Florida Senate - 2016 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. PCS (857014) for CS for SB 918
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
02/26/2016 .
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The Committee on Appropriations (Grimsley) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 737 and 738
4 insert:
5 Section 10. Effective July 1, 2017, section 456.031,
6 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
7 456.031 Requirement for instruction on domestic violence
8 and human trafficking.—
9 (1)(a) The appropriate board shall require each person
10 licensed or certified under chapter 458, chapter 459, part I of
11 chapter 464, chapter 466, chapter 467, chapter 490, or chapter
12 491 to complete a 2-hour continuing education course, approved
13 by the board, on domestic violence, as defined in s. 741.28, and
14 on human trafficking, as defined in s. 787.06(2), as part of
15 every third biennial relicensure or recertification.
16 1. The domestic violence section of the course must shall
17 consist of data and information on the number of patients in
18 that professional’s practice who are likely to be victims of
19 domestic violence and the number who are likely to be
20 perpetrators of domestic violence, screening procedures for
21 determining whether a patient has any history of being either a
22 victim or a perpetrator of domestic violence, and instruction on
23 how to provide such patients with information on, or how to
24 refer such patients to, resources in the local community, such
25 as domestic violence centers and other advocacy groups, that
26 provide legal aid, shelter, victim counseling, batterer
27 counseling, or child protection services.
28 2. The human trafficking section of the course must consist
29 of data and information on the types of human trafficking, such
30 as labor and sex, and the extent of human trafficking; factors
31 that place a person at greater risk for being a victim of human
32 trafficking; management of medical records of patients who are
33 human trafficking victims; patient safety and security; public
34 and private social services available for rescue, food,
35 clothing, and shelter referrals; hotlines for reporting human
36 trafficking maintained by the National Human Trafficking
37 Resource Center and the United States Department of Homeland
38 Security; validated assessment tools for identifying human
39 trafficking victims and general indicators that a person may be
40 a victim of human trafficking; procedures for sharing
41 information related to human trafficking with a patient; and
42 referral options for legal and social services.
43 (b) Each such licensee or certificateholder shall submit
44 confirmation of having completed the continuing education such
45 course, on a form provided by the board, when submitting fees
46 for every third biennial relicensure or recertification renewal.
47 (c) The board may approve additional equivalent courses
48 that may be used to satisfy the requirements of paragraph (a).
49 Each licensing board that requires a licensee to complete a
50 continuing an educational course pursuant to this subsection may
51 include the hours hour required for completion of the course in
52 the total hours of continuing education required by law for the
53 such profession, unless the continuing education requirements
54 for the such profession consist of fewer than 30 hours of
55 continuing education biennially.
56 (d) Any person holding two or more licenses subject to the
57 provisions of this subsection shall be permitted to show proof
58 of completion of having taken one board-approved course on
59 domestic violence and human trafficking, for purposes of
60 relicensure or recertification for additional licenses.
61 (e) Failure to comply with the requirements of this
62 subsection shall constitute grounds for disciplinary action
63 under each respective practice act and under s. 456.072(1)(k).
64 In addition to discipline by the board, the licensee shall be
65 required to complete the board-approved such course under this
66 subsection.
67 (2) Each board may adopt rules to carry out the provisions
68 of this section.
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70 Delete line 1451
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72 Section 31. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
73 act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2016.
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76 And the title is amended as follows:
77 Delete line 81
78 and insert:
79 annual report to the Legislature; amending s. 456.031,
80 F.S.; providing that certain licensing boards must
81 require specified licensees to complete a specified
82 continuing education course that includes a section on
83 human trafficking as a condition of relicensure or
84 recertification; providing requirements and procedures
85 related to the course; creating s.
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87 Delete line 136
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89 effective dates.