Bill Text: FL S0762 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Family Care Councils

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2014-06-13 - Chapter No. 2014-87 [S0762 Detail]

Download: Florida-2014-S0762-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2014                                     SB 762
       
       
        
       By Senator Detert
       
       
       
       
       
       28-00942-14                                            2014762__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to family care councils; amending s.
    3         393.502, F.S.; revising the membership of the family
    4         care council within each service area of the Agency
    5         for Persons with Disabilities; providing an effective
    6         date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
   11  393.502, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         393.502 Family care councils.—
   13         (2) MEMBERSHIP.—
   14         (b) At least three of the members of the council shall must
   15  be individuals receiving or waiting to receive services from the
   16  agency consumers. One such member shall be an individual a
   17  consumer who has been receiving received services within the 4
   18  years before prior to the date of recommendation, or the legal
   19  guardian of such a consumer. The remainder of the council
   20  members shall be parents, grandparents, guardians, or siblings
   21  of individuals who have persons with developmental disabilities
   22  and who qualify for services pursuant to this chapter.
   23         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.