Bill Text: FL S1424 | 2014 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Regulation of Summer Camps

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2014-05-02 - Died in Appropriations [S1424 Detail]

Download: Florida-2014-S1424-Comm_Sub.html

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       Florida Senate - 2014                             CS for SB 1424
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; and
       Senator Clemens
       
       
       
       
       586-03985-14                                          20141424c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the regulation of summer camps;
    3         amending s. 409.175, F.S.; requiring the Department of
    4         Children and Families to create an online registry of
    5         persons who have passed the background screening
    6         requirements for employment in summer camps;
    7         authorizing the department to adopt rules; providing
    8         an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Subsection (18) is added to section 409.175,
   13  Florida Statutes, to read:
   14         409.175 Licensure of family foster homes, residential
   15  child-caring agencies, and child-placing agencies; public
   16  records exemption.—
   17         (18) Owners, operators, employees, and volunteers working
   18  in summer day camps or summer 24-hour camps providing care for
   19  children must pass a background screening, using the level 2
   20  standards for screening set forth in chapter 435. In order to
   21  facilitate employment decisions and to provide information to
   22  parents and others about summer camps, the department shall
   23  create an online registry of persons who have met these
   24  requirements, using the information supplied by owners and
   25  operators of the camps. This registry shall be placed on the
   26  department’s Internet website and shall be available to the
   27  public. The department is authorized to adopt rules to implement
   28  this subsection.
   29         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.