Bill Text: FL S0500 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Children and Youth Cabinet

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-11 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 241 (Ch. 2016-19) [S0500 Detail]

Download: Florida-2016-S0500-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2016                                     SB 500
       
       
        
       By Senator Montford
       
       
       
       
       
       3-00603-16                                             2016500__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Children and Youth Cabinet;
    3         amending s. 402.56, F.S.; revising the membership of
    4         the cabinet; providing an effective date.
    5          
    6  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    7  
    8         Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 402.56, Florida
    9  Statutes, is amended to read:
   10         402.56 Children’s cabinet; organization; responsibilities;
   11  annual report.—
   12         (4) MEMBERS.—The cabinet shall consist of 16 14 members
   13  including the Governor and the following persons:
   14         (a)1. The Secretary of Children and Families;
   15         2. The Secretary of Juvenile Justice;
   16         3. The director of the Agency for Persons with
   17  Disabilities;
   18         4. The director of the Office of Early Learning;
   19         5. The State Surgeon General;
   20         6. The Secretary of Health Care Administration;
   21         7. The Commissioner of Education;
   22         8. The director of the Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Office;
   23         9. The director of the Office of Adoption and Child
   24  Protection Child Abuse Prevention; and
   25         10. A superintendent of schools, appointed by the Governor;
   26  and
   27         11.10. Five members who represent representing children and
   28  youth advocacy organizations and, who are not service providers,
   29  and who are appointed by the Governor.
   30         (b) The President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House
   31  of Representatives, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the
   32  Attorney General, and the Chief Financial Officer, or their
   33  appointed designees, shall serve as ex officio members of the
   34  cabinet.
   35         (c) The Governor or the Governor’s designee shall serve as
   36  the chair of the cabinet.
   37         (d) Nongovernmental members of the cabinet shall serve
   38  without compensation, but are entitled to receive per diem and
   39  travel expenses in accordance with s. 112.061 while in
   40  performance of their duties.
   41         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.