The Florida Senate

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.

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• 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)

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• HB 909, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/18/2005 at 9:39 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Future of Florida's Families Committee (Post-Meeting) (pdf)

  Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  S 2316	Medical Screening/Children	Crist	Identical	Last Action: 5/6/2005 S Died in Committee on Children and Families, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 1090 (Ch. 2005-65) Location:
  H 883		Ryan	Compare	Last Action: 5/4/2005 H Substituted CS/CS/SB 1090; Laid on Table, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 1090 (Ch. 2005-65) -HJ 01342 Location:
  S 1090 (e1)		Campbell	Compare	Last Action: 5/26/2005 Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2005-65 Location:

  Citations - Statutes (6)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  39.407	Medical, psychiatric, and psychological examination and treatment of child; physical or mental examination of parent or person requesting custody of child.
  39.601	Case plan requirements.
  39.703	Initiation of termination of parental rights proceedings; judicial review.
  39.806	Grounds for termination of parental rights.
  984.19	Medical screening and treatment of child; examination of parent, guardian, or person requesting custody.
  985.224	Medical, psychiatric, psychological, substance abuse, and educational examination and treatment.

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