Florida Senate - 2019 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 540 Ì4947140Î494714 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Criminal Justice (Book) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 71 - 109 4 and insert: 5 eight hour educational program designed to effectively train 6 them in the identification, prevention, and reporting of 7 suspected human trafficking. 8 (b) By January 1, 2020, implement an effective employee 9 protocol or employee code of conduct to prevent, detect, and 10 report suspected human trafficking. 11 (2) The division shall impose an administrative fine of up 12 to $1,000 per day on a public lodging establishment for the 13 following violations: 14 (a) The administrative fine must be assessed up to the 15 maximum amount per day for each employee of the public lodging 16 establishment who does not meet the educational program 17 requirements of this section. 18 (b) The administrative fine must be assessed up to the 19 maximum amount per day for each day the public lodging 20 establishment fails to comply with paragraph (1)(b). 21 Section 2. Section 787.08, Florida Statutes, is created to 22 read: 23 787.08 Direct-support organization.— 24 (1) The Department of Children and Families, in 25 consultation with the Department of Law Enforcement and the 26 Attorney General, shall establish a direct-support organization 27 that is: 28 (a) A Florida corporation, not for profit, incorporated 29 under chapter 617 and approved by the Secretary of State. 30 (b) Organized and operated exclusively to solicit funds; 31 request and receive grants, gifts, and bequests of money; 32 acquire, receive, hold, invest, and administer, in its own name, 33 property and funds; and make expenditures in support of the 34 purposes specified in this section. 35 (c) Certified by the department, after review, to be 36 operating in a manner consistent with the purposes of the 37 organization and in the best interests of the state. 38 (2) The direct-support organization shall focus on human 39 trafficking issues within the state by forming strategic 40 partnerships to foster the development of community and private 41 sector resources and serving as a liaison with state agencies, 42 other state governments, and the public and private sectors. 43 Additionally, the direct-support organization shall assist 44 agencies in creating training on the detection of human 45 trafficking and the best practices of intervention and treatment 46 for survivors of human trafficking. The direct-support 47 organization shall also provide resources for such training, and 48 strategize the funding of inpatient care for victims of human 49 trafficking in treatment centers throughout the state. 50 51 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 52 And the title is amended as follows: 53 Delete lines 5 - 20 54 and insert: 55 employees with an eight hour educational program and 56 create certain policies relating to human trafficking 57 by a specified date; requiring the Division of Hotels 58 and Restaurants of the Department of Business and 59 Professional Regulation to impose fines on public 60 lodging establishments for failure to comply with such 61 requirements; creating s. 787.08, F.S.; requiring the 62 Department of Children and Families, in consultation 63 with the Department of Law Enforcement and the 64 Attorney General, to establish a certain direct 65 support organization; providing requirements for the 66 direct-support organization; requiring the direct 67 support organization to focus on human trafficking 68 issues by forming strategic partnerships and serving 69 as a liaison with specified public and private sector 70 partners; requiring the direct-support organization to 71 assist agencies in creating training on certain 72 topics; requiring the direct-support organization to 73 provide resources for such training and strategize the 74 funding of inpatient care for victims of human 75 trafficking in treatment centers throughout the state; 76 requiring the direct-support organization