| 1 | Representative Barreiro offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert: |
| 5 | Section 1. Subsection (47) of section 39.01, Florida |
| 6 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 39.01 Definitions.--When used in this chapter, unless the |
| 8 | context otherwise requires: |
| 9 | (47) "Other person responsible for a child's welfare" |
| 10 | includes the child's legal guardian, legal custodian, or foster |
| 11 | parent; an employee of a private school, public or private child |
| 12 | day care center, residential home, institution, facility, or |
| 13 | agency; a law enforcement officer employed in any facility, |
| 14 | service, or program for children that is operated or contracted |
| 15 | by the Department of Juvenile Justice; or any other person |
| 16 | legally responsible for the child's welfare in a residential |
| 17 | setting; and also includes an adult sitter or relative entrusted |
| 18 | with a child's care. For the purpose of departmental |
| 19 | investigative jurisdiction, this definition does not include the |
| 20 | following persons when they are acting in an official capacity: |
| 21 | law enforcement officers, except as otherwise provided in this |
| 22 | subsection; or employees of municipal or county detention |
| 23 | facilities; or employees of the Department of Corrections, while |
| 24 | acting in an official capacity. |
| 25 | Section 2. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (1) of |
| 26 | section 985.207, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 27 | 985.207 Taking a child into custody.-- |
| 28 | (1) A child may be taken into custody under the following |
| 29 | circumstances: |
| 30 | (e) When a law enforcement officer has probable cause to |
| 31 | believe that a child who is awaiting disposition has violated |
| 32 | conditions imposed by the court under s. 985.228(5) in his or |
| 33 | her order of adjudication of delinquency. |
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| 35 | Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to allow the |
| 36 | detention of a child who does not meet the detention criteria in |
| 37 | s. 985.215. |
| 38 | Section 3. Subsection (2) and paragraphs (d) and (g) of |
| 39 | subsection (5) of section 985.215, Florida Statutes, are amended |
| 40 | to read: |
| 41 | 985.215 Detention.-- |
| 42 | (2) Subject to the provisions of subsection (1), a child |
| 43 | taken into custody and placed into nonsecure or home detention |
| 44 | care or detained in secure detention care prior to a detention |
| 45 | hearing may continue to be detained by the court if: |
| 46 | (a) The child is alleged to be an escapee from a |
| 47 | residential commitment program, or an absconder from a |
| 48 | nonresidential commitment program, a probation program, or |
| 49 | conditional release supervision, or is alleged to have escaped |
| 50 | while being lawfully transported to or from a residential |
| 51 | commitment program. |
| 52 | (b) The child is wanted in another jurisdiction for an |
| 53 | offense which, if committed by an adult, would be a felony. |
| 54 | (c) The child is charged with a delinquent act or |
| 55 | violation of law and requests in writing through legal counsel |
| 56 | to be detained for protection from an imminent physical threat |
| 57 | to his or her personal safety. |
| 58 | (d) The child is charged with committing an offense of |
| 59 | domestic violence as defined in s. 741.28 and is detained as |
| 60 | provided in s. 985.213(2)(b)3. |
| 61 | (e) The child is charged with possession or discharging a |
| 62 | firearm on school property in violation of s. 790.115. |
| 63 | (f) The child is charged with a capital felony, a life |
| 64 | felony, a felony of the first degree, a felony of the second |
| 65 | degree that does not involve a violation of chapter 893, or a |
| 66 | felony of the third degree that is also a crime of violence, |
| 67 | including any such offense involving the use or possession of a |
| 68 | firearm. |
| 69 | (g) The child is charged with any second degree or third |
| 70 | degree felony involving a violation of chapter 893 or any third |
| 71 | degree felony that is not also a crime of violence, and the |
| 72 | child: |
| 73 | 1. Has a record of failure to appear at court hearings |
| 74 | after being properly notified in accordance with the Rules of |
| 75 | Juvenile Procedure; |
| 76 | 2. Has a record of law violations prior to court hearings; |
| 77 | 3. Has already been detained or has been released and is |
| 78 | awaiting final disposition of the case; |
| 79 | 4. Has a record of violent conduct resulting in physical |
| 80 | injury to others; or |
| 81 | 5. Is found to have been in possession of a firearm. |
| 82 | (h) The child is alleged to have violated the conditions |
| 83 | of the child's probation or conditional release supervision. |
| 84 | However, a child detained under this paragraph may be held only |
| 85 | in a consequence unit as provided in s. 985.231(1)(a)1.c. If a |
| 86 | consequence unit is not available, the child shall be placed on |
| 87 | home detention with electronic monitoring. |
| 88 | (i) The child is detained on a judicial order for failure |
| 89 | to appear and has previously willfully failed to appear, after |
| 90 | proper notice, for an adjudicatory hearing on the same case |
| 91 | regardless of the results of the risk assessment instrument. A |
| 92 | child may be held in secure detention for up to 72 hours in |
| 93 | advance of the next scheduled court hearing pursuant to this |
| 94 | paragraph. The child's failure to keep the clerk of court and |
| 95 | defense counsel informed of a current and valid mailing address |
| 96 | where the child will receive notice to appear at court |
| 97 | proceedings does not provide an adequate ground for excusal of |
| 98 | the child's nonappearance at the hearings. |
| 99 | (j) The child is detained on a judicial order for failure |
| 100 | to appear and has previously willfully failed to appear, after |
| 101 | proper notice, at two or more court hearings of any nature on |
| 102 | the same case regardless of the results of the risk assessment |
| 103 | instrument. A child may be held in secure detention for up to 72 |
| 104 | hours in advance of the next scheduled court hearing pursuant to |
| 105 | this paragraph. The child's failure to keep the clerk of court |
| 106 | and defense counsel informed of a current and valid mailing |
| 107 | address where the child will receive notice to appear at court |
| 108 | proceedings does not provide an adequate ground for excusal of |
| 109 | the child's nonappearance at the hearings. |
| 110 | (k) At his or her adjudicatory hearing, the child has been |
| 111 | found to have committed a delinquent act or violation of law and |
| 112 | has previously willfully failed to appear, after proper notice, |
| 113 | for other delinquency court proceedings of any nature regardless |
| 114 | of the results of the risk assessment instrument. A child may be |
| 115 | held in secure detention or, at the discretion of the court and |
| 116 | if available, placed on home detention with electronic |
| 117 | monitoring until the child's disposition order is entered in his |
| 118 | or her case. The child's failure to keep the clerk of court and |
| 119 | defense counsel informed of a current and valid mailing address |
| 120 | where the child will receive notice to appear at court |
| 121 | proceedings does not provide an adequate ground for excusal of |
| 122 | the child's nonappearance at the hearings. |
| 123 |
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| 124 | A child who meets any of these criteria and who is ordered to be |
| 125 | detained pursuant to this subsection shall be given a hearing |
| 126 | within 24 hours after being taken into custody. The purpose of |
| 127 | the detention hearing is to determine the existence of probable |
| 128 | cause that the child has committed the delinquent act or |
| 129 | violation of law with which he or she is charged and the need |
| 130 | for continued detention, except where the child is alleged to |
| 131 | have absconded from a nonresidential commitment program in which |
| 132 | case the court, at the detention hearing, shall order that the |
| 133 | child be released from detention and returned to his or her |
| 134 | nonresidential commitment program. Unless a child is detained |
| 135 | under paragraph (d), or paragraph (e), or paragraph (k), the |
| 136 | court shall use the results of the risk assessment performed by |
| 137 | the juvenile probation officer and, based on the criteria in |
| 138 | this subsection, shall determine the need for continued |
| 139 | detention. A child placed into secure, nonsecure, or home |
| 140 | detention care may continue to be so detained by the court |
| 141 | pursuant to this subsection. If the court orders a placement |
| 142 | more restrictive than indicated by the results of the risk |
| 143 | assessment instrument, the court shall state, in writing, clear |
