Senate Bill 0442

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                   SB 442

    By Senator Campbell





    33-570-98                                               See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to forensic client services;

  3         amending s. 40.29, F.S., relating to estimated

  4         amount of pay for expert witnesses, to conform

  5         a reference; amending s. 393.11, F.S.;

  6         specifying persons or entities that may file

  7         petition for proposed involuntary admission to

  8         residential services arising out of ch. 916,

  9         F.S., relating to forensic services; providing

10         for petitions for defendants with autism;

11         revising requirements relating to notice of

12         filing of petition or service of copy of order;

13         prohibiting release from order for involuntary

14         admission except by court order; amending and

15         reorganizing ch. 916, F.S., the Forensic Client

16         Services Act; creating pt. I of ch. 916, F.S.;

17         providing general provisions of the chapter;

18         amending s. 916.105, F.S.; revising legislative

19         intent; amending s. 916.106, F.S.; providing or

20         revising definitions with respect to ch. 916,

21         F.S.; redefining "department" to refer to the

22         Department of Children and Family Services in

23         lieu of the Department of Health and

24         Rehabilitative Services; amending s. 916.107,

25         F.S.; revising state policy with respect to the

26         rights of forensic clients, and conforming

27         terminology; amending and renumbering s.

28         916.175, F.S., relating to criminal escape by a

29         client; prohibiting escape or attempted escape

30         from a facility or program by a client under

31         specified circumstances, and providing

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  1         penalties therefor; amending and renumbering s.

  2         916.178, F.S.; prohibiting the introduction of

  3         certain articles into or upon, or the taking or

  4         attempt to take or send certain articles from,

  5         facility grounds, under specified

  6         circumstances, and providing penalties

  7         therefor; providing for enforcement by

  8         institutional security personnel or law

  9         enforcement officers; conforming a reference;

10         amending and renumbering s. 916.19, F.S.;

11         providing for client protection and security;

12         renumbering s. 916.20, F.S., relating to

13         departmental rulemaking; creating pt. II of ch.

14         916, F.S., relating to forensic services for

15         persons who are mentally ill; amending and

16         renumbering s. 916.108, F.S.; providing for

17         evaluation of defendant for competency to

18         proceed or for sanity, under specified

19         circumstances; amending and renumbering s.

20         916.11, F.S.; revising time limits and

21         guidelines relating to appointment of experts;

22         amending s. 916.12, F.S.; providing duties of

23         examining experts and guidelines with respect

24         to reports on defendant's mental competence to

25         proceed and recommended treatment for defendant

26         to attain competence to proceed; amending s.

27         916.13, F.S.; providing criteria for

28         involuntary commitment of defendant adjudicated

29         incompetent to proceed due to mental illness;

30         revising duties of the court or the department

31         and guidelines relating to commitment and

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  1         placement of defendant and filing of reports;

  2         amending s. 916.14, F.S.; providing for

  3         inapplicability of statute of limitations and

  4         of bar against former jeopardy under specified

  5         circumstances when defendant is incompetent to

  6         proceed; amending s. 916.145, F.S.; revising

  7         time limits and guidelines with respect to

  8         dismissal of charges against a defendant

  9         adjudicated incompetent to proceed; providing

10         for dismissal without prejudice under specified

11         circumstances; amending s. 916.15, F.S.,

12         relating to involuntary commitment of defendant

13         adjudicated not guilty by reason of insanity;

14         conforming terminology; providing for mandatory

15         departmental retention and treatment of

16         defendant; reenacting s. 394.467(7)(a), F.S.,

17         relating to procedure for continued involuntary

18         placement, to incorporate said amendment in a

19         reference; amending s. 916.16, F.S.; providing

20         for retention of jurisdiction by committing

21         court over a defendant hospitalized as

22         incompetent to proceed or because of a finding

23         of not guilty by reason of insanity or over a

24         defendant placed on conditional release;

25         prohibiting release except by court order in

26         specified circumstances; amending s. 916.17,

27         F.S.; revising procedures and guidelines

28         relating to conditional release and

29         modification of release conditions, including

30         filing requirements for plans for outpatient

31         treatment; creating pt. III of ch. 916, F.S.,

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  1         relating to forensic services for persons who

  2         are mentally retarded or autistic; creating s.

  3         916.301, F.S.; providing for appointment of

  4         experts who are mental retardation or autism

  5         professionals, under specified circumstances;

  6         providing for certain witness fees and

  7         evaluator fees as court costs; providing for

  8         reimbursement of certain travel and per diem

  9         expenses of state employees; creating s.

10         916.3012, F.S.; providing for determination of

11         incompetence to proceed when the defendant's

12         suspected mental condition is mental

13         retardation or autism; creating s. 916.302,

14         F.S.; providing for involuntary commitment of

15         defendant determined to be incompetent to

16         proceed due to mental retardation or autism;

17         requiring the department to notify the court of

18         transfer of a defendant; creating s. 916.3025,

19         F.S.; providing for retention of jurisdiction

20         over certain defendants found incompetent to

21         proceed and ordered into a secure facility for

22         mentally retarded or autistic defendants;

23         prohibiting release except by court order;

24         creating s. 916.303, F.S.; providing for

25         dismissal of charges without prejudice or

26         involuntary admission to residential services

27         or a training program under specified

28         circumstances when the defendant is found

29         incompetent to proceed due to mental

30         retardation or autism; providing for petitions

31         to continue defendant's placement in a secure

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  1         facility or program under specified

  2         circumstances; creating s. 916.304, F.S.;

  3         providing for conditional release based on an

  4         approved plan for providing continuing

  5         community-based training of defendant;

  6         providing for modification of release

  7         conditions or termination of jurisdiction under

  8         specified circumstances; providing an effective

  9         date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 40.29, Florida

14  Statutes, is amended to read:

15         40.29  Clerks to estimate amount for pay of jurors and

16  witnesses and make requisition.--

17         (1)  The clerk of the court in and for any county shall

18  make an estimate of the amount necessary during any quarterly

19  fiscal period beginning July 1 and during each succeeding

20  quarterly fiscal period for the payment by the state of:

21         (a)  Jurors in the circuit court and the county court;

22         (b)  Witnesses before the grand jury;

23         (c)  Witnesses summoned to appear for an investigation,

24  preliminary hearing, or trial in a criminal case when the

25  witnesses are summoned by a state attorney or on behalf of an

26  indigent defendant;

27         (d)  Mental health professionals who are appointed

28  pursuant to s. 394.473 and required in a court hearing

29  involving an indigent; and

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  1         (e)  Expert witnesses who are appointed pursuant to s.

  2  916.115(2) 916.11(3) and required in a court hearing involving

  3  an indigent;

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  5  and shall forward each such estimate to the State Courts

  6  Administrator no later than the date scheduled by the State

  7  Courts Administrator. At the time of any forwarding of such

  8  estimate, the clerk of such court shall make a requisition

  9  upon the State Courts Administrator for the amount of such

10  estimate; and the State Courts Administrator may reduce the

11  amount if in his or her judgment the requisition is excessive.

12         Section 2.  Subsections (2), (3), (8), and (11) of

13  section 393.11, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

14         393.11  Involuntary admission to residential

15  services.--

16         (2)  PETITION.--

17         (a)  A petition for involuntary admission to

18  residential services may be executed by a petitioning

19  commission. For proposed involuntary admission to residential

20  services arising out of chapter 916, the petition may be filed

21  by a petitioning commission, the department, the state

22  attorney of the circuit from which the defendant was

23  committed, or the defendant's attorney.

24         (b)  The petitioning commission shall consist of three

25  persons.  One of these persons shall be a physician licensed

26  and practicing under chapter 458 or chapter 459.

27         (c)  The petition shall be verified and shall:

28         1.  State the name, age, and present address of the

29  commissioners and their relationship to the person with mental

30  retardation or autism;

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  1         2.  State the name, age, county of residence, and

  2  present address of the person with mental retardation or

  3  autism;

  4         3.  Allege that the commission believes that the person

  5  needs involuntary residential services and specify the factual

  6  information on which such belief is based;

  7         4.  Allege that the person lacks sufficient capacity to

  8  give express and informed consent to a voluntary application

  9  for services and lacks the basic survival and self-care skills

10  to provide for the person's well-being or is likely to

11  physically injure others if allowed to remain at liberty; and

12         5.  State which residential setting is the least

13  restrictive and most appropriate alternative and specify the

14  factual information on which such belief is based.

15         (d)  The petition shall be filed in the circuit court

16  of the county in which the person with mental retardation or

17  autism resides.

18         (3)  NOTICE.--

19         (a)  Notice of the filing of the petition shall be

20  given to the individual and his or her legal guardian parent

21  or parents.  The notice shall be given both verbally and in

22  writing in the language of the client, or in other modes of

23  communication of the client, and in English. Notice shall also

24  be given to such other persons as the court may direct.  The

25  petition for involuntary admission to residential services

26  shall be served with the notice.

