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CS/CS/SB 42: Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations

GENERAL BILL by Fiscal Policy ; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services ; Sharief ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Rouson ; Grall ; Bernard ; Garcia

Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations; Providing an exception to the requirement that the Department of Children and Families immediately forward certain allegations to a law enforcement agency; requiring a child protective investigator to inform the subject of an investigation of a certain duty; requiring Child Protection Teams to consult with a licensed physician or advanced practice registered nurse with specified pediatric experience when evaluating certain reports; authorizing a parent or legal custodian of a child who is the subject of certain orders to request specified medical examinations of the child within a specified timeframe, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 3/5/2026 Senate - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 47
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
9/8/2025 Senate • Filed
10/6/2025 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
1/5/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/12/26, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
1/12/2026 Senate • Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
1/13/2026 Senate • Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
• Introduced
2/13/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/18/26, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
2/18/2026 Senate • CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
2/20/2026 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2/23/2026 Senate • Now in Fiscal Policy
2/24/2026 Senate • CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services read 1st time
2/25/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
3/2/2026 Senate • CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
3/3/2026 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
3/4/2026 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/26
3/5/2026 Senate • Read 2nd time
• Substituted CS/CS/HB 47
• Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 47