| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to criminal justice; amending s. 384.34, |
| 3 | F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; |
| 4 | amending s. 775.0877, F.S.; deleting provisions relating |
| 5 | to criminal quarantine community control for offenders |
| 6 | convicted of criminal transmission of HIV; revising |
| 7 | penalties; amending s. 796.08, F.S.; conforming provisions |
| 8 | to changes made by the act; creating s. 800.09, F.S.; |
| 9 | providing definitions; prohibiting a lewd or lascivious |
| 10 | exhibition in the presence of a correctional facility |
| 11 | employee; providing penalties; amending s. 916.107, F.S.; |
| 12 | revising provisions relating to physical custody and |
| 13 | treatment of forensic clients adjudicated incompetent to |
| 14 | proceed or not guilty by reason of insanity; clarifying |
| 15 | rights, responsibilities, and duties of forensic clients |
| 16 | housed with the Department of Corrections; revising |
| 17 | provisions relating to informed consent to treatment by |
| 18 | forensic clients; clarifying application of certain |
| 19 | provisions; providing that forensic clients housed with |
| 20 | the department are subject to its rules; amending s. |
| 21 | 916.13, F.S.; providing for retention of certain |
| 22 | defendants who have been adjudicated incompetent to |
| 23 | proceed due to mental illness in the physical custody of |
| 24 | the department; providing time limits relating to |
| 25 | competency hearings; amending s. 916.15, F.S.; providing |
| 26 | time limits relating to commitment hearings; providing for |
| 27 | retention of certain defendants who have been adjudicated |
| 28 | not guilty by reason of insanity in the physical custody |
| 29 | of the department for the remainder of their sentences; |
| 30 | requiring a report; amending s. 921.187, F.S.; deleting |
| 31 | provisions relating to criminal quarantine community |
| 32 | control; amending s. 940.061, F.S.; providing for |
| 33 | electronic submission of certain information to the Parole |
| 34 | Commission; amending s. 944.1905, F.S.; eliminating |
| 35 | provisions relating to removal and reassignment of certain |
| 36 | youthful offenders to the general inmate population in |
| 37 | certain circumstances; repealing s. 944.293, F.S., |
| 38 | relating to initiation of restoration of civil rights; |
| 39 | amending s. 944.35, F.S.; applying prohibitions on sexual |
| 40 | misconduct with inmates or offenders to employees of |
| 41 | private correctional facilities; providing penalties; |
| 42 | amending s. 944.605, F.S.; providing for electronic |
| 43 | submission of certain information concerning released |
| 44 | inmates to sheriffs or municipal police chiefs; amending |
| 45 | s. 944.804, F.S.; providing for additional geriatric |
| 46 | correctional facilities or dorms within correctional |
| 47 | facilities; deleting obsolete provisions; amending s. |
| 48 | 944.8041, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by |
| 49 | the act; amending s. 945.41, F.S.; deleting a prohibition |
| 50 | on the placement of youthful offenders at specified |
| 51 | facilities for mental health treatment; permitting the |
| 52 | designation of multiple mental health treatment facilities |
| 53 | for certain offenders; amending s. 945.42, F.S.; removing |
| 54 | refusal of voluntary placement in certain circumstances as |
| 55 | a basis for determining that an inmate is in need of care |
| 56 | and treatment; amending s. 945.43, F.S.; revising |
| 57 | terminology concerning inmates in treatment facilities; |
| 58 | requiring a petition for placement to be filed in the |
| 59 | county in which an inmate is located; requiring reasonable |
| 60 | access to an inmate and his or her records by an attorney |
| 61 | representing the inmate in a placement proceeding; |
| 62 | authorizing the department to transport an inmate to |
| 63 | hearings in certain circumstances; amending s. 945.46, |
| 64 | F.S.; authorizing the transport of a person being released |
| 65 | from custody to a receiving or treatment facility for |
| 66 | involuntary examination or placement in certain |
| 67 | circumstances; creating s. 946.42, F.S.; providing |
| 68 | definitions; authorizing the department to allow inmates |
| 69 | who meet certain criteria to perform public works to enter |
| 70 | onto private property for specified purposes; amending s. |
| 71 | 948.001, F.S.; deleting the definition of the term |
| 72 | "criminal quarantine community control"; amending s. |
| 73 | 948.03, F.S.; providing as a condition of probation, |
| 74 | community control, or any other form of court-ordered |
| 75 | supervision that an offender live without violating any |
| 76 | law; providing that a conviction in a court of law is not |
| 77 | necessary for a violation of law to constitute a violation |
| 78 | of such a condition; prohibiting an offender from |
| 79 | possessing, carrying, or owning a firearm; prohibiting the |
| 80 | possession, carrying, or ownership of any other weapon |
| 81 | without first procuring the consent of a correctional |
| 82 | probation officer; requiring that an offender on probation |
| 83 | or community control submit to the taking of a digitized |
| 84 | photograph; providing for display of such photographs on |
| 85 | the department's public website while the offender is |
| 86 | under supervision; providing exceptions; amending s. |
| 87 | 948.09, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. |
| 88 | 948.101, F.S.; providing that an additional set of |
| 89 | standard conditions of probation may be included for |
| 90 | offenders placed on community control; conforming |
| 91 | provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 948.11, |
| 92 | F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; |
| 93 | amending s. 951.26, F.S.; authorizing public safety |
| 94 | coordinating councils to develop comprehensive local |
| 95 | reentry plans to assist offenders released from |
| 96 | incarceration in successfully reentering the community; |
| 97 | providing requirements; amending s. 958.03, F.S.; revising |
| 98 | the definition of the term "youthful offender"; defining |
| 99 | the term "youthful offender facility"; amending s. 958.04, |
| 100 | F.S.; deleting provisions relating to a basic training |
| 101 | program; amending s. 958.045, F.S.; revising provisions |
| 102 | relating to revocation of gain-time for an offender in a |
| 103 | basic training program; providing for termination of an |
| 104 | offender from a basic training program under certain |
| 105 | circumstances; deleting provisions relating to transfer of |
| 106 | an offender to a community residential program upon |
| 107 | completion of a basic training program; deleting a |
| 108 | requirement for continuous screening for eligible youthful |
| 109 | offenders; deleting provisions relating to completion of |
| 110 | basic training programs by youthful offenders; amending s. |
| 111 | 958.09, F.S.; providing that a specified provision and |
| 112 | rules developed thereunder govern the extension of limits |
| 113 | of confinement of and restitution by youthful offenders; |
| 114 | amending s. 958.11, F.S.; revising provisions relating to |
| 115 | assignment of youthful offenders to non-youthful-offender |
| 116 | facilities and management of such offenders; amending s. |
| 117 | 958.12, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; providing an |
| 118 | effective date. |
| 119 |
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| 120 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 122 | Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 384.34, Florida |
| 123 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 124 | 384.34 Penalties.- |
| 125 | (5) Any person who violates the provisions of s. 384.24(2) |
| 126 | commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in |
| 127 | s. ss. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, and 775.0877(7). Any |