27         (b)  Whenever a motion or petition has been filed

28  pursuant to s. 916.303 to dismiss criminal charges against a

29  defendant with retardation or autism, and a petition is filed

30  to involuntarily admit the defendant to residential services,

31  the notice of the filing of the petition shall also be given

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  1  to the defendant's attorney and to the state attorney of the

  2  circuit from which the defendant was committed.

  3         (c)(b)  The notice shall state that a hearing shall be

  4  set to inquire into the need of the person with mental

  5  retardation or autism for involuntary residential services.

  6  The notice shall also state the date of the hearing on the

  7  petition.

  8         (d)(c)  The notice shall state that the individual with

  9  mental retardation or autism has the right to be represented

10  by counsel of his or her own choice and that, if the person

11  cannot afford an attorney, the court shall appoint one.

12         (8)  ORDER.--

13         (a)  In all cases, the court shall issue written

14  findings of fact and conclusions of law to support its

15  decision.  The order shall state the basis for such findings

16  of fact.

17         (b)  An order of involuntary admission to residential

18  services shall not be entered unless the court finds that:

19         1.  The person is mentally retarded or autistic;

20         2.  Placement in a residential setting is the least

21  restrictive and most appropriate alternative to meet the

22  person's needs; and

23         3.  Because of the person's degree of mental

24  retardation or autism, the person:

25         a.  Lacks sufficient capacity to give express and

26  informed consent to a voluntary application for services

27  pursuant to s. 393.065 and lacks basic survival and self-care

28  skills to such a degree that close supervision and

29  habilitation in a residential setting is necessary and, if not

30  provided, would result in a real and present threat of

31  substantial harm to the person's well-being; or

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  1         b.  Is likely to physically injure others if allowed to

  2  remain at liberty.

  3         (c)  If the evidence presented to the court is not

  4  sufficient to warrant involuntary admission to residential

  5  services, but the court feels that residential services would

  6  be beneficial, the court may recommend that the person seek

  7  voluntary admission.

  8         (d)  If an order of involuntary admission to

  9  residential services provided by the developmental services

10  program of the department is entered by the court, a copy of

11  the written order shall be served upon the person, the

12  person's counsel, and the department, and the state attorney

13  and the person's defense counsel, if applicable.  The order of

14  involuntary admission sent to the department shall also be

15  accompanied by a copy of the examining committee's report and

16  other reports contained in the court file.

17         (e)  Upon receiving the order, the department shall,

18  within 45 days, provide the court with a copy of the person's

19  family or individual support plan and copies of all

20  examinations and evaluations, outlining the treatment and

21  rehabilitative programs. The department shall document that

22  the person has been placed in the most appropriate, least

23  restrictive and cost-beneficial residential facility. A copy

24  of the family or individual support plan and other

25  examinations and evaluations shall be served upon the person

26  and the person's counsel at the same time the documents are

27  filed with the court.

28         (11)  CONTINUING JURISDICTION.--The court which issues

29  the initial order for involuntary admission to residential

30  services under this section shall have continuing jurisdiction

31  to enter further orders to ensure that the person is receiving

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  1  adequate care, treatment, habilitation, and rehabilitation,

  2  including psychotropic medication and behavioral programming.

  3  Upon request, the court may transfer the continuing

  4  jurisdiction to the court where a client resides if it is

  5  different from where the original involuntary admission order

  6  was issued. No person may be released from an order for

  7  involuntary admission to residential services except by the

  8  order of the court.

  9         Section 3.  For the purpose of incorporating the

10  amendment to section 916.15, Florida Statutes, in a reference

11  thereto, paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of section 394.467,

12  Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:

13         394.467  Involuntary placement.--

14         (7)  PROCEDURE FOR CONTINUED INVOLUNTARY PLACEMENT.--

15         (a)  Hearings on petitions for continued involuntary

16  placement shall be administrative hearings and shall be

17  conducted in accordance with the provisions of s. 120.57(1),

18  except that any order entered by the hearing officer shall be

19  final and subject to judicial review in accordance with s.

20  120.68.  Orders concerning patients committed after

21  successfully pleading not guilty by reason of insanity shall

22  be governed by the provisions of s. 916.15.

23         Section 4.  Part I of chapter 916, Florida Statutes,

24  consisting of sections 916.10, 916.105, 916.106, 916.107,

25  916.1081, 916.1085, 916.1091, and 916.1093, is created and

26  entitled "General Provisions."

27         Section 5.  Section 916.105, Florida Statutes, is

28  amended to read:

29         916.105  Legislative intent.--

30         (1)  It is the intent of the Legislature that the

31  Department of Children and Family Health and Rehabilitative

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  1  Services establish, locate, and maintain separate and secure

  2  facilities and programs for the treatment or training of

  3  defendants forensic clients who are charged with a felony and

  4  who have been found to be incompetent to proceed due to their

  5  mental illness, mental retardation, or autism mentally

  6  retarded or mentally ill defendants, or who have been

  7  acquitted of felonies crimes by reason of insanity, and who,

  8  while still under the jurisdiction of the committing court,

  9  are committed to the department for mental retardation or

10  mental health services under the provisions of this chapter.

11  The separate, secure facilities shall be sufficient to

12  accommodate the number of defendants clients committed under

13  the conditions noted above, except those defendants clients

14  found by the department to be appropriate for treatment or

15  training in a civil mental health treatment facility or

16  program. Such secure facilities shall be designed and

17  administered so that ingress and egress, together with other

18  requirements of this chapter, may be strictly controlled by

19  staff responsible for security in order to protect the

20  defendant client, facility hospital personnel, other clients,

21  and citizens in adjacent communities.

22         (2)  It is further the intent of the Legislature that

23  treatment or training programs for defendants clients who are

24  found to be mentally retarded or mentally ill, mentally

25  retarded, or autistic defendants and are involuntarily

26  committed to the department certain mental retardation or

27  mental health facilities, and who are still under the

28  jurisdiction of the committing court, be provided in such a

29  manner, subject to security requirements and other mandates of

30  this chapter, as to ensure the rights of the defendants said

31  clients as provided in this chapter.

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  1         (3)  It is the intent of the Legislature that

  2  evaluation and services to defendants who are treatment of

  3  mentally ill, and mentally retarded, or autistic defendants be

  4  provided in community inpatient or outpatient settings, in

  5  community residential facilities, or in civil, nonforensic

  6  facilities, whenever this is a feasible alternative to

  7  treatment or training in a state forensic facility.

  8         Section 6.  Section 916.106, Florida Statutes, is

  9  amended to read:

10         916.106  Definitions.--For the purposes of this

11  chapter:

12         (1)  "Autism" means a pervasive, neurologically based

13  developmental disability of extended duration which causes

14  severe learning, communication, and behavior disorders, with

15  the age of onset of autism occurring during infancy or

16  childhood. Individuals with autism exhibit impairment in

17  reciprocal social interaction, impairment in verbal and

18  nonverbal communication and imaginative ability, and a

19  markedly restricted repertoire of activities and interests.

20         (2)(1)  "Chemical weapon" means any shell, cartridge,

21  bomb, gun, or other device capable of emitting

22  chloroacetophenone (CN), chlorobenzalmalononitrile (CS) or any

23  derivatives thereof in any form, or any other agent with

24  lacrimatory properties, and shall include products such as

25  that commonly known as "mace."

26         (3)  "Civil facility" means a mental health facility

27  established within the department to serve individuals

28  committed pursuant to chapter 394 and those defendants

29  committed pursuant to this chapter who do not require the

30  security provided in a forensic facility.

31         (4)(2)  "Court" means the circuit court.

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  1         (5)(3)  "Department" means the Department of Children

  2  and Family Health and Rehabilitative Services.

  3         (6)  "Express and informed consent" or "consent" means

  4  consent given voluntarily in writing after a conscientious and

  5  sufficient explanation and disclosure of the purpose of the

  6  proposed treatment, the common side effects of the treatment,

  7  if any, the expected duration of the treatment, and any

  8  alternative treatment available.

  9         (7)(4)  "Forensic client" or "client" "patient" means

10  any defendant who is mentally ill, mentally retarded, or

11  autistic and mentally ill person who is committed to the

12  department pursuant to this chapter and:

13         (a)  Who has been determined to need treatment for a

14  mental illness or training for mental retardation or autism;

15         (b)  Who has been found incompetent to proceed on a

16  felony offense stand trial or incompetent for sentencing, has

17  been acquitted of a felony criminal offense by reason of

18  insanity;, has criminal charges pending, or has been found

19  guilty of a criminal offense but is not an inmate of the

20  Department of Corrections or any other correctional facility;

21  and

22         (c)  Who has been determined by the department to:

23         1.  Be dangerous to himself or herself or others; or

24         2.  Present a clear and present potential to escape;

25  and

26         (d)  Who is an adult or juvenile prosecuted as an

27  adult.

