Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 230
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/06/2020           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Harrell) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Before line 131
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2) of
    6  section 39.303, Florida Statutes, are amended to read
    7         39.303 Child Protection Teams and sexual abuse treatment
    8  programs; services; eligible cases.—
    9         (2)(a) The Statewide Medical Director for Child Protection
   10  must be a physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459
   11  who is a board-certified pediatrician with a subspecialty
   12  certification in child abuse from the American Board of
   13  Pediatrics. The Statewide Medical Director for Child Protection
   14  shall report directly to the Deputy Secretary for Children’s
   15  Medical Services.
   16         (b) Each Child Protection Team medical director must be a
   17  physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459 who is a
   18  board-certified physician in pediatrics or family medicine and,
   19  within 2 years after the date of employment as a Child
   20  Protection Team medical director, obtains a subspecialty
   21  certification in child abuse from the American Board of
   22  Pediatrics or within 2 years meet the minimum requirements
   23  established by a third-party credentialing entity recognizing a
   24  demonstrated specialized competence in child abuse pediatrics
   25  pursuant to paragraph (d). Each Child Protection Team medical
   26  director employed on July 1, 2015, must, by July 1, 2019, either
   27  obtain a subspecialty certification in child abuse from the
   28  American Board of Pediatrics or meet the minimum requirements
   29  established by a third-party credentialing entity recognizing a
   30  demonstrated specialized competence in child abuse pediatrics
   31  pursuant to paragraph (d). Child Protection Team medical
   32  directors shall be responsible for oversight of the teams in the
   33  circuits. The Statewide Child Protection Team Medical Director
   34  shall report directly to the Statewide Medical Director for
   35  Child Protection.
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   37  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   38  And the title is amended as follows:
   39         Between lines 2 and 3
   40  insert:
   41         s. 39.303, F.S.; specifying direct reporting
   42         requirements for certain positions within the
   43         Children’s Medical Services Program; amending