Florida Senate - 2025                                    SB 1174
       
       
        
       By Senator Jones
       
       
       
       
       
       34-01014-25                                           20251174__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to licensure of family foster homes;
    3         amending s. 409.175, F.S.; authorizing the transfer of
    4         certain licenses; requiring the Department of Children
    5         and Families to adopt rules for such transfer;
    6         providing an effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Paragraph (i) of subsection (6) of section
   11  409.175, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         409.175 Licensure of family foster homes, residential
   13  child-caring agencies, and child-placing agencies; public
   14  records exemption.—
   15         (6)
   16         (i)1. Upon determination that the applicant meets the state
   17  minimum licensing requirements and has obtained a letter from a
   18  community-based care lead agency which indicates that the family
   19  foster home meets the criteria established by the lead agency,
   20  the department shall issue a license without charge to a
   21  specific person or agency at a specific location. A license may
   22  be issued if all the screening materials have been timely
   23  submitted; however, a license may not be issued or renewed if
   24  any person at the home or agency has failed the required
   25  screening. The license is nontransferable. A copy of the license
   26  shall be displayed in a conspicuous place. Except as provided in
   27  paragraph (k), the license is valid for 1 year from the date of
   28  issuance, unless the license is suspended or revoked by the
   29  department or is voluntarily surrendered by the licensee. The
   30  license is the property of the department.
   31         2. A licensee may transfer its license to another location
   32  within this state. The department shall adopt rules to
   33  administer this subparagraph.
   34         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2025.