Child Welfare; Requires DCF to provide specified data to Legislature as part of certain annual report; requires DCF to maintain copies of certain assessments or tools; authorizes DCF to waive specified requirement & issue provisional certificate if there is emergency need for new domestic violence center; authorizes DCF to grant certain exemptions to standards & requirements; requires DCF to develop child protective investigator & case manager recruitment program; provides program requirements & DCF duties; removes requirement that entity post specified fidelity bond in order to serve as lead agency; provides immunity from liability for subcontractors of lead agencies for certain acts or omissions; requires DCF to develop 4-year pilot program for treatment foster care; provides requirements for pilot program; specifies that incentives provided to state employees for participating in research or evaluation with Florida Institute for Child Welfare do not violate certain laws or require certain reporting; requires DCF to convene case management workforce workgroup; provides membership, duties, & responsibilities of workgroup; requires DCF to contract for detailed study of bed capacity for residential treatment services for child victims of commercial sexual exploitation.
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Home Health Aide for Medically Fragile Children Program ; Provides requirements for annual assessment of home health aide for medically fragile children program; revises program training requirements; requires employing home health agency to provide specified training & ensure each home health aide for medically fragile children holds & maintains specified certification; revises utilization cap of Medicaid fee schedule; requires home health aide for medically fragile children who works more than 40 hours per week to provide specified justification; provides requirements for AHCA to seek federal approval & federal waiver for specified purposes; requires agency to seek federal approval & implement federal waivers & state plan amendments for specified purposes.
Mental Health; Expands programs & diversion initiatives supported by implementation or expansion grants to include training for 911 public safety telecommunicators & emergency medical technicians for certain purposes & to include veterans treatment court programs; exempts certain fiscally constrained counties from local match requirements for specified grants; encourages communities to apply for specified grants to establish pretrial felony mental health diversion programs; provides model process for such mental health diversion programs; authorizes specified entities to collaborate to establish certain policies & procedures & to develop certain consent form; requires mental health evaluations & following of all recommendations as conditions of probation for specified defendants; creates Florida Behavioral Health Care Data Repository within Northwest Regional Data Center; requires data center to develop specified plan & submit annual report.
Capital Human Trafficking of Vulnerable Persons for Sexual Exploitation; Prohibits person 18 years of age or older from knowingly initiating, organizing, planning, financing, directing, managing, or supervising venture that has subjected child younger than 12, or person who is mentally defective or mentally incapacitated to human trafficking for sexual exploitation; requires state to give specified notice if it intends to seek death penalty; provides for imposition of sentence of life imprisonment or death.
Electrocardiograms for Student Athletes; Authorizes certain out-of-state licensed practitioners to conduct medical evaluations; requires certain students to receive electrocardiogram to participate in interscholastic athletic competition; provides exemption from such procedure; & provides immunity from liability.
Fraudulent Use of Gift Cards; Provides criminal penalties for persons who, with intent to defraud, commit specified acts related to gift cards or use for certain purposes gift cards or gift card redemption information; provides enhanced criminal penalties for second or subsequent violation; provides enhanced criminal penalties if value of violation exceeds specified amount.
School Readiness Program; Revises criteria for child to receive priority for participation in school readiness program; provides requirements for school readiness program provider to be eligible for specified funding.
Young Adults who are Homeless or were in the Child Welfare System; Requires each Florida College System institution & state university, in consultation with State Office on Homelessness, to develop plan to prioritize placement of certain students in residence halls or dormitory residences; provides responsibilities for Office of Continuing Care, Florida College System institutions, & state universities; requires that certain institutions & universities give priority to certain students for housing & work-study opportunities; prohibits institutions & universities from requiring cosigner or guarantor to obtain housing for certain students; requires certain entities to administer certain federal programs & vouchers; provides requirements for administering such programs & vouchers; requires specified entities to document certain actions & provide certain assurances to landlords.
Type 1 Diabetes Early Detection Program; Requires DOH, in collaboration with school districts throughout state, to develop informational materials for early detection of Type 1 diabetes for parents & guardians of certain students; provides requirements for such informational materials; requires early learning coalitions to notify parents & guardians of availability of such informational materials.
Maddy summaryHB 431 addresses the background screening process for athletic coaches. The bill's primary purpose is to revise the specific date by which certain required background screenings for these coaches must be conducted. This adjustment affects both athletic coaches and the organizations responsible for performing these screenings.