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Notice: 16817780

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Division:

Family Safety and Preservation Program

Chapter:

Out-of-Home Care

Overview

RULE:

65C-28.001	Definitions
65C-28.002	Family Time
65C-28.003	Medical Treatment
65C-28.004	Comprehensive Placement Assessment (Repealed)
65C-28.005	Changing Placements (Repealed)
65C-28.006	Permanency Staffings
65C-28.007	Voluntary Licensed Out-of-Home Care
65C-28.009	Transition to Adulthood
65C-28.010	Minor Parents in the Custody of the Department
65C-28.011	Criminal, Delinquency and Abuse/Neglect History Checks for Release to a Parent, Placement with a Relative and Non-Relative and Approval of Informal Safety Management Providers
65C-28.012	Other Parent Home Assessment and Home Studies for Relative and Non-Relative Placements
65C-28.013	Indian Child Welfare Act
65C-28.014	Behavioral Health Services
65C-28.015	Residential Mental Health Treatment
65C-28.017	Exit Interviews
65C-28.018	Meeting the Child's Educational Needs
65C-28.019	Normalcy

PURPOSE:

The Department of Children and Families intends to amend several rules within Chapter 65C-28, Out-of-Home Care, to implement legislative changes; implement the federal Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008; implement the care of children; quality parenting; “reasonable and prudent parent” standards established in Florida Statute 409.125; clarify the Department’s role and responsibility in documenting information in the State Automated Child Welfare Information System (SACWIS); add language to ensure children’s educational needs are met; and align language to adhere to the Florida Safety Decision-Making Methodology business model.

SUMMARY:

The amendments clarify placement matching requirements; incorporate a “Partnership Plan”; require parental notification of any placement change and the reason for the placement change; add a time limit on voluntary medical licensed out-of-home care and specifies conditions of return; for children age 13 and older, require that case plans include programs and services which will help prepare the child for independent living and require monthly discussions regarding life skill needs; repeal language duplicative of statute; incorporate an “Other Parent Home Assessment”; add a rule regarding meeting children’s educational needs and permitting homeschooling; and add a rule regarding normalcy and the “reasonable and prudent parent” standard.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

39.012, 39.0121, 39.0138, 39.307, 39.407, 39.4091, 39.5075, 39.5085, 394.4781, 394.9082, 409.145, 409.1451, 409.165, 409.175, 743.0645, F.S.

LAW:

39.0132, 39.0137, 39.0138, 39.0139, 39.307, 39.401, 39.402, 39.407, 39.4085, 39.4091, 39.501, 39.504, 39.506, 39.5075, 39.5085, 39.521, 39.522, 39.6011, 39.6012, 39.6035, 39.621, 39.624, 39.701, 39.811, 394.4781, 394.4785, 394.479, 394.495, 394.9082, 409.145, 409.1451, 409.165, 409.401, 409.996, 743.064, F.S.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

11/25/2015 Vol. 41/229

COMMENTS:

From 11/25/2015 To 12/16/2015 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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