Florida Senate - 2018                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 634
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/20/2018           .                                
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       The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Steube)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 409.1678, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         409.1678 Specialized residential options for children who
    8  are victims of commercial sexual exploitation.—
    9         (3) SERVICES WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER OR
   10  HOSPITAL.—Residential treatment centers licensed under s.
   11  394.875, and hospitals licensed under chapter 395 that provide
   12  residential mental health treatment, shall provide specialized
   13  treatment for commercially sexually exploited children in the
   14  custody of the department who are placed in these facilities
   15  pursuant to s. 39.407(6), s. 394.4625, or s. 394.467.
   16         (a) The specialized treatment must meet the requirements of
   17  subparagraphs (2)(c)1., 3., 6., and 7. (2)(c)1. and 3.-7.,
   18  paragraph (2)(d), and the department’s treatment standards
   19  adopted pursuant to this section. However, a residential
   20  treatment center or hospital may prioritize the delivery of
   21  certain services among those required under paragraph (2)(d) to
   22  meet the specific treatment needs of the child.
   23         (b) The facilities shall ensure that children are served in
   24  single-sex groups and that staff working with such children are
   25  adequately trained in the effects of trauma and sexual
   26  exploitation, the needs of child victims of commercial sexual
   27  exploitation, and how to address those needs using strength
   28  based and trauma-informed approaches.
   29         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.
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   31  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   32  And the title is amended as follows:
   33         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   34  and insert:
   35                        A bill to be entitled                      
   36         An act relating to residential treatment center
   37         requirements; amending s. 409.1678, F.S.; eliminating
   38         certain requirements for residential treatment centers
   39         that provide services to commercially sexually
   40         exploited children; providing an effective date.