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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to guardianship data transparency; 2
creating s. 744.2112, F.S.; requiring the Florida 3
Association of Court Clerks and Comptrollers, Inc., 4
and the clerks of court to establish a statewide 5
database of guardianship data; requiring the database 6
to be interoperable and easily accessible for each 7
circuit court; requiring the database to contain 8
certain information; requiring the Office of Public 9
and Professional Guardians to provide certain data for 10
use in the database; requiring the database to be 11
searchable in specified ways; requiring the database 12
to be able to generate certain statistical data; 13
requiring the Office of Public and Professional 14
Guardians to publish online profiles of registered 15
professional guardians; requiring the online profiles 16
to contain certain information; providing an effective 17
date. 18
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 20
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Section 1. Section 744.2112, Flo rida Statutes, is created 22
to read: 23
744.2112 Guardianship data collection and transparency. — 24
(1) The Florida Association of Court Clerks and 25
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Comptrollers, Inc., and the clerks of court shall establish a 26
statewide database of guardianship information to facilitate 27
improving court oversight of guardianship cases. The database 28
must be interoperable with the data systems of each circuit 29
court and have the ability for each circuit court to easily 30
access the data for regular use in judicial proceedings. The 31
database must include, at a minimum, all of the following: 32
(a) The registration and disciplinary data of each 33
professional guardian provided by the Office of Public and 34
Professional Guardians. 35
(b) Information regarding the status of each guardian's 36
compliance with the statutory qualifications for guardianship. 37
(c) The status of statutorily required reports and 38
submissions. 39
(2) The database must be searchable by, at a minimum, the 40
name of the petitioner, ward, guardian, legal counsel, and other 41
parties to a case; the demographic information of the ward; the 42
guardian's location; and the name of the judge and circuit in 43
which the case is brought. The database must have the ability to 44
generate statewide and circuit -level statistical data to provide 45
assistance to the courts and the Department of Elderly Affairs. 46
The Office of Public and Professional Guardians is directed to 47
share professional guardian registration and disciplinary data 48
for the purposes of this section. 49
(3) The Office of Public and Professi onal Guardians shall 50
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publish a profile of each registered professional guardian on 51
its website. The profiles must be accessible and searchable by 52
the public and must include, at a minimum, the information 53
submitted to the Office of Public and Professional Guardians 54
under s. 744.2002, whether any complaints against the 55
professional guardian have been substantiated, and any 56
disciplinary actions taken by the Department of Elderly Affairs. 57
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 58