SB 2316: Medical Screening/Children
GENERAL BILL by Crist
Medical Screening/Children; revises provisions re medical screenings performed on children who are removed from home & maintained in out-of-home placement; specifies certain conditions that screening must cover; requires DCFS to ensure that children who are in departmental custody receive appropriate psychotropic medications but have options for alternative treatments; provides that case plans may not require parents to give their children said medications, etc. Amends FS.
Effective Date: 07/01/2005
Last Action: 5/6/2005 Senate - Died in Committee on Children and Families, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 1090 (Ch. 2005-65)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 5/6/2005 Senate - Died in Committee on Children and Families, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 1090 (Ch. 2005-65)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 3/8/2005 | Senate |
• Filed |
| 3/22/2005 | Senate |
• Introduced, referred to Children and Families; Health Care; Judiciary; Health and Human Services Appropriations -SJ 00249 |
| 5/6/2005 | Senate |
• Died in Committee on Children and Families, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 1090 (Ch. 2005-65) |