Randy Fine Co-Sponsored (Introduced) this Legislation.
Title: Amends Child Welfare Training Standards
Signed by Governor Ron DeSantis
Title: Amends Child Welfare Training Standards
Title: Amends Child Welfare Training Standards
Vote to amend and pass a bill that amends child welfare training standards.
Requires circuit and county judges that have responsibility for dependency cases to undergo training to recognize and respond to head trauma and brain injury in children 6 or younger (Sec. 2).
Requires the Department of Law Enforcement on March 1, 2021 to provide information to police officers stating whether a person is a parent currently the subject of a child abuse invesitigation (Sec. 3).
Requires police officers to report any interactions with parents that are the subject of a child abuse investigation to the central abuse hotline (Sec. 3).
Requires the central abuse hotline to provide any relevant information to (Sec. 3):
The child protective investigator; or
The child’s case manager and attorney representing the department.
Requires employees of the Department of Children and Families to undergo training to recognize and appropriately respond to head trauma and brain injury in children 6 or younger (Sec. 4).
Establishes that this bill takes effect on July 1, 2020 (Sec. 12).
Title: Amends Child Welfare Training Standards
Title: Amends Child Welfare Training Standards