| 144 | and convincing reasons for such placement. Except as provided in |
| 145 | s. 790.22(8) or in subparagraph (10)(a)2., paragraph (10)(b), |
| 146 | paragraph (10)(c), or paragraph (10)(d), when a child is placed |
| 147 | into secure or nonsecure detention care, or into a respite home |
| 148 | or other placement pursuant to a court order following a |
| 149 | hearing, the court order must include specific instructions that |
| 150 | direct the release of the child from such placement no later |
| 151 | than 5 p.m. on the last day of the detention period specified in |
| 152 | paragraph (5)(b) or paragraph (5)(c), or subparagraph (10)(a)1., |
| 153 | whichever is applicable, unless the requirements of such |
| 154 | applicable provision have been met or an order of continuance |
| 155 | has been granted pursuant to paragraph (5)(f). |
| 156 | (5) |
| 157 | (d) Except as provided in paragraph (2)(k), paragraph (g), |
| 158 | or s. 985.228(5), a child may not be held in secure, nonsecure, |
| 159 | or home detention care for more than 15 days following the entry |
| 160 | of an order of adjudication. |
| 161 | (g) Upon good cause being shown that the nature of the |
| 162 | charge requires additional time for the prosecution or defense |
| 163 | of the case, the court may extend the time limits for detention |
| 164 | specified in paragraph (c) or paragraph (d) an additional 9 days |
| 165 | if the child is charged with an offense that would be, if |
| 166 | committed by an adult, a capital felony, a life felony, a felony |
| 167 | of the first degree, or a felony of the second degree involving |
| 168 | violence against any individual. |
| 169 | Section 4. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section |
| 170 | 985.2155, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 171 | 985.2155 Shared county and state responsibility for |
| 172 | juvenile detention.-- |
| 173 | (2) As used in this section, the term: |
| 174 | (b) "Fiscally constrained county" means a county |
| 175 | designated as a rural area of critical economic concern under s. |
| 176 | 288.0656 for which the value of a mill in the county is no more |
| 177 | than $4 $3 million, based on the property valuations and tax |
| 178 | data annually published by the Department of Revenue under s. |
| 179 | 195.052. |
| 180 | Section 5. Subsection (5) of section 985.228, Florida |
| 181 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 182 | 985.228 Adjudicatory hearings; withheld adjudications; |
| 183 | orders of adjudication.-- |
| 184 | (5)(a) If the court finds that the child named in a |
| 185 | petition has committed a delinquent act or violation of law, but |
| 186 | elects not to proceed under subsection (4), it shall incorporate |
| 187 | that finding in an order of adjudication of delinquency entered |
| 188 | in the case, briefly stating the facts upon which the finding is |
| 189 | made, and the court shall thereafter have full authority under |
| 190 | this chapter to deal with the child as adjudicated. |
| 191 | (b) The order of adjudication of delinquency under |
| 192 | paragraph (a) shall also include conditions that must be |
| 193 | followed by the child until a disposition order is entered in |
| 194 | his or her case. These conditions must include, but are not |
| 195 | limited to, specifying that the child, during any period of time |
| 196 | that he or she: |
| 197 | 1. Is not in secure detention, must comply with a curfew; |
| 198 | must attend school or another educational program, if eligible; |
| 199 | and is prohibited from engaging in ungovernable behavior. |
| 200 | 2. Is in secure detention, is prohibited from engaging in |
| 201 | ungovernable behavior. |
| 202 | (c) For purposes of this subsection, the term |
| 203 | "ungovernable behavior" means: |
| 204 | 1. The child's failing to obey the reasonable and lawful |
| 205 | demands of the child's parent or legal guardian and, where |
| 206 | applicable, the reasonable and lawful demands of a person |
| 207 | responsible for supervising the child while he or she is in |
| 208 | school, another educational program, or secure detention. |
| 209 | 2. The child engaging in behavior that evidences a risk |
| 210 | that the child may fail to appear for future court proceedings |
| 211 | or may inflict harm upon others or the property of others. |
| 212 | 3. Other behavior of the child as specified in writing by |
| 213 | the court in the order of adjudication of delinquency. |
| 214 | (d) If a child willfully violates a condition contained in |
| 215 | his or her order of adjudication of delinquency, the court may |
| 216 | find the child in direct or indirect contempt of court under s. |
| 217 | 985.216; however, notwithstanding s. 985.216 and the results of |
| 218 | the risk assessment instrument, the child's sanctions for such |
| 219 | contempt of court shall be placement in secure detention or, at |
| 220 | the discretion of the court and if available, on home detention |
| 221 | with electronic monitoring until the child's disposition order |
| 222 | is entered in his or her case. |
| 223 | Section 6. Paragraph (j) of subsection (1) of section |
| 224 | 985.231, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 225 | 985.231 Powers of disposition in delinquency cases.-- |
| 226 | (1) |
| 227 | (j) If the offense committed by the child was grand theft |
| 228 | of a motor vehicle, the court: |
| 229 | 1. Upon a first adjudication for a grand theft of a motor |
| 230 | vehicle, may place the child youth in a sheriff's training and |
| 231 | respect program boot camp, unless the child is ineligible under |
| 232 | s. 985.3091 pursuant to s. 985.309, and shall order the child |
| 233 | youth to complete a minimum of 50 hours of community service. |
| 234 | 2. Upon a second adjudication for grand theft of a motor |
| 235 | vehicle which is separate and unrelated to the previous |
| 236 | adjudication, may place the child youth in a sheriff's training |
| 237 | and respect program boot camp, unless the child is ineligible |
| 238 | under s. 985.3091 pursuant to s. 985.309, and shall order the |
| 239 | child youth to complete a minimum of 100 hours of community |
| 240 | service. |
| 241 | 3. Upon a third adjudication for grand theft of a motor |
| 242 | vehicle which is separate and unrelated to the previous |
| 243 | adjudications, shall place the child youth in a sheriff's |
| 244 | training and respect program boot camp or other treatment |
| 245 | program, unless the child is ineligible under s. 985.3091 |
| 246 | pursuant to s. 985.309, and shall order the child youth to |
| 247 | complete a minimum of 250 hours of community service. |
| 248 | Section 7. Section 985.309, Florida Statutes, is repealed. |
| 249 | Section 8. Section 985.3091, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 250 | to read: |
| 251 | 985.3091 Sheriff's training and respect programs.-- |
| 252 | (1) Contingent upon specific appropriation, local funding, |
| 253 | or specific appropriation and local funding, a county sheriff |
| 254 | may, under contract with the department, implement and operate a |
| 255 | sheriff's training and respect program to provide intensive |
| 256 | education, physical training, and rehabilitation for children |
| 257 | who are eligible under subsection (2). A sheriff's training and |
| 258 | respect program shall be under the sheriff's supervisory |
| 259 | authority as determined by the contract between the department |
| 260 | and the sheriff. |
| 261 | (2) A child is eligible for placement in a sheriff's |
| 262 | training and respect program if he or she: |
| 263 | (a) Is at least 14 years of age but less than 18 years of |
| 264 | age at the time of adjudication. |
| 265 | (b) Has been committed to the department for any offense |
| 266 | that, if committed by an adult, would be a felony other than a |
| 267 | capital felony, a life felony, or a violent felony of the first |
| 268 | degree. |
| 269 | (c) Has a medical, psychological, and substance abuse |
| 270 | profile that is conducive to successful completion of the |
| 271 | program, as determined by the sheriff's and department's review |
| 272 | of preadmission medical, psychological, and substance abuse |
| 273 | screenings conducted by the department. |
| 274 | (d) Will be placed in the judicial circuit in which the |
| 275 | child was adjudicated, except that the child may be placed |
| 276 | outside of that judicial circuit if: |
| 277 | 1. The department, or the court if otherwise authorized by |
| 278 | law to select a commitment program within a restrictiveness |
| 279 | level for a child, determines that placement within the judicial |
| 280 | circuit would not be in the child's best interest or the |
| 281 | sheriff's training and respect program is unable to accept the |
| 282 | child; and |
| 283 | 2. The child's parent or guardian agrees in writing to the |
| 284 | placement. |
| 285 | (3) A sheriff's training and respect program shall require |
| 286 | children to: |
| 287 | (a) Participate in physical training exercises. |