| 128 | person who commits multiple violations of the provisions of s. |
| 129 | 384.24(2) commits a felony of the first degree, punishable as |
| 130 | provided in s. ss. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, and |
| 131 | 775.0877(7). |
| 132 | Section 2. Subsections (3) and (7) of section 775.0877, |
| 133 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 134 | 775.0877 Criminal transmission of HIV; procedures; |
| 135 | penalties.- |
| 136 | (3) An offender who has undergone HIV testing pursuant to |
| 137 | subsection (1), and to whom positive test results have been |
| 138 | disclosed pursuant to subsection (2), who commits a second or |
| 139 | subsequent offense enumerated in paragraphs (1)(a)-(n), commits |
| 140 | criminal transmission of HIV, a felony of the third degree, |
| 141 | punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084 |
| 142 | subsection (7). A person may be convicted and sentenced |
| 143 | separately for a violation of this subsection and for the |
| 144 | underlying crime enumerated in paragraphs (1)(a)-(n). |
| 145 | (7) In addition to any other penalty provided by law for |
| 146 | an offense enumerated in paragraphs (1)(a)-(n), the court may |
| 147 | require an offender convicted of criminal transmission of HIV to |
| 148 | serve a term of criminal quarantine community control, as |
| 149 | described in s. 948.001. |
| 150 | Section 3. Subsection (5) of section 796.08, Florida |
| 151 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 152 | 796.08 Screening for HIV and sexually transmissible |
| 153 | diseases; providing penalties.- |
| 154 | (5) A person who: |
| 155 | (a) Commits or offers to commit prostitution; or |
| 156 | (b) Procures another for prostitution by engaging in |
| 157 | sexual activity in a manner likely to transmit the human |
| 158 | immunodeficiency virus, |
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| 160 | and who, prior to the commission of such crime, had tested |
| 161 | positive for human immunodeficiency virus and knew or had been |
| 162 | informed that he or she had tested positive for human |
| 163 | immunodeficiency virus and could possibly communicate such |
| 164 | disease to another person through sexual activity commits |
| 165 | criminal transmission of HIV, a felony of the third degree, |
| 166 | punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, |
| 167 | or s. 775.0877(7). A person may be convicted and sentenced |
| 168 | separately for a violation of this subsection and for the |
| 169 | underlying crime of prostitution or procurement of prostitution. |
| 170 | Section 4. Section 800.09, Florida Statutes, is created to |
| 171 | read: |
| 172 | 800.09 Lewd or lascivious exhibition in the presence of a |
| 173 | facility employee.- |
| 174 | (1) As used in this section, the term: |
| 175 | (a) "Employee" means any person employed by or performing |
| 176 | contractual services for a public or private entity operating a |
| 177 | facility or any person employed by or performing contractual |
| 178 | services for the corporation operating the prison industry |
| 179 | enhancement programs or the correctional work programs under |
| 180 | part II of chapter 946. The term also includes any person who is |
| 181 | a parole examiner with the Florida Parole Commission. |
| 182 | (b) "Facility" means a state correctional institution |
| 183 | defined in s. 944.02 or a private correctional facility as |
| 184 | defined in s. 944.710. |
| 185 | (2)(a) It is unlawful for any person, while being detained |
| 186 | in a facility and with intent to harass, annoy, threaten, or |
| 187 | alarm a person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is |
| 188 | an employee of such facility, to intentionally masturbate, |
| 189 | intentionally expose his or her genitals in a lewd or lascivious |
| 190 | manner, or intentionally commit any other sexual act, including, |
| 191 | but not limited to, sadomasochistic abuse, sexual bestiality, or |
| 192 | the simulation of any act involving sexual activity, in the |
| 193 | presence of such employee. |
| 194 | (b) A person who violates paragraph (a) commits lewd or |
| 195 | lascivious exhibition in the presence of a facility employee, a |
| 196 | felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. |
| 197 | 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
| 198 | Section 5. Subsection (1), paragraph (d) of subsection |
| 199 | (2), paragraph (a) of subsection (3), paragraph (b) of |
| 200 | subsection (4), subsections (5), (6), and (8), and paragraph (a) |
| 201 | of subsection (9) of section 916.107, Florida Statutes, are |
| 202 | amended to read: |
| 203 | 916.107 Rights of forensic clients.- |
| 204 | (1) RIGHT TO INDIVIDUAL DIGNITY.- |
| 205 | (a) The policy of the state is that the individual dignity |
| 206 | of the client shall be respected at all times and upon all |
| 207 | occasions, including any occasion when the forensic client is |
| 208 | detained, transported, or treated. Clients with mental illness, |
| 209 | retardation, or autism and who are charged with committing |
| 210 | felonies shall receive appropriate treatment or training. In a |
| 211 | criminal case involving a client who has been adjudicated |
| 212 | incompetent to proceed or not guilty by reason of insanity, a |
| 213 | jail may be used as an emergency facility for up to 15 days |
| 214 | following the date the department or agency receives a completed |
| 215 | copy of the court commitment order containing all documentation |
| 216 | required by the applicable Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. |
| 217 | For a forensic client who is held in a jail awaiting admission |
| 218 | to a facility of the department or agency, evaluation and |
| 219 | treatment or training may be provided in the jail by the local |
| 220 | community mental health provider for mental health services, by |
| 221 | the developmental disabilities program for persons with |
| 222 | retardation or autism, the client's physician or psychologist, |
| 223 | or any other appropriate program until the client is transferred |
| 224 | to a civil or forensic facility. In a criminal case involving a |
| 225 | forensic client who is serving a sentence in the custody of the |
| 226 | Department of Corrections and who has been adjudicated |
| 227 | incompetent to proceed or not guilty by reason of insanity, the |
| 228 | Department of Corrections may continue to retain physical |
| 229 | custody of the forensic client. However, the department shall |
| 230 | remain responsible for all necessary and appropriate competency |
| 231 | evaluation, treatment, and training for the client. If ordered |
| 232 | by the department's treating psychiatrist, the Department of |
| 233 | Corrections shall provide and administer any necessary |
| 234 | medications for the client. |
| 235 | (b) Forensic clients who are initially placed in, or |
| 236 | subsequently transferred to, a civil facility as described in |
| 237 | part I of chapter 394 or to a residential facility as described |
| 238 | in chapter 393 shall have the same rights as other persons |
| 239 | committed to these facilities for as long as they remain there. |
| 240 | Notwithstanding the rights described in this section, forensic |
| 241 | clients who are housed with the Department of Corrections shall |
| 242 | have the same duties, rights, and responsibilities as other |
| 243 | inmates committed to the custody of the Department of |
| 244 | Corrections and shall be subject to the rules adopted by the |
| 245 | Department of Corrections to implement its statutory authority. |
| 246 | (2) RIGHT TO TREATMENT.- |
| 247 | (d) Not more than 30 days after admission to a civil or |
| 248 | forensic facility, each client shall have and receive, in |
| 249 | writing, an individualized treatment or training plan which the |
| 250 | client has had an opportunity to assist in preparing. |
| 251 | (3) RIGHT TO EXPRESS AND INFORMED CONSENT.- |
| 252 | (a) A forensic client shall be asked to give express and |
