Bill Text: FL S0762 | 2014 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Family Care Councils

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2014-06-13 - Chapter No. 2014-87 [S0762 Detail]

Download: Florida-2014-S0762-Comm_Sub.html

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       Florida Senate - 2014                              CS for SB 762
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability;
       and Senator Detert
       
       
       
       
       585-04183-14                                           2014762c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to family care councils; amending s.
    3         393.502, F.S.; revising the membership of the family
    4         care council within each service area of the Agency
    5         for Persons with Disabilities; requiring consent of a
    6         grandchild’s parent or legal guardian for appointment
    7         of a grandparent to a family care council; requiring
    8         the parent or legal guardian to provide notice of
    9         consent to the agency; providing an effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
   14  393.502, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         393.502 Family care councils.—
   16         (2) MEMBERSHIP.—
   17         (b) At least three of the members of the council shall must
   18  be individuals receiving or waiting to receive services from the
   19  agency consumers. One such member shall be an individual a
   20  consumer who has been receiving received services within the 4
   21  years before prior to the date of recommendation, or the legal
   22  guardian of such a consumer. The remainder of the council
   23  members shall be parents, grandparents, guardians, or siblings
   24  of individuals who have persons with developmental disabilities
   25  and who qualify for services pursuant to this chapter. For a
   26  grandparent to be a council member, the grandchild’s parent or
   27  legal guardian must consent to the appointment and report the
   28  consent to the agency.
   29         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.