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
       (Rodriguez) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 63 - 83
    4  and insert:
    5  in s. 394.492(5) or (6) in a nonsecure, homelike setting.
    6         (b) Whenever the department believes that a child in its
    7  legal custody is emotionally disturbed and may need residential
    8  treatment, an examination and suitability assessment must be
    9  conducted by a qualified evaluator who is appointed by the
   10  department Agency for Health Care Administration. This
   11  suitability assessment must be completed before the placement of
   12  the child in a residential treatment program center for
   13  emotionally disturbed children and adolescents or a hospital.
   14         1. The qualified evaluator for placement in a residential
   15  treatment center or a hospital must be a psychiatrist or a
   16  psychologist licensed in this state Florida who has at least 3
   17  years of experience in the diagnosis and treatment of serious
   18  emotional disturbances in children and adolescents and who has
   19  no actual or perceived conflict of interest with any inpatient
   20  facility or residential treatment center or program.
   21         2. The qualified evaluator for placement in a therapeutic
   22  group home must be a psychiatrist licensed under chapter 458 or
   23  chapter 459, a