Human Rights Advocacy Committee
1317 Winewood Blvd.
Building 1, Suite 401
Tallahassee 32399-0700
(850) 488-6173
(800) 342-0825
Legal basis: Chapter 84.266, Laws of Florida
Created: 1984, within Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, council of eight members appointed by Governor.
Duties: To serve as third party mechanism for protecting the constitutional and human rights of any HRS client within a program or facility operated, funded, regulated, or licensed by the Department. To receive, investigate, and resolve reports of abuse or deprivation of human rights referred to the Committee by a district human rights committee.
[From Allen Morris' Florida Handbook.]
Many of the documents published by this agency are
available at libraries in Florida through the
State Library’s
Florida Public Documents Program. They are also available from the State Library of Florida, and are listed in the library’s online catalog.
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Last modified
Tuesday October 26 2010