Florida Senate - 2018                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1360
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/21/2018           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
       (Broxson) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 39.01, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         39.01 Definitions.—When used in this chapter, unless the
    8  context otherwise requires:
    9         (2) “Abuse” means any willful act or threatened act that
   10  results in any physical, mental, or sexual abuse, injury, or
   11  harm that causes or is likely to cause the child’s physical,
   12  mental, or emotional health to be significantly impaired. Abuse
   13  of a child includes the birth of a new child into a family
   14  during the course of an open dependency case when the parent or
   15  caregiver has been determined to lack the protective capacity to
   16  safely care for the children in the home and has not
   17  substantially complied with the case plan towards successful
   18  reunification or met the conditions for return of the children
   19  into the home. Abuse of a child includes acts or omissions.
   20  Corporal discipline of a child by a parent or legal custodian
   21  for disciplinary purposes does not in itself constitute abuse
   22  when it does not result in harm to the child.
   23         Section 2. Subsections (2) through (7) of section 39.0138,
   24  Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (3) through (8),
   25  respectively, present subsections (2) and (3) are amended, and a
   26  new subsection (2) is added to that section, to read:
   27         39.0138 Criminal history and other records checks; limit on
   28  placement of a child.—
   29         (2)(a)The department shall establish rules for granting an
   30  exemption from the fingerprinting requirements under subsection
   31  (1) for a household member who has a physical, developmental, or
   32  cognitive disability that prevents that person from safely
   33  submitting fingerprints.
   34         (b)Before granting an exemption, the department or its
   35  designee shall assess and document the physical, developmental,
   36  or cognitive limitations that justify the exemption and the
   37  effect of such limitations on the safety and well-being of the
   38  child being placed in the home.
   39         (c)If a fingerprint exemption is granted, a level 1
   40  screening pursuant to s. 435.03 shall be completed on the person
   41  who is granted the exemption.
   42         (3)(2) The department may not place a child with a person
   43  other than a parent if the criminal history records check
   44  reveals that the person has been convicted of any felony that
   45  falls within any of the following categories:
   46         (a) Child abuse, abandonment, or neglect;
   47         (b) Domestic violence;
   48         (c) Child pornography or other felony in which a child was
   49  a victim of the offense; or
   50         (d) Homicide, sexual battery, or other felony involving
   51  violence, other than felony assault or felony battery when an
   52  adult was the victim of the assault or battery, or resisting
   53  arrest with violence.
   54         (4)(3) The department may not place a child with a person
   55  other than a parent if the criminal history records check
   56  reveals that the person has, within the previous 5 years, been
   57  convicted of a felony that falls within any of the following
   58  categories:
   59         (a) Assault;
   60         (b) Battery; or
   61         (c) A drug-related offense; or
   62         (d)Resisting arrest with violence.
   63         Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
   64  39.3065, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   65         39.3065 Sheriffs of certain counties to provide child
   66  protective investigative services; procedures; funding.—
   67         (3)(a) Beginning in fiscal year 1999-2000, the sheriffs of
   68  Pasco County, Manatee County, Broward County, and Pinellas
   69  County shall have the responsibility to provide all child
   70  protective investigations in their respective counties.
   71  Beginning in fiscal year 2018-2019, the Sheriff of Walton County
   72  shall provide all child protective investigations in his or her
   73  county. Beginning in fiscal year 2000-2001, the Department of
   74  Children and Families is authorized to enter into grant
   75  agreements with sheriffs of other counties to perform child
   76  protective investigations in their respective counties.
   77         Section 4. Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (1) of
   78  section 39.6012, Florida Statutes, to read:
   79         39.6012 Case plan tasks; services.—
   80         (1) The services to be provided to the parent and the tasks
   81  that must be completed are subject to the following:
   82         (d)Parents must provide accurate contact information to
   83  the department or the contracted case management agency, update
   84  such information as appropriate, and make proactive contact with
   85  the department or the contracted case management agency at least
   86  every 14 calendar days to provide information on the status of
   87  case plan task completion, barriers to completion, and plans
   88  toward reunification.
   89         Section 5. Subsections (6) and (7) of section 39.6013,
   90  Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (7) and (8),
   91  respectively, and a new subsection (6) is added to that section,
   92  to read:
   93         39.6013 Case plan amendments.—
   94         (6)When determining whether to amend the case plan, the
   95  court must consider the length of time the case has been open,
   96  the level of parental engagement to date, the number of case
   97  plan tasks completed, the child’s type of placement and
   98  attachment, and the potential for successful reunification.
