FL H0259

Creates section 827.10 to criminalize when a caregiver by culpable negligence fails to make contact with or verify the whereabouts of a child age 6 or younger for 48 hours and fails to immediately report the child as missing to law enforcement.

Establishes a second-degree felony if the missing child suffers death, great bodily harm, permanent disability, or permanent disfigurement while missing; otherwise a third-degree felony.

Creates section 827.11 requiring caregivers to report a minor child's death or the location of a child's corpse to law enforcement within 2 hours after learning about it, with exceptions for certain types of deaths listed in section 406.11(1)(a), punishable as a second-degree felony.

Amends section 837.055 to make knowingly false reports under sections 827.10 or 827.11 a third-degree felony, enhanced from the standard first-degree misdemeanor for false information to law enforcement.

Takes effect July 1, 2012; excludes time periods when the caregiver is unable to make a report due to circumstances beyond their control.