Florida Senate - 2020 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1326
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: WD .
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Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
(Harrell) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 532 and 533
4 insert:
5 Section 8. Section 39.820, Florida Statutes, is amended to
6 read:
7 39.820 Definitions.—As used in this chapter part, the term:
8 (1) “Guardian ad litem” as referred to in any civil or
9 criminal proceeding includes the following: The Statewide
10 Guardian Ad Litem Office, which includes circuit a certified
11 guardian ad litem programs; program, a duly certified volunteer,
12 a staff member, a staff attorney, contract attorney, or
13 certified pro bono attorney working on behalf of a guardian ad
14 litem or the program; staff members of a program office; a
15 court-appointed attorney; or a responsible adult who is
16 appointed by the court to represent the best interests of a
17 child in a proceeding as provided for by law, including, but not
18 limited to, this chapter, who is a party to any judicial
19 proceeding as a representative of the child, and who serves
20 until discharged by the court.
21 (2) “Guardian advocate” means a person appointed by the
22 court to act on behalf of a drug dependent newborn pursuant to
23 the provisions of this part.
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26 And the title is amended as follows:
27 Delete line 50
28 and insert:
29 certain purposes; amending s. 39.820, F.S.; revising
30 the definition of the term “guardian ad litem”;
31 amending s. 394.67, F.S.; defining