The Florida Senate

SB 2288: Child Welfare [SPSC]

GENERAL BILL by Storms

Child Welfare [SPSC]; Adds family-centered practice to the principles upon which the child protection system should be based. Requires the DCFS to permanently keep all records of child abuse, abandonment, and neglect which relate to services provided to the child. Provides for a safety assessment as part of child protective investigations. Revises provisions relating to an injunction to protect a child. Requires the petition to be verified, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/26/2009	Senate	• Filed
  3/10/2009	Senate	• Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Criminal Justice; Health and Human Services Appropriations; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means -SJ 00181
  3/19/2009	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 00181
  5/2/2009	Senate	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to HB 381 (Ch. 2009-43), CS/CS/SB 126 (Ch. 2009-34)

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• SB 2288, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/26/2009 at 5:49 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (5)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 381 (e1)		Thompson	Compare	Last Action: 5/20/2009 Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2009-43; See also CS/CS/SB 126 (Ch. 2009-34) Location:
  H 7097 (e2)	Health and Human Services Contracts	Aubuchon	Compare	Last Action: 5/2/2009 S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Messages Location:
  S 126 (e1)		Dockery	Compare	Last Action: 5/14/2009 Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2009-34; See also HB 381 (Ch. 2009-43) Location:
  S 1638	Foster Care/Community-based [WPSC]	Gelber	Compare	Last Action: 5/2/2009 S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Location:
  S 1666 (c2)	Health and Human Service Contracts [WPSC]	Peaden	Compare	Last Action: 5/2/2009 S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means Location:

  Citations - Statutes (22)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  39.001	Purposes and intent; personnel standards and screening.
  39.01	Definitions.
  39.0121	Specific rulemaking authority.
  39.013	Procedures and jurisdiction; right to counsel.
  39.202	Confidentiality of reports and records in cases of child abuse or neglect.
  39.301	Initiation of protective investigations.
  39.311	Establishment of Family Builders Program.
  39.312	Goals.
  39.313	Contracting of services.
  39.314	Eligibility for Family Builders Program services.
  39.315	Delivery of Family Builders Program services.
  39.316	Qualifications of Family Builders Program workers.
  39.317	Outcome evaluation.
  39.318	Funding.
  39.320
  39.321
  39.322
  39.323
  39.504	Injunction pending disposition of petition; penalty.
  39.823	Guardian advocates for drug dependent newborns.
  409.1451	Independent living transition services.
  409.1671	Foster care and related services; outsourcing.

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