After more than a year of passionate debate, a new law that makes major changes to Florida’s troubled child welfare system goes into effect next week.
Gov. Rick Scott signed the measure (SB 1666), which contains a wide range of provisions aimed at shoring up the state’s response to child abuse and neglect. It comes after a public outcry last year over a series of deaths of children who were already known to the Department of Children and Families when they died. The uproar prompted lawmakers of both parties to begin crafting legislation as early as September.
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