Bill Amendment: FL S1326 | 2020 | Regular Session
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Bill Title: Child Welfare
Status: 2020-07-01 - Chapter No. 2020-152 [S1326 Detail]
Download: Florida-2020-S1326-Senate_Committee_Amendment_353820.html
Bill Title: Child Welfare
Status: 2020-07-01 - Chapter No. 2020-152 [S1326 Detail]
Download: Florida-2020-S1326-Senate_Committee_Amendment_353820.html
Florida Senate - 2020 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1326 Ì353820|Î353820 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: WD . 01/28/2020 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Harrell) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Between lines 532 and 533 4 insert: 5 Section 8. Section 39.820, Florida Statutes, is amended to 6 read: 7 39.820 Definitions.—As used in this chapterpart, the term: 8 (1) “Guardian ad litem” as referred to in any civil or 9 criminal proceeding includes the following: The Statewide 10 Guardian Ad Litem Office, which includes circuita certified11 guardian ad litem programs;program,a duly certified volunteer, 12 a staff member, a staff attorney, contract attorney, or 13certifiedpro bono attorney working on behalf of a guardian ad 14 litemor the program; staff members of a program office; a 15 court-appointed attorney; or a responsible adult who is 16 appointed by the court to represent the best interests of a 17 child in a proceeding as provided for by law, including, but not 18 limited to, this chapter, who is a party to any judicial 19 proceeding as a representative of the child, and who serves 20 until discharged by the court. 21 (2) “Guardian advocate” means a person appointed by the 22 court to act on behalf of a drug dependent newborn pursuant to 23 the provisions of this part. 24 25 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 26 And the title is amended as follows: 27 Delete line 50 28 and insert: 29 certain purposes; amending s. 39.820, F.S.; revising 30 the definition of the term “guardian ad litem”; 31 amending s. 394.67, F.S.; defining