| 288 | (b) Complete educational, vocational, community service, |
| 289 | and substance abuse programs. |
| 290 | (c) Receive training in life and job skills and in |
| 291 | techniques for appropriate decisionmaking. |
| 292 | (d) Receive counseling that is directed at replacing |
| 293 | criminal thinking, beliefs, and values with moral thinking, |
| 294 | beliefs, and values. |
| 295 | (4) A sheriff's training and respect program shall be a |
| 296 | moderate-risk residential program and must provide conditional |
| 297 | release assessment and services in accordance with s. 985.316. |
| 298 | The minimum period of participation in the residential component |
| 299 | of a sheriff's training and respect program is 4 months; |
| 300 | however, this subsection does not prohibit operation of a |
| 301 | program that requires the participants to spend more than 4 |
| 302 | months in the residential component of the program or that |
| 303 | requires the participants to complete two sequential programs of |
| 304 | 4 months each in the residential component of the program. |
| 305 | (5) The department shall adopt rules under ss. 120.536(1) |
| 306 | and 120.54 for the sheriff's training and respect program that |
| 307 | specify: |
| 308 | (a) Requirements for the preadmission medical, |
| 309 | psychological, and substance abuse screenings required by |
| 310 | subsection (2). |
| 311 | (b) Authorized disciplinary sanctions and restrictions on |
| 312 | the privileges of the general population of children in the |
| 313 | program. The rules must prohibit the use of physical force or |
| 314 | restraint except as authorized in rules adopted pursuant to s. |
| 315 | 985.4055 and must specifically preclude the use of physical |
| 316 | force or restraint as a disciplinary sanction or to encourage |
| 317 | compliance with program requirements. |
| 318 | (c) Prohibitions on the use of psychological intimidation |
| 319 | techniques, unless necessary for the safety of youth or other |
| 320 | persons or to maintain security. |
| 321 | (d) Requirements for provision of notice by the program to |
| 322 | the department and for the removal of a child from the program |
| 323 | if the child becomes unmanageable or ineligible for the program |
| 324 | due to changes in his or her medical, psychological, or |
| 325 | substance abuse profile. |
| 326 | (e) Requirements for the prominent display of the |
| 327 | telephone number of the statewide abuse registry and for |
| 328 | immediate access by children in the program, upon request, to a |
| 329 | telephone for the purpose of contacting the abuse registry. |
| 330 | (6)(a) Evaluations under s. 985.412(5) of each sheriff's |
| 331 | training and respect program shall be conducted quarterly during |
| 332 | the first year of the program's operation. Thereafter, if the |
| 333 | program has met the minimum thresholds for the evaluation, the |
| 334 | program shall be evaluated annually. If a sheriff's training and |
| 335 | respect program fails to meet the minimum thresholds, the |
| 336 | department shall cancel the contract for the program: |
| 337 | 1. Immediately if the program has a deficiency in a |
| 338 | critical life safety aspect of its operations, as defined in |
| 339 | department rule, or has failed to train and certify its |
| 340 | employees as required in s. 985.4055. |
| 341 | 2. If the program fails to achieve compliance with the |
| 342 | minimum thresholds for program continuation within 3 months, |
| 343 | unless there are documented extenuating circumstances, as |
| 344 | defined in department rule. |
| 345 | (b) Upon cancellation of a contract under paragraph (a), |
| 346 | the program's operations shall immediately cease and the |
| 347 | department shall immediately discontinue any state payments to |
| 348 | the program. |
| 349 | (7) The department shall keep records and monitor criminal |
| 350 | activity, educational progress, and employment placement of all |
| 351 | sheriff's training and respect program participants after their |
| 352 | release from the program. The department must annually publish |
| 353 | an outcome evaluation study of each sheriff's training and |
| 354 | respect program. |
| 355 | (8)(a) The department shall adopt rules under ss. |
| 356 | 120.536(1) and 120.54 that establish training requirements for |
| 357 | staff in a sheriff's training and respect program. These |
| 358 | requirements shall, at a minimum, require administrative staff |
| 359 | to successfully complete 120 contact hours of department- |
| 360 | approved training and staff who provide direct care, as defined |
| 361 | in s. 985.4055, to successfully complete 200 contact hours of |
| 362 | department-approved training. |
| 363 | (b) Department-approved training must include, but is not |
| 364 | limited to, training on: |
| 365 | 1. State and federal laws relating to child abuse. |
| 366 | 2. Authorized disciplinary sanctions, privilege |
| 367 | restrictions, and limitations on use of physical force and |
| 368 | restraint techniques under paragraph (5)(b) and prohibited |
| 369 | psychological intimidation techniques under paragraph (5)(c). |
| 370 | 3. Appropriate counseling techniques and aggression |
| 371 | control methods. |
| 372 | 4. Appropriate methods for dealing with children who have |
| 373 | been placed in programs that emphasize physical fitness and |
| 374 | personal discipline, including training on the identification |
| 375 | of, and appropriate responses to, children who are experiencing |
| 376 | physical or mental distress. |
| 377 | 5. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, choke-relief, and other |
| 378 | emergency medical procedures. |
| 379 | (c) All department-approved training courses under this |
| 380 | subsection must be taught by persons who are certified as |
| 381 | instructors by the Division of Criminal Justice Standards and |
| 382 | Training of the Department of Law Enforcement and who have prior |
| 383 | experience in a juvenile program. A training course in |
| 384 | counseling techniques need not be taught by a certified |
| 385 | instructor but must be taught by a person who has at least a |
| 386 | bachelor's degree in social work, counseling, psychology, or a |
| 387 | related field. |
| 388 | (d) A person may not provide direct care, as defined in s. |
| 389 | 985.4055, to a child in a sheriff's training and respect program |
| 390 | unless he or she has successfully completed the training |
| 391 | requirements under this subsection and has complied with the |
| 392 | requirements for employees under s. 985.4055(2)(b)-(d). |
| 393 | (9) Children shall not be admitted to a sheriff's training |
| 394 | and respect program until the department has adopted the rules |
| 395 | required by this section and has verified that each program is |
| 396 | in compliance with all laws and rules applicable to the program. |
| 397 | The department may adopt emergency rules pursuant to s. |
| 398 | 120.54(4) if necessary to allow operation of sheriff's training |
| 399 | and respect programs beginning July 1, 2006. |
| 400 | Section 9. Paragraph (i) of subsection (3) of section |
| 401 | 985.311, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 402 | 985.311 Intensive residential treatment program for |
| 403 | offenders less than 13 years of age.-- |
| 404 | (3) PRINCIPLES AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF ASSESSMENT AND |
| 405 | TREATMENT.-- |
| 406 | (i) The treatment and placement recommendations shall be |
| 407 | submitted to the court for further action pursuant to this |
| 408 | paragraph: |
| 409 | 1. If it is recommended that placement in an intensive |
| 410 | residential treatment program for offenders less than 13 years |
| 411 | of age is inappropriate, the court shall make an alternative |
| 412 | disposition pursuant to s. 985.3091 985.309 or other alternative |
| 413 | sentencing as applicable, utilizing the recommendation as a |
| 414 | guide. |
| 415 | 2. If it is recommended that placement in an intensive |
| 416 | residential treatment program for offenders less than 13 years |
| 417 | of age is appropriate, the court may commit the child to the |
| 418 | department for placement in the restrictiveness level designated |
| 419 | for intensive residential treatment program for offenders less |
| 420 | than 13 years of age. |
| 421 | Section 10. Section 985.4055, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 422 | to read: |
| 423 | 985.4055 Protective action response.-- |
| 424 | (1) For purposes of this section, the term: |
| 425 | (a) "Direct care" means the care, supervision, custody, or |
| 426 | control of youth in any facility, service, or program that is |
| 427 | operated by the department or by a provider under contract with |
| 428 | the department. |
| 429 | (b) "Employee" means any person who exercises direct care. |
| 430 | (c) "Protective Action Response policy" means the policy |
| 431 | governing the use of verbal and physical intervention |
| 432 | techniques, mechanical restraints, and aerosol and chemical |