| 253 | informed written consent for treatment. If a client refuses such |
| 254 | treatment as is deemed necessary and essential by the client's |
| 255 | multidisciplinary treatment team for the appropriate care of the |
| 256 | client, such treatment may be provided under the following |
| 257 | circumstances: |
| 258 | 1. In an emergency situation in which there is immediate |
| 259 | danger to the safety of the client or others, such treatment may |
| 260 | be provided upon the written order of a physician for a period |
| 261 | not to exceed 48 hours, excluding weekends and legal holidays. |
| 262 | If, after the 48-hour period, the client has not given express |
| 263 | and informed consent to the treatment initially refused, the |
| 264 | administrator or designee of the civil or forensic facility |
| 265 | shall, within 48 hours, excluding weekends and legal holidays, |
| 266 | petition the committing court or the circuit court serving the |
| 267 | county in which the facility is located, or in which the |
| 268 | forensic client is located, if in the Department of Corrections' |
| 269 | custody, at the option of the facility administrator or |
| 270 | designee, for an order authorizing the continued treatment of |
| 271 | the client. In the interim, the need for treatment shall be |
| 272 | reviewed every 48 hours and may be continued without the consent |
| 273 | of the client upon the continued written order of a physician |
| 274 | who has determined that the emergency situation continues to |
| 275 | present a danger to the safety of the client or others. |
| 276 | 2. In a situation other than an emergency situation, the |
| 277 | administrator or designee of the facility shall petition the |
| 278 | court for an order authorizing necessary and essential treatment |
| 279 | for the client. |
| 280 | a. If the client has been receiving psychotherapeutic |
| 281 | medication for a diagnosed mental disorder at a county jail at |
| 282 | the time of transfer to the state forensic mental health |
| 283 | treatment facility and lacks the capacity to make an informed |
| 284 | decision regarding mental health treatment at the time of |
| 285 | admission, the admitting physician may order a continuation of |
| 286 | the psychotherapeutic medication if, in the clinical judgment of |
| 287 | the physician, abrupt cessation of the psychotherapeutic |
| 288 | medication could pose a risk to the health and safety of the |
| 289 | client during the time a court order to medicate is pursued. The |
| 290 | county jail physician shall provide a current psychotherapeutic |
| 291 | medication order at the time of transfer to the admitting |
| 292 | facility. |
| 293 | b. If a forensic client has been receiving |
| 294 | psychotherapeutic medication for a diagnosed mental disorder at |
| 295 | the Department of Corrections and lacks the capacity to make an |
| 296 | informed decision regarding mental health treatment, the |
| 297 | department's treating physician shall coordinate continuation of |
| 298 | the psychotherapeutic medication if, in the clinical judgment of |
| 299 | the Department of Corrections' physician, abrupt cessation of |
| 300 | the psychotherapeutic medication could pose a risk to the health |
| 301 | and safety of the forensic client during the time a court order |
| 302 | to medicate is pursued. The Department of Corrections' physician |
| 303 | shall provide a current psychotherapeutic medication order to |
| 304 | any department physician providing treatment to a forensic |
| 305 | client housed with the Department of Corrections. |
| 306 | c. The court order shall allow such treatment for a period |
| 307 | not to exceed 90 days following the date of the entry of the |
| 308 | order. Unless the court is notified in writing that the client |
| 309 | has provided express and informed consent in writing or that the |
| 310 | client has been discharged by the committing court, the |
| 311 | administrator or designee shall, prior to the expiration of the |
| 312 | initial 90-day order, petition the court for an order |
| 313 | authorizing the continuation of treatment for another 90-day |
| 314 | period. This procedure shall be repeated until the client |
| 315 | provides consent or is discharged by the committing court. |
| 316 | 3. At the hearing on the issue of whether the court should |
| 317 | enter an order authorizing treatment for which a client was |
| 318 | unable to or refused to give express and informed consent, the |
| 319 | court shall determine by clear and convincing evidence that the |
| 320 | client has mental illness, retardation, or autism, that the |
| 321 | treatment not consented to is essential to the care of the |
| 322 | client, and that the treatment not consented to is not |
| 323 | experimental and does not present an unreasonable risk of |
| 324 | serious, hazardous, or irreversible side effects. In arriving at |
| 325 | the substitute judgment decision, the court must consider at |
| 326 | least the following factors: |
| 327 | a. The client's expressed preference regarding treatment; |
| 328 | b. The probability of adverse side effects; |
| 329 | c. The prognosis without treatment; and |
| 330 | d. The prognosis with treatment. |
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| 332 | The hearing shall be as convenient to the client as may be |
| 333 | consistent with orderly procedure and shall be conducted in |
| 334 | physical settings not likely to be injurious to the client's |
| 335 | condition. The court may appoint a general or special magistrate |
| 336 | to preside at the hearing. The client or the client's guardian, |
| 337 | and the representative, shall be provided with a copy of the |
| 338 | petition and the date, time, and location of the hearing. The |
| 339 | client has the right to have an attorney represent him or her at |
| 340 | the hearing, and, if the client is indigent, the court shall |
| 341 | appoint the office of the public defender to represent the |
| 342 | client at the hearing. The client may testify or not, as he or |
| 343 | she chooses, and has the right to cross-examine witnesses and |
| 344 | may present his or her own witnesses. |
| 345 | (4) QUALITY OF TREATMENT.- |
| 346 | (b) Forensic clients housed in a civil or forensic |
| 347 | facility shall be free from the unnecessary use of restraint or |
| 348 | seclusion. Restraints shall be employed only in emergencies or |
| 349 | to protect the client or others from imminent injury. Restraints |
| 350 | may not be employed as punishment or for the convenience of |
| 351 | staff. |
| 352 | (5) COMMUNICATION, ABUSE REPORTING, AND VISITS.-Each |
| 353 | forensic client housed in a civil or forensic facility has the |
| 354 | right to communicate freely and privately with persons outside |
| 355 | the facility unless it is determined that such communication is |
| 356 | likely to be harmful to the client or others. Clients shall have |
| 357 | the right to contact and to receive communication from their |
| 358 | attorneys at any reasonable time. |
| 359 | (a) Each forensic client housed in a civil or forensic |
| 360 | facility shall be allowed to receive, send, and mail sealed, |
| 361 | unopened correspondence; and no client's incoming or outgoing |
| 362 | correspondence shall be opened, delayed, held, or censored by |
| 363 | the facility unless there is reason to believe that it contains |
| 364 | items or substances that may be harmful to the client or others, |
| 365 | in which case the administrator or designee may direct |
| 366 | reasonable examination of such mail and may regulate the |
| 367 | disposition of such items or substances. For purposes of this |
| 368 | paragraph, the term "correspondence" does not include parcels or |
| 369 | packages. Forensic facilities may promulgate reasonable |
| 370 | institutional policies to provide for the inspection of parcels |
| 371 | or packages and for the removal of contraband items for health |
| 372 | or security reasons prior to the contents being given to a |