28         (8)(5)  "Forensic facility" means a separate and secure

29  facility established within the department to serve for the

30  treatment of forensic clients.  Such separate and secure

31  facilities shall be security-grade buildings located on

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  1  grounds distinct in location from other treatment facilities

  2  for persons who are mentally ill. The Florida State Hospital

  3  shall not be required to maintain separate treatment

  4  facilities for mentally ill, or mentally retarded, or autistic

  5  defendants who are persons found incompetent to proceed for

  6  trial or who are acquitted of a criminal offense by reason of

  7  insanity.

  8         (9)  "Incompetent" means unable to proceed at any

  9  material stage of a criminal proceeding, which shall include

10  trial of the case, pretrial hearings involving questions of

11  fact on which the defendant might be expected to testify,

12  entry of a plea, proceedings for violation of probation or

13  violation of community control, sentencing, and hearings on

14  issues regarding a defendant's failure to comply with court

15  orders or conditions or other matters in which the mental

16  competence of the defendant is necessary for a just resolution

17  of the issues being considered.

18         (10)(6)  "Institutional security personnel" means staff

19  members who meet or exceed the requirements of s. 943.13 and

20  who are responsible for providing security, for protection of

21  clients and personnel, for the enforcement of rules, for

22  prevention and investigation of unauthorized activities, and

23  for safeguarding the interests of citizens in the surrounding

24  communities.

25         (11)(7)  "Mental illness" "Mentally ill" means having

26  an impairment of the emotional processes that, of the ability

27  to exercise conscious control of one's actions, or of the

28  ability to perceive or understand reality or to understand,

29  which impairment substantially interferes with a defendant's

30  person's ability to meet the ordinary demands of living.,

31  regardless of etiology; except that, For the purposes of this

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  1  chapter, the term does not apply to defendants include simple

  2  intoxication, persons who are solely mentally retarded or

  3  autistic, and does not include intoxication or conditions

  4  manifested only by antisocial behavior or substance abuse

  5  impairment drug addiction.

  6         (12)(8)  "Mental retardation" means significantly

  7  subaverage general intellectual functioning existing

  8  concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested

  9  during the period from conception to age 18. "Significantly

10  subaverage general intellectual functioning," for the purpose

11  of this definition, means performance which is two or more

12  standard deviations from the mean score on a standardized

13  intelligence test specified in the rules of the department.

14  "Adaptive behavior," for the purpose of this definition, means

15  the effectiveness or degree with which an individual meets the

16  standards of personal independence and social responsibility

17  expected of the individual's age, cultural group, and

18  community.

19         (13)  "Social service professional," for the purposes

20  of part III, means a person whose minimum qualifications

21  include a bachelor's degree and at least 2 years of social

22  work, clinical practice, or equivalent experience working

23  directly with persons with mental retardation, autism or other

24  developmental disabilities, special education, or habilitation

25  programs.

26         Section 7.  Section 916.107, Florida Statutes, is

27  amended to read:

28         916.107  Rights of forensic clients.--

29         (1)  RIGHT TO INDIVIDUAL DIGNITY.--

30         (a)  The policy of the state is that the individual

31  dignity of the client patient shall be respected at all times

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  1  and upon all occasions, including any occasion when the

  2  forensic client patient is detained, transported, or treated.

  3  Defendants Persons who are mentally ill, or mentally retarded,

  4  or autistic and who are charged with, or who have been

  5  convicted of, committing felonies criminal acts shall receive

  6  appropriate treatment or training.  In a criminal case

  7  involving a defendant person who has been adjudicated

  8  incompetent to proceed stand trial or not guilty by reason of

  9  insanity, or who has otherwise been found by the court to meet

10  the criteria for involuntary commitment, a jail may be used as

11  an emergency facility for up to 15 days from the date the

12  department receives a completed copy of the commitment order

13  containing the documentation required by Rules 3.212 and

14  3.217, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure.  For In every case

15  in which a defendant who is mentally ill, or mentally

16  retarded, or autistic, who person is held in a jail, and who

17  has been adjudicated incompetent to proceed or not guilty by

18  reason of insanity, evaluation and treatment or training shall

19  be provided in the jail by the local public receiving facility

20  for mental health services or by the developmental services

21  program for persons with mental retardation or autism, the

22  client's patient's physician or clinical psychologist, or any

23  other appropriate mental health program available to provide

24  such treatment until the client person is transferred to the

25  custody of the department.

26         (b)  Mentally ill, or mentally retarded, or autistic

27  defendants persons who are committed to the department

28  pursuant to this chapter and who are initially placed in, or

29  subsequently transferred to, a civil mental health treatment

30  facility shall have the same rights as other persons committed

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  1  to civil facilities as described in chapter 393 or part I of

  2  chapter 394, as long as they remain in a civil facility.

  3         (2)  RIGHT TO TREATMENT.--

  4         (a)  The policy of the state is that the department

  5  shall not deny treatment or training of mental illness or

  6  mental retardation to any client and that no services shall be

  7  delayed at a forensic mental health treatment facility because

  8  the forensic client is unable to pay. However, every

  9  reasonable effort to collect appropriate reimbursement for the

10  cost of providing mental health services to clients persons

11  able to pay for the services, including reimbursement from

12  insurance or other third-party payments, shall be made by

13  forensic facilities providing services pursuant to this

14  chapter and in accordance with the provisions of s. 402.33.

15         (b)  Each client who is a patient at a forensic

16  facility shall be given, at the time of admission and at

17  regular intervals thereafter, a physical examination, which

18  shall include screening for communicable disease by a health

19  practitioner authorized by law to give such screenings and

20  examinations.

21         (c)  Every client patient committed pursuant to this

22  act shall be afforded the opportunity to participate in

23  activities designed to enhance self-image and the beneficial

24  effects of other treatments or training, as determined by the

25  facility.

26         (d)  Not more than 30 days after admission, each client

27  patient shall have and receive, in writing, an individualized

28  treatment or training plan which the client patient has had an

29  opportunity to assist in preparing.

30         (3)  RIGHT TO EXPRESS AND INFORMED CONSENT.--

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  1         (a)  A client person committed to the department

  2  pursuant to this act shall be asked to give express and

  3  informed written consent for treatment. "Express and informed

  4  consent" or "consent" means consent given voluntarily in

  5  writing after a conscientious and sufficient explanation and

  6  disclosure of the purpose of the proposed treatment, the

  7  common side effects of the treatment, if any, the expected

  8  duration of the treatment, and any alternative treatment

  9  available.  If a client patient in a forensic facility refuses

10  such treatment as is deemed necessary by the client's

11  patient's multidisciplinary treatment team at the forensic

12  facility for the appropriate care of the client patient and

13  the safety of the client patient or others, such treatment may

14  be provided under the following circumstances:

15         1.  In an emergency situation in which there is

16  immediate danger to the safety of the client patient or

17  others, such treatment may be provided upon the written order

18  of a physician for a period not to exceed 48 hours, excluding

19  weekends and legal holidays.  If, after the 48-hour period,

20  the client patient has not given express and informed consent

21  to the treatment initially refused, the administrator or

22  designee of the forensic facility shall, within 48 hours,

23  excluding weekends and legal holidays, petition the committing

24  court or the circuit court serving the county in which the

25  facility is located, at the option of the facility

26  administrator or designee, for an order authorizing the

27  continued treatment of the client patient.  In the interim,

28  treatment may be continued without the consent of the client

29  patient upon the continued written order of a physician who

30  has determined that the emergency situation continues to

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  1  present a danger to the safety of the client patient or

  2  others.

  3         2.  In a situation other than an emergency situation,

  4  the administrator or designee of the forensic facility shall

  5  petition the court for an order authorizing the treatment to

  6  of the client patient. The petition may be filed without fees

  7  or costs being charged to the department. The order shall

  8  allow such treatment for a period not to exceed 90 days from

  9  the date of the entry of the order. Unless the court is

10  notified in writing that the client patient has provided

11  express and informed consent in writing or that the client

12  patient has been discharged by the committing court, the

13  administrator or designee shall, prior to the expiration of

14  the initial 90-day order, petition the court for an order

15  authorizing the continuation of treatment for another 90-day

16  period.  This procedure shall be repeated until the client

17  patient provides consent or is discharged by the committing

18  court.

19         3.  At the hearing on the issue of whether the court

20  should enter an order authorizing treatment for which a client

21  patient has refused to give express and informed consent, the

22  court shall determine by clear and convincing evidence that

23  the client patient is mentally ill, or mentally retarded, or

24  autistic as defined in this chapter, that the treatment not

25  consented to is essential to the care of the client patient,

26  and that the treatment not consented to is not experimental

27  and does not present an unreasonable risk of serious,

28  hazardous, or irreversible side effects.  In arriving at the

29  substitute judgment decision, the court must consider at least

30  the following factors:

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  1         a.  The client's patient's expressed preference

  2  regarding treatment;

  3         b.  The probability of adverse side effects;

  4         c.  The prognosis without treatment; and

  5         d.  The prognosis with treatment.

