HB 1033

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to child abuse; requiring the Office of
3	Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to
4	evaluate compliance with continuing education requirements
5	for professionals required to provide their names when
6	reporting child abuse, neglect, or abandonment; requiring
7	a report to the Governor and Legislature; requiring the
8	Department of Health to make available a curriculum;
9	providing an effective date.
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11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1.  The Office of Program Policy Analysis and
14	Government Accountability shall evaluate the continuing
15	education requirements related to identifying victims of child
16	abuse required for those individuals in the occupational
17	categories that are required to provide their names to child
18	abuse hotline staff when reporting known or suspected child
19	abuse, neglect, or abandonment. The evaluation shall include,
20	but not be limited to, an assessment of compliance by profession
21	or occupation, whether the training is statutorily required or
22	required as a condition for relicensure, recertification, or
23	continued employment, and the efficacy of such training. The
24	Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability
25	shall submit a report to the Governor, the President of the
26	Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by
27	December 31, 2006.
28	Section 2.  Based on the findings of the Office of Program
29	Policy Analysis and Government Accountability's report, the
30	Division of Prevention and Intervention of the Children's
31	Medical Services program of the Department of Health shall make
32	available an appropriate child abuse education curriculum to
33	professional reporters under s. 39.201(1)(b), Florida Statutes.
34	Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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