HB 0941 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Florida Retirement System; amending
3	s. 121.0515, F.S.; providing eligibility of certain
4	treatment and rehabilitation personnel at correctional or
5	forensic facilities for membership in the Special Risk
6	Class; providing an effective date.
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8	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10	Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 121.0515, Florida
11	Statutes, is amended to read:
12	121.0515 Special risk membership.--
13	(2) CRITERIA.--A member, to be designated as a special
14	risk member, must meet the following criteria:
15	(a) The member must be employed as a law enforcement
16	officer and be certified, or required to be certified, in
17	compliance with s. 943.1395; however, sheriffs and elected
18	police chiefs shall be excluded from meeting the certification
19	requirements of this paragraph. In addition, the member's duties
20	and responsibilities must include the pursuit, apprehension, and
21	arrest of law violators or suspected law violators; or the
22	member must be an active member of a bomb disposal unit whose
23	primary responsibility is the location, handling, and disposal
24	of explosive devices; or the member must be the supervisor or
25	command officer of a member or members who have such
26	responsibilities; provided, however, administrative support
27	personnel, including, but not limited to, those whose primary
28	duties and responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing,
29	legal, and personnel, shall not be included;
30	(b) The member must be employed as a firefighter and be
31	certified, or required to be certified, in compliance with s.
32	633.35 and be employed solely within the fire department of a
33	local government employer or an agency of state government with
34	firefighting responsibilities. In addition, the member's duties
35	and responsibilities must include on-the-scene fighting of
36	fires, fire prevention, or firefighter training; direct
37	supervision of firefighting units, fire prevention, or
38	firefighter training; or aerial firefighting surveillance
39	performed by fixed-wing aircraft pilots employed by the Division
40	of Forestry of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
41	Services; or the member must be the supervisor or command
42	officer of a member or members who have such responsibilities;
43	provided, however, administrative support personnel, including,
44	but not limited to, those whose primary duties and
45	responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing, legal, and
46	personnel, shall not be included and further provided that all
47	periods of creditable service in fire prevention or firefighter
48	training, or as the supervisor or command officer of a member or
49	members who have such responsibilities, and for which the
50	employer paid the special risk contribution rate, shall be
51	included;
52	(c) The member must be employed as a correctional officer
53	and be certified, or required to be certified, in compliance
54	with s. 943.1395. In addition, the member's primary duties and
55	responsibilities must be the custody, and physical restraint
56	when necessary, of prisoners or inmates within a prison, jail,
57	or other criminal detention facility, or while on work detail
58	outside the facility, or while being transported; or the member
59	must be the supervisor or command officer of a member or members
60	who have such responsibilities; provided, however,
61	administrative support personnel, including, but not limited to,
62	those whose primary duties and responsibilities are in
63	accounting, purchasing, legal, and personnel, shall not be
64	included; however, wardens and assistant wardens, as defined by
65	rule, shall participate in the Special Risk Class;
66	(d) The member must be employed by a licensed Advance Life
67	Support (ALS) or Basic Life Support (BLS) employer as an
68	emergency medical technician or a paramedic and be certified in
69	compliance with s. 401.27. In addition, the member's primary
70	duties and responsibilities must include on-the-scene emergency
71	medical care or direct supervision of emergency medical
72	technicians or paramedics, or the member must be the supervisor
73	or command officer of one or more members who have such
74	responsibility. However, administrative support personnel,
75	including, but not limited to, those whose primary
76	responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing, legal, and
77	personnel, shall not be included;
78	(e) The member must be employed as a community-based
79	correctional probation officer and be certified, or required to
80	be certified, in compliance with s. 943.1395. In addition, the
81	member's primary duties and responsibilities must be the
82	supervised custody, surveillance, control, investigation, and
83	counseling of assigned inmates, probationers, parolees, or
84	community controllees within the community; or the member must
85	be the supervisor of a member or members who have such
86	responsibilities. Administrative support personnel, including,
87	but not limited to, those whose primary duties and
88	responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing, legal services,
89	and personnel management, shall not be included; however,
90	probation and parole circuit and deputy circuit administrators
91	shall participate in the Special Risk Class; or
92	(f) The member must be employed in one of the following
93	classes and must spend at least 75 percent of his or her time
94	performing duties which involve contact with patients or inmates
95	in a correctional or forensic facility or institution:
96	1. Dietitian (class codes 5203 and 5204).
97	2. Public health nutrition consultant (class code 5224).
98	3. Psychological specialist (class codes 5230 and 5231).
