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SB 496: Child Welfare

GENERAL BILL by Book ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Rodriguez ; Braynon ; Rader

Child Welfare; Specifying the rights of children and young adults in out-of-home care; requiring the Florida Children’s Ombudsman to serve as an autonomous entity within the department for certain purposes; requiring that a case plan be developed in a face-to-face conference with a caregiver of a child under certain circumstances; requiring a caseworker to provide specified information relating to subsidies that early learning coalitions provide to caregivers of certain children, etc.

Effective Date: 10/1/2020
 Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    10/11/2019 Senate • Filed
    11/1/2019 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 39
    11/5/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 11/12/19, 1:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
    11/12/2019 Senate • Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 131
    • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
    1/14/2020 Senate • Introduced -SJ 38
    3/14/2020 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services

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  • SB 496, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/11/2019 at 10:57 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 11/8/2019 (pdf)
    Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Post-Meeting) 11/12/2019 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1045 Child Welfare Gottlieb, Diamond Similar Last Action: 3/14/2020 H Died in Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    11/12/2019 1:30 PM Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 6 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (10)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    39.4085 Legislative findings and declaration of intent for goals for dependent children. Page 3 (pdf)
    39.4088 Page 8 (pdf)
    39.6011 Case plan development. Page 10 (pdf)
    39.6013 Case plan amendments. Page 25 (pdf)
    39.604 Rilya Wilson Act; short title; legislative intent; child care; early education; preschool. Page 13 (pdf)
    39.701 Judicial review. Page 14 (pdf)
    409.145 Care of children; quality parenting; “reasonable and prudent parent” standard. Page 18 (pdf)
    409.175 Licensure of family foster homes, residential child-caring agencies, and child-placing agencies; public records exemption. Page 22 (pdf)
    409.1753 Foster care; duties. Page 24 (pdf)
    409.988 Lead agency duties; general provisions. Page 24 (pdf)

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