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Florida Today Our views: Foster kid alert Sanction doctors, child workers who ignore rules in prescribing psychiatric drugs A new study of doctors’ and caseworkers’ compliance with legal rules when foster kids in Florida are prescribed mental-health drugs, such as … Continue reading →

Florida Today ASSOCIATED PRESS TALLAHASSEE — A new report says proper authorization was not obtained for 16 percent of Florida foster children taking antidepressants and other prescribed psychotropic drugs. Florida Department of Children and Families Secretary George Sheldon ordered the … Continue reading →