Category: Legislation
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Emotional Debate on Florida House’s Proposal to Reduce RTI Stipend to Age 21
You can watch the January 24, 2012 meeting of the Florida House Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee here. Debate and public comment on PCB HCAS 12-03, which lowers the maximum eligibility age for RTI to 21 years old, starts at approximately 77:00 and runs for about 47 minutes. It’s worth taking a listen to.
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Florida Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Committee on Psych Meds and APD
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs – January 25, 2012 (podcast) (expanded agenda). Psychotropic Medication (SB 1808) – podcast audio 3:15 – 14:38 Agency for Persons with Disabilities – podcast audio 1:27:00 and on. Interesting stuff.
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Florida Independent Living Bill Now in House’s Hands
Done! SB 434 is already in messages with the House. The amendments in the Senate were as follows: explicitly made DCF guardian of the person of a child in its custody updated the legislative purpose required a plan for health care coordination and “connection to a positive adult” removed $25 minimum for RTI extended adoption…
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Psychotropic Medication Bills Filed
Psychotropic Medication bills, HB 1405 and SB 1808 and have been filed in the House and the Senate. Running the bills through DiffPDF, it appears they are substantially the same as SB 2718 and HB 1567, which were filed in 2010, with some cosmetic changes. For example, both the House and the Senate bills still have…
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HB 1163 on Adoption
HB 1163 on Adoptions was filed, introduced, and referred to several committees this month. Some of the changes are subtle, some are ambitious. They include: explicit procedures for creation and enforcement of continuing contact orders and agreements (“open adoption”) an additional class of men whose consent is required for the adoption, namely the man whose…
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This is what happened at the Committee on Children, Families and Elder Affairs
The Florida Senate’s Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs convened on December 7, 2011. A link to the committee’s page, along with audio of the hearing, is here: http://www.flsenate.gov/committees/show/cf Notable events: Senate Bill 434 to modify the IL Program to an extended foster care model was approved. Alan Abramowitz presented on the GAL Program’s NICE…
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What will the Florida Senate’s Committee on Children and Families Discuss Tomorrow?
According to their meeting packet, the following should be interesting: SB 434’s changes to the IL Program (creating extended foster care for $0); SB 202’s changes to the Florida Safe Harbor Act (concerning sexual exploitation shelters); A presentation by the GAL Program (mostly concerning their new pilot on driving children [ed.: chauffeur ad litem?]); and OPPAGA’s review…