| 433 | agents by employees. |
| 434 | (2) The department shall adopt rules under ss. 120.536(1) |
| 435 | and 120.54 that: |
| 436 | (a) Establish a Protective Action Response policy that: |
| 437 | 1. Defines the authorized level of response by an employee |
| 438 | to each level of verbal or physical resistance by a youth. |
| 439 | 2. Requires the use of verbal intervention techniques as |
| 440 | the initial response by an employee to verbal or physical |
| 441 | resistance by a youth, except where physical intervention |
| 442 | techniques are necessary to prevent: |
| 443 | a. Physical harm to the youth, employee, or another |
| 444 | person; |
| 445 | b. Property damage; or |
| 446 | c. The youth from escaping or absconding from lawful |
| 447 | supervision. |
| 448 | 3. Defines authorized physical intervention techniques and |
| 449 | the situations under which employees may use these techniques |
| 450 | for youth. Pain compliance techniques and use of less than |
| 451 | lethal force shall be prohibited, except where necessary to |
| 452 | prevent: |
| 453 | a. Physical harm to the youth, employee, or another |
| 454 | person; |
| 455 | b. Property damage; or |
| 456 | c. The youth from escaping or absconding from lawful |
| 457 | supervision. |
| 458 |
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| 459 | Lethal force shall be prohibited, except where necessary to |
| 460 | protect the employee or another person from an imminent threat |
| 461 | of great bodily harm or death. Prior authorization by an |
| 462 | employee's supervisor for the use of physical intervention |
| 463 | techniques shall be obtained when practical. |
| 464 | 4. Defines authorized use of mechanical restraints and the |
| 465 | situations under which employees may use such restraints on |
| 466 | youth. Prohibited uses of mechanical restraints shall include |
| 467 | the use of neck restraints and the securing of a youth to a |
| 468 | fixed object. Supervision requirements for youth who are secured |
| 469 | in mechanical restraints shall include constant and direct |
| 470 | visual monitoring by an employee for purposes of insuring youth |
| 471 | safety and ascertaining indications by the youth that restraints |
| 472 | are no longer necessary. Prior authorization by an employee's |
| 473 | supervisor for the use of mechanical restraints shall be |
| 474 | obtained when practical. |
| 475 | 5. Prohibits employee use of aerosol or chemical agents, |
| 476 | including, but not limited to, oleoresin capsicum spray and |
| 477 | ammonia capsules, on a youth unless required for medical |
| 478 | treatment of the youth by a licensed medical professional. |
| 479 | (b) Establish training curriculums for protective action |
| 480 | response certification of employees and instructors. The |
| 481 | training curriculum for employee certification shall, at a |
| 482 | minimum, require the employee to: |
| 483 | 1. Complete 40 hours of instruction on the protective |
| 484 | action response policy. |
| 485 | 2. Obtain a passing score: |
| 486 | a. On a written examination that tests the employee's |
| 487 | knowledge and understanding of the protective action response |
| 488 | policy. |
| 489 | b. During an evaluation by an instructor of the employee's |
| 490 | physically demonstrated ability to implement the protective |
| 491 | action response policy. |
| 492 | (c) Require training curriculums for protective action |
| 493 | response certification of employees to be taught by instructors |
| 494 | who have been certified under the training curriculum for |
| 495 | protective action response certification of instructors. |
| 496 | (d) Require each employee to have: |
| 497 | 1. Completed the instruction required under subparagraph |
| 498 | (b)1 within 90 days. |
| 499 | 2. Received his or her protective action response |
| 500 | certification within 90 days. |
| 501 | 3. Direct supervision during the 90-day period prior to |
| 502 | completing the instruction and certification requirements under |
| 503 | subparagraphs 1. and 2. by an employee who had received the |
| 504 | training and certification required by subparagraphs 1. and 2. |
| 505 | Section 11. Section 985.4056, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 506 | to read: |
| 507 | 985.4056 Juvenile Justice Accountability Commission.-- |
| 508 | (1) CREATION; MEMBERSHIP.-- |
| 509 | (a) The Juvenile Justice Accountability Commission is |
| 510 | created and administratively housed within the department. The |
| 511 | commission shall be composed of seven members appointed by the |
| 512 | Governor. Each member of the commission must have direct |
| 513 | experience in juvenile justice issues and must be a citizen of |
| 514 | and registered voter in this state. The composition of the |
| 515 | commission must equitably represent all geographic areas of the |
| 516 | state and include minorities and women. |
| 517 | (b) Within the 2-year period preceding his or her |
| 518 | appointment, a member of the commission may not have been, and |
| 519 | during the 2-year period following termination of his or her |
| 520 | appointment, a member of the commission may not be: |
| 521 | 1. An employee of, a consultant to, or a provider under |
| 522 | contract with the department. |
| 523 | 2. A contractor, or an employee or a consultant thereof, |
| 524 | who submits a bid, proposal, or reply in response to a |
| 525 | competitive solicitation issued by the commission. |
| 526 | (c) Each member of the commission shall serve a term of 4 |
| 527 | years; however, for the purpose of providing staggered terms, of |
| 528 | the initial appointments, three members shall serve 2-year terms |
| 529 | and four members shall serve 4-year terms. Any vacancy on the |
| 530 | commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original |
| 531 | appointment within 60 days after the date upon which the vacancy |
| 532 | occurred, and any member appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve |
| 533 | only for the unexpired term of the member's predecessor. The |
| 534 | chairperson of the commission shall be selected by the members |
| 535 | for a term of 1 year. |
| 536 | (d) In addition to the membership specified under this |
| 537 | subsection, the commission shall invite ex officio, nonvoting |
| 538 | associates to attend and participate in commission meetings and |
| 539 | to provide advice to the commission. The ex officio associates |
| 540 | shall include, but are not limited to: |
| 541 | 1. A member of the House of Representatives designated by |
| 542 | the Speaker of the House. |
| 543 | 2. A member of the Senate designated by the President of |
| 544 | the Senate. |
| 545 | 3. An employee of the Executive Office of the Governor |
| 546 | designated by the Governor. |
| 547 | 4. An employee of the department. |
| 548 | 5. A circuit court judge with at least 1 year's experience |
| 549 | in the juvenile delinquency division. |
| 550 | 6. A sheriff. |
| 551 | 7. A provider under contract with the department for the |
| 552 | provision of one or more juvenile justice programs. |
| 553 | 8. A member of a juvenile justice advocacy organization. |
| 554 | 9. An employee of the Department of Law Enforcement who is |
| 555 | responsible for data compilation and research. |
| 556 | 10. A state university employee responsible for juvenile |
| 557 | justice research. |
| 558 | (2) DEFINITIONS.--For purposes of this section, the term: |
| 559 | (a) "Juvenile justice program" means any facility, |
| 560 | service, or program that is operated by the department or by a |
| 561 | provider under contract with the department. |
| 562 | (b) "Minorities" means a member of a socially or |
| 563 | economically disadvantaged group and includes African Americans, |
| 564 | Hispanics, and American Indians. |
| 565 | (3) MEETINGS.-- |
| 566 | (a) The commission shall hold a minimum of four regular |
| 567 | meetings annually, and other meetings may be called by the chair |
| 568 | upon giving at least 7 days' notice to all members and the |
| 569 | public pursuant to chapter 120. Meetings may also be held upon |
| 570 | the written request of at least four members, upon at least 7 |
| 571 | days' notice of such meeting being given to all members and the |
| 572 | public by the chair pursuant to chapter 120. Emergency meetings |
| 573 | may be held without notice upon the request of all members. The |
| 574 | meetings of the commission shall be held in the central office |
| 575 | of the department in Tallahassee unless the chair determines |
| 576 | that special circumstances warrant meeting at another location. |
| 577 | (b) A majority of the membership of the commission |
| 578 | constitutes a quorum and a quorum is required for any meeting of |
| 579 | the commission during which action will be voted upon. An action |
| 580 | of the commission is not binding unless the action is taken |
| 581 | pursuant to an affirmative vote of a majority of the members |
| 582 | present and the vote must be recorded in the minutes of the |
