medical Professionals.

Business functions of DOH:

1.Identify, diagnose, and conduct surveillance of diseases and health conditions in the state, accumulating health statistics necessary to establish trends.
2.Implement interventions that prevent or limit the impact or spread of diseases and health conditions.
3.Collect, manage, and analyze vital statistics and other health data to inform and formulate public health policy and planning.
4.Maintain and coordinate preparedness for and responses to public health emergencies in the state.
5.Provide or assure the provision of quality health and related services to identified populations in the state.
6.Regulate environmental activities that have a direct impact on public health in the state.
7.Regulate health practitioners, to the extent authorized by the legislature, as necessary for the preservation of the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
Florida Bar
Agency governing your estate planning attorney.

"One of the primary purposes of The Florida Bar is to ensure the highest standards of professionalism in the practice of law for the benefit of members and the public."
Florida Department of Revenue
The Florida Department of Revenue has three primary lines of business:

•Administers tax law for 32 taxes and fees, processing nearly $34 billion, $4 billion for other agencies, and 8.5 million tax filings annually.
•Collects and distributes over $1.6 billion annually in child support payments on behalf of nearly one million children.
•Oversees property tax administration involving 9.9 million parcels of property worth nearly $1.8 trillion.
Internal Revenue Service
Federal agency governing taxes.
National Association of Estate Planning and Council
"The National Association of Estate Planners & Councils (NAEPC) is a national organization of professional estate planners and affiliated estate planning councils focused on establishing and monitoring the highest professional and educational standards. NAEPC fosters public awareness of the quality services rendered by professionals who meet these standards. NAEPC builds a team approach involving cross-professional disciplines to better serve the public's need in estate planning."
Office of Financial Regulation
"The Office of Financial Regulation is responsible for supervising state-chartered banks, credit unions, savings associations, and international bank agencies, and licenses and regulates non-depository finance companies and the securities industry. The office defends the public from investment and securities fraud, and protects Florida's citizens against entities that violate state laws and rules."
Financial Services
"The Chief Financial Officer is the constitutional statewide elected official who manages the state's accounting and auditing functions, monitors the investment of state funds, investigates financial fraud, licenses and exercises oversight of insurance agents and agencies, ensures that Florida businesses have workers' compensation coverage, safeguards unclaimed property, helps consumers with financial services issues and serves as the state fire marshal, investigating arson and promoting fire safety."

Organizations Related to Wills and Testament Law

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American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys

"The American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys is an exclusive, membership organization that serves the needs of estate planning attorneys and law firms nationwide. Since 1993, we have been dedicated to promoting excellence in estate planning by providing our attorneys with comprehensive document creation software, up-to-date research on estate and tax planning matters and exceptional educational training materials."
Living Trust Network - Last Wills and Testaments

"In this section, we'll describe a LastWill and Testament in detail, including the requirements for a Last Will and Testament, when you should make a Last Will and Testament, and what a Last Will and Testament can and cannot do for you and your loved ones."
National Association of Estate Planners and Councils (NAEPC)

"The National Association of Estate Planners & Councils (NAEPC) is a national organization of professional estate planners and affiliated Estate Planning Councils focused on establishing and monitoring the highest professional and educational standards. NAEPC fosters public awareness of the quality services rendered by professionals who meet these standards. NAEPC builds a team approach involving cross-professional disciplines to better serve the public’s need in estate planning."
National Institute of Certified Estate Planners (NICEP)

"Our mission is to educate, promote, and support financial, legal, and tax professionals who understand the needs of estate planning, enabling them to work together as a team to bring to every client a custom tailored estate plan which is designed to preserve, protect, and pass on that individual's estate to whom they want, when they want, and how they want, and that also gives that client the peace of mind that comes from knowing their estate will be managed during their lifetime as they have directed even should they become incapacitated. We believe every American adult should have an estate plan that allows these goals to be accomplished in the most efficient manner available under the law, and that minimizes costs both now and in the future."