CS/SB 646 (2019) -  Child Welfare

General Bill by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs and Book (CO-SPONSORS) Rader
Child Welfare: Specifying the rights of children and young adults in out-of-home care; requiring the Florida Children’s Ombudsman to serve as an autonomous entity within the department for certain purposes; requiring that a case plan be developed in a face-to-face conference with a caregiver of a child under certain circumstances; requiring a caseworker to provide information about subsidies provided by early learning coalitions to caregivers of certain children; providing additional requirements for the licensure and operation of family foster homes, residential child-caring agencies, and child-placing agencies, etc.
Effective Date: 10/01/2019
Last Event: 05/03/19 S Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services on Friday, May 3, 2019 11:59 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    • On agenda for: 03/04/19 3:30 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 6   Nays 0
  • Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
    • On agenda for: 04/04/19 12:30 PM
  • Appropriations

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/HB 823 Subject: Child Welfare Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

  • Committee Substitute 1
  • Original Filed Version
    • A 205506 , Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Book Date Filed: 03/01/19, Line#: 86 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 03/04/2019 06:14 PM
    • A 643980 , Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Book Date Filed: 03/01/19, Line#: 309 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 03/04/2019 06:14 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services 4/3/2019 3:22:22 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 3/5/2019 2:23:41 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 3/5/2019 2:18:29 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Time: 05/03/2019 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Version: c1
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 05/03/2019 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 04/04/19, 12:30 pm, 412 Knott Building --Not Considered Time: 04/04/2019 - 2:50 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Version: c1
Event: S CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time -SJ 192 Time: 03/07/2019 - 5:59 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Time: 03/07/2019 - 9:23 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 03/05/2019 - 2:45 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: c1
Event: S Introduced -SJ 79 Time: 03/05/2019 - 8:20 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 159 Time: 03/04/2019 - 5:47 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/04/19, 3:30 pm, 301 Senate Building Time: 02/25/2019 - 4:48 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: __
Event: S Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 79 Time: 02/15/2019 - 10:02 AM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 01/31/2019 - 4:47 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
39.4085 CS/HB 823*
39.4088 CS/HB 823
39.6011 CS/SB 262, CS/CS/HB 421, CS/HB 823, CS/CS/HB 899, SB 1396
39.6013 CS/SB 262, CS/CS/HB 421, CS/HB 823
39.604 CS/HB 823
39.701 CS/HB 823, CS/CS/HB 899, SB 1396, CS/CS/SB 1650, CS/HB 7099
409.145 SB 4, CS/HB 823, SB 1144, HB 1367, HB 7041
409.175 CS/HB 823*, HB 1025, CS/CS/HB 1249, CS/SB 1622, CS/CS/SB 1650, CS/HB 7099
409.1753 CS/HB 823
409.988 CS/CS/CS/HB 315, CS/SB 634, CS/HB 823, CS/CS/HB 899

(*) Not the latest version