| 583 | meeting. |
| 584 | (c) A member of the commission may not authorize a |
| 585 | designee to attend a meeting of the commission in his or her |
| 586 | place. A member who fails to attend two consecutive regularly |
| 587 | scheduled meetings of the commission, unless the member is |
| 588 | excused by the chairperson, shall be deemed to have abandoned |
| 589 | the position, and the position shall be declared vacant by the |
| 590 | commission. |
| 591 | (d) The chairperson shall cause to be made a complete |
| 592 | record of the proceedings of the commission, which record shall |
| 593 | be open for public inspection. |
| 594 | (4) ORGANIZATION.-- |
| 595 | (a) The commission, subject to appropriation, may employ |
| 596 | an executive director and other staff, and may retain |
| 597 | consultants, as necessary. |
| 598 | (b) The commission shall be a separate budget entity, and |
| 599 | the executive director shall be the chief administrative |
| 600 | officer. The department shall provide administrative support and |
| 601 | service to the commission to the extent requested by the |
| 602 | executive director. The commission and its staff are not subject |
| 603 | to the control, supervision, or direction of the department. |
| 604 | (c) The commission shall develop a budget pursuant to |
| 605 | chapter 216. The budget is not subject to change by the |
| 606 | department and shall be submitted to the Governor and |
| 607 | Legislature as provided in s. 216.023. |
| 608 | (d) Members of the commission and ex officio associates |
| 609 | shall serve without compensation, but are entitled to |
| 610 | reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses under s. 112.061. |
| 611 | (5) DUTIES.--The commission shall: |
| 612 | (a) On or before October 1, 2006 and subject to |
| 613 | appropriation, enter into a contract under chapter 287 for the |
| 614 | development of a comprehensive evaluation, accountability, and |
| 615 | reporting system for each juvenile justice program individually |
| 616 | and for each category of the juvenile justice program for the |
| 617 | purpose of informing service providers and policy makers of the |
| 618 | effectiveness of individual providers and of the various |
| 619 | approaches to providing services. The contract must require the |
| 620 | provider to deliver the following on or before January 15, 2007: |
| 621 | 1. A standardized evaluation protocol based upon best |
| 622 | practices for each juvenile justice program that: |
| 623 | a. Includes minimum thresholds for program continuation |
| 624 | and that identifies program effectiveness and areas in need of |
| 625 | expansion, improvement, modification, or elimination. |
| 626 | b. Provides criteria for program termination based upon |
| 627 | evaluation results. |
| 628 | c. Requires continual review of best practices literature |
| 629 | and updates to the standardized evaluation protocol based upon |
| 630 | that review. |
| 631 | d. Requires an annual report to the executive and |
| 632 | legislative branches, which sets forth for each juvenile justice |
| 633 | program:: |
| 634 | (I) A comprehensive description of the population served |
| 635 | by the program. |
| 636 | (II) A specific description of the services provided by |
| 637 | the program. |
| 638 | (III) Program cost. |
| 639 | (IV) A comparison of expenditures to federal and state |
| 640 | funding. |
| 641 | (V) Immediate and long-range program concerns. |
| 642 | (VI) Recommendations to maintain, expand, improve, modify, |
| 643 | or eliminate the program. |
| 644 | 2. A process for the collection, analysis, and reporting |
| 645 | of statistical data that will enable continuous evaluation of |
| 646 | the juvenile justice system as a whole and will provide the |
| 647 | Legislature, Governor, and the department with necessary and |
| 648 | useful information and reports to make informed decisions |
| 649 | regarding the effectiveness of, and any needed changes in, |
| 650 | juvenile justice programming, policies, and laws. |
| 651 | (b) On or before February 15, 2007, submit a report to the |
| 652 | appropriate substantive and fiscal committees of the |
| 653 | Legislature, the Governor, and the secretary of the department |
| 654 | that: |
| 655 | 1. Provides a detailed summary of, and an implementation |
| 656 | schedule for, the comprehensive evaluation, accountability, and |
| 657 | reporting system developed by the provider under paragraph (a). |
| 658 | 2. Sets forth recommendations by the commission for: |
| 659 | a. Modifications to the provider-developed system if found |
| 660 | warranted by the commission. |
| 661 | b. Statutory amendments and department rule and policy |
| 662 | changes that will be required to implement the provider- |
| 663 | developed system. |
| 664 | c. Review and recommend programmatic and fiscal policies |
| 665 | governing the operation of juvenile justice programs. Funding |
| 666 | requirements for implementation of the provider-developed |
| 667 | system. |
| 668 | d. Whether the provider-developed system should be |
| 669 | implemented by employees of the commission or by a provider |
| 670 | under contract with the commission. |
| 671 | (c) Monitor the development and implementation of long- |
| 672 | range juvenile justice program policies, including prevention, |
| 673 | early intervention, diversion, adjudication, and commitment. |
| 674 | (d) Review and recommend programmatic and fiscal policies |
| 675 | governing the operation of juvenile justice programs. |
| 676 | (e) Serve as a clearinghouse, in coordination with the |
| 677 | department, to provide information and assistance to the |
| 678 | juvenile justice circuit boards and juvenile justice county |
| 679 | councils. |
| 680 | (f) Advise the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the |
| 681 | House of Representatives, the Governor, and the department on |
| 682 | matters relating to this chapter. |
| 683 | (g) Conduct such other activities as the commission may |
| 684 | determine are necessary and appropriate to monitor the |
| 685 | effectiveness of the delivery of juvenile justice under this |
| 686 | chapter. |
| 687 | (h) Submit an annual report to the Governor, the |
| 688 | appropriate substantive and fiscal committees of the |
| 689 | Legislature, and the secretary of the department no later than |
| 690 | January 1st of each year that summarizes the meetings and |
| 691 | activities of the commission during the preceding year and |
| 692 | includes any recommendations of the commission for the following |
| 693 | year. |
| 694 | (6) INFORMATION SYSTEM ACCESS.--The department shall |
| 695 | provide the commission with automated access to the Juvenile |
| 696 | Justice Information System under s. 20.316(4). |
| 697 | (7) RULEMAKING.--The commission shall adopt rules pursuant |
| 698 | to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this |
| 699 | section. |
| 700 | Section 12. Section 985.412, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 701 | to read: |
| 702 | 985.412 Program review and reporting requirements Quality |
| 703 | assurance and cost-effectiveness.-- |
| 704 | (1) LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE.--It is the intent of the |
| 705 | Legislature that the department: |
| 706 | (a) Ensure that information be provided to decisionmakers |
| 707 | in a timely manner so that resources are allocated to programs |
| 708 | that of the department which achieve desired performance levels. |
| 709 | (b) Collect and analyze available statistical data for the |
| 710 | purpose of ongoing evaluation of all programs. |
| 711 | (c)(b) Provide information about the cost of such programs |
| 712 | and their differential effectiveness so that program the quality |
| 713 | may of such programs can be compared and improvements made |
| 714 | continually. |
| 715 | (d)(c) Provide information to aid in developing related |
| 716 | policy issues and concerns. |
| 717 | (e)(d) Provide information to the public about the |
| 718 | effectiveness of such programs in meeting established goals and |
| 719 | objectives. |
| 720 | (f)(e) Provide a basis for a system of accountability so |
| 721 | that each youth client is afforded the best programs to meet his |
| 722 | or her needs. |
| 723 | (g)(f) Improve service delivery to youth clients. |
| 724 | (h)(g) Modify or eliminate activities that are not |
| 725 | effective. |
| 726 | (2) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section, the term: |
| 727 | (a) "Youth" "Client" means any person who is being |
| 728 | provided treatment or services by the department or by a |
| 729 | provider under contract with the department. |
| 730 | (b) "Program" means any facility, service, or program for |
| 731 | youth that is operated by the department or by a provider under |
| 732 | contract with the department. |
| 733 | (c)(b) "Program component" means an aggregation of |
| 734 | generally related objectives which, because of their special |
| 735 | character, related workload, and interrelated output, can |
