CS/SB 7012: Child Welfare

GENERAL BILL by Fiscal Policy, Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

Child Welfare; Requiring the Department of Children and Families to maintain copies of certain assessments and tools used to assess children for certain placement; removing authority for the department to grant exemptions from working with children or the developmentally disabled; subject to an appropriation, requiring the department to develop a child protective investigator and case manager recruitment program for a specified purpose; subject to an appropriation and beginning on a specified date, requiring the department to develop a 4-year pilot program for treatment foster care; specifying that incentives provided to state employees for participating in research or evaluation with the Florida Institute for Child Welfare do not violate certain laws or require certain reporting, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 5/5/2025 10:17 AM

• Senate Committee References (1)

  1. Fiscal Policy (FP)

• Related Bills (6)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 1127 (c1) by Health & Human Services Committee Child Welfare Last Action: 4/30/2025 H Laid on Table, refer to CS/SB 7012	Similar
  H 415 by Chamberlin Community-based Care Lead Agency and Subcontractor Liability Last Action: 5/3/2025 H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Compare
  H 1301 by Yarkosky Child Welfare Last Action: 5/3/2025 H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Compare
  H 6045 by Partington Lead Agency Procurement Last Action: 5/3/2025 H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Compare
  S 618 by McClain Community-based Care Lead Agency and Subcontractor Liability Last Action: 5/3/2025 S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Compare
  S 1626 (c3) by Grall Child Welfare Last Action: 5/3/2025 H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Compare

• Citations - Statute (12)

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  39.524	Safe-harbor placement.	Page 3 [pdf]
  39.905	Domestic violence centers.	Page 4 [pdf]
  402.305	Licensing standards; child care facilities.	Page 5 [pdf]
  402.30501	Modification of introductory child care course for community college credit authorized.	Page 18 [pdf]
  402.402	Child protection and child welfare personnel; attorneys employed by the department.	Page 9 [pdf]
  409.175	Licensure of family foster homes, residential child-caring agencies, and child-placing agencies; public records exemption.	Page 11 [pdf]
  409.987	Lead agency procurement; boards; conflicts of interest.	Page 13 [pdf]
  409.993	Lead agencies and subcontractor liability.	Page 14 [pdf]
  409.996	Duties of the Department of Children and Families.	Page 16 [pdf]
  1002.57	Prekindergarten director credential.	Page 19 [pdf]
  1002.59	Emergent literacy and performance standards training courses.	Page 19 [pdf]
  1004.615	Florida Institute for Child Welfare.	Page 18 [pdf]

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  2/27/2025	S	• Submitted for consideration by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/04/25, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
  3/4/2025	S	• Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
  3/5/2025	S	• Filed
  3/6/2025	S	• Referred to Fiscal Policy
  3/10/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/13/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building • Introduced
  3/13/2025	S	• CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  3/14/2025	S	• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  3/17/2025	S	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/19/25
  3/18/2025	S	• CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
  3/19/2025	S	• Read 2nd time -SJ 236 • Read 3rd time -SJ 236 • CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 236 • Immediately certified -SJ 242
  3/19/2025	H	• In Messages
  4/29/2025	H	• Bill referred to House Calendar • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/30/2025) • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
  4/30/2025	H	• Read 2nd time • Amendment 646549 adopted • Placed on 3rd reading • Added to Third Reading Calendar • Read 3rd time • CS passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 0
  4/30/2025	S	• In returning messages
  5/1/2025	S	• Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted (451310) -SJ 1088 • Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended (646549) -SJ 1092 • CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 1092
  5/1/2025	H	• In Messages
  5/2/2025	H	• Senate Message List • Amendment 451310 Concur • CS passed as amended; YEAS 98, NAYS 0
  5/2/2025	S	• Ordered engrossed, then enrolled