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    Florida Senate - 2003                                   SB 122

    By Senator Smith





    14-11-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public records; amending s.

  3         39.202, F.S.; amending confidentiality

  4         provisions that pertain to reports and records

  5         in cases of child abuse or neglect, by

  6         providing that staff members of a child

  7         advocacy center who are providing services to

  8         the child may have access to the records;

  9         providing an effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Present paragraph (o) of subsection (2) of

14  section 39.202, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph

15  (p), and a new paragraph (o) is added to that subsection to

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17         39.202  Confidentiality of reports and records in cases

18  of child abuse or neglect.--

19         (2)  Access to such records, excluding the name of the

20  reporter which shall be released only as provided in

21  subsection (4), shall be granted only to the following

22  persons, officials, and agencies:

23         (o)  Staff of a child advocacy center that has met the

24  standards set forth in s. 39.3035, who are actively involved

25  in providing services to the child.

26         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                   SB 122
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 3    Amends confidentiality provisions that pertain to reports
      and records in cases of child abuse or neglect, by
 4    providing that staff members of a child advocacy center
      that meets the standards set forth in s. 39.3035, F.S.,
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      child may have access to the records.
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