  6

  7  The hearing shall be as convenient to the client patient as

  8  may be consistent with orderly procedure and shall be

  9  conducted in physical settings not likely to be injurious to

10  the client's patient's condition. The court may appoint a

11  master to preside at the hearing. The client patient or the

12  client's patient's guardian, and the his or her

13  representative, shall be provided with a copy of the petition

14  and the date, time, and location of the hearing. The client

15  patient has the right to have an attorney represent him or her

16  at the hearing, and, if the client patient is indigent, the

17  court shall appoint the office of the public defender to

18  represent the client patient at the hearing.  The client

19  patient may testify or not, as he or she chooses, and has the

20  right to cross-examine witnesses testifying on behalf of the

21  facility and may present his or her own witnesses.

22         (b)  In addition to the provisions of paragraph (a), in

23  the case of surgical procedures requiring the use of a general

24  anesthetic or electroconvulsive treatment or nonpsychiatric

25  medical procedures, and prior to performing the procedure,

26  written permission shall be obtained from the client patient,

27  if the client he or she is legally competent, from the parent

28  or guardian of a minor client patient, or from the guardian of

29  an incompetent client patient.  The administrator or designee

30  of the forensic facility or a his or her designated

31  representative may, with the concurrence of the client's

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  1  patient's attending physician, authorize emergency surgical or

  2  nonpsychiatric medical treatment if such treatment is deemed

  3  lifesaving or for a situation threatening serious bodily harm

  4  to the client patient and permission of the client patient or

  5  the client's patient's guardian cannot be obtained.

  6         (4)  QUALITY OF TREATMENT.--Each client patient

  7  committed pursuant to this chapter shall receive treatment or

  8  training suited to the client's his or her needs, which shall

  9  be administered skillfully, safely, and humanely with full

10  respect for the the client's patient's dignity and personal

11  integrity.  Each client patient shall receive such medical,

12  vocational, social, educational, and rehabilitative services

13  as the client's patient's condition requires to bring about a

14  return to court for disposition of charges or a an early

15  return to the his or her community.  In order to achieve this

16  goal, the department is directed to coordinate the services of

17  the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Program Office and

18  the Developmental Services Program Office its forensic mental

19  health and mental retardation programs with all other programs

20  of the department and other appropriate state agencies.

21         (5)  COMMUNICATION, ABUSE REPORTING, AND VISITS.--

22         (a)  Each client patient committed pursuant to the

23  provisions of this chapter has the right to communicate freely

24  and privately with persons outside the facility unless it is

25  determined that such communication is likely to be harmful to

26  the client patient or others. Clients shall have the right to

27  contact and to receive communication from their attorneys at

28  any reasonable time.

29         (b)  Each client patient committed under the provisions

30  of this chapter shall be allowed to receive, send, and mail

31  sealed, unopened correspondence; and no client's patient's

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  1  incoming or outgoing correspondence shall be opened, delayed,

  2  held, or censored by the facility unless there is reason to

  3  believe that it contains items or substances which may be

  4  harmful to the client patient or others, in which case the

  5  administrator or designee may direct reasonable examination of

  6  such mail and may regulate the disposition of such items or

  7  substances. "Correspondence" shall not include parcels or

  8  packages.  Forensic facilities are authorized to promulgate

  9  reasonable institutional policies rules to provide for the

10  inspection of parcels or packages and for the removal of

11  contraband items for health or security reasons prior to the

12  contents being given to a client resident.

13         (c)  If a client's patient's right to communicate is

14  restricted by the administrator, written notice of such

15  restriction shall be served on the client patient or his or

16  her legal the patient's guardian or representatives, and such

17  restriction shall be recorded on the client's patient's

18  clinical record with the reasons therefor. The restriction of

19  a client's patient's right to communicate shall be reviewed at

20  least every 7 90 days.

21         (d)  Each forensic facility shall establish reasonable

22  institutional policies rules governing visitors, visiting

23  hours, and the use of telephones by clients patients in the

24  least restrictive possible manner possible.

25         (e)  Each client patient committed pursuant to this

26  chapter shall have ready access to a telephone in order to

27  report an alleged abuse.  The facility or program staff shall

28  orally verbally and in writing inform each client patient of

29  the procedure for reporting abuse and shall present the

30  information in a language the client understands.  A written

31  copy of that procedure, including the telephone number of the

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  1  abuse registry and reporting forms, shall be posted in plain

  2  view.

  3         (f)  The department's forensic facilities department

  4  shall develop policies adopt rules providing a procedure for

  5  reporting abuse.  Facility staff shall be required, as a

  6  condition of employment, to become familiar with the

  7  procedures for the reporting of abuse.

  8         (6)  CARE AND CUSTODY OF PERSONAL EFFECTS OF CLIENTS

  9  PATIENTS.--A client's patient's right to possession of his or

10  her clothing and personal effects shall be respected.  The

11  department by rule, or the administrator of any facility by

12  written institutional policy, may declare certain items to be

13  hazardous to the welfare of clients patients or others or to

14  the operation of the facility.  Such items may be restricted

15  from introduction into the facility or may be restricted from

16  being in a client's patient's possession.  The administrator

17  or designee may take temporary custody of such effects when

18  required for medical and safety reasons.  Custody of such

19  personal effects shall be recorded in the client's patient's

20  clinical record.

21         (7)  VOTING IN PUBLIC ELECTIONS.--A client patient

22  committed pursuant to this chapter who is eligible to vote

23  according to the laws of the state has the right to vote in

24  the primary and general elections.  The department shall

25  establish rules to enable clients patients to obtain voter

26  registration forms, applications for absentee ballots, and

27  absentee ballots.

28         (8)  CLINICAL RECORD; CONFIDENTIALITY.--A clinical

29  record for each client patient shall be maintained. The record

30  shall include data pertaining to admission and such other

31  information as may be required under rules of the department.

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  1  Unless waived by express and informed consent of by the client

  2  patient or the client's patient's legal guardian or, if the

  3  client patient is deceased, by the client's patient's personal

  4  representative or by that family member who stands next in

  5  line of intestate succession or except as otherwise provided

  6  in this subsection, the clinical record is confidential and

  7  exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art.

  8  I of the State Constitution.

  9         (a)  Such clinical record may be released:

10         1.  To such persons and agencies as are designated by

11  the client patient or the client's patient's legal guardian.

12         2.  To persons authorized by order of court and to the

13  client's counsel when the records are needed by the counsel

14  for adequate representation.

15         3.  To a qualified researcher, as defined by rule; a

16  staff member of the facility; or an employee of the department

17  when the administrator of the facility or secretary of the

18  department deems it necessary for treatment of the client

19  patient, maintenance of adequate records, compilation of

20  treatment data, or evaluation of programs.

21         4.  For statistical and research purposes if the

22  information is abstracted in such a way as to protect the

23  identity of individuals.

24         5.  If a client patient receiving services pursuant to

25  this chapter has declared an intention to harm other persons.

26  When such a declaration has been made, the administrator shall

27  authorize the release of sufficient information to provide

28  adequate warning to the person threatened with harm by the

29  client, and to the committing court, the state attorney, and

30  the attorney representing the client; however, only the

31  declaration may be disclosed.

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  1         6.  To the parent or next of kin of a mentally ill, or

  2  mentally retarded, or autistic person who is committed to, or

  3  is being served treated by, a forensic mental health facility

  4  or program when such information is limited to that person's

  5  service treatment plan and current physical and mental

  6  condition. Release of such information shall be in accordance

  7  with the code of ethics of the profession involved.

  8         (b)  Notwithstanding other provisions of this

  9  subsection, the department may request or receive from or

10  provide to any of the following entities client information to

11  facilitate treatment, habilitation, rehabilitation, and

12  continuity of care of any forensic client:

13         1.  The Social Security Administration and the United

14  States Department of Veterans Affairs;

15         2.  Law enforcement agencies, state attorneys, defense

16  attorneys public defenders or other attorneys defending the

17  patient, and judges in regard to the client's patient's

18  status;

19         3.  Jail personnel in the jail to which a client may be

20  returned; and

21         4.  Community agencies and others expected to provide

22  followup care to the client patient upon the client's his or

23  her return to the community.

24         (c)  The department may provide notice to any client's

25  patient's next of kin or first representative regarding any

26  serious medical illness or the death of the client patient.

27         (d)1.  Any law enforcement agency, treatment facility,

28  or other governmental agency that receives information

29  pursuant to this subsection shall maintain the confidentiality

30  of such information except as otherwise provided herein.

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  1         2.  Any agency or private practitioner who acts in good

  2  faith in releasing information pursuant to this subsection is

  3  not subject to civil or criminal liability for such release.

