Florida Senate - 2023                                     SB 916
       
       
        
       By Senator Book
       
       
       
       
       
       35-00617A-23                                           2023916__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to Child Protection Teams; amending s.
    3         39.303, F.S.; expanding the types of reports that the
    4         Department of Children and Families must refer to
    5         Child Protection Teams; providing an effective date.
    6          
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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    9         Section 1. Paragraphs (j), (k), and (l) are added to
   10  subsection (4) of section 39.303, Florida Statutes, to read:
   11         39.303 Child Protection Teams and sexual abuse treatment
   12  programs; services; eligible cases.—
   13         (4) The child abuse, abandonment, and neglect reports that
   14  must be referred by the department to Child Protection Teams of
   15  the Department of Health for an assessment and other appropriate
   16  available support services as set forth in subsection (3) must
   17  include cases involving:
   18         (j) A child who was not properly restrained in a motor
   19  vehicle pursuant to s. 316.613 or s. 316.614 when, in the
   20  opinion of a physician, the improper restraint exacerbated the
   21  child’s injuries in the motor vehicle accident or resulted in
   22  the child’s death.
   23         (k) A child who was left unattended or unsupervised in a
   24  motor vehicle pursuant to s. 316.6135 and such action resulted
   25  in an injury to the child or in the child’s death.
   26         (l) Any report from an emergency room physician.
   27         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.