   99         Section 6. Subsection (5) of section 39.621, Florida
  100  Statutes, is amended to read:
  101         39.621 Permanency determination by the court.—
  102         (5) At the permanency hearing, the court shall determine:
  103         (a) Whether the current permanency goal for the child is
  104  appropriate or should be changed;
  105         (b) When the child will achieve one of the permanency
  106  goals; and
  107         (c) Whether the department has made reasonable efforts to
  108  finalize the permanency plan currently in effect; and
  109         (d)Whether the frequency, duration, manner, and level of
  110  engagement of the parent or legal guardian’s visitation with the
  111  child meets the case plan requirements.
  112         Section 7. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section
  113  39.701, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  114         39.701 Judicial review.—
  115         (2) REVIEW HEARINGS FOR CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN 18 YEARS OF
  116  AGE.—
  117         (d) Orders.—
  118         1. Based upon the criteria set forth in paragraph (c) and
  119  the recommended order of the citizen review panel, if any, the
  120  court shall determine whether or not the social service agency
  121  shall initiate proceedings to have a child declared a dependent
  122  child, return the child to the parent, continue the child in
  123  out-of-home care for a specified period of time, or initiate
  124  termination of parental rights proceedings for subsequent
  125  placement in an adoptive home. Amendments to the case plan must
  126  be prepared as prescribed in s. 39.6013. If the court finds that
  127  the prevention or reunification efforts of the department will
  128  allow the child to remain safely at home or be safely returned
  129  to the home, the court shall allow the child to remain in or
  130  return to the home after making a specific finding of fact that
  131  the reasons for the creation of the case plan have been remedied
  132  to the extent that the child’s safety, well-being, and physical,
  133  mental, and emotional health will not be endangered.
  134         2. The court shall return the child to the custody of the
  135  parents at any time it determines that they have substantially
  136  complied with the case plan, if the court is satisfied that
  137  reunification will not be detrimental to the child’s safety,
  138  well-being, and physical, mental, and emotional health.
  139         3. If, in the opinion of the court, the social service
  140  agency has not complied with its obligations as specified in the
  141  written case plan, the court may find the social service agency
  142  in contempt, shall order the social service agency to submit its
  143  plans for compliance with the agreement, and shall require the
  144  social service agency to show why the child could not safely be
  145  returned to the home of the parents.
  146         4. If, at any judicial review, the court finds that the
  147  parents have failed to substantially comply with the case plan
  148  to the degree that further reunification efforts are without
  149  merit and not in the best interest of the child, on its own
  150  motion, the court may order the filing of a petition for
  151  termination of parental rights, whether or not the time period
  152  as contained in the case plan for substantial compliance has
  153  expired.
  154         5. Within 6 months after the date that the child was placed
  155  in shelter care, the court shall conduct a judicial review
  156  hearing to review the child’s permanency goal as identified in
  157  the case plan. At the hearing the court shall make findings
  158  regarding the likelihood of the child’s reunification with the
  159  parent or legal custodian. In making such findings, the court
  160  shall consider the level of the parent or legal custodian’s
  161  compliance with the case plan and demonstrated change in
  162  protective capacities compared to that necessary to achieve
  163  timely reunification within 12 months after the removal of the
  164  child from the home. The court shall also consider the
  165  frequency, duration, manner, and level of engagement of the
  166  parent or legal custodian’s visitation with the child in
  167  compliance with the case plan. If the court makes a written
  168  finding that it is not likely that the child will be reunified
  169  with the parent or legal custodian within 12 months after the
  170  child was removed from the home, the department must file with
  171  the court, and serve on all parties, a motion to amend the case
  172  plan under s. 39.6013 and declare that it will use concurrent
  173  planning for the case plan. The department must file the motion
  174  within 10 business days after receiving the written finding of
  175  the court. The department must attach the proposed amended case
  176  plan to the motion. If concurrent planning is already being
  177  used, the case plan must document the efforts the department is
  178  taking to complete the concurrent goal.
  179         6. The court may issue a protective order in assistance, or
  180  as a condition, of any other order made under this part. In
  181  addition to the requirements included in the case plan, the
  182  protective order may set forth requirements relating to
  183  reasonable conditions of behavior to be observed for a specified
  184  period of time by a person or agency who is before the court;
  185  and the order may require any person or agency to make periodic
  186  reports to the court containing such information as the court in
  187  its discretion may prescribe.