| 373 | client. |
| 374 | (b) If a client's right to communicate is restricted by |
| 375 | the administrator, written notice of such restriction and the |
| 376 | duration of the restriction shall be served on the client or his |
| 377 | or her legal guardian or representatives, and such restriction |
| 378 | shall be recorded on the client's clinical record with the |
| 379 | reasons therefor. The restriction of a client's right to |
| 380 | communicate shall be reviewed at least every 7 days. |
| 381 | (c) Each forensic facility shall establish reasonable |
| 382 | institutional policies governing visitors, visiting hours, and |
| 383 | the use of telephones by clients in the least restrictive manner |
| 384 | possible. |
| 385 | (d) Each forensic client housed in a civil or forensic |
| 386 | facility shall have ready access to a telephone in order to |
| 387 | report an alleged abuse. The facility or program staff shall |
| 388 | orally and in writing inform each client of the procedure for |
| 389 | reporting abuse and shall present the information in a language |
| 390 | the client understands. A written copy of that procedure, |
| 391 | including the telephone number of the central abuse hotline and |
| 392 | reporting forms, shall be posted in plain view. |
| 393 | (e) The department's or agency's forensic facilities shall |
| 394 | develop policies providing a procedure for reporting abuse. |
| 395 | Facility staff shall be required, as a condition of employment, |
| 396 | to become familiar with the procedures for the reporting of |
| 397 | abuse. |
| 398 | (6) CARE AND CUSTODY OF PERSONAL EFFECTS OF CLIENTS.-A |
| 399 | forensic client's right to possession of clothing and personal |
| 400 | effects shall be respected. The department or agency by rule, or |
| 401 | the administrator of any forensic facility by written |
| 402 | institutional policy, may declare certain items to be hazardous |
| 403 | to the health or welfare of clients or others or to the |
| 404 | operation of the facility. Such items may be restricted from |
| 405 | introduction into the facility or may be restricted from being |
| 406 | in a client's possession. The administrator or designee may take |
| 407 | temporary custody of such effects when required for medical and |
| 408 | safety reasons. Custody of such personal effects shall be |
| 409 | recorded in the client's clinical record. Forensic clients who |
| 410 | are housed with the Department of Corrections shall be subject |
| 411 | to the rules adopted by the Department of Corrections to |
| 412 | implement its statutory authority. |
| 413 | (8) CLINICAL RECORD; CONFIDENTIALITY.-A clinical record |
| 414 | for each forensic client, including forensic clients housed with |
| 415 | the Department of Corrections, shall be maintained. The record |
| 416 | shall include data pertaining to admission and such other |
| 417 | information as may be required under rules of the department or |
| 418 | the agency. Unless waived by express and informed consent of the |
| 419 | client or the client's legal guardian or, if the client is |
| 420 | deceased, by the client's personal representative or by that |
| 421 | family member who stands next in line of intestate succession or |
| 422 | except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the clinical |
| 423 | record is confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. |
| 424 | 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. |
| 425 | (a) Such clinical record may be released: |
| 426 | 1. To such persons and agencies as are designated by the |
| 427 | client or the client's legal guardian. |
| 428 | 2. To persons authorized by order of court and to the |
| 429 | client's counsel when the records are needed by the counsel for |
| 430 | adequate representation. |
| 431 | 3. To a qualified researcher, as defined by rule; a staff |
| 432 | member of the facility; or an employee of the department or |
| 433 | agency when the administrator of the facility, or secretary or |
| 434 | director of the department or agency, deems it necessary for |
| 435 | treatment of the client, maintenance of adequate records, |
| 436 | compilation of treatment data, or evaluation of programs. |
| 437 | 4. For statistical and research purposes if the |
| 438 | information is abstracted in such a way as to protect the |
| 439 | identity of individuals. |
| 440 | 5. If a client receiving services has declared an |
| 441 | intention to harm other persons, the administrator shall |
| 442 | authorize the release of sufficient information to provide |
| 443 | adequate warning to the person threatened with harm by the |
| 444 | client, and to the committing court, the state attorney, and the |
| 445 | attorney representing the client. |
| 446 | 6. To the parent or next of kin of a client who is |
| 447 | committed to, or is being served by, a facility or program when |
| 448 | such information is limited to that person's service plan and |
| 449 | current physical and mental condition. Release of such |
| 450 | information shall be in accordance with the code of ethics of |
| 451 | the profession involved and must comply with all state and |
| 452 | federal laws and regulations pertaining to the release of |
| 453 | personal health information. |
| 454 | 7. To the Department of Corrections for forensic clients |
| 455 | who are housed with the Department of Corrections. |
| 456 | (b) Notwithstanding other provisions of this subsection, |
| 457 | the department or agency may request or receive from or provide |
| 458 | to any of the following entities client information, including |
| 459 | client medical, mental health, and substance abuse treatment |
| 460 | information, to facilitate treatment, habilitation, |
| 461 | rehabilitation, and continuity of care of any forensic client: |
| 462 | 1. The Social Security Administration and the United |
| 463 | States Department of Veterans Affairs.; |
| 464 | 2. Law enforcement agencies, state attorneys, defense |
| 465 | attorneys, and judges in regard to the client's status.; |
| 466 | 3. Jail personnel in the jail in which a client may be |
| 467 | housed.; and |
| 468 | 4. Community agencies and others expected to provide |
| 469 | followup care to the client upon the client's return to the |
| 470 | community. |
| 471 | 5. The Department of Corrections for forensic clients who |
| 472 | are housed with the Department of Corrections. |
| 473 | (c) For forensic clients housed in a civil or forensic |
| 474 | facility, the department or agency may provide notice to any |
| 475 | client's next of kin or first representative regarding any |
| 476 | serious medical illness or the death of the client. |
| 477 | (d)1. Any law enforcement agency, facility, or other |
| 478 | governmental agency that receives information pursuant to this |
| 479 | subsection shall maintain the confidentiality of such |
| 480 | information except as otherwise provided herein. |
| 481 | 2. Any agency or private practitioner who acts in good |
| 482 | faith in releasing information pursuant to this subsection is |
| 483 | not subject to civil or criminal liability for such release. |
| 484 | (9) HABEAS CORPUS.- |
| 485 | (a) At any time, and without notice, a forensic client |
| 486 | detained by a civil or forensic facility, or a relative, friend, |
| 487 | guardian, representative, or attorney on behalf of such client, |
| 488 | may petition for a writ of habeas corpus to question the cause |
| 489 | and legality of such detention and request that the committing |
| 490 | court issue a writ for release. Each client shall receive a |
| 491 | written notice of the right to petition for a writ of habeas |
| 492 | corpus. |
| 493 | Section 6. Section 916.13, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
| 494 | read: |
| 495 | 916.13 Involuntary commitment of defendant adjudicated |
| 496 | incompetent.- |
| 497 | (1) Every defendant who is charged with a felony and who |
| 498 | is adjudicated incompetent to proceed may be involuntarily |
