Florida 2022 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1011 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to the Task Force on the Monitoring of 2
16	16	Children in Out-of-Home Care; creating s. 39.4093, 3
17	17	F.S.; creating the Task Force on the Monitoring of 4
18	18	Children in Out-of-Home Care for specified purposes; 5
19	19	requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to provide 6
20	20	certain services; providing for membership by a 7
21	21	specified date; requiring the task force to convene by 8
22	22	a specified date; authorizing the task force to 9
23	23	conduct meetings through teleconference or other 10
24	24	electronic means; providing duties of the task force; 11
25	25	requiring the Florida Institute for Child Welfare to 12
26	26	conduct focus groups and submit its findings to the 13
27	27	task force by a specified date; requiring the 14
28	28	Department of Children and Families to submit certain 15
29	29	monthly reports to the task force through a specified 16
30	30	date; requiring the task force to submit a report to 17
31	31	the Governor and Legislature by a specified date; 18
32	32	providing for repeal of the task force unles s reviewed 19
33	33	and saved by the Legislature; providing an effective 20
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36	36	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 23
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38	38	Section 1. Section 39.4093, Florida Statutes, is created 25
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52	52	39.4093 Task Force on the Monitoring of Children i n Out-27
53	53	of-Home Care.— 28
54	54	(1) CREATION.—The Task Force on the Monitoring of Children 29
55	55	in Out-of-Home Care, a task force as defined in s. 20.03(8), is 30
56	56	established within the Department of Law Enforcement. The 31
57	57	Department of Law Enforcement shall provide administ rative and 32
58	58	staff support services relating to the functions of the task 33
59	59	force. 34
60	60	(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the task force is to identify 35
61	61	and counter the root causes of why children go missing while in 36
62	62	out-of-home care and to ensure that prompt and effect ive action 37
63	63	is taken to address such causes. The task force shall examine 38
64	64	and recommend improvements to current policies, procedures, 39
65	65	programs, and initiatives to prevent children from going missing 40
66	66	while in out-of-home care and to ensure that timely and 41
67	67	comprehensive steps are taken to find missing children who are 42
68	68	missing for any reason, including, but not limited to, running 43
69	69	away, human trafficking, and abduction by a parent or a person 44
70	70	who does not have care or custody of the child. 45
71	71	(3) MEMBERSHIP; MEE TINGS.— 46
72	72	(a) The task force shall be composed of the following 47
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74	74	1. A member of the Senate, appointed by the President of 49
75	75	the Senate. 50
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88	88	2. A member of the House of Representatives, appointed by 51
89	89	the Speaker of the House of Representatives. 52
90	90	3. The secretary, or his or her designee. 53
91	91	4. The Secretary of the Department of Juvenile Justice, or 54
92	92	his or her designee. 55
93	93	5. The executive director of the Statewide Guardian Ad 56
94	94	Litem Office, or his or her designee. 57
95	95	6. The executive director of the Departm ent of Law 58
96	96	Enforcement, or his or her designee. 59
97	97	7. A representative from Safe Kids Florida, appointed by 60
98	98	the State Surgeon General. 61
99	99	8. A representative from the Statewide Council on Human 62
100	100	Trafficking, appointed by the Attorney General. 63
101	101	9. A representative from a community -based care lead 64
102	102	agency that delivers child welfare services in a county defined 65
103	103	as rural by the most recent United States Census, appointed by 66
104	104	the secretary. 67
105	105	10. A representative from a community -based care lead 68
106	106	agency that delivers child welfare services in a county defined 69
107	107	as urban by the most recent United States Census, appointed by 70
108	108	the secretary. 71
109	109	11. A licensed foster parent, appointed by the secretary. 72
110	110	12. A representative from a residential group care 73
111	111	provider, appointed by the secretary. 74
112	112	13. A young adult who aged out of the foster care system, 75
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126	126	(b) Appointments to the task force must be made by August 77
127	127	1, 2022. Each member shall serve at the pleasure of the official 78
128	128	who appointed the member. A vacancy on the task force shall be 79
129	129	filled in the same manner as the original appointment. 80
130	130	(c) The task force shall elect a chair from among its 81
131	131	members. 82
132	132	(d) The task force shall convene no later than September 83
133	133	1, 2022. The task force shall meet monthly or upon the call of 84
134	134	the chair. The task force may hold its meetings through 85
135	135	teleconference or other electronic means. 86
136	136	(4) DUTIES.—The duties of the task force include all of 87
137	137	the following: 88
138	138	(a) Analyzing statistical data regarding chi ldren in out-89
139	139	of-home care who are missing and the reasons why the children 90
140	140	are missing, if known. 91
141	141	(b) Identifying the root causes of why children go missing 92
142	142	while in out-of-home care and how to prevent children from going 93
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144	144	(c) Assessing the relationship between children who go 95
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146	146	becoming victims of human trafficking. 97
147	147	(d) Assessing the comprehensiveness and effectiveness of 98
148	148	existing policies and procedures for preventing children in out -99
149	149	of-home care from going missing, for promptly determining 100
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164	164	(e) Evaluating the state's approaches to reporting on the 103
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166	166	the results of the efforts to locate such children, including, 105
167	167	but not limited to, the use of technology, training, 106
168	168	communication, and cooperation. 107
169	169	(f) Measuring the overall performance of efforts to locate 108
170	170	and recover children who ar e missing from out-of-home care, 109
171	171	including, but not limited to, the communication and response 110
172	172	between community-based care lead agencies, the department, and 111
173	173	other entities. 112
174	174	(g) Collaborating with the Florida Institute for Child 113
175	175	Welfare to identify best practices used in other states for 114
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179	179	(h) Submitting recommendations to improve policies, 118
180	180	procedures, and systems in the state, including, but not limited 119
181	181	to, technology, training, communication, and cooperation, so all 120
182	182	entities are effectively monitoring children in out -of-home 121
183	183	care, promptly responding when such children go missing, and 122
184	184	preventing such children from going missing while in out -of-home 123
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186	186	(5) FOCUS GROUPS.—The Florida Institute for Child Welfare 125
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202	202	at a minimum, consider the reasons why such children seek to 129
203	203	leave their out-of-home placement, identify opportunities and 130
204	204	resources to assist and prevent children from leaving their 131
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206	206	children. The institute shall submit the findings from the focus 133
207	207	groups to the task force by April 1, 2023. 134
208	208	(6) REPORTS.— 135
209	209	(a) Through October 1, 2023, the department shall provide 136
210	210	monthly reports to the task force to assist the tas k force in 137
211	211	fulfilling its duties. The monthly reports must, at a minimum, 138
212	212	address the number and percentage of children in out -of-home 139
213	213	care who have been reported missing, the reasons why such 140
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216	216	return. The monthly report must categorize the required data by 143
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219	219	(b) By October 1, 2023, the task force shall submit to the 146
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221	221	House of Representatives a report that compiles the findings and 148
222	222	recommendations of the task force. 149
223	223	(7) REPEAL.—This section is repealed June 30, 2024, unless 150
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237	237	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 152