Florida Senate - 2018                              CS for SB 634
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; and
       Senator Steube
       
       
       
       
       586-03441-18                                           2018634c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to residential treatment center
    3         requirements; amending s. 409.1678, F.S.; eliminating
    4         certain requirements for residential treatment centers
    5         that provide services to commercially sexually
    6         exploited children; providing an effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 409.1678, Florida
   11  Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         409.1678 Specialized residential options for children who
   13  are victims of commercial sexual exploitation.—
   14         (3) SERVICES WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER OR
   15  HOSPITAL.—Residential treatment centers licensed under s.
   16  394.875, and hospitals licensed under chapter 395 that provide
   17  residential mental health treatment, shall provide specialized
   18  treatment for commercially sexually exploited children in the
   19  custody of the department who are placed in these facilities
   20  pursuant to s. 39.407(6), s. 394.4625, or s. 394.467.
   21         (a) The specialized treatment must meet the requirements of
   22  subparagraphs (2)(c)1., 3., 6., and 7. (2)(c)1. and 3.-7.,
   23  paragraph (2)(d), and the department’s treatment standards
   24  adopted pursuant to this section. However, a residential
   25  treatment center or hospital may prioritize the delivery of
   26  certain services among those required under paragraph (2)(d) to
   27  meet the specific treatment needs of the child.
   28         (b) The facilities shall ensure that children are served in
   29  single-sex groups and that staff working with such children are
   30  adequately trained in the effects of trauma and sexual
   31  exploitation, the needs of child victims of commercial sexual
   32  exploitation, and how to address those needs using strength
   33  based and trauma-informed approaches.
   34         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.