Florida Senate - 2013 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 966
Barcode 778008
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Senator Bean moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 2284 and 2285
4 insert:
5 Section 54. Paragraph (e) of subsection (5) of section
6 409.175, Florida Statutes, is amended to read
7 409.175 Licensure of family foster homes, residential
8 child-caring agencies, and child-placing agencies; public
9 records exemption.—
10 (5)
11 (e) The department shall not adopt rules which:
12 1. Interfere with a caregiver’s authority to use the
13 reasonable and prudent parent standard, as defined in s.
14 39.4091(2)(c), as created by chapter 2013-21, Laws of Florida,
15 to select a child care provider for the caregiver’s foster
16 child, including a child care provider that is exempt from
17 licensure under s. 402.316, if the child care provider is
18 accredited by an accrediting association that has written
19 accreditation standards that meet or exceed the state’s
20 licensing requirements under s. 402.305, s. 402.3131, or s.
21 402.313 and require at least one onsite visit to the child care
22 provider before accreditation is granted and complies with the
23 reporting requirements of the Rilya Wilson Act,s 39.604; or
24 2. Interfere with the free exercise of religion or which
25 regulate religious instruction or teachings in any child-caring
26 or child-placing home or agency.;
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28 However, this paragraph does not nothing herein shall be
29 construed to allow religious instruction or teachings that are
30 inconsistent with the health, safety, or well-being of any
31 child; with public morality; or with the religious freedom of
32 children, parents, or legal guardians who place their children
33 in such homes or agencies.
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36 And the title is amended as follows:
37 Delete line 199
38 and insert:
39 screening provisions; amending s. 409.175, F.S.;
40 prohibiting the department from adopting rules that
41 interfere with a caregiver’s selection from among
42 certain child care providers for a foster child;
43 amending s. 409.9122, F.S.;