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What You Need to Know Cartwright, Esq., Elder and Estate Planning Attorneys PA,

Before Your Child 480 Maplewood Drive, Suite 3, Jupiter, FL 33458.

The content of this article is general and should not be
Leaves for College relied upon without review of your specific circumstances by
competent legal counsel. Reliance on the information herein
By Anné Desormier- is at your own risk, as it expresses no opinion by the firm
Cartwright, Esq. on your specific circumstances or legal needs. An attorney
Before your child leaves client relationship is not created through the information
for college, most of us provided herein.
create a to-do list of things To comply with the U.S. Treasury regulations, we must
we must do to prepare the inform you that (i) any U.S. federal tax advice contained
offspring for college life — in this newsletter was not intended or written to be used,
things like sheets, pillows, and cannot be used, by any person for the purpose of
shower curtain, towels, small avoiding U.S. federal tax penalties that may be imposed As Florida’s leading academic health system for more than
refrigerator, etc. Something on such person and (ii) each taxpayer should seek advice 50 years, and one of the largest hospitals in America, TGH
you may not realize is your from their tax advisor based on the taxpayer’s particular combines education, research, and clinical care that leverages
child is now an adult and you circumstances. cutting-edge technologies and deploys innovative approaches
no longer have access to medical information unless you to provide next-generation therapies and treatment.
are named in documents by your child. What if your child Changing the Landscape: One TGH program that exemplifies the use of innovative
is involved in an accident or is away on a trip and becomes technology and innovation to measurably improve patient
very ill? Who has access to your adult child’s medical How TGH Is Leading care is CareComm. Launched in 2019, CareComm utilizes
records? Who can make decisions for them? Health Care Innovation and 20 artificial intelligence applications to ensure the most
1. Have a designation of health care surrogate for efficient use of its staff and resources. The system helps
your child. Children may not want their parents to know Improving Patient Care coordinate the various departments and personnel across
what their medical situation is but, in an emergency, most the hospital to reallocate staff, adjust rotations, keep
would. Consider talking to your children about designating Tampa General Hospital (TGH) serves as an economic communication open, and prevent the siloing of patients
you as their health care decision maker. In Florida, you engine, entrepreneurial focal point, and academic center of and their treatment.
can create a document that allows you to make decisions excellence driving innovation across Tampa Bay and beyond. Within the first two years of its launch, CareComm
if your child is not able to make a decision. Although there reduced the length of hospital stays by half a day, removed
are statutes that govern the order of who can make the 20,000 excess days, and generated $40 million in savings
decisions, it will take time to track down who the parents by eliminating redundancies and other inefficiencies.
are and, more importantly, each has the right to decide. If the Additionally, the program has helped TGH operate at
parents are divorced, it may be best to give one that priority maximum occupancy, decreased the average length of
in the document so there is not conflict should emergency stays from 6.2 to 5.7 days, and reduced emergency room
decisions need to be made. It is best to discuss these matters diversion by 25 percent for the Level I Trauma Center. These
with your child. improvements equate to 30 beds of additional capacity.
2. Access to medical information. Unless your name is Most of all, it means patients are receiving more effective,
on the medical release form giving you the right to medical efficient care.
information, you will have no access to that information. Within the past year, TGH further scaled this technology to
You should have a discussion with your college-bound child develop an early warning and management system for sepsis,
about allowing you to be named on a HIPAA release form,
which gives written consent for doctors to discuss the child’s Lifestyles on page 19
medical situation with you at any time. This form can be
faxed or emailed to a provider when there is an emergency.
3. Financial powers. Children may not want their
parents to have access to financial records like bank
accounts. However, there are options like a limited
financial power of attorney. Unlike health care surrogate
designations, durable power of attorneys, even if limited,
are effective immediately upon signing per Florida law.
4. Access to college information. Children may not want
their parents to have access to grades, disciplinary actions,
and the like. If you are paying for college, you still do not
have the automatic right to information about your child’s
academic career. There are both state and federal laws that
give rights to a parent if certain forms are signed. This is
authorized under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy
Act (FERPA). In order to access the appropriate forms under
FERPA, call 1-800-USA-LEARN (1-800-872-5327) for
more information.
If you want help with preparing the necessary documents
for making health care decisions and access to financial
matters, please contact us.
If you have questions about this or your estate plan and
what documents are necessary, schedule a free consultation
today by calling our office at 561-694-7827, Anné Desormier-

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