HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-31                         Bill No. CS/CS/HB 855, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Frankel offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 2, line 28, of the bill

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17         Section 1.  Subsection (4) is added to section 39.011,

18  Florida Statutes, to read:

19         39.011  Immunity from liability.--

20         (4)  RIGHTS OF CHILD PROTECTION AND CHILD WELFARE

21  WORKERS WHILE UNDER INVESTIGATION.--Whenever a child

22  protection worker or child welfare worker is under

23  investigation for any reason which could lead to disciplinary

24  action, demotion, or dismissal, resulting from alleged

25  wrongdoing in a child abuse, abandonment, or neglect case,

26  such investigation shall be conducted under the following

27  conditions:

28         (a)  The child protection worker or child welfare

29  worker shall be informed of the nature of the investigation.

30         (b)  The child protection worker or child welfare

31  worker shall not be threatened with transfer, dismissal, or

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-31                         Bill No. CS/CS/HB 855, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





 1  disciplinary action and shall be reassigned to another

 2  nonsensitive position with pay pending the outcome of the

 3  investigation.

 4         (c)  At the request of any child protection worker or

 5  child welfare worker under investigation, he or she shall have

 6  the right to be represented by counsel or any other

 7  representative of his or her choice, who shall be present at

 8  all times during the investigation whenever the investigation

 9  relates to the worker's continued fitness for public service.

10         (d)  If the child protection worker or child welfare

11  worker under investigation is under arrest, or is likely to be

12  placed under arrest as a result of the investigation, he or

13  she shall be completely informed of all his or her rights

14  prior to the commencement of the investigation.

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18  And the title is amended as follows:

19         On page 1, line 2

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21  after the semicolon insert:

22         amending s. 39.011, F.S.; providing for rights

23         for child protection workers or child welfare

24         workers when under investigation in a child

25         abuse, abandonment, or neglect case;

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