Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1694
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/06/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Rules (Torres) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 17 - 21
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 984.071, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    6  read:
    7         984.071 Resources and information packet.—
    8         (1) The Department of Juvenile Justice, in collaboration
    9  with the Department of Children and Families and the Department
   10  of Education, shall develop and publish an information packet
   11  that explains the current process under this chapter for
   12  obtaining assistance for a child in need of services or a family
   13  in need of services and the community services and resources
   14  available to parents of troubled or runaway children. In
   15  preparing the information packet, the Department of Juvenile
   16  Justice shall work with school district superintendents,
   17  juvenile court judges, county sheriffs, and other local law
   18  enforcement officials in order to ensure that the information
   19  packet lists services and resources that are currently available
   20  within the county in which the packet is distributed. Each
   21  information packet shall be annually updated and shall be
   22  available for distribution by January 1, 1998. The school
   23  district shall distribute this information packet to parents of
   24  truant children and to other parents upon request or as deemed
   25  appropriate by the school district. In addition, the Department
   26  of Juvenile Justice shall distribute the information packet to
   27  state and local law enforcement agencies. Any law enforcement
   28  officer who has contact with the parent of a child who is locked
   29  out of the home or who runs away from home shall make the
   30  information available to the parent.
   31         (2) The department, in collaboration with organizations
   32  that provide expertise, training, and advocacy in the areas of
   33  family and domestic violence, shall develop and maintain
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   36  And the title is amended as follows:
   37         Delete lines 3 - 6
   38  and insert:
   39         child domestic violence; amending s. 984.071, F.S.;
   40         deleting obsolete language; requiring the Department
   41         of Juvenile Justice, in collaboration with specified
   42         organizations, to develop and maintain updated