99	4. Psychologist (class code 5234).
100	5. Senior psychologist (class codes 5237 and 5238).
101	6. Regional mental health consultant (class code 5240).
102	7. Psychological Services Director--DCF (class code 5242).
103	8. Pharmacist (class codes 5245 and 5246).
104	9. Senior pharmacist (class codes 5248 and 5249).
105	10. Dentist (class code 5266).
106	11. Senior dentist (class code 5269).
107	12. Registered nurse (class codes 5290 and 5291).
108	13. Senior registered nurse (class codes 5292 and 5293).
109	14. Registered nurse specialist (class codes 5294 and
110	5295).
111	15. Clinical associate (class codes 5298 and 5299).
112	16. Advanced registered nurse practitioner (class codes
113	5297 and 5300).
114	17. Advanced registered nurse practitioner specialist
115	(class codes 5304 and 5305).
116	18. Registered nurse supervisor (class codes 5306 and
117	5307).
118	19. Senior registered nurse supervisor (class codes 5308
119	and 5309).
120	20. Registered nursing consultant (class codes 5312 and
121	5313).
122	21. Quality management program supervisor (class code
123	5314).
124	22. Executive nursing director (class codes 5320 and
125	5321).
126	23. Speech and hearing therapist (class code 5406).; or
127	24. Pharmacy manager (class code 5251).
128	25. Unit treatment and rehabilitation specialist F/C (class
129	code 5791).
130	26. Unit treatment and rehabilitation specialist (class
131	code 5776).
132	27. Licensed practical nurse (class code 5599).
133	28. Behavioral program associate-F/C (class code 5762).
134	29. Behavioral program specialist-F/C (class code 5763).
135	30. Chaplain-F/C (class code 5819).
136	31. Classroom teacher I-F/C (class code 4146).
137	32. Classroom teacher II-F/C (class code 4147).
138	33. Dental assistant-F/C (class code 5633).
139	34. Dental hygienist-F/C (class code 5642).
140	35. Human service counselor II-F/C (class code 5937).
141	36. Human service counselor III-F/C (class code 5941).
142	37. Human service worker I-F/C (class code 5781).
143	38. Human service worker I (class code 5706).
144	39. Human service worker II (class code 5709).
145	40. Human service worker II-F/C (class code 5784).
146	41. Institutional counselor F/C (class code 5932).
147	42. Librarian F/C (class code 4316).
148	43. Librarian specialist F/C (class code 4319).
149	44. Mental health program analyst F/C (class code 5880).
150	45. Rehabilitation therapist F/C (class code 5563).
151	46. Rehabilitation therapist (class code 5562).
152	47. Teacher aide F/C (class code 4133).
153	48. Teacher aide (class code 4142).
154	49. Therapy aide II-F/C (class code 5558).
155	50. Vocational instructor II-F/C (class code 1313).
156	51. Vocational instructor III-F/C (class code 1315).
157	52. Senior licensed practical nurse-F/C (class code 5597).
158	53. Medical technologist I-F/C (class code 5601).
159	54. Medical technologist II-F/C (class code 5604).
160	55. Senior physician (class code 5281).
161	56. Physician (class code 5278).
162	(g) The member must be employed by the Department of
163	Children and Family Services in one of the following classes and
164	must spend as least 75 percent of his or her time performing
165	duties which involve contact with patients or inmates in a
166	forensic facility or institution:
167	1. Unit treatment and rehabilitation senior supervisor I-
168	F/C (class code 5793).
169	2. Unit treatment and rehabilitation senior supervisor II-
170	F/C (class code 5796).
171	3. Unit treatment and rehabilitation supervisor I-F/C
172	(class code 5786).
173	4. Unit treatment and rehabilitation senior supervisor I
174	(class code 5777).
175	5. Unit treatment and rehabilitation senior supervisor II
176	(class code 5778).
177	6. Unit treatment and rehabilitation supervisor III (class
178	code 5780).
179	7. Unit treatment and rehabilitation senior supervisor III-
180	F/C (class code 5799).
181	8. Unit treatment and rehabilitation supervisor I (class
182	code 5710).
183	9. Physician F/C (class code 5728); or
184	(h)(g) The member must be employed as a youth custody
185	officer and be certified, or required to be certified, in
186	compliance with s. 943.1395. In addition, the member's primary
187	duties and responsibilities must be the supervised custody,
188	surveillance, control, investigation, apprehension, arrest, and
189	counseling of assigned juveniles within the community.
190	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.