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Introduced
12/20/2023
12/20/2023
In Committee
02/29/2024
02/29/2024
Crossed Over
03/06/2024
03/06/2024
Passed
06/14/2024
06/14/2024
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
06/17/2024
06/17/2024
Introduced Session
2024 Regular Session
Bill Summary
An act relating to background screenings and certifications; amending s. 420.621, F.S.; defining the term "person with lived experience"; creating s. 420.6241, F.S.; providing legislative intent; providing qualifications for a person seeking certification as a person with lived experience; requiring continuum of care lead agencies to submit certain information to the Department of Children and Families for purposes of background screening; providing duties of the department; prescribing screening requirements; specifying disqualifying offenses for a person applying for certification; authorizing a person who does not meet background screening requirements to apply to the department for an exemption from disqualification; requiring the department to accept or reject such application within a specified time; amending s. 435.04, F.S.; specifying additional disqualifying offenses under the background screening requirements for certain persons; amending s. 435.07, F.S.; revising requirements for exemptions from disqualification from employment; amending s. 943.0438, F.S.; revising the effective date of a requirement that independent sanctioning authorities conduct level 2 background screenings of current and2024 Legislature prospective athletic coaches; amending s. 456.0135, F.S.; expanding certain background screening requirements to apply to additional health care practitioners; providing applicability; requiring specified health care practitioners licensed before a specified date to comply with certain background screening requirements upon their next licensure renewal that takes place on or after a specified date; prohibiting the Department of Health from renewing specified health care practitioner licenses under certain circumstances beginning on a specified date; amending ss. 457.105, 463.006, 465.007, 465.0075, 466.006, 466.0067, 466.007, 467.011, 468.1185, 468.1215, 468.1695, 468.209, 468.213, 468.355, 468.358, 468.509, 468.513, 468.803, 478.45, 483.815, 483.901, 483.914, 484.007, 484.045, 486.031, 486.102, 490.005, 490.0051, 490.006, 491.0045, 491.0046, 491.005, and 491.006, F.S.; revising licensure, registration, or certification requirements, as applicable, for acupuncturists; optometrists; pharmacists; pharmacist licenses by endorsement; dentists; health access dental licenses; dental hygienists; midwives; speech-language pathologists and audiologists; speech-language pathology assistants and audiology assistants; nursing home administrators;2024 Legislature occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants; occupational therapist and occupational therapy assistant licenses by endorsement; respiratory therapists; respiratory therapist licenses by endorsement; dietitian/nutritionists; dietitian/nutritionist licenses by endorsement; practitioners of orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics; electrologists; clinical laboratory personnel; medical physicists; genetic counselors; opticians; hearing aid specialists; physical therapists; physical therapist assistants; psychologists and school psychologists; provisional licenses for psychologists; psychologist and school psychologist licenses by endorsement; intern registrations for clinical social work, marriage and family therapy, and mental health counseling; provisional licenses for clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors; clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors; and clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist, and mental health counselor licenses by endorsement, respectively, to include background screening requirements; making conforming and technical changes; amending ss. 468.505 and 491.003, F.S.; conforming2024 Legislature cross-references; providing an appropriation; providing effective dates.
AI Summary
This bill aims to address the shortage of professionals and paraprofessionals in the field of homeless services. The key provisions are:
1. Defining the term "person with lived experience" as someone who has current or past experience of homelessness, including those who have accessed or sought homeless services while fleeing domestic violence.
2. Establishing a certification process for persons with lived experience, including background screening requirements and exemption procedures.
3. Expanding background screening requirements for various health care practitioners, including requiring existing practitioners to undergo screening upon their next licensure renewal.
4. Making conforming changes to the licensure, registration, or certification requirements for numerous health care professions to include background screening.
5. Providing an appropriation of $250,000 in nonrecurring funds for the Department of Health to implement the provisions of the bill.
The overall intent is to enable persons with lived experience of homelessness to provide effective support services, while ensuring appropriate background screening requirements are in place for health care practitioners.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services
Sponsors (12)
Melony Bell (R)*,
Daryl Campbell (D)*,
Dana Trabulsy (R)*,
Fabián Basabe (R),
Hillary Cassel (R),
Anna Eskamani (D),
Alina García (R),
Dotie Joseph (D),
Vicki Lopez (R),
Johanna López (D),
Michelle Salzman (R),
Allison Tant (D),
Other Sponsors (2)
Health & Human Services Committee (House), Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee (House)
Last Action
Chapter No. 2024-243; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1600 (Ch. 2024-274), CS/SB 7016 (Ch. 2024-15) (on 06/17/2024)
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