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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 511: Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 511 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on February 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations. Primary sponsor: Patt Maney (Republican), Robin Bartleman (Democratic), Human Services Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee. It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Health & Human Services Committee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations; Provides exception to requirement that DCF immediately forward certain allegations to law enforcement agency; requires child protective investigator to inform subject of investigation of certain duty; requires Child Protection Teams to consult with licensed physician or APRN when evaluating certain reports; authorizes, under certain circumstance, parent or legal custodian from whom child was removed to request specified examinations of child; requires that certain examinations be paid for by parent or legal custodian making request or as otherwise covered by insurance or Medicaid.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 7 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Patt ManeyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Robin BartlemanPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse103
Human Services SubcommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Judiciary CommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Webster BarnabyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse29
Daryl CampbellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse99
Anna EskamaniCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Mike GottliebCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse102
Rita HarrisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Johanna LópezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Allison TantCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse9

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Health & Human Services Committee
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. Now in Health & Human Services Committee
  4. Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
  5. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
  6. CS Filed
  7. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
  8. Reported out of Judiciary Committee
  9. Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
  10. Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
  11. Now in Judiciary Committee
  12. Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

Showing 12 most recent of 25 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source