| 736 | logically be considered an entity for purposes of organization, |
| 737 | management, accounting, reporting, and budgeting. |
| 738 | (c) "Program effectiveness" means the ability of the |
| 739 | program to achieve desired client outcomes, goals, and |
| 740 | objectives. |
| 741 | (d) "Program group" means a collection of programs with |
| 742 | sufficient similarity of function, services, and youth to permit |
| 743 | appropriate comparisons among programs within the group. |
| 744 | (3) OUTCOME EVALUATION.--The department, in consultation |
| 745 | with the Office of Economic and Demographic Research, the Office |
| 746 | of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, and |
| 747 | contract service providers, shall develop and use a standard |
| 748 | methodology for annually measuring, evaluating, and reporting |
| 749 | program outputs and youth outcomes for each program and program |
| 750 | group. |
| 751 | (a) The standard methodology must: |
| 752 | 1. Incorporate, whenever possible, performance-based |
| 753 | budgeting measures. |
| 754 | 2. Include common terminology and operational definitions |
| 755 | for measuring the performance of system and program |
| 756 | administration, program outputs, and youth outcomes. |
| 757 | 3. Specify program outputs for each program and for each |
| 758 | program group within the juvenile justice continuum. |
| 759 | 4. Specify desired youth outcomes and methods by which to |
| 760 | measure youth outcomes for each program and program group. |
| 761 | (b) By February 15 of each year, the department shall |
| 762 | submit to the appropriate substantive and fiscal committees of |
| 763 | each house of the Legislature and the Governor a report that |
| 764 | identifies and describes: |
| 765 | 1. The standard methodology implemented under paragraph |
| 766 | (a). |
| 767 | 2. The programs offered within each program group. |
| 768 | 3. The demographic profile and offense history of youth |
| 769 | served in each program group. |
| 770 | 4. The actual program outputs and youth outcomes achieved |
| 771 | in each program group. The department shall annually collect and |
| 772 | report cost data for every program operated or contracted by the |
| 773 | department. The cost data shall conform to a format approved by |
| 774 | the department and the Legislature. Uniform cost data shall be |
| 775 | reported and collected for state-operated and contracted |
| 776 | programs so that comparisons can be made among programs. The |
| 777 | department shall ensure that there is accurate cost accounting |
| 778 | for state-operated services including market-equivalent rent and |
| 779 | other shared cost. The cost of the educational program provided |
| 780 | to a residential facility shall be reported and included in the |
| 781 | cost of a program. The department shall submit an annual cost |
| 782 | report to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House |
| 783 | of Representatives, the Minority Leader of each house of the |
| 784 | Legislature, the appropriate substantive and fiscal committees |
| 785 | of each house of the Legislature, and the Governor, no later |
| 786 | than December 1 of each year. Cost-benefit analysis for |
| 787 | educational programs will be developed and implemented in |
| 788 | collaboration with and in cooperation with the Department of |
| 789 | Education, local providers, and local school districts. Cost |
| 790 | data for the report shall include data collected by the |
| 791 | Department of Education for the purposes of preparing the annual |
| 792 | report required by s. 1003.52(19). |
| 793 | (4)(a) PROGRAM ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES.--The department of |
| 794 | Juvenile Justice, in consultation with the Office of Economic |
| 795 | and Demographic Research, and contract service providers, shall |
| 796 | develop a cost-effectiveness model and apply the model to each |
| 797 | commitment program. Program recidivism rates shall be a |
| 798 | component of the model. |
| 799 | (a) The cost-effectiveness model shall compare program |
| 800 | costs to expected and actual youth recidivism rates client |
| 801 | outcomes and program outputs. It is the intent of the |
| 802 | Legislature that continual development efforts take place to |
| 803 | improve the validity and reliability of the cost-effectiveness |
| 804 | model and to integrate the standard methodology developed under |
| 805 | s. 985.401(4) for interpreting program outcome evaluations. |
| 806 | (b) The department shall rank commitment programs based on |
| 807 | the cost-effectiveness model and shall submit a report to the |
| 808 | appropriate substantive and fiscal committees of each house of |
| 809 | the Legislature by January 15 December 31 of each year. |
| 810 | (c) Based on reports of the department on client outcomes |
| 811 | and program outputs and on the department's most recent cost- |
| 812 | effectiveness rankings, the department may terminate a |
| 813 | commitment program operated by the department or a provider if |
| 814 | the program has failed to achieve a minimum threshold of cost- |
| 815 | effectiveness program effectiveness. This paragraph does not |
| 816 | preclude the department from terminating a contract as provided |
| 817 | under this section or as otherwise provided by law or contract, |
| 818 | and does not limit the department's authority to enter into or |
| 819 | terminate a contract. |
| 820 | (d) In collaboration with the Office of Economic and |
| 821 | Demographic Research, and contract service providers, the |
| 822 | department shall develop a work plan to refine the cost- |
| 823 | effectiveness model so that the model is consistent with the |
| 824 | performance-based program budgeting measures approved by the |
| 825 | Legislature to the extent the department deems appropriate. The |
| 826 | department shall notify the Office of Program Policy Analysis |
| 827 | and Government Accountability of any meetings to refine the |
| 828 | model. |
| 829 | (e) Contingent upon specific appropriation, the |
| 830 | department, in consultation with the Office of Economic and |
| 831 | Demographic Research, and contract service providers, shall: |
| 832 | 1. Construct a profile of each commitment program that |
| 833 | uses the results of the quality assurance report required by |
| 834 | this section, the cost-effectiveness report required in this |
| 835 | subsection, and other reports available to the department. |
| 836 | 2. Target, for a more comprehensive evaluation, any |
| 837 | commitment program that has achieved consistently high, low, or |
| 838 | disparate ratings in the reports required under subparagraph 1. |
| 839 | 3. Identify the essential factors that contribute to the |
| 840 | high, low, or disparate program ratings. |
| 841 | 4. Use the results of these evaluations in developing or |
| 842 | refining juvenile justice programs or program models, youth |
| 843 | client outcomes and program outputs, provider contracts, quality |
| 844 | assurance standards, and the cost-effectiveness model. |
| 845 | (5) QUALITY ASSURANCE.--The department shall: |
| 846 | (a) Establish a comprehensive quality assurance system for |
| 847 | each program operated by the department or operated by a |
| 848 | provider under contract with the department. Each contract |
| 849 | entered into by the department must provide for quality |
| 850 | assurance. |
| 851 | (b) Provide operational definitions of and criteria for |
| 852 | quality assurance for each specific program component. |
| 853 | (c) Establish quality assurance goals and objectives for |
| 854 | each specific program component. |
| 855 | (d) Establish the information and specific data elements |
| 856 | required for the quality assurance program. |
| 857 | (e) Develop a quality assurance manual of specific, |
| 858 | standardized terminology and procedures to be followed by each |
| 859 | program. |
| 860 | (f) Evaluate each program operated by the department or a |
| 861 | provider under a contract with the department and establish |
| 862 | minimum thresholds for each program component. |
| 863 | 1. If a provider fails to meet the established minimum |
| 864 | thresholds, such failure shall cause the department to cancel |
| 865 | the provider's contract: |
| 866 | a. Immediately if the provider has a deficiency in a |
| 867 | critical life safety aspect of its operations, as defined in |
| 868 | department rule, or has failed to train and certify its |
| 869 | employees as required in s. 985.4055. |
| 870 | b. If unless the provider fails to achieve achieves |
| 871 | compliance with minimum thresholds within 6 months, except as |
| 872 | provided in s. 985.3091(6)(a), or unless there are documented |
| 873 | extenuating circumstances as defined in department rule. |
| 874 |
|
| 875 | If a provider's contract is cancelled under subparagraph 1., the |
| 876 | provider's operations shall immediately cease, the department |
| 877 | shall immediately discontinue any state payments to the |
