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        By the Committee on Corrections and Representative
    Trovillion





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the state correctional

  3         system; amending s. 20.315, F.S., relating to

  4         the organization of the Department of

  5         Corrections; revising language related to

  6         provision of programs; ensuring that the rights

  7         of crime victims are met; authorizing the

  8         secretary to appoint assistant secretaries,

  9         directors, and other staff necessary to

10         accomplish the mission and goals of the

11         department; designating specific areas of

12         program responsibility with operational

13         oversight or direct management and supervision;

14         requiring the department to plan and administer

15         community corrections and security and

16         institutional operations through regions;

17         deleting reference to a specific number and

18         configuration of regions; deleting reference to

19         regional directors and the appointment of

20         division directors; deleting reference to

21         specific offices within regions; deleting

22         reference to four district budget entities for

23         the purpose of submitting a legislative budget

24         request; authorizing the department to

25         transfer, as necessary, funds among budget

26         entities as designated by the Executive Office

27         of the Governor; deleting reference to regional

28         budget requests; amending s. 944.10, F.S.;

29         relating to contracts to provide inmate labor

30         and services for certain projects; limiting the

31         authority of the department to contract with

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  1         governmental entities for only the provision of

  2         site acquisition or preparation, management, or

  3         construction of such projects; amending s.

  4         944.31, F.S.; removing the responsibility for

  5         inmate grievances from the office of the

  6         inspector general; amending s. 944.331, F.S.;

  7         requiring the office of general counsel to be

  8         responsible for oversight of inmate grievance

  9         procedures; amending s. 944.40, F.S.;

10         prohibiting escape or attempted escape by

11         inmates in private correctional facilities

12         under contract with the state, a county, or a

13         municipality; providing penalties; creating s.

14         944.8031, F.S.; relating to inmate's family

15         visitation services and programs; providing

16         legislative intent; requiring the department to

17         provide certain minimum services and programs

18         for persons visiting inmates; requiring the

19         secretary to submit legislative budget requests

20         necessary to improve the quality and frequency

21         of family visits and improve visitation

22         services and programs; amending s. 945.215,

23         F.S., relating to the Inmate Welfare Trust

24         Fund; requiring such funds to be used for

25         visitation and family programs and services;

26         requiring funds from vending machines used by

27         visitors to go into the fund; transferring the

28         contract for the Gadsden Correctional

29         Institution from the Department of Corrections

30         to the Correctional Privatization Commission;

31         requiring the department to conduct a study on

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  1         performance-based program budgeting issues in

  2         collaboration with the Office of Program Policy

  3         Analysis and Government Accountability and

  4         staff from the Senate and the House of

  5         Representatives; requiring the department to

  6         submit a report by October 1, 1999; requiring

  7         the Statutory Revision Division of the Office

  8         of Legislative Services to change the term

  9         "superintendent" to the term "warden" in

10         numerous sections of Florida Statutes related

11         to the Department of Corrections; providing an

12         effective date.

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

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16         Section 1.  Paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of section

17  20.315, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended,

18  paragraph (k) is added to said subsection, and subsections (3)

19  and (4), paragraph (b) of subsection (6), and subsection (7)

20  of said section are amended, to read:

21         20.315  Department of Corrections.--There is created a

22  Department of Corrections.

23         (1)  PURPOSE.--The purpose of the Department of

24  Corrections is to protect the public through the incarceration

25  and supervision of offenders and to rehabilitate offenders

26  through the application of work, programs, and services. The

27  goals of the department shall be:

28         (f)  To provide programs, which may include academic

29  and, vocational, and career education and treatment, to

30  incarcerated offenders and supervised offenders which will

31  prepare them for occupations available in the community.

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  1         (k)  To ensure that the rights of crime victims are

  2  recognized and met, including the need for victims to have

  3  timely notification of inmate releases and escapes.

