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 Substitute for Amendment (170766) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Before line 131
    5  insert:
    6         Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2) of
    7  section 39.303, Florida Statutes, are amended to read
    8         39.303 Child Protection Teams and sexual abuse treatment
    9  programs; services; eligible cases.—
   10         (2)(a) The Statewide Medical Director for Child Protection
   11  must be a physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459
   12  who is a board-certified pediatrician with a subspecialty
   13  certification in child abuse from the American Board of
   14  Pediatrics. The Statewide Medical Director for Child Protection
   15  shall report directly to the Deputy Secretary for Children’s
   16  Medical Services.
   17         (b) Each Child Protection Team medical director must be a
   18  physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459 who is a
   19  board-certified physician in pediatrics or family medicine and,
   20  within 2 years after the date of employment as a Child
   21  Protection Team medical director, obtains a subspecialty
   22  certification in child abuse from the American Board of
   23  Pediatrics or within 2 years meet the minimum requirements
   24  established by a third-party credentialing entity recognizing a
   25  demonstrated specialized competence in child abuse pediatrics
   26  pursuant to paragraph (d). Each Child Protection Team medical
   27  director employed on July 1, 2015, must, by July 1, 2019, either
   28  obtain a subspecialty certification in child abuse from the
   29  American Board of Pediatrics or meet the minimum requirements
   30  established by a third-party credentialing entity recognizing a
   31  demonstrated specialized competence in child abuse pediatrics
   32  pursuant to paragraph (d). Child Protection Team medical
   33  directors shall be responsible for oversight of the teams in the
   34  circuits. Each Child Protection Team medical director shall
   35  report directly to the Statewide Medical Director for Child
   36  Protection.
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   38  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   39  And the title is amended as follows:
   40         Between lines 2 and 3
   41  insert:
   42         s. 39.303, F.S.; specifying direct reporting
   43         requirements for certain positions within the
   44         Children’s Medical Services Program; amending