SB 1120 Florida Senate · 2022 Regular Session

Child Welfare

Summary

Child Welfare; Authorizing the Department of Children and Families, under certain circumstances, to place children in its custody in therapeutic group homes for residential mental health treatment without prior court approval; providing that the department, rather than the Agency for Health Care Administration, shall appoint qualified evaluators to conduct suitability assessments of certain children in the department’s custody; revising requirements for suitability assessments, etc.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2022

Committee Review

Feb 2022

Senate Passage

Mar 2022

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 11, 2022 Last action Mar 2, 2022

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 2, 2022

Upper · Passed

Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 893 (Ch. 2022-55)

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Feb 25, 2022

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

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Feb 21, 2022

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/24/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building

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Feb 16, 2022

Upper · Passed

Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 11 NAYS 0

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Feb 11, 2022

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 02/16/22, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building

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Jan 26, 2022

Upper · Passed

Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services

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Jan 26, 2022

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

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Jan 20, 2022

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/25/22, 10:00 am, 37 Senate Building

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Jan 11, 2022

Introduced

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Jan 5, 2022

Committee

Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations

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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors