Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1224
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/23/2024           .                                
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       The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Burton) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 1818 and 1819
    4  insert:
    5         Section 35. Subsection (6) is added to section 414.56,
    6  Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         414.56 Office of Continuing Care.—The department shall
    8  establish an Office of Continuing Care to ensure young adults
    9  who age out of the foster care system between 18 and 21 years of
   10  age, or 22 years of age with a documented disability, have a
   11  point of contact until the young adult reaches the age of 26 in
   12  order to receive ongoing support and care coordination needed to
   13  achieve self-sufficiency. Duties of the office include, but are
   14  not limited to:
   15         (6) In coordination with the Statewide Guardian Ad Litem
   16  Office, identifying supportive adults for children transitioning
   17  out of foster care to live independently in accordance with s.
   18  39.6036.
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   21  And the title is amended as follows:
   22         Delete line 101
   23  and insert:
   24         changes made by the act; amending s. 414.56, F.S.;
   25         revising the duties of the Office of Continuing Care;
   26         creating s. 1009.898, F.S.;