Bill Text: FL S0468 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Child Abuse/False Reports [SPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs [S0468 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0468-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                                     SB 468 
 
By Senator Hill 
1-00217A-10                                            2010468__ 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to false reports of child abuse; 
3         amending s. 39.402, F.S.; requiring a child to be 
4         returned to a parent or guardian within 3 days 
5         following a determination that an order for shelter 
6         care was based on a false report of child abuse, 
7         abandonment, or neglect; providing an effective date. 
8 
9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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11         Section 1. Subsection (13) of section 39.402, Florida 
12  Statutes, is amended to read: 
13         39.402 Placement in a shelter.— 
14         (13) A child may not be held in a shelter under an order so 
15  directing for more than 60 days without an adjudication of 
16  dependency. A child may not be held in a shelter for more than 
17  30 days after the entry of an order of adjudication unless an 
18  order of disposition has been entered by the court. A child may 
19  not be held in a shelter for more than 3 days following a 
20  determination that the order for shelter placement was based on 
21  a false report and no other instance of abuse, neglect, or 
22  abandonment was found during the protective investigation 
23  resulting from the report. In such case, the child shall be 
24  returned to the custody of the parent or legal custodian from 
25  whom the child was removed. 
26         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.