  4         (9)  HABEAS CORPUS.--

  5         (a)  At any time, and without notice, a client person

  6  detained by a facility, or a relative, friend, guardian,

  7  representative, or attorney on behalf of such client person,

  8  may petition for a writ of habeas corpus to question the cause

  9  and legality of such detention and request that the committing

10  circuit court issue a writ for release.  Each client patient

11  committed pursuant to this chapter shall receive a written

12  notice of the right to petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

13         (b)  A client patient or his or her legal the patient's

14  guardian or representatives or attorney may file a petition in

15  the circuit court in the county where the client patient is

16  committed alleging that the client patient is being unjustly

17  denied a right or privilege granted herein or that a procedure

18  authorized herein is being abused.  Upon the filing of such a

19  petition, the circuit court shall have the authority to

20  conduct a judicial inquiry and to issue any appropriate order

21  to correct an abuse of the provisions of this chapter.

22         (10)  TRANSPORTATION.--

23         (a)  The sheriff shall consult with the governing board

24  of the county as to the most appropriate and cost-effective

25  means of transportation for forensic clients committed for

26  treatment or training.  Such consultation shall include, but

27  is not limited to, consideration of the cost to the county of

28  transportation performed by sheriff's department personnel as

29  opposed to transportation performed by other means and, if

30  sheriff's department personnel are to be used for

31  transportation, the effect such use will have, if any, on

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  1  service delivery levels of the sheriff's road patrol.  After

  2  such consultation with the governing board of the county, the

  3  sheriff shall determine the most appropriate and

  4  cost-effective means of transportation for forensic clients

  5  committed for treatment or training.

  6         (b)  The governing board of each county is authorized

  7  to contract with private transport companies for the

  8  transportation of such clients patients to and from a forensic

  9  facility.

10         (c)  Any company that transports a client patient

11  pursuant to this section is considered an independent

12  contractor and is solely liable for the safe and dignified

13  transportation of the client patient. Any transport company

14  that contracts with the governing board of a county for the

15  transport of clients patients as provided for in this section

16  shall be insured and provide no less than $100,000 in

17  liability insurance with respect to the transportation of the

18  clients patients.

19         (d)  Any company that contracts with a governing board

20  of a county to transport clients patients shall comply with

21  the applicable rules of the department to ensure the safety

22  and dignity of the clients patients.

23         (11)  LIABILITY FOR VIOLATIONS.--Any person who

24  violates or abuses any rights or privileges of a client

25  patient provided by this act is liable for damages as

26  determined by law.  Any person who acts in good faith in

27  complying with the provisions of this act is immune from civil

28  or criminal liability for his or her actions in connection

29  with the admission, diagnosis, treatment, training, or

30  discharge of a client patient to or from a facility.  However,

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  1  this subsection does not relieve any person from liability if

  2  he or she the person is negligent.

  3         Section 8.  Section 916.175, Florida Statutes, is

  4  renumbered as section 916.1081, Florida Statutes, and amended

  5  to read:

  6         916.1081 916.175  Escape from treatment program;

  7  penalty.--A defendant client involuntarily committed to the

  8  department under the provisions of this chapter who escapes or

  9  attempts to escape from a facility or program commits the

10  department is guilty of a felony of the second degree,

11  punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s.

12  775.084.

13         Section 9.  Section 916.178, Florida Statutes, is

14  renumbered as section 916.1085, Florida Statutes, and amended

15  to read:

16         916.1085 916.178  Introduction or removal of certain

17  articles unlawful; penalty.--

18         (1)(a)  Except as authorized by law or as specifically

19  authorized by the person in charge of a forensic facility, it

20  is unlawful to introduce into or upon the grounds of any

21  forensic facility under the supervision or control of the

22  department, or to take or attempt to take or send therefrom,

23  any of the following articles, which are hereby declared to be

24  contraband for the purposes of this section:

25         1.  Any intoxicating beverage or beverage which causes

26  or may cause an intoxicating effect;

27         2.  Any controlled substance as defined in chapter 893;

28         3.  Any firearm or deadly weapon; or

29         4.  Any other item items as determined by the

30  department, and as designated by departmental rule or by the

31  administrator of any facility, and designated by written

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  1  institutional policies, to be hazardous to the welfare of

  2  patients or the operation of the facility.

  3         (b)  It is unlawful to transmit to, attempt to transmit

  4  to, or cause or attempt to cause to be transmitted to or

  5  received by any client patient of any facility any article or

  6  thing declared by this section to be contraband, at any place

  7  which is outside of the grounds of such facility, except as

  8  authorized by law or as specifically authorized by the person

  9  in charge of such facility.

10         (2)(a)  All individuals or vehicles entering upon the

11  grounds of any forensic facility under the supervision or

12  control of the department may shall be subject to reasonable

13  search and seizure of any contraband materials introduced

14  thereon, for purpose of enforcement of this chapter.

15         (b)  These provisions shall be enforced by

16  institutional security personnel as defined in s.

17  916.106(10)(6) or by a law enforcement officer as defined in

18  s. 943.10.

19         (c)  A person who Whoever violates any provision of

20  subparagraph (1)(a)2. or subparagraph (1)(a)3. commits is

21  guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided

22  in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

23         Section 10.  Section 916.19, Florida Statutes, is

24  renumbered as section 916.1091, Florida Statutes, and amended

25  to read:

26         916.1091 916.19  Duties, functions, and powers of

27  institutional security personnel.--In case of emergency, and

28  when necessary to provide protection and security to any

29  client patient, to the personnel, equipment, buildings, or

30  grounds of a department facility, or to citizens in the

31  surrounding community, institutional security personnel may,

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  1  when authorized by the administrator of the facility or her or

  2  his designee when the administrator is not present, use a

  3  chemical weapon against a patient housed in a forensic

  4  facility. However, such weapon shall be used only to the

  5  extent necessary to provide such protection and security.

  6  Under no circumstances shall any such officer carry a chemical

  7  weapon on her or his person except during the period of the

  8  emergency for which its use was authorized.  All chemical

  9  weapons shall be placed in secure storage when their use is

10  not authorized as provided in this section.

11         Section 11.  Section 916.20, Florida Statutes, is

12  renumbered as section 916.1093, Florida Statutes.

13         Section 12.  Part II of chapter 916, Florida Statutes,

14  consisting of sections 916.111, 916.115, 916.12, 916.13,

15  916.14, 916.145, 916.15, 916.16, and 916.17, is created and

16  entitled "Forensic Services for Persons Who are Mentally Ill."

17         Section 13.  Section 916.108, Florida Statutes, is

18  renumbered as section 916.111, Florida Statutes, and amended

19  to read:

20         916.111 916.108  Training of mental health

21  experts.--The evaluation of defendants for competency to

22  proceed stand trial or for sanity at the time of the

23  commission of the offense shall be conducted in such a way as

24  to ensure uniform application of the criteria enumerated in

25  Rules 3.210 and 3.216, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure.

26  The department shall develop, and may contract with accredited

27  institutions:

28         (1)  To provide:

29         (a)  A plan for training community mental health

30  professionals to perform forensic evaluations and to

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  1  standardize the criteria and procedures to be used in these

  2  evaluations;

  3         (b)  Clinical protocols and procedures based upon the

  4  criteria of Rules 3.210 and 3.216, Florida Rules of Criminal

  5  Procedure; and

  6         (c)  Training for community mental health professionals

  7  in the application of these protocols and procedures in

  8  performing forensic evaluations and providing reports to the

  9  courts; and

10         (2)  To compile and maintain the necessary information

11  for evaluating the success of this program, including the

12  number of persons trained, the cost of operating the program,

13  and the effect on the quality of forensic evaluations as

14  measured by appropriateness of admissions to state forensic

15  facilities and to community-based care programs.

16         Section 14.  Section 916.11, Florida Statutes, is

17  renumbered as section 916.115, Florida Statutes, and amended

18  to read:

19         916.115 916.11  Appointment of experts.--

20         (1)(a)  Annually Semiannually, the department shall

21  provide the courts with a list of mental health professionals

22  who have completed approved training as experts.

23         (b)  The court may appoint no more than three nor fewer

24  than two experts to determine issues of the mental condition

25  of a defendant in a criminal case, including the issues of

26  competency to proceed stand trial, insanity, and involuntary

27  hospitalization or placement.  The panel of experts may

28  evaluate the defendant in jail or in another appropriate local

29  facility.

30         (c)  To the extent possible, at least one of the

31  appointed experts shall have completed forensic evaluator

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  1  training approved by the department and be either a

  2  state-employed psychiatrist, psychologist, or physician if in

  3  the local vicinity; a psychiatrist, psychologist, or physician

  4  designated by the district alcohol, drug abuse, and mental

  5  health program office; or a community mental health center

  6  psychiatrist, psychologist, or physician.

  7         (d)  If a defendant's suspected mental condition is

  8  mental retardation, the court shall appoint the developmental

  9  services program of the Department of Health and

10  Rehabilitative Services to examine the defendant and determine

11  whether she or he meets the definition of "retardation" in s.

12  393.063 and, if so, whether she or he is competent to stand

13  trial.

