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HOUSE AMENDMENT
dhs-21 Bill No. CS/CS/HB 855, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Representative(s) Murman offered the following:
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17 Section 11. Section 1 of chapter 99-168, Laws of
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22 And the title is amended as follows:
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24 remove from the title of the bill: all of said lines
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27 A bill to be entitled
28 An act relating to child welfare; amending s.
29 39.201, F.S.; revising confidentiality of
30 recorded central abuse hotline calls relating
31 to child abuse, neglect, or abandonment;
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HOUSE AMENDMENT
dhs-21 Bill No. CS/CS/HB 855, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. (for drafter's use only)
1 providing clarifying language for
2 community-based care providers of foster care
3 and related services; providing circumstances
4 in which an officer or employee of the judicial
5 branch is not required to report child abuse,
6 abandonment, or neglect; amending s. 39.202,
7 F.S.; providing for the inclusion of the child
8 protection team in the list of those to whom an
9 alleged abuse reporter's name may be released;
10 amending s. 39.205, F.S.; exempting judges from
11 prosecution for failure to report; amending s.
12 39.301, F.S.; clarifying language relating to
13 initiation of protective investigations and
14 criminal investigations; clarifying that the
15 age of parents shall be factored into risk
16 assessments; changing certain time
17 requirements; amending s. 39.303, F.S.;
18 specifying additional supportive services to be
19 provided by child protection teams; requiring
20 certain training for medical personnel
21 participating in a child protection team;
22 revising reports of abuse, abandonment, or
23 neglect that must be referred to the Department
24 of Health for supportive services; revising
25 requirements relating to review of certain
26 cases of abuse, abandonment, or neglect and
27 standards for face-to-face medical evaluations
28 by a child protection team; requiring
29 collaboration between certain state agencies
30 relating to reports of child abuse,
31 abandonment, and neglect; amending s. 39.304,
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HOUSE AMENDMENT
dhs-21 Bill No. CS/CS/HB 855, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. (for drafter's use only)
1 F.S.; providing for disposition of
2 investigative photographs of physical abuse
3 injuries and sexual abuse trauma; amending s.
4 39.402, F.S.; clarifying that the court must be
5 informed of identified case plans at shelter
6 hearings; amending s. 383.402, F.S.; deleting a
7 reference to the Kayla McKean Child Protection
8 Act; revising duties of the local child abuse
9 death review committee and district
10 coordinators; amending s. 409.145, F.S.;
11 authorizing the Department of Children and
12 Family Services to provide additional
13 assistance for certain individuals leaving
14 foster care; amending s. 409.1671, F.S.;
15 deleting requirement that the case-transfer
16 process for contracts with community-based
17 agencies for provision of foster care and
18 related services identify closure of protective
19 investigations; requiring a report at the
20 conclusion of the investigation; repealing s.
21 1, ch. 99-168, Laws of Florida, which provides
22 a short title naming the Act the Kayla McKean
23 Child Protection Act; providing an effective
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