Florida SB 560: Chemical Additives in Food Products

Bill Text

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Child Welfare 
2026-02-25T05:39:42Z 
Providing that a new medical report relating to the provision of psychotropic medication to a child in the legal custody of the Department of Children and Families may be required only under certain circumstances; requiring the department and each community-based care lead agency to coordinate with certain organizations and meet at least quarterly for a specified purpose; requiring a physician to provide to a pharmacy a copy of certain documentation, rather than a signed attestation, with certain prescriptions, etc. 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for CS for CS for SB 560 

 By the Committee on Rules; the Appropriations Committee on 
 Health and Human Services; the Committee on Children, Families, 
 and Elder Affairs; and Senator Garcia 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to child welfare; amending s. 39.407, 
 3 F.S.; providing that a new medical report relating to 
 4 the provision of psychotropic medication to a child in 
 5 the legal custody of the Department of Children and 
 6 Families may be required only under certain 
 7 circumstances; amending s. 39.4085, F.S.; requiring 
 8 the department and each community-based care lead 
 9 agency to coordinate with certain organizations and 
 10 meet at least quarterly for a specified purpose; 
 11 authorizing such meetings to be held in person or via 
 12 teleconference or other electronic means; requiring 
 13 that such meetings have a formal agenda; requiring the 
 14 department and each community-based care lead agency 
 15 to make certain information available on their 
 16 respective websites; requiring, beginning in a 
 17 specified year, the department and each community 
 18 based care lead agency to publish on their respective 
 19 websites a biannual report containing specified 
 20 information; amending s. 409.175, F.S.; revising the 
 21 definition of the terms “personnel” and “placement 
 22 screening”; amending s. 409.912, F.S.; requiring a 
 23 physician to provide to a pharmacy a copy of certain 
 24 documentation, rather than a signed attestation, with 
 25 certain prescriptions; amending s. 409.993, F.S.; 
 26 requiring the Office of Insurance Regulation, in 
 27 collaboration with the department and other entities, 
 28 to review and analyze certain data; requiring the 
 29 office to provide a certain report to the Governor and 
 30 Legislature; requiring certain entities to respond to 
 31 certain requests for information; authorizing the 
 32 office and the department to levy fines upon or 
 33 otherwise penalize insurance companies and community 
 34 based care lead agencies and their subcontractors, 
 35 respectively, for failure to timely reply to certain 
 36 requests for information; limiting the amount of 
 37 certain fines to specified amounts; requiring the 
 38 transfer of such fines to the General Revenue Fund; 
 39 providing for legislative review and repeal; providing 
 40 an effective date. 
 41 
 42 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 43 
 44 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section 
 45 39.407, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 46 39.407 Medical, psychiatric, and psychological examination 
 47 and treatment of child; physical, mental, or substance abuse 
 48 examination of person with or requesting child custody.— 
 49 (3) 
 50 (c) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (e), the 
 51 department must file a motion seeking the court’s authorization 
 52 to initially provide or continue to provide psychotropic 
 53 medication to a child in its legal custody. The motion must be 
 54 supported by a written report prepared by the department which 
 55 describes the efforts made to enable the prescribing physician 
 56 or psychiatric nurse, as defined in s. 394.455, to obtain 
 57 express and informed consent for providing the medication to the 
 58 child and other treatments considered or recommended for the 
 59 child. In addition, the motion must be supported by the 
 60 prescribing physician’s or psychiatric nurse’s signed medical 
 61 report providing: 
 62 1. The name of the child, the name and range of the dosage 
 63 of the psychotropic medication, and that there is a need to 
 64 prescribe psychotropic medication to the child based upon a 
 65 diagnosed condition for which such medication is being 
 66 prescribed. 
 67 2. A statement indicating that the physician or psychiatric 
 68 nurse, as defined in s. 394.455, has reviewed all medical 
 69 information concerning the child which has been provided. 
 70 3. A statement indicating that the psychotropic medication, 
 71 at its prescribed dosage, is appropriate for treating the 
 72 child’s diagnosed medical condition, as well as the behaviors 
 73 and symptoms the medication, at its prescribed dosage, is 
 74 expected to address. 
 75 4. An explanation of the nature and purpose