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Introduced Session

An act relating to child welfare; amending s. 39.01, F.S.; defining the terms "accredited child safety organization" and "child-serving organization"; revising the definition of the term "institutional child abuse or neglect"; creating s. 39.0151, F.S.; requiring certain organizations and agencies to provide employees with annual training approved by the Department of Children and Families relating to the protection of children from abuse and neglect; providing requirements for such training; requiring the department to create a process to recognize and approve qualified accrediting organizations for a specified purpose; providing requirements for qualified accrediting organizations to be approved by the department; requiring approved qualified accrediting organizations to maintain certain records and submit such records annually to the department; requiring the department to review the status of each qualified accrediting organization at certain intervals; authorizing the department to revoke its recognition and approval of a qualified accrediting organization for good cause; requiring the department to review the status of accredited child safety organizations at certain intervals; authorizing the department to renew or revoke the accreditation or certification of an accredited child safety organization; amending s. 39.101, F.S.; requiring the department to collect and analyze certain reports of abuse which are reported from or occurred at a child- serving organization; creating s. 627.0656, F.S.; requiring the Office of Insurance Regulation to approve rating plans for employer's liability insurance which provide a premium discount to certain child-serving organizations; providing requirements for such plans; providing legislative findings; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to conduct a study on the affordability and availability of liability coverage for child-serving organizations; requiring the office to provide a certain report to the Legislature by a certain date; amending ss. 39.302, 39.521, 39.6012, 394.495, 934.255, 960.065, and 984.03, F.S.; conforming cross-references; reenacting s. 39.301(2)(b), F.S., relating to initiation of protective investigations, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 39.01, F.S., in a reference thereto; providing an effective date.

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Michelle Salzman (R)*,  Taylor Yarkosky (R)*,  Bill Partington (R), 

Now in Human Services Subcommittee (on 01/15/2026)

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