  4         (3)  SECRETARY OF CORRECTIONS.--The head of the

  5  Department of Corrections is the Secretary of Corrections.

  6  The secretary is appointed by the Governor, subject to

  7  confirmation by the Senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of

  8  the Governor.  The secretary is responsible for planning,

  9  coordinating, and managing the corrections system of the

10  state.  The secretary shall ensure that the programs and

11  services of the department are administered in accordance with

12  state and federal laws, rules, and regulations, with

13  established program standards, and consistent with legislative

14  intent.  The secretary shall identify the need for and

15  recommend funding for the secure and efficient operation of

16  the state correctional system.

17         (a)  The secretary shall appoint a deputy secretary.

18  The deputy secretary shall be directly responsible to the

19  secretary and shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary.

20         (b)  The secretary shall appoint a general counsel and

21  an inspector general, who are exempt from part II of chapter

22  110 and are included in the Senior Management Service.

23         (c)  The secretary may shall appoint such assistant

24  secretaries, directors, and other staff as he or she deems

25  necessary to accomplish the mission and goals of the

26  department, which may include, but are not limited to, the

27  following areas of program responsibility: an Assistant

28  Secretary for

29         1.  Security and Institutional Operations, Management

30  responsible for providing inmate work, offender programs,

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  1  security administration, emergency operations response, and

  2  operational oversight of technical assistance to the regions.

  3         2.(d)  The secretary shall appoint an Assistant

  4  Secretary of Health Services which who shall be headed by a

  5  physician licensed under chapter 458 or an osteopathic

  6  physician licensed under chapter 459, or a professionally

  7  trained health care administrator with progressively

  8  responsible experience in health care administration.  This

  9  individual shall be responsible for the delivery of health

10  services to offenders within the system and shall have direct

11  professional authority over such services.

12         (e)  The secretary shall appoint an Assistant Secretary

13  for Executive Services responsible for the provision of

14  support to the agency through the management of human

15  resources, research, planning and evaluation, and technology.

16         3.(f)  The secretary shall appoint an Assistant

17  Secretary for Community Corrections, responsible for

18  coordination of community alternatives to incarceration and

19  operational oversight of the regions.

20         4.(g)  The secretary shall appoint an Assistant

21  Secretary for Administration, Administrative Services,

22  responsible for the budget and accounting services activities

23  within the department, including the construction and

24  maintenance of correctional institutions, human resource

25  management, research planning, and evaluation, and technology.

26         5.(h)  The secretary shall appoint an Assistant

27  Secretary for Education and Job Training Program Services,

28  responsible for the direct management and supervision of all

29  offender programs, including the coordination and delivery of

30  education and job training to the offenders in the custody of

31  the department.

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  1         (4)  REGIONS.--The department shall plan and administer

  2  its program of services for community corrections and security

  3  and institutional operations through regions a maximum of five

  4  regional offices.  The secretary shall establish the

  5  geographical boundaries of each region.  In establishing each

  6  region, the secretary shall, to the extent possible, follow

  7  the boundaries of the judicial circuits and balance the

  8  regions by geographical size or workload of the department.

  9         (a)  The secretary shall appoint regional directors who

10  shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary.  Though

11  organizationally located within the office of the Assistant

12  Secretary for Security and Institutional Management for

13  administrative purposes, the regional directors are

14  accountable to the secretary for administration of all affairs

15  under their jurisdiction. The secretary shall develop

16  performance agreements with each assistant secretary and

17  regional director each biennium.  Such agreements shall

18  evaluate the execution of the agency mission, strategic plan,

19  and performance budget measures and outcomes.

20         (b)  Each regional director shall appoint, with the

21  advice and consent of the secretary, the following offices

22  within the region.  Each shall be headed by a director and

23  shall be classified at a level of division director:

24         1.  Administration.

25         2.  Community Corrections.

26         3.  Executive Services.

27         4.  Security and Institutional Management.

28         5.  Health Care Administration.