| 499 | committed or ordered to receive for treatment upon a finding by |
| 500 | the court of clear and convincing evidence that: |
| 501 | (a) The defendant has a mental illness and because of the |
| 502 | mental illness: |
| 503 | 1. The defendant is manifestly incapable of surviving |
| 504 | alone or with the help of willing and responsible family or |
| 505 | friends, including available alternative services, and, without |
| 506 | treatment, the defendant is likely to suffer from neglect or |
| 507 | refuse to care for herself or himself and such neglect or |
| 508 | refusal poses a real and present threat of substantial harm to |
| 509 | the defendant's well-being; or |
| 510 | 2. There is a substantial likelihood that in the near |
| 511 | future the defendant will inflict serious bodily harm on herself |
| 512 | or himself or another person, as evidenced by recent behavior |
| 513 | causing, attempting, or threatening such harm; |
| 514 | (b) All available, less restrictive treatment |
| 515 | alternatives, including treatment in community residential |
| 516 | facilities or community inpatient or outpatient settings, which |
| 517 | would offer an opportunity for improvement of the defendant's |
| 518 | condition have been judged to be inappropriate; and |
| 519 | (c) There is a substantial probability that the mental |
| 520 | illness causing the defendant's incompetence will respond to |
| 521 | treatment and the defendant will regain competency to proceed in |
| 522 | the reasonably foreseeable future. |
| 523 | (2)(a) A defendant who has been charged with a felony and |
| 524 | who has been adjudicated incompetent to proceed due to mental |
| 525 | illness, and who meets the criteria for involuntary commitment |
| 526 | for treatment to the department under the provisions of this |
| 527 | chapter, may be committed to the department, and the department |
| 528 | shall retain and treat the defendant. No later than 6 months |
| 529 | after the date of admission and at the end of any period of |
| 530 | extended commitment, or at any time the administrator or |
| 531 | designee determines shall have determined that the defendant has |
| 532 | regained competency to proceed or no longer meets the criteria |
| 533 | for continued commitment, the administrator or designee shall |
| 534 | file a report with the court pursuant to the applicable Florida |
| 535 | Rules of Criminal Procedure. |
| 536 | (b) The court, based on input from the department and the |
| 537 | Department of Corrections, may order that a defendant serving a |
| 538 | sentence in the custody of the Department of Corrections who is |
| 539 | charged with a new felony or is entitled to proceed with a |
| 540 | direct appeal from his or her conviction, or is entitled to |
| 541 | proceed under Rule 3.850 or Rule 3.851, Florida Rules of |
| 542 | Criminal Procedure, and who has been adjudicated incompetent to |
| 543 | proceed due to mental illness, be retained in the physical |
| 544 | custody of the Department of Corrections. If the court orders a |
| 545 | defendant who has been adjudicated incompetent to proceed due to |
| 546 | mental illness be retained in the physical custody of the |
| 547 | Department of Corrections, the department shall provide |
| 548 | appropriate training, treatment, and evaluation for competency |
| 549 | restoration, in accordance with this chapter. If the inmate is |
| 550 | in the physical custody of the Department of Corrections and the |
| 551 | department's treating psychiatrist orders medication, the |
| 552 | Department of Corrections shall provide and administer any |
| 553 | necessary medication. Within 6 months after the administration |
| 554 | of any competency training or treatment and every 12 months |
| 555 | thereafter, or at any time the department determines that the |
| 556 | defendant has regained competency to proceed, the department |
| 557 | shall file a report with the court pursuant to the applicable |
| 558 | Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. |
| 559 | (c) Within 20 days after the court receives notification |
| 560 | that a defendant is competent to proceed or no longer meets the |
| 561 | criteria for continued commitment, the defendant shall be |
| 562 | transported back to jail pursuant to s. 916.107(10) for the |
| 563 | purpose of holding a competency hearing. |
| 564 | (d) A competency hearing shall be held within 30 days |
| 565 | after the court receives notification that the defendant is |
| 566 | competent to proceed or no longer meets criteria for continued |
| 567 | commitment. |
| 568 | Section 7. Section 916.15, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
| 569 | read: |
| 570 | 916.15 Involuntary commitment of defendant adjudicated not |
| 571 | guilty by reason of insanity.- |
| 572 | (1) The determination of whether a defendant is not guilty |
| 573 | by reason of insanity shall be determined in accordance with |
| 574 | Rule 3.217, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. |
| 575 | (2) A defendant who is acquitted of criminal charges |
| 576 | because of a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity may be |
| 577 | involuntarily committed pursuant to such finding if the |
| 578 | defendant has a mental illness and, because of the illness, is |
| 579 | manifestly dangerous to himself or herself or others. |
| 580 | (3) Every defendant acquitted of criminal charges by |
| 581 | reason of insanity and found to meet the criteria for |
| 582 | involuntary commitment may be committed and treated in |
| 583 | accordance with the provisions of this section and the |
| 584 | applicable Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. The department |
| 585 | shall admit a defendant so adjudicated to an appropriate |
| 586 | facility or program for treatment and shall retain and treat |
| 587 | such defendant. No later than 6 months after the date of |
| 588 | admission, prior to the end of any period of extended |
| 589 | commitment, or at any time the administrator or designee |
| 590 | determines shall have determined that the defendant no longer |
| 591 | meets the criteria for continued commitment placement, the |
| 592 | administrator or designee shall file a report with the court |
| 593 | pursuant to the applicable Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. |
| 594 | (4)(a) Within 20 days after the court is notified that a |
| 595 | defendant no longer meets the criteria for involuntary |
| 596 | commitment, the defendant shall be transported back to jail for |
| 597 | the purpose of holding a commitment hearing. |
| 598 | (b) The commitment hearing must be held within 30 days |
| 599 | after the court receives notification that the defendant no |
| 600 | longer meets the criteria for continued commitment. |
| 601 | (5) A defendant who is serving a sentence in the custody |
| 602 | of the Department of Corrections, who has been charged with a |
| 603 | new felony, and who has been adjudicated not guilty by reason of |
| 604 | insanity shall be retained in the physical custody of the |
| 605 | Department of Corrections for the remainder of his or her |
| 606 | sentence. Within 30 days before the defendant's release date, |
| 607 | the department shall evaluate the defendant and file a report |
| 608 | with the court requesting that the defendant be returned to the |
| 609 | court's jurisdiction to determine whether the defendant |
| 610 | continues to meet the criteria for involuntary commitment. |
| 611 | (6)(4) In all proceedings under this section, both the |
| 612 | defendant and the state shall have the right to a hearing before |
| 613 | the committing court. Evidence at such hearing may be presented |
| 614 | by the hospital administrator or the administrator's designee as |
| 615 | well as by the state and the defendant. The defendant shall have |
| 616 | the right to counsel at any such hearing. In the event that a |
| 617 | defendant is determined to be indigent pursuant to s. 27.52, the |
| 618 | public defender shall represent the defendant. The parties shall |