  188         Section 8. Paragraphs (b) and (e) of subsection (3) of
  189  section 63.092, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  190         63.092 Report to the court of intended placement by an
  191  adoption entity; at-risk placement; preliminary study.—
  192         (3) PRELIMINARY HOME STUDY.—Before placing the minor in the
  193  intended adoptive home, a preliminary home study must be
  194  performed by a licensed child-placing agency, a child-caring
  195  agency registered under s. 409.176, a licensed professional, or
  196  an agency described in s. 61.20(2), unless the adoptee is an
  197  adult or the petitioner is a stepparent or a relative. If the
  198  adoptee is an adult or the petitioner is a stepparent or a
  199  relative, a preliminary home study may be required by the court
  200  for good cause shown. The department is required to perform the
  201  preliminary home study only if there is no licensed child
  202  placing agency, child-caring agency registered under s. 409.176,
  203  licensed professional, or agency described in s. 61.20(2), in
  204  the county where the prospective adoptive parents reside. The
  205  preliminary home study must be made to determine the suitability
  206  of the intended adoptive parents and may be completed prior to
  207  identification of a prospective adoptive minor. A favorable
  208  preliminary home study is valid for 1 year after the date of its
  209  completion. Upon its completion, a signed copy of the home study
  210  must be provided to the intended adoptive parents who were the
  211  subject of the home study. A minor may not be placed in an
  212  intended adoptive home before a favorable preliminary home study
  213  is completed unless the adoptive home is also a licensed foster
  214  home under s. 409.175. The preliminary home study must include,
  215  at a minimum:
  216         (b) Records checks of the department’s central abuse
  217  registry, which the department shall provide to the entity
  218  conducting the preliminary home study, and criminal records
  219  correspondence checks under s. 39.0138 through the Department of
  220  Law Enforcement on the intended adoptive parents;
  221         (e) Documentation of counseling and education of the
  222  intended adoptive parents on adoptive parenting, as determined
  223  by the entity conducting the preliminary home study. The
  224  training specified in s. 409.175(14) shall only be required for
  225  persons who adopt children from the department;
  226  
  227  If the preliminary home study is favorable, a minor may be
  228  placed in the home pending entry of the judgment of adoption. A
  229  minor may not be placed in the home if the preliminary home
  230  study is unfavorable. If the preliminary home study is
  231  unfavorable, the adoption entity may, within 20 days after
  232  receipt of a copy of the written recommendation, petition the
  233  court to determine the suitability of the intended adoptive
  234  home. A determination as to suitability under this subsection
  235  does not act as a presumption of suitability at the final
  236  hearing. In determining the suitability of the intended adoptive
  237  home, the court must consider the totality of the circumstances
  238  in the home. A minor may not be placed in a home in which there
  239  resides any person determined by the court to be a sexual
  240  predator as defined in s. 775.21 or to have been convicted of an
  241  offense listed in s. 63.089(4)(b)2.
  242         Section 9. Paragraphs (b) through (f) of subsection (2) of
  243  section 402.305, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
  244  paragraphs (c) through (g), respectively, paragraph (a) of
  245  subsection (2) and subsections (9) and (10) are amended, and a
  246  new paragraph (b) is added to that subsection (2), to read:
  247         402.305 Licensing standards; child care facilities.—
  248         (2) PERSONNEL.—Minimum standards for child care personnel
  249  shall include minimum requirements as to:
  250         (a) Good moral character based upon screening as defined in
  251  s. 402.302(15). This screening shall be conducted as provided in
  252  chapter 435, using the level 2 standards for screening set forth
  253  in that chapter, and must include employment history checks, a
  254  search of criminal history records, sexual predator and sexual
  255  offender registries, and child abuse and neglect registry of any
  256  state in which the current or prospective child care personnel
  257  resided during the preceding 5 years.
  258         (b)Fingerprint submission for child care personnel, which
  259  shall comply with s. 435.12.
  260         (9) ADMISSIONS AND RECORDKEEPING.—
  261         (a) Minimum standards shall include requirements for
  262  preadmission and periodic health examinations, requirements for
  263  immunizations, and requirements for maintaining emergency
  264  information and health records on all children.
