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Introduced Session

An act relating to homeless youth; amending s. 382.0255, F.S.; requiring the Department of Health to waive fees for certified copies of birth certificates issued to certain unaccompanied homeless youth and young adults; amending s. 409.1452, F.S.; requiring the Department of Children and Families to collaborate with specified entities for a certain purpose; requiring liaisons and coaching services to provide specified assistance for certain students at certain school district programs, Florida College System institutions, or state universities; providing requirements for such liaisons; requiring a liaison's contact information to be used in certain ways; requiring certain school district programs, Florida College System institutions, and state universities to maintain certain documentation; requiring certain entities to report certain information annually to the department; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; deleting obsolete language; amending s. 409.1454, F.S.; revising legislative findings; revising eligibility and requirements for a certain driver education, licensure, and insurance program to include certain unaccompanied homeless youth; revising program operation and administration requirements; hb1577-03-er ENROLLED 2022 Legislature amending s. 743.067, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "unaccompanied homeless youth"; specifying certification criteria for unaccompanied homeless youth; authorizing certain unaccompanied homeless youth to use a specified form to receive birth certificates; authorizing health care providers to accept such form for certain purposes; authorizing certain unaccompanied homeless youth to consent to specified medical and other care; amending s. 1001.42, F.S.; requiring district school boards to provide cards that contain specified information to certain unaccompanied homeless youth; specifying requirements for the card; amending s. 1003.01, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "children and youths who are experiencing homelessness"; defining the term "certified unaccompanied homeless youth"; amending s. 1009.25, F.S.; revising the standards certain students must meet to be eligible for certain fee exemptions; providing for the adequacy of certain documentation; providing a presumption; providing a way to overcome such presumption; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to conduct a specified study; specifying the scope of the study; requiring the study to include specified recommendations; requiring the office to consult with hb1577-03-er ENROLLED 2022 Legislature specified entities; requiring the office to submit a report on the study to the Legislature by a specified date; providing an effective date.

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Marie Woodson (D)*,  Kristen Arrington (D),  Robin Bartleman (D),  Christopher Benjamin (D),  Demi Busatta Cabrera (R),  Anna Eskamani (D),  Elizabeth Fetterhoff (R),  Mike Gottlieb (D),  Dianne Hart-Lowman (D),  Christine Hunschofsky (D),  Evan Jenne (D),  Dotie Joseph (D),  Fiona McFarland (R),  Angie Nixon (D),  Michele Rayner (D),  Spencer Roach (R),  Felicia Robinson (D),  Emily Slosberg-King (D),  Susan L. Valdés (R),  Patricia Williams (D), 

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Chapter No. 2022-65 (on 04/08/2022)

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