| 619 | have access to the defendant's records at the treating |
| 620 | facilities and may interview or depose personnel who have had |
| 621 | contact with the defendant at the treating facilities. |
| 622 | Section 8. Subsection (3) of section 921.187, Florida |
| 623 | Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (2), and present |
| 624 | subsection (2) of that section is amended to read: |
| 625 | 921.187 Disposition and sentencing; alternatives; |
| 626 | restitution.- |
| 627 | (2) In addition to any other penalty provided by law for |
| 628 | an offense enumerated in s. 775.0877(1)(a)-(n), if the offender |
| 629 | is convicted of criminal transmission of HIV pursuant to s. |
| 630 | 775.0877, the court may sentence the offender to criminal |
| 631 | quarantine community control as described in s. 948.001. |
| 632 | Section 9. Section 940.061, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 633 | to read: |
| 634 | 940.061 Informing persons about executive clemency and |
| 635 | restoration of civil rights.-The Department of Corrections shall |
| 636 | inform and educate inmates and offenders on community |
| 637 | supervision about the restoration of civil rights. The |
| 638 | department shall send the Parole Commission a monthly electronic |
| 639 | list of the names of and assist eligible inmates released from |
| 640 | incarceration and offenders who have been terminated from on |
| 641 | community supervision and who may be eligible with the |
| 642 | completion of the application for the restoration of civil |
| 643 | rights. |
| 644 | Section 10. Subsection (5) of section 944.1905, Florida |
| 645 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 646 | 944.1905 Initial inmate classification; inmate |
| 647 | reclassification.-The Department of Corrections shall classify |
| 648 | inmates pursuant to an objective classification scheme. The |
| 649 | initial inmate classification questionnaire and the inmate |
| 650 | reclassification questionnaire must cover both aggravating and |
| 651 | mitigating factors. |
| 652 | (5)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section |
| 653 | or chapter 958, the department shall assign to facilities |
| 654 | housing youthful offenders all inmates who are less than 18 |
| 655 | years of age and who have not been assigned to a facility for |
| 656 | youthful offenders under the provisions of chapter 958. Such an |
| 657 | inmate shall be assigned to a facility for youthful offenders |
| 658 | until the inmate is 18 years of age; however, the department may |
| 659 | assign the inmate to a facility for youthful offenders until the |
| 660 | inmate reaches an age not to exceed 21 years if the department |
| 661 | determines that the continued assignment is in the best |
| 662 | interests of the inmate and the assignment does not pose an |
| 663 | unreasonable risk to other inmates in the facility. |
| 664 | (b) Any inmate who is assigned to a facility under |
| 665 | paragraph (a) is subject to the provisions of s. 958.11 |
| 666 | regarding facility assignments, and shall be removed and |
| 667 | reassigned to the general inmate population if his or her |
| 668 | behavior threatens the safety of other inmates or correctional |
| 669 | staff. |
| 670 | Section 11. Section 944.293, Florida Statutes, is |
| 671 | repealed. |
| 672 | Section 12. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section |
| 673 | 944.35, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 674 | 944.35 Authorized use of force; malicious battery and |
| 675 | sexual misconduct prohibited; reporting required; penalties.- |
| 676 | (3) |
| 677 | (b)1. As used in this paragraph, the term "sexual |
| 678 | misconduct" means the oral, anal, or vaginal penetration by, or |
| 679 | union with, the sexual organ of another or the anal or vaginal |
| 680 | penetration of another by any other object, but does not include |
| 681 | an act done for a bona fide medical purpose or an internal |
| 682 | search conducted in the lawful performance of the employee's |
| 683 | duty. |
| 684 | 2. Any employee of the department or any employee of a |
| 685 | private correctional facility as defined in s. 944.710 who |
| 686 | engages in sexual misconduct with an inmate or an offender |
| 687 | supervised by the department in the community, without |
| 688 | committing the crime of sexual battery, commits a felony of the |
| 689 | third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, |
| 690 | or s. 775.084. |
| 691 | 3. The consent of the inmate or offender supervised by the |
| 692 | department in the community to any act of sexual misconduct may |
| 693 | not be raised as a defense to a prosecution under this |
| 694 | paragraph. |
| 695 | 4. This paragraph does not apply to any employee of the |
| 696 | department or any employee of a private correctional facility as |
| 697 | defined in s. 944.710 who is legally married to an inmate or an |
| 698 | offender supervised by the department in the community, nor does |
| 699 | it apply to any employee who has no knowledge, and would have no |
| 700 | reason to believe, that the person with whom the employee has |
| 701 | engaged in sexual misconduct is an inmate or an offender under |
| 702 | community supervision of the department. |
| 703 | Section 13. Subsection (3) of section 944.605, Florida |
| 704 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 705 | 944.605 Inmate release; notification.- |
| 706 | (3)(a) If an inmate is to be released after having served |
| 707 | one or more sentences for a conviction of robbery, sexual |
| 708 | battery, home-invasion robbery, or carjacking, or an inmate to |
| 709 | be released has a prior conviction for robbery, sexual battery, |
| 710 | home-invasion robbery, or carjacking or similar offense, in this |
| 711 | state or in another jurisdiction, and if such prior conviction |
| 712 | information is contained in department records, the department |
| 713 | shall release to the sheriff of the county in which the inmate |
| 714 | plans to reside, and, if the inmate plans to reside within a |
| 715 | municipality, to the chief of police of that municipality, the |
| 716 | following information including, which must include, but need |
| 717 | not be limited to: |
| 718 | 1.(a) Name.; |
| 719 | 2.(b) Social security number.; |
| 720 | 3.(c) Date of birth.; |
| 721 | 4.(d) Race.; |
| 722 | 5.(e) Sex.; |
| 723 | 6.(f) Height.; |
| 724 | 7.(g) Weight.; |
| 725 | 8.(h) Hair and eye color.; |
| 726 | 9.(i) Tattoos or other identifying marks.; |
| 727 | 10.(j) Fingerprints.; and |
| 728 | 11.(k) A digitized photograph as provided in subsection |
| 729 | (2). |
| 730 |
|
| 731 | The department shall release the information specified in this |
| 732 | paragraph subsection within 6 months prior to the discharge of |
| 733 | the inmate from the custody of the department. |
| 734 | (b) The department may electronically submit the |
| 735 | information listed in paragraph (a) to the sheriff of the county |
| 736 | in which the inmate plans to reside, and, if the inmate plans to |
| 737 | reside within a municipality, to the chief of police of that |
| 738 | municipality. |
| 739 | Section 14. Section 944.804, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 740 | to read: |
| 741 | 944.804 Elderly offenders in correctional facilities |
| 742 | program of 2000.- |
| 743 | (1) The Legislature finds that the number and percentage |
| 744 | of elderly offenders in the Florida prison system are is |
| 745 | increasing and will continue to increase for the foreseeable |
| 746 | future. The current cost to incarcerate elderly offenders is |
| 747 | approximately three times the cost of incarceration of younger |
| 748 | inmates. Alternatives to the current approaches to housing, |
| 749 | programming, and treating the medical needs of elderly |
| 750 | offenders, which may reduce the overall costs associated with |
| 751 | this segment of the prison population, must be explored and |
| 752 | implemented. |