29         6.  Education and Job Training.

30         (6)  FLORIDA CORRECTIONS COMMISSION.--

31         (b)  The primary functions of the commission are to:

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  1         1.  Recommend major correctional policies for the

  2  Governor's approval, and assure that approved policies and any

  3  revisions thereto are properly executed.

  4         2.  Periodically review the status of the state

  5  correctional system and recommend improvements therein to the

  6  Governor and the Legislature.

  7         3.  Annually perform an in-depth review of

  8  community-based intermediate sanctions and recommend to the

  9  Governor and the Legislature intergovernmental approaches

10  through the Community Corrections Partnership Act for planning

11  and implementing such sanctions and programs.

12         4.  Perform an in-depth evaluation of the annual budget

13  request of the Department of Corrections, the comprehensive

14  correctional master plan, and the tentative construction

15  program for compliance with all applicable laws and

16  established departmental policies. The commission may not

17  consider individual construction projects, but shall consider

18  methods of accomplishing the department's goals in the most

19  effective, efficient, and businesslike manner.

20         5.  Routinely monitor the financial status of the

21  Department of Corrections to assure that the department is

22  managing revenue and any applicable bond proceeds responsibly

23  and in accordance with law and established policy.

24         6.  Evaluate, at least quarterly, the efficiency,

25  productivity, and management of the Department of Corrections,

26  using performance and production standards developed by the

27  department under subsection (18).

28         7.  Provide public education on corrections and

29  criminal justice issues.

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  1         8.  Report to the President of the Senate, the Speaker

  2  of the House of Representatives, and the Governor by November

  3  1 of each year.

  4         (7)  DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS.--

  5         (a)  The secretary shall develop and submit annually to

  6  the Legislature a comprehensive departmental budget request

  7  document. This summary document shall, for the purpose of

  8  legislative appropriation, consist of four distinct budget

  9  entities:

10         1.  Department Administration.

11         2.  Department Operations.

12         3.  Health Services.

13         4.  Education and Job Training.

14         (b)  For the purpose of paragraph (a), the department

15  shall revise its budget entity designations to conform with

16  the four distinct budget entities, or to the such other budget

17  entities as are designated by the Executive Office of the

18  Governor pursuant to s. 216.0235.  The department, consistent

19  in accordance with chapter 216, may shall transfer, as

20  necessary, funds and positions among budget entities to

21  realign appropriations with the revised budget entity

22  designations.  Such authorized revisions must be consistent

23  with the intent of the approved operating budget. The various

24  regional budget requests developed shall be included in the

25  comprehensive department budget document.  The department

26  shall periodically review the appropriateness of the budget

27  entity designations and the adequacy of its delegated

28  authority to transfer funds between entities and submit the

29  reviews to the Governor's office of Planning and Budget.  To

30  fulfill this responsibility, the secretary shall have the

31  authority to review, amend, and approve the annual budget

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  1  requests of all departmental activities. Recommendations on

  2  departmental budget priorities shall be furnished to the

  3  secretary by the deputy secretary, assistant secretaries, and

  4  regional directors.

  5         (c)  It is the responsibility of the Assistant

  6  Secretary for Administration to promulgate the necessary

  7  budget timetables, formats, and data requirements for all

  8  departmental budget requests.  This shall be done in

  9  accordance with statewide budget requirements of the Executive

10  Office of the Governor.

11         (d)  It is the responsibility of the regional directors

12  to develop an annual budget request to be reviewed, amended,

13  and approved by the secretary and incorporated into the agency

14  budget request.

