Senate Bill 760 (2015) - The Florida Senate

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CS/CS/SB 760: Child Protection

GENERAL BILL by Fiscal Policy ; Health Policy ; Bradley ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Sobel

Child Protection; Providing requirements for the representation of Children’s Medical Services on multiagency teams investigating certain child deaths or other critical incidents; requiring the Statewide Medical Director for Child Protection and the medical directors to hold certain qualifications; providing that a physician who holds an expert witness certificate may provide expert testimony in criminal child abuse and neglect cases, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2015
Last Action: 4/22/2015 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1055 (Ch. 2015-177) -SJ 486
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Senate Committee References:

Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
Health Policy (HP)
Fiscal Policy (FP)

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Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
2/6/2015	Senate	• Filed
2/13/2015	Senate	• Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Health Policy; Fiscal Policy -SJ 84
3/2/2015	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/05/15, 9:00 am, 301 Senate Office Building
3/3/2015	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 84
3/5/2015	Senate	• Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 191 • Now in Health Policy -SJ 191
3/18/2015	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/23/15, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
3/23/2015	Senate	• CS by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 260
3/25/2015	Senate	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Fiscal Policy -SJ 260
3/31/2015	Senate	• CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 269
4/6/2015	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/09/15, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
4/9/2015	Senate	• CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 377
4/10/2015	Senate	• Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 377 • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/14/15
4/13/2015	Senate	• CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time -SJ 382
4/14/2015	Senate	• Read 2nd time -SJ 416 • Placed on 3rd reading
4/22/2015	Senate	• Read 3rd time -SJ 486 • Substituted CS/CS/HB 1055 -SJ 486 • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1055 (Ch. 2015-177) -SJ 486

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CS/CS/SB 760, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/10/2015 at 11:01 AM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	None

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 1055 (er)	Child Protection	Harrell	Similar	Last Action: 6/17/2015 Chapter No. 2015-177 Location: Became Law

Citations - Statutes (8)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
39.2015	Critical incident rapid response team.	Page 2 (pdf)
39.301	Initiation of protective investigations.	Page 11 (pdf)
39.303	Child protection teams; services; eligible cases.	Page 2 (pdf)
39.3031	Rules for implementation of s. 39.303.	Page 12 (pdf)
391.026	Powers and duties of the department.	Page 13 (pdf)
458.3175	Expert witness certificate.	Page 10 (pdf)
459.0066	Expert witness certificate.	Page 11 (pdf)
827.03	Abuse, aggravated abuse, and neglect of a child; penalties.	Page 12 (pdf)

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CS/SB 760, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/25/2015 at 3:13 PM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	Fiscal Policy (Pre-Meeting) 4/8/2015 (pdf) Fiscal Policy (Post-Meeting) 4/10/2015 (pdf)

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 1055 (c2)	Child Protection	Harrell	Compare	Last Action: 6/17/2015 Chapter No. 2015-177 Location: Became Law

Committee Amendments (1)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
364762 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Fiscal Policy (Bradley)	4/8/2015 9:14 AM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 4/9/2015	Web Page PDF

Committee Votes (1)

Date	Committee	Result
4/9/2015 9:00 AM	Fiscal Policy	9 Yeas - 0 Nays

Citations - Statutes (7)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
39.303	Child protection teams; services; eligible cases.	Page 1 (pdf)
39.3031	Rules for implementation of s. 39.303.	Page 8 (pdf)
391.026	Powers and duties of the department.	Page 9 (pdf)
458.3175	Expert witness certificate.	Page 8 (pdf)
766.102	Medical negligence; standards of recovery; expert witness.	Page 9 (pdf)
827.03	Abuse, aggravated abuse, and neglect of a child; penalties.	Page 9 (pdf)
960.03	Definitions; ss. 960.01-960.28.	Page 10 (pdf)

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SB 760, Original Filed Version Posted 2/6/2015 at 3:13 PM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 3/3/2015 (pdf) Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Post-Meeting) 3/5/2015 (pdf) Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 3/20/2015 (pdf) Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 3/24/2015 (pdf)

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 1055 (c1)	Child Protection	Harrell	Compare	Last Action: 6/17/2015 Chapter No. 2015-177 Location: Became Law

Committee Amendments (1)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
503466 - Amendment Delete lines 203 - 206 and insert:	Health Policy (Grimsley)	3/20/2015 12:35 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 3/23/2015	Web Page PDF

Committee Votes (2)

Date	Committee	Result
3/5/2015 9:00 AM	Children, Families, and Elder Affairs	6 Yeas - 0 Nays
3/23/2015 1:30 PM	Health Policy	9 Yeas - 0 Nays

Citations - Statutes (3)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
39.303	Child protection teams; services; eligible cases.	Page 1 (pdf)
39.3031	Rules for implementation of s. 39.303.	Page 7 (pdf)
391.026	Powers and duties of the department.	Page 8 (pdf)

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