  265         (b) During the months of August and September of each year,
  266  each child care facility shall provide parents of children
  267  enrolled in the facility detailed information regarding the
  268  causes, symptoms, and transmission of the influenza virus in an
  269  effort to educate those parents regarding the importance of
  270  immunizing their children against influenza as recommended by
  271  the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers
  272  for Disease Control and Prevention.
  273         (c)During the months of April and September of each year,
  274  at a minimum, each facility shall provide parents of children
  275  enrolled in the facility with information regarding the
  276  potential for a distracted adult to fail to drop off a child at
  277  the facility and instead leave the child in the adult’s vehicle
  278  upon arrival at the adult’s destination. The child care facility
  279  shall also give parents information about resources with
  280  suggestions to avoid this occurrence. The department shall
  281  develop a flyer or brochure with this information, which shall
  282  be posted to the department’s website, which child care
  283  facilities may choose to reproduce and provide to parents to
  284  satisfy the requirements of this paragraph.
  285         (d)(c) Because of the nature and duration of drop-in child
  286  care, requirements for preadmission and periodic health
  287  examinations and requirements for medically signed records of
  288  immunization required for child care facilities shall not apply.
  289  A parent of a child in drop-in child care shall, however, be
  290  required to attest to the child’s health condition and the type
  291  and current status of the child’s immunizations.
  292         (e)(d) Any child shall be exempt from medical or physical
  293  examination or medical or surgical treatment upon written
  294  request of the parent or guardian of such child who objects to
  295  the examination and treatment. However, the laws, rules, and
  296  regulations relating to contagious or communicable diseases and
  297  sanitary matters shall not be violated because of any exemption
  298  from or variation of the health and immunization minimum
  299  standards.
  300         (10) TRANSPORTATION SAFETY.—Minimum standards shall include
  301  requirements for child restraints or seat belts in vehicles used
  302  by child care facilities and large family child care homes to
  303  transport children, requirements for annual inspections of the
  304  vehicles, limitations on the number of children in the vehicles,
  305  procedures to avoid leaving children in vehicles when
  306  transported by the facility, and accountability for children
  307  being transported by the child care facility. A child care
  308  facility is not responsible for children when they are
  309  transported by a parent or guardian.
  310         Section 10. Section 402.30501, Florida Statutes, is amended
  311  to read:
  312         402.30501 Modification of introductory child care course
  313  for community college credit authorized.—The Department of
  314  Children and Families may modify the 40-clock-hour introductory
  315  course in child care under s. 402.305 or s. 402.3131 to meet the
  316  requirements of articulating the course to community college
  317  credit. Any modification must continue to provide that the
  318  course satisfies the requirements of s. 402.305(2)(e) s.
  319  402.305(2)(d).
  320         Section 11. Subsection (15) is added to section 402.313,
  321  Florida Statutes, to read:
  322         402.313 Family day care homes.—
  323         (15)During the months of April and September of each year,
  324  at a minimum, each family day care home shall provide parents of
  325  children attending the family day care home with information
  326  regarding the potential for a distracted adult to fail to drop
  327  off a child at the family day care home and instead leave the
  328  child in the adult’s vehicle upon arrival at the adult’s
  329  destination. The family day care home shall also give parents
  330  information about resources with suggestions to avoid this
  331  occurrence. The department shall develop a flyer or brochure
  332  with this information, which shall be posted to the department’s
  333  website, which family day care homes may choose to reproduce and
  334  provide to parents to satisfy the requirements of this
  335  subsection.
  336         Section 12. Subsection (10) is added to section 402.3131,
  337  Florida Statutes, to read:
  338         402.3131 Large family child care homes.—
  339         (10)During the months of April and September of each year,
  340  at a minimum, each large family child care home shall provide
  341  parents of children attending the large family child care home
  342  with information regarding the potential for a distracted adult
  343  to fail to drop off a child at the large family child care home
  344  and instead leave the child in the adult’s vehicle upon arrival
  345  at the adult’s destination. The large family child care home
  346  shall also give parents information about resources with
  347  suggestions to avoid this occurrence. The department shall
  348  develop a flyer or brochure with this information, which shall
  349  be posted to the department’s website, which large family child
  350  care homes may choose to reproduce and provide to parents to
  351  satisfy the requirements of this subsection.
