Florida Senate - 2017                                    SB 1694
       
       
        
       By Senator Torres
       
       
       
       
       
       15-01240B-17                                          20171694__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to support for parental victims of
    3         child domestic violence; amending s. 984.11, F.S.;
    4         requiring the Department of Juvenile Justice and the
    5         Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence to
    6         collaborate to develop and maintain updated
    7         information and materials regarding specified services
    8         and resources; requiring the department to make the
    9         information and materials available through specified
   10         means; amending s. 943.171, F.S.; requiring domestic
   11         violence training for law enforcement officers to
   12         include training concerning child-to-parent cases;
   13         providing an effective date.
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   15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   17         Section 1. Subsection (5) is added to section 984.11,
   18  Florida Statutes, to read:
   19         984.11 Services to families in need of services.—
   20         (5) The department and the Florida Coalition Against
   21  Domestic Violence shall collaborate to develop and maintain
   22  updated information and materials describing resources and
   23  services available to parents and legal custodians who are
   24  victims of domestic violence committed by children or who fear
   25  that they will become victims of such acts and to children who
   26  have committed acts of domestic violence or who demonstrate
   27  behaviors that may escalate into domestic violence. Such
   28  resources and services shall include, but are not limited to,
   29  those available under this chapter, domestic violence services
   30  available under chapter 39, and juvenile justice services
   31  available pursuant to chapter 985, including prevention,
   32  diversion, detention, and alternative placements. The materials
   33  shall describe how parents and legal custodians may access the
   34  resources and services in their local area. The department shall
   35  post this information on its website and make the materials
   36  available to certified domestic violence centers, other
   37  organizations serving victims of domestic violence, clerks of
   38  court, law enforcement agencies, and other appropriate
   39  organizations for distribution to the public.
   40         Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 943.171, Florida
   41  Statutes, is amended to read:
   42         943.171 Basic skills training in handling domestic violence
   43  cases.—
   44         (1) The commission shall establish standards for
   45  instruction of law enforcement officers in the subject of
   46  domestic violence. Every basic skills course required in order
   47  for law enforcement officers to obtain initial certification
   48  shall, after January 1, 1986, include a minimum of 6 hours of
   49  training in handling domestic violence cases. Such training must
   50  include training in the recognition and determination of the
   51  primary aggressor in domestic violence cases and the issues
   52  involved in child-to-parent cases.
   53         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.