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    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1384

    By Senator Lawson





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Florida Retirement

  3         System; amending s. 121.0515, F.S.; providing

  4         eligibility of certain treatment and

  5         rehabilitation personnel at correctional or

  6         forensic facilities for membership in the

  7         Special Risk Class; providing an effective

  8         date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 121.0515, Florida

13  Statutes, is amended to read:

14         121.0515  Special risk membership.--

15         (2)  CRITERIA.--A member, to be designated as a special

16  risk member, must meet the following criteria:

17         (a)  The member must be employed as a law enforcement

18  officer and be certified, or required to be certified, in

19  compliance with s. 943.1395; however, sheriffs and elected

20  police chiefs shall be excluded from meeting the certification

21  requirements of this paragraph.  In addition, the member's

22  duties and responsibilities must include the pursuit,

23  apprehension, and arrest of law violators or suspected law

24  violators; or the member must be an active member of a bomb

25  disposal unit whose primary responsibility is the location,

26  handling, and disposal of explosive devices; or the member

27  must be the supervisor or command officer of a member or

28  members who have such responsibilities; provided, however,

29  administrative support personnel, including, but not limited

30  to, those whose primary duties and responsibilities are in

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  1  accounting, purchasing, legal, and personnel, shall not be

  2  included;

  3         (b)  The member must be employed as a firefighter and

  4  be certified, or required to be certified, in compliance with

  5  s. 633.35 and be employed solely within the fire department of

  6  the employer or agency of state government.  In addition, the

  7  member's duties and responsibilities must include on-the-scene

  8  fighting of fires or direct supervision of firefighting units,

  9  or the member must be the supervisor or command officer of a

10  member or members who have such responsibilities; provided,

11  however, administrative support personnel, including, but not

12  limited to, those whose primary duties and responsibilities

13  are in accounting, purchasing, legal, and personnel, shall not

14  be included;

15         (c)  The member must be employed as a correctional

16  officer and be certified, or required to be certified, in

17  compliance with s. 943.1395.  In addition, the member's

18  primary duties and responsibilities must be the custody, and

19  physical restraint when necessary, of prisoners or inmates

20  within a prison, jail, or other criminal detention facility,

21  or while on work detail outside the facility, or while being

22  transported; or the member must be the supervisor or command

23  officer of a member or members who have such responsibilities;

24  provided, however, administrative support personnel,

25  including, but not limited to, those whose primary duties and

26  responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing, legal, and

27  personnel, shall not be included; however, wardens and

28  assistant wardens, as defined by rule, shall participate in

29  the Special Risk Class;

30         (d)  The member must be employed by a licensed Advance

31  Life Support (ALS) or Basic Life Support (BLS) employer as an

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  1  emergency medical technician or a paramedic and be certified

  2  in compliance with s. 401.27.  In addition, the member's

  3  primary duties and responsibilities must include on-the-scene

  4  emergency medical care.  However, administrative support

  5  personnel, including, but not limited to, those whose primary

  6  responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing, legal, and

  7  personnel, shall not be included;

  8         (e)  The member must be employed as a community-based

  9  correctional probation officer and be certified, or required

10  to be certified, in compliance with s. 943.1395.  In addition,

11  the member's primary duties and responsibilities must be the

12  supervised custody, surveillance, control, investigation, and

13  counseling of assigned inmates, probationers, parolees, or

14  community controllees within the community; or the member must

15  be the supervisor of a member or members who have such

16  responsibilities. Administrative support personnel, including,

17  but not limited to, those whose primary duties and

18  responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing, legal

19  services, and personnel management, shall not be included;

20  however, probation and parole circuit and deputy circuit

21  administrators shall participate in the Special Risk Class; or

22         (f)  The member must be employed in one of the

23  following classes and must spend at least 75 percent of his or

24  her time performing duties which involve contact with patients

25  or inmates in a correctional or forensic facility or

26  institution:

27         1.  Dietitian (class codes 5203 and 5204).

28         2.  Public health nutrition consultant (class code

29  5224).

30         3.  Psychological specialist (class codes 5230 and

31  5231).

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  1         4.  Psychologist (class code 5234).

  2         5.  Senior psychologist (class codes 5237 and 5238).

  3         6.  Regional mental health consultant (class code

  4  5240).

  5         7.  Psychological Services Director--DCF (class code

  6  5242).

  7         8.  Pharmacist (class codes 5245 and 5246).

  8         9.  Senior pharmacist (class codes 5248 and 5249).

  9         10.  Dentist (class code 5266).

10         11.  Senior dentist (class code 5269).

11         12.  Registered nurse (class codes 5290 and 5291).

12         13.  Senior registered nurse (class codes 5292 and

13  5293).

14         14.  Registered nurse specialist (class codes 5294 and

15  5295).

16         15.  Clinical associate (class codes 5298 and 5299).

17         16.  Advanced registered nurse practitioner (class

18  codes 5297 and 5300).

19         17.  Advanced registered nurse practitioner specialist

20  (class codes 5304 and 5305).

21         18.  Registered nurse supervisor (class codes 5306 and

22  5307).

23         19.  Senior registered nurse supervisor (class codes

24  5308 and 5309).

25         20.  Registered nursing consultant (class codes 5312

26  and 5313).

27         21.  Quality management program supervisor (class code

28  5314).

29         22.  Executive nursing director (class codes 5320 and

30  5321).

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  1         23.  Speech and hearing therapist (class code 5406).;

  2  or

  3         24.  Pharmacy manager (class code 5251).

  4         25.  Unit treatment and rehabilitation director-F/C

  5  (class code 5805).

  6         26.  Unit treatment and rehabilitation senior

  7  supervisor I-F/C (class code 5793).

  8         27.  Unit treatment and rehabilitation supervisor

  9  II-F/C (class code 5796).

10         28.  Unit treatment and rehabilitation specialist-F/C

11  (class code 5791).

12         29.  Unit treatment and rehabilitation supervisor I-F/C

13  (class code 5786).

14         30.  Unit treatment and rehabilitation director (class

15  code 5779).

16         31.  Unit treatment and rehabilitation senior

17  supervisor I (class code 5777).

18         32.  Unit treatment and rehabilitation senior

19  supervisor II (class code 5778).

20         33.  Unit treatment and rehabilitation senior

21  supervisor III (class code 5780).

22         34.  Unit treatment and rehabilitation senior

23  supervisor III-F/C (class code 5799).

24         35.  Unit treatment and rehabilitation specialist

25  (class code 5776).

26         36.  Unit treatment and rehabilitation supervisor I

27  (class code 5710).

28         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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  2                          SENATE SUMMARY

  3    Makes additional personnel who provide treatment and
      rehabilitation services at correctional or forensic
  4    facilities eligible for membership in the Special Risk
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