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| 10 | 10 | | 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 |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to parental rights of qualified 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | patients; amending s. 39.806, F.S.; prohibiting a 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | court from denying or restricting certain parental 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | rights based solely on a parent's status as a 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | qualified patient for purposes of medical marijuana 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | use; prohibiting the presumption of neglect or child 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | endangerment based solely on a parent's status as a 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | qualified patient for purposes of medical marijuana 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | use; providing construction; providing an effective 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | date. 11 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 1. Present subsections (2), (3), and (4) of 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | section 39.806, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | subsections (3), (4), and (5), resp ectively, and a new 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | subsection (2) is added to that section, to read: 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 39.806 Grounds for termination of parental rights. — 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) A court may not deny or otherwise restrict a parent's 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | custody of a minor child or the parent's visitation rights or 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | parenting time with a minor child based solely on the parent's 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | status as a qualified patient pursuant to s. 381.986. There is 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | no presumption of neglect or child endangerment based solely on 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | the person's status as a qualified patient pursuant to s. 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 381.986. In determining the best interests of the child with 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | respect to custody or dependency, the provisions of this section 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | apply. 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 29 |
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