SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. HB 2125, 2nd Eng.

    Amendment No. ___

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11  Senator Diaz-Balart moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 42, between lines 19 and 20,

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17         Section 11.  Paragraph (g) in subsection (6) of section

18  409.176, Florida Statutes, is created to read:

19         409.176  Registration of residential child-caring

20  agencies and family foster homes.--

21         (6)  Each child served by a Type II facility shall be

22  covered by a written contract, executed at the time of

23  admission or prior thereto, between the facility and the

24  parent, legal guardian, or person having legal custody of the

25  child. Such person shall be given a copy of the contract at

26  the time of its execution, and the facility shall retain the

27  original contract. Each contract shall:

28         (a)  Enumerate the basic services and accommodations

29  provided by the facility.

30         (b)  State that the facility is a Type II facility.

31         (c)  Contain the address and telephone number of the

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  1  qualified association.

  2         (d)  Specify the charges, if any, to the parent, legal

  3  guardian, or person having legal custody of the child.

  4         (e)  Contain a clear statement regarding disciplinary

  5  procedures.

  6         (f)  State that the goal of the facility is to return

  7  the child it serves to the parent, legal guardian, or person

  8  having legal custody of the child, within 1 year from the time

  9  the child enters the facility.

10         (g)  Authorize the facility administrator or his or her

11  designee to consent to routine and emergency medical care on

12  behalf of the parent, legal guardian, or person having legal

13  custody of the child, provided the facility administrator

14  shall immediately notify the parent, legal guardian, or person

15  having legal custody of the child of medical care being

16  provided on their behalf. Authorization of this power shall be

17  granted only upon the separate consent in the contract of the

18  parent, legal guardian, or person having legal custody of the

19  child.

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21  A copy of the contract signed by the parent, legal guardian,

22  or person having legal custody of the child shall be filed

23  with the qualified association within 10 days after the child

24  enters the facility.

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26  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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30  And the title is amended as follows:

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  2         amending s. 409.176, F.S.; authorizing the

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  4         to routine and emergency medical care within

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