Senate Bill sb1914

    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 1914

    By Senator Argenziano





    3-883B-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to juvenile justice; amending

  3         s. 985.407, F.S.; revising employee-screening

  4         procedures of the Department of Juvenile

  5         Justice; requiring the department to provide

  6         fingerprint information to the Department of

  7         Law Enforcement and pay an annual fee;

  8         providing an effective 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 (4) of section 985.407, Florida

13  Statutes, is amended to read:

14         985.407  Departmental contracting powers; personnel

15  standards and screening.--

16         (4)  The department shall require level 2 employment

17  screening pursuant to chapter 435, using the level 1 standards

18  for screening set forth in that chapter, for personnel

19  employed or contracted in delinquency facilities, services,

20  and programs. The department shall electronically submit

21  fingerprints obtained during the background screening to the

22  Department of Law Enforcement.

23         (a)  By December 15, 2005, the department shall submit

24  fingerprint information electronically for all current

25  personnel employed or contracted in delinquency facilities,

26  services, and programs to the Department of Law Enforcement,

27  except for law enforcement, correctional, or correctional

28  probation officers, to whom s. 943.13(5) applies. The

29  fingerprint information submitted shall be retained by the

30  Department of Law Enforcement and entered into the statewide

31  automated fingerprint identification system authorized by s.

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 1914
    3-883B-05




 1  943.05(2)(b) and shall thereafter be available for all

 2  purposes and uses authorized for arrest fingerprint

 3  information entered in the statewide automated fingerprint

 4  identification system pursuant to s. 943.051. The Department

 5  of Law Enforcement shall on an ongoing basis search all arrest

 6  fingerprint information received pursuant to s. 943.051

 7  against the fingerprints retained in the statewide automated

 8  fingerprint identification system pursuant to this section.

 9  Any arrest records that are identified with the retained

10  employee fingerprint information shall be reported to the

11  department.

12         (b)  The department shall pay an annual fee to the

13  Department of Law Enforcement according to the rule adopted by

14  the Department of Law Enforcement which established the

15  procedures for the retention of fingerprints submitted by and

16  the dissemination of search results to employing agencies and

17  shall inform the Department of Law Enforcement of any change

18  in the employment or contractual status of the personnel whose

19  fingerprint information is retained under this subsection and

20  any change in the place of employment or in the place where

21  contractual services are provided by such personnel.

22         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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25                          SENATE SUMMARY

26    Revises procedures for screening employees of the
      Department of Juvenile Justice.
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