  352         Section 13. Paragraphs (l) and (m) of subsection (2) of
  353  section 409.175, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
  354  paragraphs (m) and (n), respectively, a new paragraph (l) is
  355  added to that subsection, and paragraph (a) of subsection (6) of
  356  that section is amended, to read:
  357         409.175 Licensure of family foster homes, residential
  358  child-caring agencies, and child-placing agencies; public
  359  records exemption.—
  360         (2) As used in this section, the term:
  361         (l)“Severe disability” means a physical, developmental, or
  362  cognitive limitation affecting an individual’s ability to safely
  363  submit fingerprints.
  364         (6)(a) An application for a license shall be made on forms
  365  provided, and in the manner prescribed, by the department. The
  366  department shall make a determination as to the good moral
  367  character of the applicant based upon screening. The department
  368  may grant an exemption from fingerprinting requirements,
  369  pursuant to s. 39.0138, for an adult household member who has a
  370  severe disability.
  371         Section 14. Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) and subsections
  372  (2) and (4) of section 409.991, Florida Statutes, are amended to
  373  read:
  374         409.991 Allocation of funds for community-based care lead
  375  agencies.—
  376         (1) As used in this section, the term:
  377         (e) “Proportion of children in care” means the proportion
  378  of the number of children in care receiving in-home services
  379  over the most recent 12-month period, the number of children
  380  whose families were receiving family support services during the
  381  most recent 12-month period, and the number of children who have
  382  entered into in out-of-home care with a case management overlay
  383  during the most recent 24-month 12-month period. This
  384  subcomponent shall be weighted as follows:
  385         1.Fifteen percent shall be based on children whose
  386  families are receiving family support services.
  387         2.1.Fifty-five Sixty percent shall be based on children in
  388  out-of-home care.
  389         3.2.Thirty Forty percent shall be based on children in in
  390  home care.
  391         (2) The equity allocation of core services funds shall be
  392  calculated based on the following weights:
  393         (a) Proportion of the child population shall be weighted as
  394  5 percent of the total.;
  395         (b) Proportion of child abuse hotline workload shall be
  396  weighted as 35 15 percent of the total.; and
  397         (c) Proportion of children in care shall be weighted as 60
  398  80 percent of the total.
  399         (4) Unless otherwise specified in the General
  400  Appropriations Act, any new core services funds shall be
  401  allocated based on the equity allocation model as follows:
  402         (a) Seventy Twenty percent of new funding shall be
  403  allocated among all community-based care lead agencies.
  404         (b) Thirty Eighty percent of new funding shall be allocated
  405  among community-based care lead agencies that are funded below
  406  their equitable share. Funds allocated pursuant to this
  407  paragraph shall be weighted based on each community-based care
  408  lead agency’s relative proportion of the total amount of funding
  409  below the equitable share.
  410         Section 15. Subsection (4) of section 435.07, Florida
  411  Statutes, is amended to read:
  412         435.07 Exemptions from disqualification.—Unless otherwise
  413  provided by law, the provisions of this section apply to
  414  exemptions from disqualification for disqualifying offenses
  415  revealed pursuant to background screenings required under this
  416  chapter, regardless of whether those disqualifying offenses are
  417  listed in this chapter or other laws.
  418         (4)(a) Disqualification from employment under this chapter
  419  may not be removed from, nor may an exemption be granted to, any
  420  personnel who is found guilty of, regardless of adjudication, or
  421  who has entered a plea of nolo contendere or guilty to, any
  422  felony covered by s. 435.03 or s. 435.04 solely by reason of any
  423  pardon, executive clemency, or restoration of civil rights.
  424         (b) Disqualification from employment under this chapter may
  425  not be removed from, nor may an exemption be granted to, any
  426  person who is a:
  427         1. Sexual predator as designated pursuant to s. 775.21;
  428         2. Career offender pursuant to s. 775.261; or
  429         3. Sexual offender pursuant to s. 943.0435, unless the
  430  requirement to register as a sexual offender has been removed
  431  pursuant to s. 943.04354.
  432         (c) Disqualification from employment under this chapter may
  433  not be removed from, and an exemption may not be granted to, any
  434  current or prospective child care personnel, as defined in s.
  435  402.302(3), and such a person is disqualified from employment as
  436  child care personnel, regardless of any previous exemptions from
  437  disqualification, if the person has been registered as a sex
  438  offender as described in 42 U.S.C. s. 9858f(c)(1)(C) or has been
  439  arrested for and is awaiting final disposition of, has been
  440  convicted or found guilty of, or entered a plea of guilty or
  441  nolo contendere to, regardless of adjudication, or has been
  442  adjudicated delinquent and the record has not been sealed or
  443  expunged for, any offense prohibited under any of the following
  444  provisions of state law or a similar law of another
  445  jurisdiction:
  446         1. A felony offense prohibited under any of the following
  447  statutes:
  448         a. Chapter 741, relating to domestic violence.
