Florida Senate Bill 536: Community-Based Child Welfare Agencies

On November 20, 2023, the Florida Senate published this Bill 536 regarding community-based child welfare agencies. This bill revises requirements for contracts the Department of Children and Families has with community-based care lead agencies; requiring the lead agency's board of directors to disclose any known or potential conflicts of interest; revising community-based care lead agency duties; making technical changes; requiring that the allocation of core services funds be based on a three-tiered payment model; revising requirements for lead agency practices in the procurement of commodities and contractual services, etc . . .