FloridaSpecific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations
What it does
Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations; Providing an exception to the requirement that the Department of Children and Families immediately forward certain allegations to a law enforcement agency; requiring a child protective investigator to inform the subject of an investigation of a certain duty; requiring Child Protection Teams to consult with a licensed physician or advanced practice registered nurse with specified pediatric experience when evaluating certain reports; authorizing a parent or legal custodian of a child who is the subject of certain orders to request specified medical examinations of the child within a specified timeframe, etc.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 5Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 47 (Ch. 2026-165)Latest
- Mar 5Substituted CS/CS/HB 47
- Mar 5Read 2nd timeMinor
- Mar 4Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/26
- Mar 4Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Mar 3CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
- Mar 3Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Mar 2CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
- Vote recorded Favorable with Committee Substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 25On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- Feb 24CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services read 1st time
- Feb 23Now in Fiscal Policy
- Feb 20Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Feb 18CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- Vote recorded Favorable with Committee Substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/18/26, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- Jan 13IntroducedMinor
- Jan 13Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
- Jan 12Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0Minor
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 5On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/12/26, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
- 2025
- Oct 6Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal PolicyMinor
- Sep 8FiledIntroduced