Florida Senate - 2013                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1682
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
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                 Floor: WD/2R          .                                
             05/03/2013 02:25 PM       .                                
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       Senator Bradley moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Before line 27
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (h) is added to subsection (1) of
    6  section 39.201, Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         39.201 Mandatory reports of child abuse, abandonment, or
    8  neglect; mandatory reports of death; central abuse hotline.—
    9         (1)
   10         (h) An officer or employee of a law enforcement agency is
   11  not required to provide notice to the department of reasonable
   12  cause to suspect child abuse by an adult other than a parent,
   13  legal custodian, caregiver, or other person responsible for the
   14  child’s welfare when the incident under investigation by the law
   15  enforcement agency was reported to law enforcement by the
   16  Central Abuse Hotline through the electronic transfer of the
   17  report or call. The department’s Central Abuse Hotline is not
   18  required to electronically transfer calls and reports received
   19  pursuant to paragraph (2)(b) to the county sheriff’s office if
   20  the matter was initially reported to the department by the
   21  county sheriff’s office or another law enforcement agency. This
   22  paragraph applies only when the information related to the
   23  alleged child abuse has been provided to the officer or employee
   24  of a law enforcement agency or Central Abuse Hotline employee in
   25  the course of carrying out his or her official duties.
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   28         And the title is amended as follows:
   29         Between lines 2 and 3
   30  insert:
   31         amending s. 39.201, F.S.; limiting the duty of an
   32         officer or employee of a law enforcement agency to
   33         provide notice to the Department of Children and
   34         Families of reasonable cause to suspect child abuse
   35         under certain circumstances; limiting the duty of the
   36         Central Abuse Hotline to electronically transfer
   37         certain calls and reports to the county sheriff’s
   38         office under certain circumstances; providing
   39         applicability;