Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 122
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/25/2020           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
       (Rouson) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
    2  
    3         Between lines 733 and 734
    4  insert:
    5         (24) The department, in collaboration with the lead
    6  agencies serving the judicial circuits selected in paragraph
    7  (a), may create and implement a program to more effectively
    8  provide case management services for dependent children under 6
    9  years of age.
   10         (a) If the program is created, the department shall select
   11  up to three judicial circuits in which to develop and implement
   12  the program, with priority given to a circuit that has a high
   13  removal rate, significant case management turnover rate, and the
   14  highest numbers of children in out-of-home care or a significant
   15  increase in the number of children in out-of-home care over the
   16  last 3 fiscal years.
   17         (b) If the program is created, it must do each of the
   18  following:
   19         1. Include caseloads for dependency case managers comprised
   20  solely of children who are under 6 years of age, except as
   21  provided in paragraph (c). The maximum caseload for a case
   22  manager shall be no more than 15 children, if possible.
   23         2. Include case managers who are trained specifically in:
   24         a. Critical child development for children under 6 years of
   25  age;
   26         b. Specific practices of child care for children under 6
   27  years of age;
   28         c. The scope of community resources available to children
   29  under 6 years of age; and
   30         d. Working with a parent or caregiver and assisting him or
   31  her in developing the skills necessary to care for the health,
   32  safety, and well-being of a child under 6 years of age.
   33         (c) If a child being served through the program has a
   34  dependent sibling, the sibling may be assigned to the same case
   35  manager as the child being served through the program; however,
   36  each sibling counts toward the case manager’s maximum caseload
   37  as provided under paragraph (b).
   38         (d) If the program is created, the department shall
   39  evaluate the permanency, safety, and well-being of children
   40  being served through the program and submit a report to the
   41  Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
   42  House of Representatives by October 1, 2025, detailing its
   43  findings.
   44  
   45  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   46  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   47         Delete line 719
   48  and insert:
   49  Statutes, is amended, and subsection (24) is added to that
   50  section, to read:
   51  
   52  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   53  And the title is amended as follows:
   54         Delete line 64
   55  and insert:
   56         employed by the department; amending s. 409.996, F.S.;
   57         conforming a provision to changes made by the act;
   58         authorizing the department and certain lead agencies
   59         to create and implement a program to more effectively
   60         provide case management services to specified
   61         children; providing criteria for selecting judicial
   62         circuits for implementation of the program; specifying
   63         requirements of the program; requiring the department
   64         to submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature
   65         by a specified date under specified conditions;
   66         amending s.