  449         b. Section 782.04, relating to murder.
  450         c. Section 782.07, relating to manslaughter, aggravated
  451  manslaughter of an elderly person or disabled adult, aggravated
  452  manslaughter of a child, or aggravated manslaughter of an
  453  officer, a firefighter, an emergency medical technician, or a
  454  paramedic.
  455         d. Section 784.021, relating to aggravated assault.
  456         e. Section 784.045, relating to aggravated battery.
  457         f. Section 787.01, relating to kidnapping.
  458         g. Section 787.025, relating to luring or enticing a child.
  459         h. Section 787.04(2), relating to leading, taking,
  460  enticing, or removing a minor beyond the state limits, or
  461  concealing the location of a minor, with criminal intent pending
  462  custody proceedings.
  463         i. Section 787.04(3), relating to leading, taking,
  464  enticing, or removing a minor beyond the state limits, or
  465  concealing the location of a minor, with criminal intent pending
  466  dependency proceedings or proceedings concerning alleged abuse
  467  or neglect of a minor.
  468         j. Section 794.011, relating to sexual battery.
  469         k. Former s. 794.041, relating to sexual activity with or
  470  solicitation of a child by a person in familial or custodial
  471  authority.
  472         l. Section 794.05, relating to unlawful sexual activity
  473  with certain minors.
  474         m. Section 794.08, relating to female genital mutilation.
  475         n. Section 806.01, relating to arson.
  476         o. Section 826.04, relating to incest.
  477         p. Section 827.03, relating to child abuse, aggravated
  478  child abuse, or neglect of a child.
  479         q. Section 827.04, relating to contributing to the
  480  delinquency or dependency of a child.
  481         r. Section 827.071, relating to sexual performance by a
  482  child.
  483         s. Chapter 847, relating to child pornography.
  484         t.Chapter 893, relating to a drug abuse prevention and
  485  control offense, if that offense was committed in the preceding
  486  5 years.
  487         u.t. Section 985.701, relating to sexual misconduct in
  488  juvenile justice programs.
  489         2. A misdemeanor offense prohibited under any of the
  490  following statutes:
  491         a. Section 784.03, relating to battery, if the victim of
  492  the offense was a minor.
  493         b. Section 787.025, relating to luring or enticing a child.
  494         c. Chapter 847, relating to child pornography.
  495         3. A criminal act committed in another state or under
  496  federal law which, if committed in this state, constitutes an
  497  offense prohibited under any statute listed in subparagraph 1.
  498  or subparagraph 2.
  499         Section 16. Paragraph (g) of subsection (3) of section
  500  1002.55, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  501         1002.55 School-year prekindergarten program delivered by
  502  private prekindergarten providers.—
  503         (3) To be eligible to deliver the prekindergarten program,
  504  a private prekindergarten provider must meet each of the
  505  following requirements:
  506         (g) The private prekindergarten provider must have a
  507  prekindergarten director who has a prekindergarten director
  508  credential that is approved by the office as meeting or
  509  exceeding the minimum standards adopted under s. 1002.57.
  510  Successful completion of a child care facility director
  511  credential under s. 402.305(2)(g) s. 402.305(2)(f) before the
  512  establishment of the prekindergarten director credential under
  513  s. 1002.57 or July 1, 2006, whichever occurs later, satisfies
  514  the requirement for a prekindergarten director credential under
  515  this paragraph.
  516         Section 17. Subsections (3) and (4) of section 1002.57,
  517  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  518         1002.57 Prekindergarten director credential.—
  519         (3) The prekindergarten director credential must meet or
  520  exceed the requirements of the Department of Children and
  521  Families for the child care facility director credential under
  522  s. 402.305(2)(g) s. 402.305(2)(f), and successful completion of
  523  the prekindergarten director credential satisfies these
  524  requirements for the child care facility director credential.
  525         (4) The department shall, to the maximum extent
  526  practicable, award credit to a person who successfully completes
  527  the child care facility director credential under s.
  528  402.305(2)(g) s. 402.305(2)(f) for those requirements of the
  529  prekindergarten director credential which are duplicative of
  530  requirements for the child care facility director credential.
