| 1 | The Health & Families Council recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to child abuse; requiring the Office of |
| 7 | Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to |
| 8 | evaluate compliance with continuing education requirements |
| 9 | for professionals required to provide their names when |
| 10 | reporting child abuse, neglect, or abandonment; requiring |
| 11 | a report to the Governor and Legislature; requiring the |
| 12 | Department of Health to make available a curriculum; |
| 13 | providing an effective date. |
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| 15 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 17 | Section 1. The Office of Program Policy Analysis and |
| 18 | Government Accountability shall evaluate the continuing |
| 19 | education requirements related to identifying victims of child |
| 20 | abuse required for those individuals in the occupational |
| 21 | categories that are required to provide their names to child |
| 22 | abuse hotline staff when reporting known or suspected child |
| 23 | abuse, neglect, or abandonment. The evaluation shall include, |
| 24 | but not be limited to, an assessment of compliance by profession |
| 25 | or occupation, whether the training is statutorily required or |
| 26 | required as a condition for relicensure, recertification, or |
| 27 | continued employment, and the efficacy of such training. The |
| 28 | Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability |
| 29 | shall submit a report to the Governor, the President of the |
| 30 | Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by |
| 31 | December 31, 2006. |
| 32 | Section 2. Based on the findings of the Office of Program |
| 33 | Policy Analysis and Government Accountability's report, the |
| 34 | Division of Prevention and Intervention of the Children's |
| 35 | Medical Services program of the Department of Health shall make |
| 36 | available an appropriate child abuse education curriculum to |
| 37 | professional reporters under s. 39.201(1)(b), Florida Statutes. |
| 38 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |