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11 Senator Diaz-Balart moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 45. 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
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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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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
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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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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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5 immediately notify the parent, legal guardian,
6 or persons with legal custody of the child;
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