The Florida Senate

SB 396: Human Rights Advocacy Councils

GENERAL BILL by Forman

Human Rights Advocacy Councils; redesignates Statewide Human Rights Advocacy Committee as Statewide Human Rights Advocacy Council; redesignates district human rights advocacy committees as local human rights advocacy councils & provides for additional local councils to be established; provides for local councils to monitor activities of, & investigate complaints against, CFS Dept.; conforms terminology to changes made by act, etc. Amends FS.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  12/1/1997	Senate	• Prefiled
  12/16/1997	Senate	• Referred to Children, Families and Seniors
  1/26/1998	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors, 02/03/98, 2:30 pm, Room-A(LL-37)
  2/3/1998	Senate	• Comm. Action:-Favorable by Children, Families and Seniors
  2/5/1998	Senate	• Placed on Calendar
  3/3/1998	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Children, Families and Seniors -SJ 00030; On Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors, 02/03/98, 2:30 pm, Room-A(LL-37); Comm. Action:-Favorable by Children, Families and Seniors -SJ 00007; Placed on Calendar -SJ 00008
  5/1/1998	Senate	• Died on Calendar

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• SB 396, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/23/1997 at 2:09 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Children, Families and Seniors (Post-Meeting) 12/17/1997 (pdf)

  Related Bills (4)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 1985 (c1)	Human Rights Advocacy Councils	Lynn	Similar	Last Action: 5/1/1998 S Died in Committee on Children, Families and Seniors Location:
  H 1983	Human Rights Committees	Children & Family Empowerment	Compare	Last Action: 5/1/1998 H Died in Committee on Family Law & Children (JC) Location:
  H 4709 (e1)	Human Rights Advocacy Committees	Lynn	Compare	Last Action: 5/1/1998 S Died in Messages Location:
  S 394	Human Rights Committees	Forman	Compare	Last Action: 5/1/1998 S Died on Calendar Location:

  Citations - Statutes (22)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  393.13	Personal treatment of persons who are developmentally disabled.
  394.459	Rights of patients.
  394.4595	Human Rights Advocacy Committee access to patients and records.
  394.4597	Persons to be notified; patient's representative.
  394.4598	Guardian advocate.
  394.4599	Notice.
  394.4615	Clinical records; confidentiality.
  400.0067	Establishment of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Council; duties; membership.
  400.0089	Agency reports.
  400.419	Violations; penalties.
  400.428	Resident bill of rights.
  402.165	Statewide Human Rights Advocacy Committee; confidential records and meetings.
  402.166	District human rights advocacy committees; confidential records and meetings.
  402.167	Department duties relating to the Statewide Human Rights Advocacy Committee and the District Human Rights Advocacy Committees.
  415.1034	Mandatory reporting of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of disabled adults or elderly persons; mandatory reports of death.
  415.104	Protective services investigations of cases of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of aged persons or disabled adults; transmittal of records to state attorney.
  415.1055	Notification to administrative entities, subjects, and reporters; notification to law enforcement and state attorneys.
  415.106	Cooperation by the department and criminal justice and other agencies.
  415.107	Confidentiality of reports and records.
  415.501	Prevention of abuse and neglect of children; state plan.
  415.505	Child protective investigations; institutional child abuse or neglect investigations.
  415.51	Confidentiality of reports and records in cases of child abuse or neglect.

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