Florida Senate - 2015 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS/HB 7013, 1st Eng.
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Floor: WD/2R .
04/08/2015 05:52 PM .
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Senator Stargel moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
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3 Between lines 516 and 517
4 insert:
5 (19)(a) A private child-placing agency is not required to
6 perform, assist in, recommend, consent to, or participate in the
7 placement of a child or to facilitate the licensure of a family
8 foster home when the proposed placement or licensure would
9 violate the agency’s written religious or moral convictions or
10 policies.
11 (b) The department may not deny an application for, deny
12 the renewal of, or revoke the license of a private child-placing
13 agency, or the license of a family foster home or residential
14 child-caring agency affiliated with a private child-placing
15 agency, because of the refusal of the private child-placing
16 agency to perform, assist in, recommend, consent to, or
17 participate in the placement of a child or to facilitate the
18 licensure of a family foster home which violates the agency’s
19 written religious or moral convictions or policies.
20 (c) The state or a local government or community-based care
21 lead agency may not withhold a grant, contract, or participation
22 in a government program from a licensed private child-placing
23 agency, or from a family foster home or residential child-caring
24 agency affiliated with a private child-placing agency, because
25 of the refusal of the private child-placing agency to perform,
26 assist in, recommend, consent to, or participate in the
27 placement of a child or to facilitate the licensure of a family
28 foster home which violates the agency’s written religious or
29 moral convictions or policies.
30 (d) Refusal of a private child-placing agency to perform,
31 assist in, recommend, consent to, or participate in the
32 placement of a child or to facilitate the licensure of a family
33 foster home which violates the agency’s written religious or
34 moral convictions or policies does not provide the basis for a
35 claim for injunctive relief or compensatory or punitive damages
36 against such private child-placing agency or any operator,
37 owner, or personnel thereof.
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40 And the directory clause is amended as follows:
41 Delete line 491
42 and insert:
43 Section 8. Subsections (18) and (19) are added to section
44 409.175,
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47 And the title is amended as follows:
48 Delete line 77
49 and insert:
50 records containing specified information; providing
51 that a private child-placing agency is not required to
52 place a child or be involved in the placement of a
53 child or to facilitate the licensure of a foster home
54 which would violate the agency’s written religious or
55 moral convictions or policies; prohibiting the
56 Department of Children and Families from taking
57 actions related to licensure based on the agency’s
58 refusal to place a child or be involved in the
59 placement of a child or to facilitate the licensure of
60 a foster home which violates the agency’s written
61 religious or moral convictions or policies;
62 prohibiting certain entities from withholding grants,
63 contracts, or participation in government programs
64 from a private child-placing agency or affiliated
65 agencies or homes based on the agency’s refusal to
66 place a child or be involved in the placement of a
67 child or the licensure of a foster home which violates
68 the agency’s written religious or moral convictions or
69 policies; providing that such refusal does not provide
70 the basis for a claim for injunctive relief or
71 compensatory or punitive damages; providing an