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Introduced Session

An act relating to child welfare; amending s. 25.385, F.S.; requiring the Florida Court Educational Council to establish certain standards for instruction of circuit and county court judges for dependency cases; requiring the council to provide such instruction on a periodic and timely basis; creating s. 39.01304, F.S.; authorizing circuit courts to create early childhood court programs; providing requirements for such programs; requiring the Office of the State Courts Administrator to contract to evaluate the early childhood court programs; authorizing the Office of the State Courts Administrator to provide, or contract for the provision of, certain training and assistance; amending s. 39.0138, F.S.; requiring the Department of Children and Families to complete certain records checks within a specified timeframe; amending s. 39.301, F.S.; requiring the department to notify the court of certain reports; authorizing the department to file specified petitions under certain circumstances; amending s. 39.522, F.S.; requiring the court to consider specified factors when making certain determinations; requiring a child's case plan to be amended if the court changes the permanency goal; amending s. 39.6011, F.S.; revising and hb1105-04-er ENROLLED , Engrossed 1 2020 Legislature providing requirements for case plan descriptions; amending s. 39.701, F.S.; requiring the court to retain jurisdiction over a child under certain circumstances; requiring specified parties to disclose certain information to the court; providing for certain caregiver recommendations to the court; requiring the court and citizen review panel to determine whether certain parties have developed a productive relationship; amending s. 63.092, F.S.; requiring that certain preliminary home studies be completed within a specified timeframe; creating s. 63.093, F.S.; providing requirements and processes for the adoption of children from the child welfare system; providing applicability; creating s. 409.1415, F.S.; providing legislative findings and intent; requiring the department and community-based care lead agencies to develop and support relationships between caregivers and birth or legal parents of certain children; providing responsibilities for caregivers, birth or legal parents, the department, and community- based care lead agency staff; requiring employees of residential group homes to meet specified requirements; requiring the department to adopt rules; amending s. 409.145, F.S.; removing certain responsibilities of caregivers, the department, hb1105-04-er ENROLLED , Engrossed 1 2020 Legislature community-based care lead agency staff, and other agency staff; removing requirements relating to transitions, information sharing, and certain caregivers; amending s. 409.175, F.S.; revising requirements for the licensure of family foster homes; requiring certain entities to complete a licensing study within a specified timeframe; requiring the department to issue determinations for family foster home licenses within a specified timeframe; providing an exception; amending s. 409.988, F.S.; authorizing a lead agency to provide more than 35 percent of all child welfare services under certain conditions; requiring a specified local community alliance, or specified representatives in certain circumstances, to review and recommend approval or denial of the lead agency's request for a specified exemption; amending ss. 39.302, 39.6225, 393.065, and 409.1451, F.S.; conforming cross-references to changes made by the act; providing an effective date.

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Josie Tomkow (R)*,  Amber Mariano (R),  Rick Roth (R), 

Other Sponsors (2)

Chapter No. 2020-138 (on 06/30/2020)

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