| 878 | provider, and the provider shall be ineligible to contract with |
| 879 | the department In addition, the department may not contract with |
| 880 | the same provider for the canceled service for a period of 12 |
| 881 | months. |
| 882 | 2. If a department-operated program fails to meet the |
| 883 | established minimum thresholds, the program's operations shall |
| 884 | be: |
| 885 | a. Immediately terminated if the program has a deficiency |
| 886 | in a critical life safety aspect of its operations, as defined |
| 887 | in department rule, or if the department has failed to train and |
| 888 | certify program employees as required in s. 985.4055. |
| 889 | b. Terminated if the department fails to achieve |
| 890 | compliance with the minimum thresholds for program continuation |
| 891 | within 6 months, unless there are documented extenuating |
| 892 | circumstances as defined in department rule. the department must |
| 893 | take necessary and sufficient steps to ensure and document |
| 894 | program changes to achieve compliance with the established |
| 895 | minimum thresholds. If the department-operated program fails to |
| 896 | achieve compliance with the established minimum thresholds |
| 897 | within 6 months and if there are no documented extenuating |
| 898 | circumstances, the department must notify the Executive Office |
| 899 | of the Governor and the Legislature of the corrective action |
| 900 | taken. Appropriate corrective action may include, but is not |
| 901 | limited to: |
| 902 | 1. Contracting out for the services provided in the |
| 903 | program; |
| 904 | 2. Initiating appropriate disciplinary action against all |
| 905 | employees whose conduct or performance is deemed to have |
| 906 | materially contributed to the program's failure to meet |
| 907 | established minimum thresholds; |
| 908 | 3. Redesigning the program; or |
| 909 | 4. Realigning the program. |
| 910 | (g) The department shall Submit an annual report to the |
| 911 | President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of |
| 912 | Representatives, the minority leader of each house of the |
| 913 | Legislature, the appropriate substantive and fiscal committees |
| 914 | of each house of the Legislature, and the Governor by , no later |
| 915 | than February 1 of each year. The annual report must contain, at |
| 916 | a minimum, for each specific program component: |
| 917 | 1. A comprehensive description of the population served. |
| 918 | by the program; |
| 919 | 2. A specific description of its the services. |
| 920 | 3. A summary of the performance of each program component |
| 921 | evaluated. provided by the program; |
| 922 | 4. Cost data that is reported in a uniform format so that |
| 923 | cost comparisons may be made among programs. For a residential |
| 924 | program, the cost data must include the cost of its educational |
| 925 | program.; |
| 926 | 5. A comparison of expenditures to federal and state |
| 927 | funding.; |
| 928 | 6. Immediate and long-range concerns. ; and |
| 929 | 7. Recommendations to maintain, expand, improve, modify, |
| 930 | or eliminate each program component so that changes in services |
| 931 | lead to enhancement in program quality. The department shall |
| 932 | ensure the reliability and validity of the information contained |
| 933 | in the report. |
| 934 | (6) The department shall collect and analyze available |
| 935 | statistical data for the purpose of ongoing evaluation of all |
| 936 | programs. The department shall provide the Legislature with |
| 937 | necessary information and reports to enable the Legislature to |
| 938 | make informed decisions regarding the effectiveness of, and any |
| 939 | needed changes in, services, programs, policies, and laws. |
| 940 | (7) No later than November 1, 2001, the department shall |
| 941 | submit a proposal to the Legislature concerning funding |
| 942 | incentives and disincentives for the department and for |
| 943 | providers under contract with the department. The |
| 944 | recommendations for funding incentives and disincentives shall |
| 945 | be based upon both quality assurance performance and cost- |
| 946 | effectiveness performance. The proposal should strive to achieve |
| 947 | consistency in incentives and disincentives for both department- |
| 948 | operated and contractor-provided programs. The department may |
| 949 | include recommendations for the use of liquidated damages in the |
| 950 | proposal; however, the department is not presently authorized to |
| 951 | contract for liquidated damages in non-hardware-secure |
| 952 | facilities until January 1, 2002. |
| 953 | Section 13. Section 958.046, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 954 | to read: |
| 955 | 958.046 Placement in county-operated boot camp programs |
| 956 | for youthful offenders.--In counties where there are county- |
| 957 | county-operated youthful offender boot camp programs, other than |
| 958 | boot camps described in s. 958.04 or sheriff's training and |
| 959 | respect programs in s. 985.3091 985.309, the court may sentence |
| 960 | a youthful offender to such a boot camp. In county-operated |
| 961 | youthful offender boot camp programs, juvenile offenders shall |
| 962 | not be commingled with youthful offenders. |
| 963 | Section 14. Paragraph (i) of subsection (3) of section |
| 964 | 985.31, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 965 | 985.31 Serious or habitual juvenile offender.-- |
| 966 | (3) PRINCIPLES AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF ASSESSMENT AND |
| 967 | TREATMENT.-- |
| 968 | (i) The treatment and placement recommendations shall be |
| 969 | submitted to the court for further action pursuant to this |
| 970 | paragraph: |
| 971 | 1. If it is recommended that placement in a serious or |
| 972 | habitual juvenile offender program or facility is inappropriate, |
| 973 | the court shall make an alternative disposition pursuant to s. |
| 974 | 985.3091 985.309 or other alternative sentencing as applicable, |
| 975 | using utilizing the recommendation as a guide. |
| 976 | 2. If it is recommended that placement in a serious or |
| 977 | habitual juvenile offender program or facility is appropriate, |
| 978 | the court may commit the child to the department for placement |
| 979 | in the restrictiveness level designated for serious or habitual |
| 980 | delinquent children programs. |
| 981 | Section 15. Section 985.314, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 982 | to read: |
| 983 | 985.314 Commitment programs for juvenile felony |
| 984 | offenders.-- |
| 985 | (1) Notwithstanding any other law and regardless of the |
| 986 | child's age, a child who is adjudicated delinquent, or for whom |
| 987 | adjudication is withheld, for an act that would be a felony if |
| 988 | committed by an adult, shall be committed to: |
| 989 | (a) A sheriff's training and respect boot camp program |
| 990 | under s. 985.3091 s. 985.309 if the child has participated in an |
| 991 | early delinquency intervention program as provided in s. |
| 992 | 985.305. |
| 993 | (b) A program for serious or habitual juvenile offenders |
| 994 | under s. 985.31 or an intensive residential treatment program |
| 995 | for offenders less than 13 years of age under s. 985.311, if the |
| 996 | child has participated in an early delinquency intervention |
| 997 | program and has completed a sheriff's training and respect boot |
| 998 | camp program. |
| 999 | (c) A maximum-risk residential program, if the child has |
| 1000 | participated in an early delinquency intervention program, has |
| 1001 | completed a sheriff's training and respect boot camp program, |
| 1002 | and has completed a program for serious or habitual juvenile |
| 1003 | offenders or an intensive residential treatment program for |
| 1004 | offenders less than 13 years of age. The commitment of a child |
| 1005 | to a maximum-risk residential program must be for an |
| 1006 | indeterminate period, but may not exceed the maximum term of |
| 1007 | imprisonment that an adult may serve for the same offense. |
| 1008 | (2) In committing a child to the appropriate program, the |
| 1009 | court may consider an equivalent program of similar intensity as |
| 1010 | being comparable to a program required under subsection (1). |
| 1011 | Section 16. Cost of supervision and care waiver; pilot |
| 1012 | program.-- |
| 1013 | (1) For purposes of this section, the term: |
| 1014 | (a) "Approved parenting class" means a class approved by |
| 1015 | the Juvenile Justice Accountability Commission under subsection |
| 1016 | (4). |
| 1017 | (b) "Court" means a circuit court in the Ninth Judicial |
| 1018 | Circuit. |
| 1019 | (c) "Department" means the Department of Juvenile Justice. |
| 1020 | (d) "Parent" means the parent of child whose delinquency |
| 1021 | case comes before a circuit court in the Ninth Judicial Circuit. |
| 1022 | (2)(a) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of s. |
| 1023 | 985.2311, Florida Statutes, for the period of October 1, 2006 |
