Senate Bill sb2402

    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 2402

    By Senator Bullard





    39-1618-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to abuse of children; amending

  3         s. 39.01, F.S., relating to proceedings

  4         relating to children; amending s. 827.01, F.S.,

  5         relating to abuse of children; providing an

  6         effective date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (47) of section 39.01, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         39.01  Definitions.--When used in this chapter, unless

13  the context otherwise requires:

14         (47)  "Other person responsible for a child's welfare"

15  includes the child's legal guardian, legal custodian, or

16  foster parent; an employee of a private school, public or

17  private child day care center, residential home, institution,

18  facility, or agency; a law enforcement officer or employee of

19  a municipal or county detention facility or of the Department

20  of Corrections while acting in an official capacity, public

21  school volunteer, religious organization volunteer, health

22  care provider, or any other person legally responsible for the

23  child's welfare in a residential setting; and also includes an

24  adult sitter or relative entrusted with a child's care. For

25  the purpose of departmental investigative jurisdiction, this

26  definition does not include law enforcement officers, or

27  employees of municipal or county detention facilities or the

28  Department of Corrections, while acting in an official

29  capacity.

30         Section 2.  Subsection (1) of section 827.01, Florida

31  Statutes, is amended to read:

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 2402
    39-1618-05




 1         827.01  Definitions.--As used in this chapter:

 2         (1)  "Caregiver" means a parent, adult household

 3  member, law enforcement officer or employee of a municipal or

 4  county detention facility or of the Department of Corrections

 5  while acting in an official capacity, public school volunteer,

 6  religious organization volunteer, health care provider, or

 7  other person responsible for a child's welfare.

 8         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

 9  law.

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12                          SENATE SUMMARY

13    Defines the terms "other person responsible for a child's
      welfare" and "caregiver" to include a law enforcement
14    officer, public school volunteer, a religious
      organization volunteer, a health care provider for
15    purposes of ch. 39, Florida Statutes.

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