Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 852
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Latvala) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 519 and 520
    4  insert:
    5         Section 6. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (3) of
    6  section 464.013, Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         464.013 Renewal of license or certificate.—
    8         (3) The board shall by rule prescribe up to 30 hours of
    9  continuing education biennially as a condition for renewal of a
   10  license or certificate.
   11         (c) Notwithstanding the exemption in paragraph (a), as part
   12  of the maximum biennial continuing education hours required
   13  under this subsection, the board shall require each person
   14  licensed or certified under this chapter to complete a 2-hour
   15  continuing education course on human trafficking, as defined in
   16  s. 787.06(2). The continuing education course must consist of
   17  data and information on the types of human trafficking, such as
   18  labor and sex, and the extent of human trafficking; factors that
   19  place a person at greater risk of being a victim of human
   20  trafficking; public and private social services available for
   21  rescue, food, clothing, and shelter referrals; hotlines for
   22  reporting human trafficking which are maintained by the National
   23  Human Trafficking Resource Center and the United States
   24  Department of Homeland Security; validated assessment tools for
   25  identifying a human trafficking victim and general indicators
   26  that a person may be a victim of human trafficking; procedures
   27  for sharing information related to human trafficking with a
   28  patient; and referral options for legal and social services. All
   29  licensees must complete this course no later than May 1, 2019,
   30  and every biennial period thereafter.
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   33  And the title is amended as follows:
   34         Delete line 30
   35  and insert:
   36         a specified timeframe; amending s. 464.013, F.S.;
   37         revising the continuing medical education course
   38         requirements for certain relicensures or
   39         recertifications to include a course in human
   40         trafficking; providing requirements and procedures for
   41         the course; amending s. 907.041, F.S.;