14         (2)  Expert witnesses appointed by the court to

15  evaluate determine the mental condition of a defendant in a

16  criminal case shall be allowed reasonable fees for services

17  rendered as evaluators of competence or sanity and as

18  witnesses, which shall be paid by the county in which the

19  indictment was found or the information or affidavit was

20  filed. State employees shall be paid expenses pursuant to s.

21  112.061. The fees shall be taxed as costs in the case. In

22  order for the experts to be paid for the services rendered,

23  the reports and testimony must explicitly address each of the

24  factors and follow the procedures set out in this chapter and

25  in the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure.

26         Section 15.  Section 916.12, Florida Statutes, is

27  amended to read:

28         916.12  Mental competence to proceed stand trial.--

29         (1)  A defendant person is incompetent to proceed stand

30  trial within the meaning of this chapter if the defendant

31  person does not have sufficient present ability to consult

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  1  with her or his lawyer with a reasonable degree of rational

  2  understanding or if the defendant person has no rational, as

  3  well as factual, understanding of the proceedings against her

  4  or him.

  5         (2)  The experts shall first determine whether the

  6  person is mentally ill and, if so, consider the factors

  7  related to the issue of whether the defendant meets the

  8  criteria for competence to proceed; that is, whether the

  9  defendant has sufficient present ability to consult with

10  counsel with a reasonable degree of rational understanding and

11  whether the defendant has a rational, as well as factual,

12  understanding of the pending proceedings.

13         (3)  In considering the issue of competence to proceed,

14  the examining experts shall first consider and specifically

15  include in their report the defendant's capacity to:

16         (a)  Appreciate the charges or allegations against the

17  defendant;

18         (b)  Appreciate the range and nature of possible

19  penalties, if applicable, that may be imposed in the

20  proceedings against the defendant;

21         (c)  Understand the adversarial nature of the legal

22  process;

23         (d)  Disclose to counsel facts pertinent to the

24  proceedings at issue;

25         (e)  Manifest appropriate courtroom behavior; and

26         (f)  Testify relevantly;

27

28  and include in their report any other factor deemed relevant

29  by the experts.

30         (4)  If the experts should find that the defendant is

31  incompetent to proceed, the experts shall report on any

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  1  recommended treatment for the defendant to attain competence

  2  to proceed. In considering the issues relating to treatment,

  3  the examining experts shall specifically report on:

  4         (a)  The mental illness causing the incompetence;

  5         (b)  The treatment or treatments appropriate for the

  6  mental illness of the defendant and an explanation of each of

  7  the possible treatment alternatives in order of choices;

  8         (c)  The availability of acceptable treatment and, if

  9  treatment is available in the community, the expert shall so

10  state in the report; and

11         (d)  The likelihood of the defendant's attaining

12  competence under the treatment recommended, an assessment of

13  the probable duration of the treatment required to restore

14  competence, and the probability that the defendant will attain

15  competence to proceed in the foreseeable future.

16         (5)(2)  A defendant who, because of psychotropic

17  medication, is able to understand the nature of proceedings

18  and assist in the defendant's own her or his defense shall not

19  automatically be deemed incompetent to proceed stand trial

20  simply because the defendant's satisfactory mental functioning

21  is dependent upon such medication. As used in this subsection,

22  "psychotropic medication" means any drug or compound used to

23  treat mental or emotional disorders affecting the mind,

24  behavior, intellectual functions, perception, moods, or

25  emotions and includes antipsychotic, antidepressant,

26  antimanic, and antianxiety drugs.

27         Section 16.  Section 916.13, Florida Statutes, is

28  amended to read:

29         916.13  Involuntary commitment of defendant adjudicated

30  incompetent to stand trial or incompetent for sentencing.--

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  1         (1)  CRITERIA.--Every defendant who is charged with a

  2  felony and who is person adjudicated incompetent to proceed

  3  stand trial or incompetent for sentencing, pursuant to the

  4  applicable Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, may be

  5  involuntarily committed for treatment upon a finding by the

  6  court of clear and convincing evidence that:

  7         (a)  The defendant person is mentally ill and because

  8  of the her or his mental illness, or that the person is

  9  mentally retarded and because of her or his mental

10  retardation:

11         1.  The defendant person is manifestly incapable of

12  surviving alone or with the help of willing and responsible

13  family or friends, including available alternative services,

14  and, without treatment, the defendant person is likely to

15  suffer from neglect or refuse to care for herself or himself

16  and such neglect or refusal poses a real and present threat of

17  substantial harm to the defendant's her or his well-being; and

18  or

19         2.  There is a substantial likelihood that in the near

20  future the defendant person will inflict serious bodily harm

21  on herself or himself or another person, as evidenced by

22  recent behavior causing, attempting, or threatening such harm;

23  and

24         (b)  All available, less restrictive treatment

25  alternatives, including treatment in community residential

26  facilities or community inpatient or outpatient settings,

27  which would offer an opportunity for improvement of the

28  defendant's person's condition have been judged to be

29  inappropriate; and.

30         (c)  There is a substantial probability that the mental

31  illness causing the defendant's incompetence will respond to

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  1  treatment and the defendant will regain competency to proceed

  2  in the reasonably foreseeable future.

  3         (2)  ADMISSION TO A FORENSIC FACILITY.--

  4         (a)  A defendant Every person who has been charged with

  5  a felony and who has been adjudicated incompetent to proceed

  6  stand trial or incompetent for sentencing, and who meets the

  7  criteria for commitment to the department under the provisions

  8  of this chapter, may shall be committed to the department, and

  9  the department shall may retain and treat the defendant.  No

10  later than 6 months after the date of admission commitment or

11  at the end of any period of extended commitment, or at any

12  time the administrator or designee shall have determined that

13  the defendant has regained competency to proceed stand trial

14  or no longer meets the criteria for continued commitment, the

15  administrator or designee shall file a report with the court

16  pursuant to the applicable Florida Rules of Criminal

17  Procedure.

18         (b)  A defendant adjudicated incompetent to stand trial

19  due to her or his mental retardation may be ordered into a

20  secure facility designated by the department for retarded

21  defendants.  The department may not transfer a client from the

22  secure facility to another residential setting without first

23  notifying the court; the department may transfer such

24  defendant unless the department receives written objection to

25  the transfer from the court within 30 days after receipt of

26  the notice by the court.  No retarded client may be placed in

27  the designated secure facility except by criminal court order.

28  However, if criminal charges are subsequently dropped and the

29  client is involuntarily admitted to retardation residential

30  services, the placement at the secure facility may be

31  continued if so ordered by the committing court following a

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  1  hearing with the same due process requirements as set out in

  2  s. 393.11 for an initial involuntary admission. Such court

  3  hearings shall be held at least annually, with notice to the

  4  state attorney, and each order of continuing placement shall

  5  be based on a finding that the client is likely to physically

  6  injure others as specified in s. 393.11(1)(c)2. In no case may

  7  a client's placement in a secure facility exceed the maximum

  8  sentence for the crime for which she or he was charged.

  9         Section 17.  Section 916.14, Florida Statutes, is

10  amended to read:

11         916.14  Statute of limitations; former jeopardy.--The

12  statute of limitations shall not be applicable to criminal

13  charges dismissed because of the incompetency of the defendant

14  to proceed stand trial.  If a defendant is declared

15  incompetent to proceed stand trial during trial and afterwards

16  is declared competent to proceed stand trial, the defendant's

17  other, uncompleted trial shall not constitute former jeopardy.

18         Section 18.  Section 916.145, Florida Statutes, is

19  amended to read:

20         916.145  Adjudication of incompetency due to mental

21  illness retardation; dismissal of charges.--The charges

22  against any defendant adjudicated incompetent to proceed stand

23  trial due to the defendant's his or her mental illness

24  retardation shall be dismissed without prejudice to the state

25  if the defendant remains incompetent to proceed within a

26  reasonable time after such determination, not to exceed 5

27  years stand trial 2 years after such adjudication, unless the

28  court in its order specifies its reasons for believing that

29  the defendant will become competent to proceed within the

30  foreseeable future stand trial and specifies the time within

31  which the defendant is expected to become competent to proceed

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  1  stand trial. The charges against the defendant are dismissed

  2  without prejudice to the state to refile the charges should

  3  the defendant be declared competent to proceed in the future.

  4         Section 19.  Section 916.15, Florida Statutes, is

  5  amended to read:

  6         916.15  Involuntary commitment of defendant adjudicated

  7  not guilty by reason of insanity.--

  8         (1)  A defendant person who is acquitted of criminal

  9  charges because of a finding of not guilty by reason of

10  insanity may be involuntarily committed pursuant to such

11  finding if the defendant person is mentally ill and, because

12  of the person's illness, is manifestly dangerous to himself or

13  herself or others.

