Bill Text: FL S0374 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Children and Youth Cabinet
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2019-05-03 - Died in Messages [S0374 Detail]
Download: Florida-2019-S0374-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2019 SB 374 By Senator Harrell 25-00579A-19 2019374__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to the Children and Youth Cabinet; 3 amending s. 402.56, F.S.; expanding the membership of 4 the Children and Youth Cabinet within the Executive 5 Office of the Governor to include a representative 6 from the Florida Dental Association appointed by the 7 Governor; providing an effective date. 8 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 11 Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 402.56, Florida 12 Statutes, is amended to read: 13 402.56 Children’s cabinet; organization; responsibilities; 14 annual report.— 15 (4) MEMBERS.—The cabinet shall consist of 1716members 16 including the Governor and the following persons: 17 (a)1. The Secretary of Children and Families; 18 2. The Secretary of Juvenile Justice; 19 3. The director of the Agency for Persons with 20 Disabilities; 21 4. The director of the Office of Early Learning; 22 5. The State Surgeon General; 23 6. The Secretary of Health Care Administration; 24 7. The Commissioner of Education; 25 8. The director of the Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Office; 26 9. The director of the Office of Adoption and Child 27 Protection; 28 10. A superintendent of schools, appointed by the Governor; 29 11. A representative of the Florida Dental Association, 30 appointed by the Governor; and 31 12.11.Five members who represent children and youth 32 advocacy organizations and who are not service providers, 33 appointed by the Governor. 34 (b) The President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House 35 of Representatives, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the 36 Attorney General, and the Chief Financial Officer, or their 37 appointed designees, shall serve as ex officio members of the 38 cabinet. 39 (c) The Governor or the Governor’s designee shall serve as 40 the chair of the cabinet. 41 (d) Nongovernmental members of the cabinet shall serve 42 without compensation, but are entitled to receive per diem and 43 travel expenses in accordance with s. 112.061 while in 44 performance of their duties. 45 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.