15         Section 2.  Subsection (7) of section 944.10, Florida

16  Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to read:

17         944.10  Department of Corrections to provide buildings;

18  sale and purchase of land; contracts to provide services and

19  inmate labor.--

20         (7)  The department may enter into contracts with

21  federal, state, or local governmental entities or subdivisions

22  to provide services and inmate labor for the construction of

23  buildings, parks, roads, any detention or commitment

24  facilities, or any other project deemed to be appropriate by

25  the Department of Corrections, which includes may include, but

26  is not limited to, the planning, design, site acquisition or

27  preparation, management, or construction of such projects. The

28  department may charge fees for providing such services. All

29  fees collected must be placed in the Correctional Work Program

30  Trust Fund.

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  1         Section 3.  Section 944.31, Florida Statutes, is

  2  amended to read:

  3         944.31  Inspector general; inspectors; power and

  4  duties.--The inspector general shall be responsible for prison

  5  inspection and investigation, internal affairs investigations,

  6  inmate grievances, and management reviews. The office of the

  7  inspector general shall be charged with the duty of inspecting

  8  the penal and correctional systems of the state. The office of

  9  the inspector general shall inspect each correctional

10  institution or any place in which state prisoners are housed,

11  worked, or kept within the state, with reference to its

12  physical conditions, cleanliness, sanitation, safety, and

13  comfort; the quality and supply of all bedding; the quality,

14  quantity, and diversity of food served and the manner in which

15  it is served; the number and condition of the prisoners

16  confined therein; and the general conditions of each

17  institution. The office of inspector general shall see that

18  all the rules and regulations issued by the department are

19  strictly observed and followed by all persons connected with

20  the correctional systems of the state.  The office of the

21  inspector general shall coordinate and supervise the work of

22  inspectors throughout the state. The inspector general and

23  inspectors may enter any place where prisoners in this state

24  are kept and shall be immediately admitted to such place as

25  they desire and may consult and confer with any prisoner

26  privately and without molestation.  The inspector general and

27  inspectors shall be responsible for criminal and

28  administrative investigation of matters relating to the

29  Department of Corrections. In such investigations, the

30  inspector general and inspectors may consult and confer with

31  any prisoner or staff member privately and without molestation

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  1  and shall have the authority to detain any person for

  2  violations of the criminal laws of the state. Such detention

  3  shall be made only on properties owned or leased by the

  4  department, and the detained person shall be surrendered

  5  without delay to the sheriff of the county in which the

  6  detention is made, with a formal complaint subsequently made

  7  against her or him in accordance with law.

  8         Section 4.  Section 944.331, Florida Statutes, is

  9  amended to read:

10         944.331  Inmate grievance procedure.--The department

11  shall establish by rule an inmate grievance procedure which

12  shall conform to the Minimum Standards for Inmate Grievance

13  Procedures as promulgated by the United States Department of

14  Justice pursuant to 42 U.S.C. s. 1997e. The office of general

15  counsel shall be responsible for oversight of the grievance

16  procedures established by the department.

17         Section 5.  Section 944.40, Florida Statutes, is

18  amended to read:

19         944.40  Escapes; penalty.--Any prisoner confined in any

20  prison, jail, private correctional facility, road camp, or

21  other penal institution, whether state, county, or municipal

22  or by contract with the state, a county, or a municipality,

23  working upon the public roads, or being transported to or from

24  a place of confinement who escapes or attempts to escape from

25  such confinement commits shall be guilty of a felony of the

26  second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s.

27  775.083, or s. 775.084. The punishment of imprisonment imposed

28  under this section shall run consecutive to any former

29  sentence imposed upon any prisoner.

30         Section 6.  Section  944.8031, Florida Statutes, is

31  created to read:

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  1         944.8031  Inmate's family visitation; legislative

  2  intent; minimum services provided to visitors; budget

  3  requests.--

  4         (1)  The Legislature finds that maintaining an inmate's

  5  family and community relationships through enhancing visitor

  6  services and programs and increasing the frequency and quality

  7  of the visits is an underutilized correctional resource that

  8  can improve an inmate's behavior in the correctional facility

  9  and, upon an inmate's release from a correctional facility,

10  will help to reduce recidivism.

