Senate Bill 1432 (2024) — Commercial sexual exploitation of children
SB 1432
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Florida Senate - 2024 SB By Senator Book 35-00441-24 20241432__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. A bill to be entitled
An act relating to commercial sexual exploitation of children; amending s. 39.524, F.S.; requiring the Department of Children and Families to include individual-level child placement assessment data in its annual report to the Legislature on the commercial sexual exploitation of children; requiring the department to provide the Legislature with individual-8 level child placement assessment data in a certain format; providing an effective date. 10
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12
Section 1. Subsection (3) of
section 39.524, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 15 39.524 Safe-harbor placement.— 16 (3)(
a) By October of each year, the department, with information from community-based care agencies, shall report to the Legislature on the prevalence of child commercial sexual exploitation of children; the specialized services provided and placement of such children; the local service capacity assessed pursuant to s. 409.1754; the placement of children in safe houses and safe foster homes during the year, including the criteria used to determine the placement of children; the number of children who were evaluated for placement; the number of children who were placed based upon the evaluation; the number of children who were not placed; and the department’s response to the findings and recommendations made by the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability in its Florida Senate - 2024 SB 1432 35-00441-24 20241432__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. annual study on commercial sexual exploitation of children, as required by s. 409.16791.
In addition, the supporting assessments, including individual-level data for children who are assessed for such placement, must be included in this report. 34
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b) The department shall maintain data specifying the number of children who were verified as victims of commercial sexual exploitation, who were referred to nonresidential services in the community, who were placed in a safe house or safe foster home, and who were referred to a safe house or safe foster home for whom placement was unavailable, and shall identify the counties in which such placement was unavailable. 41 In addition, the department must provide to the Legislature individual-level data for children who are assessed for such placement in an extractable format that allows for aggregation and analysis.
The department shall include this data in its report under this subsection so that the Legislature may consider this information in developing the General Appropriations Act. 48