Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 614
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/02/2025           .                                
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       The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Polsky)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (4) is added to section 435.12,
    6  Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         435.12 Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse.—
    8         (4)(a) As part of the Care Provider Background Screening
    9  Clearing House, the Agency for Health Care Administration, in
   10  consultation with all specified agencies, as defined in s.
   11  435.02(7), that are required by law to use the clearinghouse for
   12  employment screening, must develop and maintain a publicly
   13  available webpage which provides a central source for care
   14  provider background screening education and awareness. This
   15  webpage may be part of the current web-based clearinghouse
   16  system. The resources available on the webpage must be written
   17  in non-technical and accessible language, tailored to qualified
   18  entities, as defined in s. 943.0542(1)(b), and include, but need
   19  not be limited to:
   20         1. Information and education related to employment
   21  screening requirements of qualified entities, to include:
   22         a. The Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse.
   23         b. Level 2 screening standards under ch. 435.
   24         c. Live-scan fingerprinting, or other third-party systems,
   25  including information on process, vendors, locations, and
   26  potential costs.
   27         2. A searchable catalog, by specified agency, of qualified
   28  entity employment classes and positions required by law to
   29  undergo employment screening through the clearinghouse, to
   30  include:
   31         a. Disqualifying offenses.
   32         b. Exemption requirements and process. 
   33         3. A downloadable checklist detailing the process,
   34  timelines, and contact information for employment screening
   35  process support, tailored to qualified entities.
   36         (b) Specified agencies must include a clear and conspicuous
   37  link to the webpage on their respective websites and promote the
   38  inclusion of the link in all job vacancy advertisements and
   39  posts by qualified entities.
   40         (c) The webpage must be active by January 1, 2026, and then
   41  reviewed and updated by October 1 of 2026 and each subsequent
   42  year to incorporate any changes to law, the clearinghouse, or
   43  the employment screening process.
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   45  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   46  And the title is amended as follows:
   47         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   48  and insert:
   49                        A bill to be entitled                      
   50         An act relating to public education of background
   51         screening requirements; amending s. 435.12, F.S.;
   52         requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration
   53         and the Department of Law Enforcement, in conjunction
   54         with specified agencies, to develop and maintain a
   55         care provider background screening education and
   56         awareness webpage; detailing the content of the
   57         webpage; requiring the posting of the webpage in
   58         specified places; requiring an annual review;
   59         providing an effective date.