Florida Dept of Health, Brain & Spinal Cord Injury Registry

AKA:

BSCIP

Description:

*Provides eligible Florida residents who sustain a traumatic brain or spinal cord injury the opportunity to obtain the necessary services that will optimize their level of functioning
*Case management, rehabilitation, transitional living, assistive technology, mobility aids, daily living aids, home and vehicle modifications, nursing home transition facilitation, long-term supports and resource referral services for those with or affected by brain or spinal cord injuries
*Florida Statutes requires that all hospitals, attending physicians, public, private, or social agencies refer all new traumatic moderate-to-severe brain or spinal cord injuries to the Central Registry, anyone who was not referred by a medical professional may self refer by calling into the Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program's (BSCIP) Central Registry toll free number or faxing in to the central registry using the form found on the website at http://www.floridahealth.gov/provider-and-partner-resources/brain-and-spinal-cord-injury-program/_documents/appendix-d-central-registry-form.pdf
*The program is funded by the Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program Trust Fund and general revenue and provides cost of care for TBI and SCI survivors as a payor of last resort (free of charge)

Intake Process:

*Florida Statutes requires that all hospitals, attending physicians, public, private, or social agencies refer all new traumatic moderate-to-severe brain or spinal cord injuries to the Central Registry, anyone who was not referred by a medical professional may self refer by calling into the Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program's (BSCIP) Central Registry toll free number or faxing in to the central registry using the form found on the website at http://www.floridahealth.gov/provider-and-partner-resources/brain-and-spinal-cord-injury-program/_documents/appendix-d-central-registry-form.pdf

Program Fees:

None

Eligibility:

Survivors of TBI and SCI who meet the requirements: FL resident, being discharged home (not institutionalized), and having a moderate-to-severe level of injury

Handicap Accessible?

Yes

Is Shelter?

No

Related Resource

Date of Official Change:

April 11, 2024

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