11         (2)  The department shall provide, at a minimum, the

12  following services at designated visiting areas for approved

13  visitors in state correctional facilities:

14         (a)  Information relating to applicable visiting

15  regulations, dress codes, and visiting procedures.

16         (b)  A sheltered area, outside the security perimeter,

17  for visitors waiting before and after visiting inmates.

18         (c)  Food services with food choices which are

19  nutritious and acceptable for children and youth visitors.

20         (d)  Minimal equipment and supplies which assist staff

21  and visitors in managing and occupying the time and meeting

22  the needs of children and youth visitors.

23         (3)  Upon determining any deficiencies and barriers to

24  the effective and efficient operation of the department's

25  visitation program and services, the secretary shall submit

26  annual budget requests identifying capital improvements,

27  staffing, and programmatic needs necessary to improve the

28  quality and frequency of family visits and the visitation

29  program and services.

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  1         Section 7.  Paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of subsection

  2  (1) of section 945.215, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, are

  3  amended to read:

  4         945.215  Inmate welfare and employee benefit trust

  5  funds.--

  6         (1)  INMATE WELFARE TRUST FUND;  DEPARTMENT OF

  7  CORRECTIONS.--

  8         (a)  The Inmate Welfare Trust Fund constitutes a trust

  9  held by the department for the benefit and welfare of inmates

10  incarcerated in correctional facilities operated directly by

11  the department and for visitation and family programs and

12  services in such correctional facilities. Funds shall be

13  credited to the trust fund as follows:

14         1.  All funds held in any auxiliary, canteen, welfare,

15  or similar fund in any correctional facility operated directly

16  by the department.

17         2.  All net proceeds from operating inmate canteens,

18  vending machines used primarily by inmates and visitors, hobby

19  shops, and other such facilities; however, funds necessary to

20  purchase items for resale at inmate canteens and vending

21  machines must be deposited into local bank accounts designated

22  by the department.

23         3.  All proceeds from contracted telephone commissions.

24  The department shall develop and update, as necessary,

25  administrative procedures to verify that:

26         a.  Contracted telephone companies accurately record

27  and report all telephone calls made by inmates incarcerated in

28  correctional facilities under the department's jurisdiction;

29         b.  Persons who accept collect calls from inmates are

30  charged the contracted rate; and

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  1         c.  The department receives the contracted telephone

  2  commissions.

  3         4.  Any funds that may be assigned by inmates or

  4  donated to the department by the general public or an inmate

  5  service organization; however, the department shall not accept

  6  any donation from, or on behalf of, any individual inmate.

  7         5.  Repayment of the one-time sum of $500,000

  8  appropriated in fiscal year 1996-1997 from the Inmate Welfare

  9  Trust Fund for correctional work programs pursuant to s.

10  946.008.

11         6.  All proceeds from:

12         a.  The confiscation and liquidation of any contraband

13  found upon, or in the possession of, any inmate;

14         b.  Disciplinary fines imposed against inmates;

15         c.  Forfeitures of inmate earnings; and

16         d.  Unexpended balances in individual inmate trust fund

17  accounts of less than $1.

18         7.  All interest earnings and other proceeds derived

19  from investments of funds deposited in the trust fund. In the

20  manner authorized by law for fiduciaries, the secretary of the

21  department, or the secretary's designee, may invest any funds

22  in the trust fund when it is determined that such funds are

23  not needed for immediate use.