  531         Section 18. Subsection (1) of section 1002.59, Florida
  532  Statutes, is amended to read:
  533         1002.59 Emergent literacy and performance standards
  534  training courses.—
  535         (1) The office shall adopt minimum standards for one or
  536  more training courses in emergent literacy for prekindergarten
  537  instructors. Each course must comprise 5 clock hours and provide
  538  instruction in strategies and techniques to address the age
  539  appropriate progress of prekindergarten students in developing
  540  emergent literacy skills, including oral communication,
  541  knowledge of print and letters, phonemic and phonological
  542  awareness, and vocabulary and comprehension development. Each
  543  course must also provide resources containing strategies that
  544  allow students with disabilities and other special needs to
  545  derive maximum benefit from the Voluntary Prekindergarten
  546  Education Program. Successful completion of an emergent literacy
  547  training course approved under this section satisfies
  548  requirements for approved training in early literacy and
  549  language development under ss. 402.305(2)(e)5. 402.305(2)(d)5.,
  550  402.313(6), and 402.3131(5).
  551         Section 19. The Division of Law Revision and Information is
  552  directed to prepare, with the assistance of the staffs of the
  553  appropriate substantive committees of the House of
  554  Representatives and the Senate, a reviser’s bill for the 2019
  555  Regular Session of the Legislature to capitalize the first
  556  letter of each word of the term “child protection team” wherever
  557  it occurs in Florida Statutes.
  558         Section 20. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.
  559  
  560  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
  561  And the title is amended as follows:
  562         Delete everything before the enacting clause
  563  and insert:
  564                        A bill to be entitled                      
  565         An act relating to child welfare; amending s. 39.01,
  566         F.S.; revising the definition of the term “abuse”;
  567         amending s. 39.0138, F.S.; requiring the Department of
  568         Children and Families to establish rules for granting
  569         exemptions from criminal history and certain other
  570         records checks required for persons being considered
  571         for placement of a child; requiring the department or
  572         its designee to assess the limitations that justify
  573         the exemption and the limitation’s effects on the
  574         child before granting the exemption; requiring level 1
  575         screening for persons granted such exemption;
  576         prohibiting placement of a child with persons
  577         convicted of a certain felony; amending s. 39.3065,
  578         F.S.; requiring the Sheriff of Walton County to
  579         provide all child protective investigations in the
  580         county beginning with a specified fiscal year;
  581         amending s. 39.6012, F.S.; requiring parents to make
  582         proactive contact with the department or contracted
  583         case management agency at regular intervals; amending
  584         s. 39.6013, F.S.; requiring the court to consider
  585         certain case details before amending a case plan;
  586         amending s. 39.621, F.S.; requiring the court, during
  587         permanency hearings, to determine case plan
  588         compliance; amending s. 39.701, F.S.; requiring the
  589         court, during judicial review hearings, to determine
  590         case plan compliance; amending s. 63.092, F.S.;
  591         requiring the department to release specified records
  592         to entities conducting preliminary home studies;
  593         providing that certain specified training is required
  594         only for persons who adopt children from the
  595         department; amending s. 402.305, F.S.; revising
  596         minimum requirements for child care personnel related
  597         to screening and fingerprinting; requiring child care
  598         facilities to provide information during specified
  599         months to parents intended to prevent children from
  600         being left in vehicles; requiring the department to
  601         develop a flyer or brochure containing specified
  602         information; specifying the minimum standards the
  603         department must adopt regarding transportation of
  604         children by child care facilities; specifying that a
  605         child care facility is not responsible for children
  606         when they are transported by a parent or guardian;
  607         amending ss. 402.313 and 402.3131, F.S.; requiring
  608         family day care homes and large family child care
  609         homes to provide information during specified months
  610         to parents intended to prevent children from being
  611         left in vehicles; requiring the department to develop
  612         a flyer or brochure containing specified information;
  613         amending s. 409.175, F.S.; defining the term “severe
  614         disability” and providing an exemption from
  615         fingerprint requirements for adult household members
  616         with severe disabilities; amending s. 409.991, F.S.;
  617         revising the equity allocation formula for community
  618         based care lead agencies; amending s. 435.07, F.S.;
  619         revising the offenses that disqualify certain child
  620         care personnel from specified employment; amending ss.
  621         402.30501, 1002.55, 1002.57, and 1002.59, F.S.;
  622         conforming cross-references; providing a directive to
  623         the Division of Law Revision and Information;
  624         providing an effective date.