14         (2)  Every defendant person acquitted of criminal

15  charges by reason of insanity and found to meet the criteria

16  for involuntary commitment may be committed and treated in

17  accordance with the provisions of this section and the

18  applicable Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure.  The

19  department shall admit a defendant so adjudicated to an

20  appropriate facility or program for treatment and shall may

21  retain and treat such defendant.  No later than 6 months after

22  the date of admission, prior to the end of any period of

23  extended commitment, or at any time the administrator or

24  designee shall have determined that the defendant no longer

25  meets the criteria for continued commitment placement, the

26  administrator or designee shall file a report with the court

27  pursuant to the applicable Florida Rules of Criminal

28  Procedure.

29         (3)  In all proceedings under this subsection, both the

30  defendant patient and the state shall have the right to a

31  hearing before the committing court. Evidence at such hearing

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  1  may be presented by the hospital administrator or the

  2  administrator's his or her designee as well as by the state

  3  and the defendant.  The defendant shall have the right to

  4  counsel at any such hearing.  In the event that a defendant

  5  cannot afford counsel, the court shall appoint the public

  6  defender to represent the defendant.  The parties shall have

  7  access to the defendant's records at the treating facilities

  8  and may interview or depose personnel who have had contact

  9  with the defendant at the treating facilities.

10         Section 20.  Section 916.16, Florida Statutes, is

11  amended to read:

12         916.16  Jurisdiction of committing court.--

13         (1)  The committing criminal court shall retain

14  jurisdiction in the case of any defendant patient hospitalized

15  as incompetent to proceed or because of a finding of not

16  guilty by reason of insanity or, if retarded, admitted to

17  retardation residential services pursuant to this chapter.  No

18  such defendant person may be released except by order of the

19  committing court. The administrative hearing examiner shall

20  have no jurisdiction to determine issues of continuing

21  hospitalization or release of any defendant person admitted

22  pursuant to this chapter.

23         (2)  The committing criminal court shall retain

24  jurisdiction in the case of any defendant placed on

25  conditional release. No such defendant may be released from

26  the conditions of release except by order of the committing

27  court.

28         Section 21.  Section 916.17, Florida Statutes, is

29  amended to read:

30         916.17  Conditional release.--

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  1         (1)  The committing criminal court may order a

  2  conditional release of any defendant who has been found to be

  3  incompetent to proceed committed according to a finding of

  4  incompetency to stand trial or an adjudication of not guilty

  5  by reason of insanity, based on an approved plan for providing

  6  appropriate outpatient care and treatment. The committing

  7  criminal court may order a conditional release of any

  8  defendant in lieu of an involuntary commitment to a forensic

  9  facility pursuant to s. 916.13. Upon a recommendation that At

10  such time as the administrator shall determine outpatient

11  treatment of the defendant is to be appropriate, she or he may

12  file with the court, with copies to all parties, a written

13  plan for outpatient treatment, including recommendations from

14  qualified professionals, must be filed with the court, with

15  copies to all parties.  Such a plan may also be submitted by

16  the defendant and filed with the court with copies to all

17  parties.  The plan shall include:

18         (a)  Special provisions for residential care or

19  adequate supervision of the defendant.

20         (b)  Provisions for outpatient mental health services.

21         (c)  If appropriate, recommendations for auxiliary

22  services such as vocational training, educational services, or

23  special medical care.

24

25  In its order of conditional release, the court shall specify

26  the conditions of release based upon the release plan and

27  shall direct the appropriate agencies or persons to submit

28  periodic reports to the court regarding the defendant's

29  compliance with the conditions of the release and progress in

30  treatment, with copies to all parties.

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  1         (2)  Upon the filing of an affidavit or statement under

  2  oath by any person If at any time it appears that the

  3  defendant has failed to comply with the conditions of release,

  4  that the defendant's condition has deteriorated to the point

  5  that inpatient care is required, or that the release

  6  conditions should be modified, the court shall hold a hearing

  7  within 7 days after receipt of the affidavit or statement

  8  under oath. After the hearing, the court and may modify the

  9  release conditions. The court may also or order that the

10  defendant be returned to the department if it is found, after

11  the appointment and report of experts, that the person meets

12  the criteria for involuntary further treatment.

13         (3)  If at any time it is determined after a hearing

14  that the defendant no longer requires court-supervised

15  followup care, the court shall terminate its jurisdiction in

16  the cause and discharge the defendant.

17         Section 22.  Part III of chapter 916, Florida Statutes,

18  consisting of sections 916.301, 916.3012, 916.302, 916.3025,

19  916.303, and 916.304, is created and entitled "Forensic

20  Services for Persons Who Are Mentally Retarded or Autistic."

21         Section 23.  Section 916.301, Florida Statutes, is

22  created to read:

23         916.301  Appointment of experts.--

24         (1)  The department shall provide the courts annually

25  with a list of mental retardation and autism professionals who

26  are qualified to perform evaluations of defendants alleged to

27  be incompetent to proceed due to mental retardation or autism.

28  The courts may use professionals from this list when ordering

29  evaluations for defendants suspected of being retarded or

30  autistic.

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  1         (2)  If a defendant's suspected mental condition is

  2  mental retardation or autism, the court shall appoint the

  3  developmental services program of the department who will

  4  select two experts to evaluate whether the defendant meets the

  5  definition of retardation or autism and, if so, whether the

  6  defendant is competent to proceed. One of the experts selected

  7  by the developmental services program must be a psychologist

  8  and the other must be a social service professional.

  9         (3)  The developmental services program shall obtain

10  evaluations from a psychologist licensed or authorized by law

11  to practice psychology in this state, with experience in

12  evaluating persons suspected of having mental retardation or

13  autism, and a social service professional with experience in

14  working with persons with mental retardation or autism.

15         (a)  The psychologist shall evaluate whether the

16  defendant meets the definition of mental retardation or autism

17  and, if so, whether the defendant is incompetent to proceed

18  due to mental retardation or autism.

19         (b)  The social service professional shall provide a

20  social and developmental history of the defendant.

21         (4)  At the request of any party, the court must

22  appoint at least one, but not more than two, additional

23  experts to evaluate the defendant. The expert or experts

24  appointed by the court will evaluate whether the defendant

25  meets the definition of mental retardation or autism and, if

26  so, whether the defendant is competent to proceed. All

27  evaluations ordered by the court must be from qualified

28  experts licensed in this state with experience in evaluating

29  persons with mental retardation or autism.

30         (5)  Expert witnesses selected by the developmental

31  services program or appointed by the court to evaluate the

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  1  mental condition of a defendant in a criminal case shall be

  2  allowed reasonable fees for services rendered as evaluators

  3  and as witnesses, which shall be paid by the county in which

  4  the indictment was found or the information or affidavit was

  5  filed. State employees shall be paid expenses pursuant to s.

  6  112.061. The fees shall be taxed as costs in the case. In

  7  order for the experts to be paid for the services rendered,

  8  the reports and testimony must explicitly address each of the

  9  factors and follow the procedures set out in this chapter and

10  in the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure.

11         Section 24.  Section 916.3012, Florida Statutes, is

12  created to read:

13         916.3012  Mental competence to proceed.--

14         (1)  A defendant whose suspected mental condition is

15  mental retardation or autism is incompetent to proceed within

16  the meaning of this chapter if the defendant does not have

17  sufficient present ability to consult with the defendant's

18  lawyer with a reasonable degree of rational understanding or

19  if the defendant has no rational, as well as factual,

20  understanding of the proceedings against the defendant. 

21         (2)  The experts shall first consider whether the

22  defendant meets the definition of mental retardation and, if

23  so, consider the factors related to the issue of whether the

24  defendant meets the criteria for competence to proceed; that

25  is, whether the defendant has sufficient present ability to

26  consult with counsel with a reasonable degree of rational

27  understanding and whether the defendant has a rational, as

28  well as factual, understanding of the pending proceedings.

29         (3)  In considering the issue of competence to proceed,

30  the examining experts shall first consider and specifically

31  include in their report the defendant's capacity to:

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  1         (a)  Appreciate the charges or allegations against the

  2  defendant;

  3         (b)  Appreciate the range and nature of possible

  4  penalties, if applicable, that may be imposed in the

  5  proceedings against the defendant;

  6         (c)  Understand the adversarial nature of the legal

  7  process;

  8         (d)  Disclose to counsel facts pertinent to the

  9  proceedings at issue;

10         (e)  Manifest appropriate courtroom behavior; and

11         (f)  Testify relevantly;

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13  and include in their report any other factor deemed relevant

14  by the experts.

15         (4)  If the experts should find that the defendant is

16  incompetent to proceed, the experts shall report on any

17  recommended training for the defendant to attain competence to

18  proceed. In considering the issues relating to training, the

19  examining experts shall specifically report on:

20         (a)  The mental retardation or autism causing the

21  incompetence;

22         (b)  The training appropriate for the mental

23  retardation or autism of the defendant and an explanation of

24  each of the possible training alternatives in order of

25  choices;

26         (c)  The availability of acceptable training and, if

27  training is available in the community, the expert shall so

28  state in the report; and

29         (d)  The likelihood of the defendant's attaining

30  competence under the training recommended, an assessment of

31  the probable duration of the training required to restore

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  1  competence, and the probability that the defendant will attain

  2  competence to proceed in the foreseeable future.

