House Bill 899 (2019) - The Florida Senate

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CS/CS/HB 899: Child Welfare

GENERAL BILL by Health and Human Services Committee ; Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee ; Tomkow

Child Welfare; Provides factors court must consider when determining whether child should remain in his or her current placement or be placed in out-of-home care; provides requirements for case plans & permanency determinations; requires disclosure & determination of ineffective communication by parents & caregivers; provides for agency & caregiver recommendations for change in visitation; provides factors court must consider when determining whether child should be returned to custody of his or her parents; authorizes lead agency to provide more than 35 percent of all child welfare services under certain conditions.

Effective Date: 10/1/2019
Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Bill Text: PDF

Senate Committee References:

Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
Appropriations (AP)

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Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
2/18/2019	House	• Filed
2/28/2019	House	• Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 92
3/5/2019	House	• Introduced -HJ 92
3/11/2019	House	• On Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 03/13/19, 8:30 am, 12 HOB
3/13/2019	House	• CS by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -HJ 442
3/14/2019	House	• Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
3/15/2019	House	• CS by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 440 • Now in Appropriations Committee -HJ 445
3/29/2019	House	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 04/02/19, 3:30 pm, Webster Hall
4/2/2019	House	• Favorable by Appropriations Committee; YEAS 29 NAYS 0 -HJ 567
4/3/2019	House	• Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 567
4/12/2019	House	• On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 04/16/19, 2:00 pm, Morris Hall
4/16/2019	House	• CS/CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -HJ 745
4/17/2019	House	• Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c) • CS/CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time -HJ 738
4/18/2019	House	• Placed on Calendar -HJ 757 • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/19
4/24/2019	House	• Read 2nd time -HJ 807 • Placed on 3rd reading
4/25/2019	House	• Read 3rd time -HJ 855 • CS passed; YEAS 109 NAYS 0 -HJ 856
4/25/2019	Senate	• In Messages • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations -SJ 505 • Received -SJ 505
5/3/2019	Senate	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

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CS/CS/HB 899, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/17/2019 at 3:39 PM

Bill Text:	PDF

Analyses:	None

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
S 1396	Child Welfare	Albritton	Compare	Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

Floor Amendments (3)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Floor Action	Format
096069 - Amendment Between lines 314 and 315, insert:	Plasencia	4/19/2019 3:42 PM	House: Withdrawn 4/23/2019	PDF
255071 - Amendment Between lines 314 and 315, insert:	Plasencia	4/19/2019 3:51 PM	House: Withdrawn 4/23/2019	PDF
476357 - Amendment to Amendment (255071) Remove lines 5-22 of the amendment and insert:	Plasencia	4/19/2019 5:45 PM	House: Withdrawn 4/23/2019	PDF

Floor Votes (1)

Date	Chamber	Result
4/25/2019 10:37 AM	House	109 Yeas - 0 Nays

Citations - Statutes (13)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
39.01	Definitions.	Page 2 (pdf)
39.302	Protective investigations of institutional child abuse, abandonment, or neglect.	Page 15 (pdf)
39.521	Disposition hearings; powers of disposition.	Page 17 (pdf)
39.522	Postdisposition change of custody.	Page 3 (pdf)
39.6011	Case plan development.	Page 4 (pdf)
39.6012	Case plan tasks; services.	Page 20 (pdf)
39.701	Judicial review.	Page 5 (pdf)
322.09	Application of minors; responsibility for negligence or misconduct of minor.	Page 20 (pdf)
394.495	Child and adolescent mental health system of care; programs and services.	Page 21 (pdf)
409.988	Lead agency duties; general provisions.	Page 13 (pdf)
627.746	Coverage for minors who have a learner’s driver license; additional premium prohibited.	Page 21 (pdf)
934.255	Subpoenas in investigations of sexual offenses.	Page 22 (pdf)
960.065	Eligibility for awards.	Page 22 (pdf)

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CS/HB 899, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/14/2019 at 4:36 PM

Bill Text:	PDF

Analyses:	Appropriations Committee (Post-Meeting) 4/3/2019 (pdf) Health and Human Services Committee (Post-Meeting) 4/17/2019 (pdf)

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
S 1396	Child Welfare	Albritton	Compare	Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

Committee Amendments (2)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
455915 - Amendment Remove lines 339-357 and insert:	Tomkow	4/15/2019 7:11 PM	Adopted without Objection 4/16/2019	PDF
009509 - Amendment Remove lines 364-401	Tomkow	4/15/2019 7:11 PM	Adopted without Objection 4/16/2019	PDF

Citations - Statutes (14)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
39.01	Definitions.	Page 2 (pdf)
39.302	Protective investigations of institutional child abuse, abandonment, or neglect.	Page 17 (pdf)
39.521	Disposition hearings; powers of disposition.	Page 18 (pdf)
39.522	Postdisposition change of custody.	Page 3 (pdf)
39.6011	Case plan development.	Page 4 (pdf)
39.6012	Case plan tasks; services.	Page 21 (pdf)
39.701	Judicial review.	Page 5 (pdf)
322.09	Application of minors; responsibility for negligence or misconduct of minor.	Page 22 (pdf)
394.495	Child and adolescent mental health system of care; programs and services.	Page 22 (pdf)
409.988	Lead agency duties; general provisions.	Page 13 (pdf)
627.746	Coverage for minors who have a learner’s driver license; additional premium prohibited.	Page 23 (pdf)
775.0851		Page 15 (pdf)
934.255	Subpoenas in investigations of sexual offenses.	Page 23 (pdf)
960.065	Eligibility for awards.	Page 23 (pdf)

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HB 899, Original Filed Version Posted 2/18/2019 at 5:29 PM

Bill Text:	PDF

Analyses:	Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/14/2019 (pdf)

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
S 1396	Child Welfare	Albritton	Compare	Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

Committee Amendments (1)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
847557 - Strike All Amendment Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Tomkow	3/12/2019 6:04 PM	Adopted without Objection 3/13/2019	PDF

Citations - Statutes (13)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
39.01	Definitions.	Page 1 (pdf)
39.302	Protective investigations of institutional child abuse, abandonment, or neglect.	Page 14 (pdf)
39.521	Disposition hearings; powers of disposition.	Page 15 (pdf)
39.522	Postdisposition change of custody.	Page 2 (pdf)
39.6011	Case plan development.	Page 3 (pdf)
39.6012	Case plan tasks; services.	Page 18 (pdf)
39.701	Judicial review.	Page 4 (pdf)
322.09	Application of minors; responsibility for negligence or misconduct of minor.	Page 19 (pdf)
394.495	Child and adolescent mental health system of care; programs and services.	Page 20 (pdf)
627.746	Coverage for minors who have a learner’s driver license; additional premium prohibited.	Page 20 (pdf)
775.0851		Page 12 (pdf)
934.255	Subpoenas in investigations of sexual offenses.	Page 20 (pdf)
960.065	Eligibility for awards.	Page 21 (pdf)

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