| 1024 | through June 30, 2009, the court shall enter an order waiving |
| 1025 | the fees required to be paid under s. 985.2311, Florida |
| 1026 | Statutes, by a parent if the parent successfully completes an |
| 1027 | approved parenting class and presents the court with notarized |
| 1028 | documentation of such completion. |
| 1029 | (b) Participation in an approved parenting class under |
| 1030 | this subsection is voluntary and the parent is responsible for |
| 1031 | the payment of all costs associated with participation in the |
| 1032 | class. |
| 1033 | (c) A parent who fails to successfully complete an |
| 1034 | approved parenting class shall pay the full amount of fees |
| 1035 | required by s. 985.2311, Florida Statutes. |
| 1036 | (d) A parent may only have fees waived under this |
| 1037 | subsection once. |
| 1038 | (3) The Office of Program Policy and Government |
| 1039 | Accountability shall evaluate the pilot program created by this |
| 1040 | section and shall submit a written report to the appropriate |
| 1041 | substantive and fiscal committees of the Legislature, the |
| 1042 | Governor, and the Department of Juvenile Justice on September |
| 1043 | 30, 2007, and annually thereafter, which identifies for the |
| 1044 | Ninth Judicial Circuit during the fiscal year preceding the |
| 1045 | report: |
| 1046 | (a) The number of delinquency cases in which fees were |
| 1047 | required to be ordered under s. 985.2311, F.S., and the total |
| 1048 | amount of those fees. |
| 1049 | (b) The number of delinquency cases in which parents |
| 1050 | agreed to complete an approved parenting class and the number of |
| 1051 | delinquency cases in which the parent submitted notarized |
| 1052 | documentation of successful completion to the court. |
| 1053 | (c) The number of delinquency cases in which the court |
| 1054 | entered an order waiving fees under subsection (2) and the total |
| 1055 | amount of fees waived. |
| 1056 | (d) The number of youth, as such data becomes available, |
| 1057 | who are taken into custody for a felony or misdemeanor within |
| 1058 | six months following their release from department custody or |
| 1059 | supervision, whichever occurs later, and whose parents' fees |
| 1060 | under s. 985.2311, Florida Statutes, are: |
| 1061 | 1. Waived by court order under subsection (2). |
| 1062 | 2. Not waived by court order under subsection (2). |
| 1063 | (4) The Juvenile Justice Accountability Commission, |
| 1064 | subject to appropriation, shall execute a contract under chapter |
| 1065 | 287 for the provision of parenting courses in the Ninth Judicial |
| 1066 | Circuit between October 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009. |
| 1067 | (5) This section is repealed effective October 1, 2009. |
| 1068 | Section 17. Effective October 1, 2006, all powers, duties, |
| 1069 | resources, and personnel associated with the Department of |
| 1070 | Juvenile Justice's responsibilities under ss. 985.308(9), |
| 1071 | 985.311(2)(e), and 985.412, Florida Statutes are transferred to |
| 1072 | the Juvenile Justice Accountability Commission created by this |
| 1073 | act. |
| 1074 | Section 18. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |
| 1075 |
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| 1076 | ======= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ========== |
| 1077 | Remove the entire title and insert: |
| 1078 | A bill to be entitled |
| 1079 | An act relating to juvenile justice; amending s. 39.01, |
| 1080 | F.S.; including specified law enforcement officers in the |
| 1081 | definition of "other person responsible for a child's |
| 1082 | welfare" for purposes of abuse investigations; amending s. |
| 1083 | 985.207, F.S.; permitting a law enforcement officer to |
| 1084 | take a child into custody for a violation of adjudication |
| 1085 | order conditions; amending s. 985.215, F.S.; permitting |
| 1086 | specified types of postadjudication detention for a child |
| 1087 | who has previously failed to appear at delinquency court |
| 1088 | proceedings regardless of risk assessment instrument |
| 1089 | results; providing exceptions that permit postadjudication |
| 1090 | detention until the child's disposition order is entered |
| 1091 | in his or her case; conforming cross-references; amending |
| 1092 | s. 985.2155, F.S.; revising the definition of the term |
| 1093 | "fiscally constrained county" for purposes of determining |
| 1094 | state payment of costs of juvenile detention care; |
| 1095 | amending s. 985.228, F.S.; requiring the court to include |
| 1096 | specified conditions in a child's order of adjudication of |
| 1097 | delinquency that apply during the postadjudication and |
| 1098 | predisposition period; providing a definition; permitting |
| 1099 | a court to find a child in contempt of court for a |
| 1100 | violation of adjudication order conditions; providing |
| 1101 | sanctions; amending s. 985.231, F.S.; conforming cross- |
| 1102 | references; repealing s. 985.309, F.S., relating to boot |
| 1103 | camps for children; creating s. 985.3091, F.S.; |
| 1104 | authorizing the department to contract for sheriff's |
| 1105 | training and respect programs; providing eligibility |
| 1106 | requirements for children placed in the programs; |
| 1107 | specifying required program offerings; specifying program |
| 1108 | participation time frames; requiring the department to |
| 1109 | adopt rules and maintain specified records; providing for |
| 1110 | quarterly evaluations of and contract cancellation under |
| 1111 | specified circumstances; specifying staff training |
| 1112 | requirements; requiring the department to adopt training |
| 1113 | rules; prohibiting the provision of direct care to |
| 1114 | children by staff who have not complied with training |
| 1115 | requirements; prohibiting the operation of a program until |
| 1116 | department rules are adopted and the department has |
| 1117 | verified program compliance with applicable law and rules; |
| 1118 | authorizing emergency rules to expedite implementation; |
| 1119 | amending s. 985.311, F.S.; requiring the establishment of |
| 1120 | minimum thresholds for evaluations; conforming cross- |
| 1121 | references; creating s. 985.4055, F.S.; providing |
| 1122 | definitions; requiring the department to adopt rules |
| 1123 | establishing a protective action response policy; |
| 1124 | specifying when verbal and physical intervention |
| 1125 | techniques may be used; specifying prohibited uses of |
| 1126 | mechanical restraints; prohibiting use of aerosol and |
| 1127 | chemical agents; requiring the department to adopt rules |
| 1128 | establishing protection action response training |
| 1129 | curriculums and certification procedures; requiring |
| 1130 | department and provider employees to be certified in |
| 1131 | protective action response prior to exercising direct |
| 1132 | care; creating s. 985.4056, F.S.; creating the Juvenile |
| 1133 | Justice Accountability Commission; providing for |
| 1134 | membership; providing definitions; providing for meetings |
| 1135 | and voting requirements; providing for an executive |
| 1136 | director and staff; providing for commission's budget; |
| 1137 | providing for reimbursement of per diem and travel |
| 1138 | expenses; requiring the commission to contract for a |
| 1139 | comprehensive evaluation and accountability system for |
| 1140 | juvenile justice programs; providing requirements for the |
| 1141 | system; requiring a report by the system provider; |
| 1142 | specifying commission duties; requiring a report by the |
| 1143 | commission; providing for termination of juvenile justice |
| 1144 | programs in specified circumstances; requiring the |
| 1145 | commission to adopt rules; amending s. 985.412, F.S.; |
| 1146 | deleting department's authority to establish a |
| 1147 | comprehensive quality assurance system; providing |
| 1148 | conforming changes; deleting obsolete provisions relating |
| 1149 | to incentive and disincentive proposals and liquidated |
| 1150 | damages; amending ss. 958.046, 985.31, and 985.314, F.S.; |
| 1151 | conforming cross-references and terminology; creating the |
| 1152 | cost of supervision and care waiver pilot program in the |
| 1153 | Ninth Judicial Circuit; requiring waiver of fees imposed |
| 1154 | under s. 985.2311, F.S., for successful completion of |
| 1155 | specified parenting classes; providing conditions |
| 1156 | applicable to such waiver; providing for review of the |
| 1157 | pilot program and reports by the Office of Program Policy |
| 1158 | and Government Accountability; requiring the Juvenile |
| 1159 | Justice Accountability Commission to contract for the |
| 1160 | provision of parenting classes; providing for future |
| 1161 | repeal; providing for a type two transfer of powers, |
| 1162 | duties, resources, and personnel relating to specified |
| 1163 | department responsibilities to the Juvenile Justice |
| 1164 | Accountability Commission; providing an effective date. |