| 1 | Representative Galvano offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 766 and 767, insert: |
| 5 | Section 14. Subsection (6) of section 39.621, Florida |
| 6 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 39.621 Permanency determination by the court.-- |
| 8 | (6) If a child will not be reunited with a parent, |
| 9 | adoption, under chapter 63, is the primary permanency option. If |
| 10 | the child is a sibling of a previously adopted child and the |
| 11 | child becomes available for adoption, the adoptive parent of the |
| 12 | previously placed sibling shall be offered the opportunity to |
| 13 | apply to adopt the child and the adoptive parent's application |
| 14 | shall be given the same consideration as a relative's |
| 15 | application for adoption. If the child is placed with a relative |
| 16 | or with a relative of the child's half-brother or half-sister as |
| 17 | a permanency option, the court may recognize the permanency of |
| 18 | this placement without requiring the relative to adopt the |
| 19 | child. If the court approves a permanency goal of permanent |
| 20 | guardianship of a dependent child, placement with a fit and |
| 21 | willing relative, or another planned permanent living |
| 22 | arrangement, the court shall make findings as to why this |
| 23 | permanent placement is established without adoption of the child |
| 24 | to follow. If the court approves a permanency goal of another |
| 25 | planned permanent living arrangement, the court shall document |
| 26 | the compelling reasons for choosing this goal. |
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| 30 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 31 | Remove line 52 and insert: |
| 32 | proceedings; correcting cross-references; amending s. 39.621, |
| 33 | F.S.; requiring that an adoptive parent of a child's sibling be |
| 34 | given the opportunity to apply to adopt such child if the child |
| 35 | is available for adoption; requiring that such application be |
| 36 | given the same consideration as a relative's application for |
| 37 | adoption; amending s. |