Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT
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11 Senator Bullard moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 4. Subsection (47) of section 39.01, Florida
18 Statutes, is amended to read:
19 39.01 Definitions.--When used in this chapter, unless
20 the context otherwise requires:
21 (47) "Other person responsible for a child's welfare"
22 includes the child's legal guardian, legal custodian, or
23 foster parent; an employee of a private school, public or
24 private child day care center, residential home, institution,
25 facility, or agency; a law enforcement officer or employee of
26 a municipal or county detention facility or of the Department
27 of Corrections while acting in an official capacity, public
28 school volunteer, religious organization volunteer, health
29 care provider, or any other person legally responsible for the
30 child's welfare in a residential setting; and also includes an
31 adult sitter or relative entrusted with a child's care. For
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1 the purpose of departmental investigative jurisdiction, this
2 definition does not include law enforcement officers, or
3 employees of municipal or county detention facilities or the
4 Department of Corrections, while acting in an official
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6 Section 5. Subsection (1) of section 827.01, Florida
7 Statutes, is amended to read:
8 827.01 Definitions.--As used in this chapter:
9 (1) "Caregiver" means a parent, adult household
10 member, law enforcement officer or employee of a municipal or
11 county detention facility or of the Department of Corrections
12 while acting in an official capacity, public school volunteer,
13 religious organization volunteer, health care provider, or
14 other person responsible for a child's welfare.
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16 (Redesignate subsequent sections.)
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20 And the title is amended as follows:
21 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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24 A bill to be entitled
25 An act relating to child protective
26 investigations; amending s. 39.202, F.S.;
27 providing staff of a children's advocacy center
28 with access to records of child abuse and
29 neglect; amending s. 39.301, F.S.; prohibiting
30 the use of information contained in reports of
31 child abuse, abandonment, or neglect for
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1 purposes that adversely affect the interests of
2 persons who are not identified as responsible
3 for such abuse, abandonment, or neglect;
4 amending s. 39.302, F.S.; prohibiting the use
5 of information contained in reports of child
6 abuse, abandonment, or neglect in institutional
7 investigations for purposes that adversely
8 affect the interests of persons not identified
9 as responsible; providing circumstances under
10 which the Department of Children and Family
11 Services may rely on such information in a
12 decision to renew or revoke a license;
13 amending s. 39.01, F.S., relating to
14 proceedings relating to children; amending s.
15 827.01, F.S., relating to abuse of children;
16 providing an effective date.
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