  3         Section 25.  Section 916.302, Florida Statutes, is

  4  created to read:

  5         916.302  Involuntary commitment of defendant determined

  6  to be incompetent to proceed due to mental retardation or

  7  autism.--

  8         (1)  CRITERIA.--Every defendant who is charged with a

  9  felony and who is found to be incompetent to proceed, pursuant

10  to this chapter and the applicable Florida Rules of Criminal

11  Procedure, may be involuntarily committed for training upon a

12  finding by the court of clear and convincing evidence that:

13         (a)  The defendant is mentally retarded or autistic;

14         (b)  There is a substantial likelihood that in the near

15  future the defendant will inflict serious bodily harm on

16  himself or herself or another person, as evidenced by recent

17  behavior causing, attempting, or threatening such harm;

18         (c)  All available, less restrictive alternatives,

19  including services provided in community residential

20  facilities or other community settings, which would offer an

21  opportunity for improvement of the condition have been judged

22  to be inappropriate; and

23         (d)  There is a substantial probability that the mental

24  retardation or autism causing the defendant's incompetence

25  will respond to training and the defendant will regain

26  competency to proceed in the reasonably foreseeable future.

27         (2)  ADMISSION TO A FACILITY.--

28         (a)  A defendant who has been charged with a felony and

29  who is found to be incompetent to proceed, and who meets the

30  criteria for commitment to the department under the provisions

31  of this chapter, shall be committed to the department, and the

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  1  department shall retain and serve the defendant. No later than

  2  6 months after the date of admission or at the end of any

  3  period of extended commitment or at any time the administrator

  4  or designee shall have determined that the defendant has

  5  regained competency to proceed or no longer meets the criteria

  6  for continued commitment, the administrator or designee shall

  7  file a report with the court pursuant to this chapter and the

  8  applicable Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure.

  9         (b)  A defendant determined to be incompetent to

10  proceed due to mental retardation or autism may be ordered by

11  a criminal circuit court into a secure facility designated by

12  the department for mentally retarded or autistic defendants.

13         (c)  The department may transfer a defendant from a

14  designated secure facility to another designated secure

15  facility and must notify the court of the transfer within 30

16  days after the transfer is completed.

17         (d)  The department may not transfer a defendant from a

18  designated secure facility to a nonsecure facility without

19  first notifying the court, and all parties, 30 days before the

20  proposed transfer. If the court objects to the proposed

21  transfer to a nonsecure facility, it must send its written

22  objection to the department. The department may transfer the

23  defendant unless it receives the written objection from the

24  court within 30 days after the court's receipt of the notice

25  of the proposed transfer.

26         (3)  PLACEMENT OF DUALLY DIAGNOSED DEFENDANTS.--

27         (a)  If a defendant is both retarded or autistic and

28  mentally ill, evaluations must address which condition is

29  primarily affecting the defendant's competency to proceed.

30  Referral of the defendant should be made to the facility or

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  1  program most appropriate to address the symptoms which are the

  2  cause of the defendant's incompetence.

  3         (b)  Transfer from one facility or program to another

  4  facility or program may occur when, in the department's

  5  judgment, it is in the defendant's best treatment or training

  6  interests. Transfer will require an amended order from the

  7  committing court.

  8         Section 26.  Section 916.3025, Florida Statutes, is

  9  created to read:

10         916.3025  Jurisdiction of committing court.--

11         (1)  The committing criminal court shall retain

12  jurisdiction in the case of any defendant found to be

13  incompetent to proceed and ordered into a secure facility

14  designated by the department for mentally retarded or autistic

15  defendants. No defendant may be released except by the order

16  of the committing court.

17         (2)  The committing criminal court shall retain

18  jurisdiction in the case of any defendant placed on

19  conditional release. No such defendant may be released from

20  the conditions of release except by order of the committing

21  court.

22         (3)  The committing criminal court shall consider the

23  petition to involuntarily admit to residential services

24  provided by the department's developmental services program a

25  person whose charges have been dismissed, and, when

26  applicable, to continue secure placement of such person as

27  provided in s. 916.303. The committing criminal court shall

28  retain jurisdiction over such person so long as he or she

29  remains in secure placement or is on conditional release.

30         Section 27.  Section 916.303, Florida Statutes, is

31  created to read:

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  1         916.303  Determination of incompetency due to mental

  2  retardation or autism; dismissal of charges.--

  3         (1)  The charges against any defendant found to be

  4  incompetent to proceed due to mental retardation or autism

  5  shall be dismissed without prejudice to the state if the

  6  defendant remains incompetent to proceed within a reasonable

  7  time after such determination, not to exceed 2 years, unless

  8  the court in its order specifies its reasons for believing

  9  that the defendant will become competent to proceed within the

10  foreseeable future and specifies the time within which the

11  defendant is expected to become competent to proceed. The

12  charges against the defendant are dismissed without prejudice

13  to the state to refile the charges should the defendant be

14  declared competent to proceed in the future.

15         (2)(a)  If the charges are dismissed and if the

16  defendant is considered to lack sufficient capacity to give

17  express and informed consent to a voluntary application for

18  services and lacks the basic survival and self-care skills to

19  provide for his or her well-being or is likely to physically

20  injure himself or herself or others if allowed to remain at

21  liberty, the department, the state attorney or the defendant's

22  attorney may apply to the committing criminal court to

23  involuntarily admit the defendant to residential services

24  pursuant to s. 393.11.

25         (b)  If the defendant is considered to need involuntary

26  residential services under s. 393.11 and, further, there is a

27  substantial likelihood that the defendant will injure another

28  person or continues to present a danger of escape, and all

29  available less restrictive alternatives, including services in

30  community residential facilities or other community settings,

31  which would offer an opportunity for improvement of the

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  1  condition have been judged to be inappropriate, then the

  2  person or entity filing the petition under s. 393.11, the

  3  state attorney, the defendant's counsel, the petitioning

  4  commission, or the department may also petition the committing

  5  criminal court to continue the defendant's placement in a

  6  secure facility or program pursuant to this section.

  7         Section 28.  Section 916.304, Florida Statutes, is

  8  created to read:

  9         916.304  Conditional release.--

10         (1)  The committing criminal court may order a

11  conditional release of any defendant who has been found to be

12  incompetent to proceed, based on an approved plan for

13  providing continuing community-based training. The committing

14  criminal court may order a conditional release of any

15  defendant in lieu of an involuntary commitment to a forensic

16  facility pursuant to s. 916.13. Upon a recommendation that

17  community-based training for the defendant is appropriate, a

18  written plan for community-based training, including

19  recommendations from qualified professionals, may be filed

20  with the court, with copies to all parties.  Such a plan may

21  also be submitted by the defendant and filed with the court,

22  with copies to all parties. The plan shall include:

23         (a)  Special provisions for residential care and

24  adequate supervision of the defendant, including recommended

25  location of placement.

26         (b)  Recommendations for auxiliary services such as

27  vocational training, psychological training, educational

28  services, leisure services, and special medical care.

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30  In its order of conditional release, the court shall specify

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  1  shall direct the appropriate agencies or persons to submit

  2  periodic reports to the courts regarding the defendant's

  3  compliance with the conditions of the release and progress in

  4  training, with copies to all parties.

  5         (2)  Upon the filing of an affidavit or statement under

  6  oath by any person that the defendant has failed to comply

  7  with the conditions of release, that the defendant's condition

  8  has deteriorated, or that the release conditions should be

  9  modified, the court shall hold a hearing within 7 days after

10  receipt of the affidavit or statement under oath. After the

11  hearing, the court may modify the release conditions. The

12  court may also order that the defendant be placed into more

13  appropriate programs for further training or may order the

14  defendant to be returned to involuntary residential services

15  of the department if it is found, after the appointment and

16  report of experts, that the defendant meets the criteria for

17  involuntary residential services.

18         (3)  If at any time it is determined after a hearing

19  that the defendant no longer requires court-supervised

20  followup care, the court shall terminate its jurisdiction in

21  the cause and discharge the defendant.

22         Section 29.  This act shall take effect October 1 of

23  the year in which enacted.

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      Revises and reorganizes ch. 916, F.S., the Forensic
  4    Client Services Act.  Creates pt. I of ch. 916, F.S.,
      containing general provisions, pt. II of ch. 916, F.S.,
  5    relating to forensic services for persons who are
      mentally ill, and pt. III of ch. 916, F.S., relating to
  6    forensic services for persons who are mentally retarded
      or autistic.  Revises specified provisions relating to
  7    estimated amount of pay for jurors and witnesses, to
      conform a reference.  Provides for a specialized
  8    involuntary residential training program for certain
      mentally retarded or autistic defendants.
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