FL H0763

Requires licensed caregivers to provide a minimum $20 weekly cash allowance from existing board rates to foster children ages 13-17, which cannot be withheld as punishment or tied to behavior, employment, or chores

Mandates the Department of Children and Families and community-based care lead agencies to hold quarterly meetings with organizations focused on empowering children with lived experience, with formal agendas and minutes posted on agency websites

Beginning in 2027, requires biannual public reports (February 1 and August 1) detailing how suggestions from these advocacy organizations have been implemented

Limits when new medical reports are required for psychotropic medications given to children in DCF custody—only needed when there are changes to dosage, medication type, administration method, or prescriber (with same group practice counting as single prescriber)

Revises definitions of "personnel" and "household member" for foster home screening purposes to exclude dependent children and certain children defined under s. 39.6251(1) from background check requirements