Florida Senate - 2022                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1120
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  01/25/2022           .                                
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       The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Book)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Before line 23
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraphs (m) and (n) are added to subsection
    6  (34) of section 39.01, Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         39.01 Definitions.—When used in this chapter, unless the
    8  context otherwise requires:
    9         (34) “Harm” to a child’s health or welfare can occur when
   10  any person:
   11         (m) Violates s. 316.613 or s. 316.614, resulting in the
   12  death of a child or the injury of a child which requires
   13  treatment at a medical facility, if substantiated by a licensed
   14  physician’s opinion that the violation exacerbated the child’s
   15  injuries or resulted in the child’s death.
   16         (n) Violates s. 316.6135, resulting in the death of a child
   17  or the injury of a child.
   18         Section 2. Paragraphs (j), (k), and (l) are added to
   19  subsection (4) of section 39.303, Florida Statutes, to read:
   20         39.303 Child Protection Teams and sexual abuse treatment
   21  programs; services; eligible cases.—
   22         (4) The child abuse, abandonment, and neglect reports that
   23  must be referred by the department to Child Protection Teams of
   24  the Department of Health for an assessment and other appropriate
   25  available support services as set forth in subsection (3) must
   26  include cases involving:
   27         (j) A child who was not properly restrained in a motor
   28  vehicle pursuant to s. 316.613 or s. 316.614, and the improper
   29  restraint exacerbated the child’s injuries or resulted in the
   30  child’s death.
   31         (k) A child who was left unattended or unsupervised in a
   32  motor vehicle pursuant to s. 316.6135, and such action resulted
   33  in an injury to the child or in the child’s death.
   34         (l) Reports from emergency room physicians.
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   36  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   37  And the title is amended as follows:
   38         Delete line 2
   39  and insert:
   40         An act relating to child welfare; amending s. 39.01,
   41         F.S.; expanding the list of incidents that constitute
   42         harm to a child’s health or welfare; amending s.
   43         39.303, F.S.; expanding the list of child abuse,
   44         abandonment, and neglect reports that the Department
   45         of Children and Families must refer to Child
   46         Protection Teams of the Department of Health; amending
   47         s. 39.407,