| 753 | (2) The department shall establish and operate a geriatric |
| 754 | correctional facilities or geriatric dorms within a facility at |
| 755 | the site known as River Junction Correctional Institution, which |
| 756 | shall be an institution specifically for generally healthy |
| 757 | elderly offenders who can perform general work appropriate for |
| 758 | their physical and mental condition. Prior to reopening the |
| 759 | facility, the department shall make modifications to the |
| 760 | facility which will ensure its compliance with the Americans |
| 761 | with Disabilities Act and decrease the likelihood of falls, |
| 762 | accidental injury, and other conditions known to be particularly |
| 763 | hazardous to the elderly. |
| 764 | (a) In order to decrease long-term medical costs to the |
| 765 | state, a preventive fitness/wellness program and diet |
| 766 | specifically designed to maintain the mental and physical health |
| 767 | of elderly offenders shall be developed and implemented. In |
| 768 | developing the program, the department shall give consideration |
| 769 | to preventive medical care for the elderly which shall include, |
| 770 | but not be limited to, maintenance of bone density, all aspects |
| 771 | of cardiovascular health, lung capacity, mental alertness, and |
| 772 | orientation. Existing policies and procedures shall be |
| 773 | reexamined and altered to encourage offenders to adopt a more |
| 774 | healthy lifestyle and maximize their level of functioning. The |
| 775 | program components shall be modified as data and experience are |
| 776 | received which measure the relative success of the program |
| 777 | components previously implemented. |
| 778 | (b) Consideration must be given to redirecting resources |
| 779 | as a method of offsetting increased medical costs. Elderly |
| 780 | offenders are not likely to reenter society as a part of the |
| 781 | workforce, and programming resources would be better spent in |
| 782 | activities to keep the elderly offenders healthy, alert, and |
| 783 | oriented. Limited or restricted programming or activities for |
| 784 | elderly offenders will increase the daily cost of institutional |
| 785 | and health care, and programming opportunities adequate to |
| 786 | reduce the cost of care will be provided. Programming shall |
| 787 | include, but not be limited to, recreation, education, and |
| 788 | counseling which is needs-specific to elderly offenders. |
| 789 | Institutional staff shall be specifically trained to effectively |
| 790 | supervise elderly offenders and to detect physical or mental |
| 791 | changes which warrant medical attention before more serious |
| 792 | problems develop. |
| 793 | (3) The department shall adopt rules that specify which |
| 794 | elderly offenders shall be eligible to be housed at the |
| 795 | geriatric correctional facilities or dorms River Junction |
| 796 | Correctional Institution. |
| 797 | (4) While developing the criteria for eligibility, the |
| 798 | department shall use the information in existing offender |
| 799 | databases to determine the number of offenders who would be |
| 800 | eligible. The Legislature directs the department to consider a |
| 801 | broad range of elderly offenders for River Junction Correctional |
| 802 | Institution who have good disciplinary records and a medical |
| 803 | grade that will permit them to perform meaningful work |
| 804 | activities, including participation in an appropriate |
| 805 | correctional work program (PRIDE) facility, if available. |
| 806 | (5) The department shall also submit a study based on |
| 807 | existing offenders which projects the number of existing |
| 808 | offenders who will qualify under the rules. An appendix to the |
| 809 | study shall identify the specific offenders who qualify. |
| 810 | Section 15. Section 944.8041, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 811 | to read: |
| 812 | 944.8041 Elderly offenders; annual review.-For the purpose |
| 813 | of providing information to the Legislature on elderly offenders |
| 814 | within the correctional system, the department and the |
| 815 | Correctional Medical Authority shall each submit annually a |
| 816 | report on the status and treatment of elderly offenders in the |
| 817 | state-administered and private state correctional systems, as |
| 818 | well as such information on the department's geriatric |
| 819 | correctional facilities and dorms River Junction Correctional |
| 820 | Institution. In order to adequately prepare the reports, the |
| 821 | department and the Department of Management Services shall grant |
| 822 | access to the Correctional Medical Authority which includes |
| 823 | access to the facilities, offenders, and any information the |
| 824 | agencies require to complete their reports. The review shall |
| 825 | also include an examination of promising geriatric policies, |
| 826 | practices, and programs currently implemented in other |
| 827 | correctional systems within the United States. The reports, with |
| 828 | specific findings and recommendations for implementation, shall |
| 829 | be submitted to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of |
| 830 | the House of Representatives on or before December 31 of each |
| 831 | year. |
| 832 | Section 16. Subsections (4) and (5) of section 945.41, |
| 833 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 834 | 945.41 Legislative intent of ss. 945.40-945.49.-It is the |
| 835 | intent of the Legislature that mentally ill inmates in the |
| 836 | custody of the Department of Corrections receive evaluation and |
| 837 | appropriate treatment for their mental illness through a |
| 838 | continuum of services. It is further the intent of the |
| 839 | Legislature that: |
| 840 | (4) Any inmate sentenced as a youthful offender, or |
| 841 | designated as a youthful offender by the department pursuant to |
| 842 | chapter 958, who is transferred pursuant to this act to a mental |
| 843 | health treatment facility be separated from other inmates, if |
| 844 | necessary, as determined by the warden of the treatment |
| 845 | facility. In no case shall any youthful offender be placed at |
| 846 | the Florida State Prison or the Union Correctional Institution |
| 847 | for mental health treatment. |
| 848 | (5) The department may designate a mental health treatment |
| 849 | facilities facility for adult, youthful, and female offenders or |
| 850 | may contract with other appropriate entities, persons, or |
| 851 | agencies for such services. |
| 852 | Section 17. Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) and paragraph |
| 853 | (b) of subsection (6) of section 945.42, Florida Statutes, are |
| 854 | amended to read: |
| 855 | 945.42 Definitions; ss. 945.40-945.49.-As used in ss. |
| 856 | 945.40-945.49, the following terms shall have the meanings |
| 857 | ascribed to them, unless the context shall clearly indicate |
| 858 | otherwise: |
| 859 | (5) "In immediate need of care and treatment" means that |
| 860 | an inmate is apparently mentally ill and is not able to be |
| 861 | appropriately cared for in the institution where he or she is |
| 862 | confined and that, but for being isolated in a more restrictive |
| 863 | and secure housing environment, because of the apparent mental |
| 864 | illness: |
| 865 | (b)1. The inmate has refused voluntary placement for |
| 866 | treatment at a mental health treatment facility after sufficient |
| 867 | and conscientious explanation and disclosure of the purpose of |
| 868 | placement; or |
| 869 | 2. The inmate is unable to determine for himself or |
| 870 | herself whether placement is necessary; and |
| 871 | (6) "In need of care and treatment" means that an inmate |
| 872 | has a mental illness for which inpatient services in a mental |
| 873 | health treatment facility are necessary and that, but for being |
| 874 | isolated in a more restrictive and secure housing environment, |
| 875 | because of the mental illness: |
