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FL H0563
Bill
Status
Failed
3/8/2024
Primary Sponsor
Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
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AI Summary
- Defines "person with lived experience" as anyone with current or past experience of homelessness (as defined in 24 C.F.R. s. 578.3), including those who accessed or sought homeless services while fleeing domestic violence
- Creates a certification pathway allowing persons with lived experience of homelessness to provide support services, recognizing a shortage of professionals and paraprofessionals in the homeless services field
- Requires continuum of care lead agencies to submit documentation of an applicant's received homeless services to the Department of Children and Families for background screening purposes
- Disqualifies applicants who have been arrested for, found guilty of, or pled nolo contendere to any felony within the preceding 3 years, as well as those with any history of 64 specified serious offenses including murder, sexual battery, kidnapping, child abuse, exploitation of elderly or disabled adults, and domestic violence
- Allows disqualified applicants to request an exemption from disqualification from the Department of Children and Families under s. 435.07, with the department required to accept or reject the application within 90 days; effective July 1, 2024
Legislative Description
Persons With Lived Experience
Last Action
Died in Health & Human Services Committee
3/8/2024
Committee Referrals
Health And Human Services2/13/2024
Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee1/31/2024
Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee11/30/2023
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