Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1088
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/22/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Detert)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 62 - 74
    4  and insert:
    5         (d)”Mental injury” means injury to the intellectual or
    6  psychological capacity of a child as evidenced by a discernible
    7  and substantial impairment in the ability of the child to
    8  function within the normal range of performance and behavior as
    9  supported by expert testimony. A person may not give expert
   10  testimony regarding mental injury unless that person is a
   11  physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459, board
   12  certified in psychiatry, or a psychologist licensed under
   13  chapter 490, and, during the 3 years immediately preceding the
   14  date of the alleged injury, has devoted professional time to the
   15  active clinical practice of, or consulting with respect to, a
   16  specialty that includes the evaluation, diagnosis, or treatment
   17  of the condition that is the subject of the offense. The expert
   18  testimony requirements apply only to criminal court cases, not
   19  to family court or dependency court cases.