SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 730, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Cowin moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 23, between lines 15 and 16,

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17         Section 11.  Present paragraph (c) of subsection (13)

18  of section 409.175, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as

19  paragraph (d) and a new paragraph (c) is added to that

20  subsection to read:

21         409.175  Licensure of family foster homes, residential

22  child-caring agencies, and child-placing agencies.--

23         (13)

24         (c)  In consultation with foster parents, each district

25  or lead agency shall develop a plan for making the completion

26  of the required training as convenient as possible for

27  potential foster parents and emergency-shelter parents. The

28  plan should include, without limitation, such strategies as

29  providing training in nontraditional locations and at

30  nontraditional times. The plan must be revised at least

31  annually and must be included in the information provided to

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 730, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.    





 1  each person applying to become a foster parent or

 2  emergency-shelter parent.

 3         Section 12.  Section 409.1753, Florida Statutes, is

 4  created to read:

 5         409.1753  Foster care; duties.--The department shall

 6  ensure that, within each district, each foster home is given a

 7  telephone number for the foster parent to call during normal

 8  working hours whenever immediate assistance is needed and the

 9  child's caseworker is unavailable. This number must be staffed

10  and answered by individuals possessing the knowledge and

11  authority necessary to assist foster parents.

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13  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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17  And the title is amended as follows:

18         On page 2, lines 18-24, delete those lines

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21         409.175, F.S.; requiring a plan for

22         streamlining foster parent training; creating

23         s. 409.1753,

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