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HB 909: Medical Screening/Children

GENERAL BILL by Barreiro

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 House - Died in Committee on Future of Florida's Families (HFC), Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 1090 (Ch. 2005-65)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/18/2005 House • Filed
3/2/2005 House • Referred to Future of Florida's Families (HFC); Juvenile Justice (JC); Health & Families Council
3/8/2005 House • Introduced, referred to Future of Florida's Families (HFC); Juvenile Justice (JC); Health & Families Council -HJ 00082
4/11/2005 House • On Committee agenda-- Future of Florida's Families (HFC), 04/13/05, 1:45 pm, 12-H --Not considered
5/6/2005 House • Died in Committee on Future of Florida's Families (HFC), Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 1090 (Ch. 2005-65)