Florida Senate - 2013                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for HB 7129
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                Floor: 4/AD/2R         .            Floor: C            
             05/03/2013 03:24 PM       .      05/03/2013 06:44 PM       
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       Senator Bradley moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 147 and 148
    4  insert:
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    6         Section 3. Paragraph (h) is added to subsection (1) of
    7  section 39.201, Florida Statutes, to read:
    8         39.201 Mandatory reports of child abuse, abandonment, or
    9  neglect; mandatory reports of death; central abuse hotline.—
   10         (1)
   11         (h) An officer or employee of a law enforcement agency is
   12  not required to provide notice to the department of reasonable
   13  cause to suspect child abuse by an adult other than a parent,
   14  legal custodian, caregiver, or other person responsible for the
   15  child’s welfare when the incident under investigation by the law
   16  enforcement agency was reported to law enforcement by the
   17  Central Abuse Hotline through the electronic transfer of the
   18  report or call. The department’s Central Abuse Hotline is not
   19  required to electronically transfer calls and reports received
   20  pursuant to paragraph (2)(b) to the county sheriff’s office if
   21  the matter was initially reported to the department by the
   22  county sheriff’s office or another law enforcement agency. This
   23  paragraph applies only when the information related to the
   24  alleged child abuse has been provided to the officer or employee
   25  of a law enforcement agency or Central Abuse Hotline employee in
   26  the course of carrying out his or her official duties.
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   28  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   29         And the title is amended as follows:
   30         Delete line 16
   31  and insert:
   32         for specified violations; providing for fines;
   33         amending s. 39.201, F.S.; limiting the duty of an
   34         officer or employee of a law enforcement agency to
   35         provide notice to the Department of Children and
   36         Families of reasonable cause to suspect child abuse
   37         under certain circumstances; limiting the duty of the
   38         Central Abuse Hotline to electronically transfer
   39         certain calls and reports to the county sheriff’s
   40         office under certain circumstances; providing
   41         applicability;