Skip to Navigation | Skip to Main Content | Skip to Site Map

MyFloridaHouse.gov | Mobile Site

Senate Tracker: Sign Up | Login

The Florida Senate

SPB 7166: Child Protection

PROPOSED BILL by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

Child Protection; Revising the definitions of the term “abandoned” or “abandonment,” “institutional child abuse or neglect,” and “abandons the child within the context of harm”; revising provisions relating to criminal history records check on persons being considered for placement of a child; requiring a records check through the State Automated Child Welfare Information System; requiring that a protective investigation must include an interview with the child’s parent or legal guardian; requiring a home study report if a child has been removed from the home and will be remaining with a parent, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
Last Action: 1/20/2012 Senate - Submit as committee bill by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (SB 2044)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

Expand All Collapse All