24         (b)  Funds in the Inmate Welfare Trust Fund must be

25  used exclusively for the following purposes at correctional

26  facilities operated directly by the department:

27         1.  To operate inmate canteens and vending machines,

28  including purchasing items for resale at inmate canteens and

29  vending machines; employing personnel and inmates to manage,

30  supervise, and operate inmate canteens and vending machines;

31  and covering other operating and fixed capital outlay expenses

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  1  associated with operating inmate canteens and vending

  2  machines;

  3         2.  To employ personnel to manage and supervise the

  4  proceeds from telephone commissions;

  5         3.  To develop, implement, and maintain the medical

  6  copayment accounting system;

  7         4.  To provide literacy programs, vocational training

  8  programs, and educational programs that comply with standards

  9  of the Department of Education, including employing personnel

10  and covering other operating and fixed capital outlay expenses

11  associated with providing such programs;

12         5.  To operate inmate chapels, faith-based programs,

13  visiting pavilions, visiting services and programs, family

14  services and programs, libraries, and law libraries, including

15  employing personnel and covering other operating and fixed

16  capital outlay expenses associated with operating inmate

17  chapels, faith-based programs, visiting pavilions, visiting

18  services and programs, family services and programs,

19  libraries, and law libraries;

20         6.  To provide for expenses associated with various

21  inmate clubs;

22         7.  To provide for expenses associated with legal

23  services for inmates;

24         8.  To provide inmate substance abuse treatment

25  programs and transition and life skills training programs,

26  including employing personnel and covering other operating and

27  fixed capital outlay expenses associated with providing such

28  programs.

29         (c)  The Legislature shall annually appropriate the

30  funds deposited in the Inmate Welfare Trust Fund. It is the

31  intent of the Legislature that total annual expenditures for

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  1  providing literacy programs, vocational training programs, and

  2  educational programs exceed the combined total annual

  3  expenditures for operating inmate chapels, faith-based

  4  programs, visiting pavilions, visiting services and programs,

  5  family services and programs, libraries, and law libraries,

  6  covering expenses associated with inmate clubs, and providing

  7  inmate substance abuse treatment programs and transition and

  8  life skills training programs.

  9         Section 8.  (1)  No later than July 1, 1999, the

10  Gadsden Correctional Institution, currently operated under a

11  contract between the Department of Corrections and the

12  Corrections Corporation of America pursuant to ss.

13  944.710-944.72, Florida Statutes, shall be transferred to the

14  Correctional Privatization Commission created in chapter 957,

15  Florida Statutes.

16         (2)  Upon the expiration of the current contract for

17  the Gadsden Correctional Institution, the Correctional

18  Privatization Commission shall rebid for the operation of the

19  facility based upon needs as determined by the Legislature.

20         Section 9.  (1)  The Department of Corrections is

21  directed to develop program areas, outcome measures, and

22  output measures as part of performance-based program budgeting

23  requirements pursuant to s. 216.0166, Florida Statutes.

24         (2)  As part of an anticipated reorganization of the

25  department resulting from legislation passed in the 1999

26  legislative session, the department shall perform a study to

27  determine the extent to which reorganization of the department

28  will affect its performance-based program budgeting efforts.

29  Such a study is intended to produce a redetermination of

30  current program areas, outcome measures, and output measures

31  under the realignment and reorganization efforts of the

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  1  department. As part of this study, the department shall

  2  participate in meetings with staff from the Office of Program

  3  Policy Analysis and Government Accountability and staff from

  4  the appropriate substantive and fiscal committees of the

  5  Senate and the House of Representatives.

  6         (3)  The department shall submit a report of the study

  7  required in subsection (2) to the President of the Senate and

  8  the Speaker of the House of Representatives by October 1,

  9  1999.

10         Section 10.  In editing manuscript for the next edition

11  of the official Florida Statutes, the Division of Statutory

12  Revision of the Office of Legislative Services shall change

13  "superintendent" to "warden" wherever the same appears in ss.

14  110.205, 112,531, 121.0515(2)(c), 790.001, 922.052, 922.11,

15  922.12, and 922.15, Florida Statutes, and chapters 944, 945,

16  946, and 947, Florida Statutes, and the term "superintendent"

17  in s. 112.3145(1)(b)4., Florida Statutes, as it relates to

18  corrections, training, treatment, or rehabilitation.

19         Section 11.  This act shall take effect upon becoming

20  law.

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