From Floridapolitics.com
Foster families will get free annual passes to Florida state parks under a bill signed into law by Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday.
Sponsored by Rep. Larry Lee in the House and Sen. Aaron Bean in the Senate, the new law provides families who operate a licensed family foster home free family annual passes and a discount on base campsite fees at Florida State Parks. Families who adopt children with special needs would be eligible to receive a one-time family annual entrance pass to the Florida State Parks.
It also requires the Division of Recreation and Parks to work with the Department of Children and Families to identify the types of documentation needed to establish eligibility for discounts.
The law requires the division to continue to partner with DCF to promote foster care and the adoption of children with special needs through events held during National Foster Care Month and National Adoption Month.
The law goes into effect on July 1.
The bill was one of 16 the governor signed into law on Wednesday.