| 876 | (b)1. The inmate has refused voluntary placement for |
| 877 | treatment at a mental health treatment facility after sufficient |
| 878 | and conscientious explanation and disclosure of the purpose of |
| 879 | placement; or |
| 880 | 2. The inmate is unable to determine for himself or |
| 881 | herself whether placement is necessary; and |
| 882 | Section 18. Section 945.43, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 883 | to read: |
| 884 | 945.43 Placement Admission of inmate in to mental health |
| 885 | treatment facility.- |
| 886 | (1) CRITERIA.-An inmate may be placed in admitted to a |
| 887 | mental health treatment facility if he or she is mentally ill |
| 888 | and is in need of care and treatment, as defined in s. 945.42. |
| 889 | (2) PROCEDURE FOR PLACEMENT IN A MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT |
| 890 | FACILITY.- |
| 891 | (a) An inmate may be placed in admitted to a mental health |
| 892 | treatment facility after notice and hearing, upon the |
| 893 | recommendation of the warden of the facility where the inmate is |
| 894 | confined. The recommendation shall be entered on a petition and |
| 895 | must be supported by the expert opinion of a psychiatrist and |
| 896 | the second opinion of a psychiatrist or psychological |
| 897 | professional. The petition shall be filed with the court in the |
| 898 | county where the inmate is located. |
| 899 | (b) A copy of the petition shall be served on the inmate, |
| 900 | accompanied by a written notice that the inmate may apply |
| 901 | immediately to the court to have an attorney appointed if the |
| 902 | inmate cannot afford one. |
| 903 | (c) The petition for placement shall may be filed in the |
| 904 | county in which the inmate is located. The hearing shall be held |
| 905 | in the same county, and one of the inmate's physicians at the |
| 906 | facility where the inmate is located shall appear as a witness |
| 907 | at the hearing. |
| 908 | (d) An attorney representing the inmate shall have |
| 909 | reasonable access to the inmate and any records, including |
| 910 | medical or mental health records, which are relevant to the |
| 911 | representation of the inmate. |
| 912 | (e) If the court finds that the inmate is mentally ill and |
| 913 | in need of care and treatment, as defined in s. 945.42, the |
| 914 | court shall order that he or she be placed in a mental health |
| 915 | treatment facility or, if the inmate is at a mental health |
| 916 | treatment facility, that he or she be retained there. The court |
| 917 | shall authorize the mental health treatment facility to retain |
| 918 | the inmate for up to 6 months. If, at the end of that time, |
| 919 | continued placement is necessary, the warden shall apply to the |
| 920 | Division of Administrative Hearings in accordance with s. 945.45 |
| 921 | for an order authorizing continued placement. |
| 922 | (3) PROCEDURE FOR HEARING ON PLACEMENT OF AN INMATE IN A |
| 923 | MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT FACILITY.- |
| 924 | (a) The court shall serve notice on the warden of the |
| 925 | facility where the inmate is confined and the allegedly mentally |
| 926 | ill inmate. The notice must specify the date, time, and place of |
| 927 | the hearing; the basis for the allegation of mental illness; and |
| 928 | the names of the examining experts. The hearing shall be held |
| 929 | within 5 days, and the court may appoint a general or special |
| 930 | magistrate to preside. The court may waive the presence of the |
| 931 | inmate at the hearing if such waiver is consistent with the best |
| 932 | interests of the inmate and the inmate's counsel does not |
| 933 | object. The department may transport the inmate to the location |
| 934 | of the hearing if the hearing is not held at the facility and |
| 935 | the inmate is unable to participate through electronic means. |
| 936 | The hearing may be as informal as is consistent with orderly |
| 937 | procedure. One of the experts whose opinion supported the |
| 938 | petition for placement shall be present at the hearing for |
| 939 | information purposes. |
| 940 | (b) If, at the hearing, the court finds that the inmate is |
| 941 | mentally ill and in need of care and treatment, as defined in s. |
| 942 | 945.42, the court shall order that he or she be placed in a |
| 943 | mental health treatment facility. The court shall provide a copy |
| 944 | of its order authorizing placement and all supporting |
| 945 | documentation relating to the inmate's condition to the warden |
| 946 | of the treatment facility. If the court finds that the inmate is |
| 947 | not mentally ill, it shall dismiss the petition for placement. |
| 948 | (4) REFUSAL OF PLACEMENT.-The warden of an institution in |
| 949 | which a mental health treatment facility is located may refuse |
| 950 | to place any inmate in that treatment facility who is not |
| 951 | accompanied by adequate court orders and documentation, as |
| 952 | required in ss. 945.40-945.49. |
| 953 | Section 19. Subsection (3) is added to section 945.46, |
| 954 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 955 | 945.46 Initiation of involuntary placement proceedings |
| 956 | with respect to a mentally ill inmate scheduled for release.- |
| 957 | (3) The department may transport an individual who is |
| 958 | being released from its custody to a receiving or treatment |
| 959 | facility for involuntary examination or placement. Such |
| 960 | transport shall be made to a facility specified by the |
| 961 | Department of Children and Family Services that is able to meet |
| 962 | the specific needs of the individual. If the Department of |
| 963 | Children and Family Services does not specify a facility, |
| 964 | transport may be made to the nearest receiving facility. |
| 965 | Section 20. Section 946.42, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 966 | to read: |
| 967 | 946.42 Use of inmates on private property.- |
| 968 | (1) As used in this section, the term: |
| 969 | (a) "Disaster" means any natural, technological, or civil |
| 970 | emergency that causes damage of sufficient severity and |
| 971 | magnitude to result in a declaration of a state of emergency by |
| 972 | a county, the Governor, or the President of the United States. |
| 973 | (b) "Donations" means gifts of tangible personal property |
| 974 | and includes equipment, fixtures, construction materials, food |
| 975 | items, and other tangible personal property, whether consumable |
| 976 | or nonconsumable. |
| 977 | (c) "Emergency" means any occurrence or threat of an |
| 978 | occurrence, whether natural, technological, or manmade, in war |
| 979 | or in peace, that results or may result in substantial injury or |
| 980 | harm to the population or substantial damage to or loss of |
| 981 | property. |
| 982 | (2) The department may allow inmates who meet the criteria |
| 983 | to perform public works provided in s. 946.40 to enter onto |
| 984 | private property for the following purposes: |
| 985 | (a) To accept and collect donations for the department's |
| 986 | use and benefit. |
| 987 | (b) To assist federal, state, local, and private agencies |
| 988 | before, during, and after emergencies and disasters. |
| 989 | Section 21. Subsections (4) through (10) of section |
| 990 | 948.001, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (3) |
| 991 | through (9), respectively, and present subsection (3) of that |
| 992 | section is amended to read: |
| 993 | 948.001 Definitions.-As used in this chapter, the term: |
| 994 | (3) "Criminal quarantine community control" means |
| 995 | intensive supervision, by officers with restricted caseloads, |
| 996 | with a condition of 24-hour-per-day electronic monitoring, and a |
| 997 | condition of confinement to a designated residence during |
| 998 | designated hours. |
| 999 | Section 22. Subsection (1) of section 948.03, Florida |
| 1000 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 1001 | 948.03 Terms and conditions of probation.- |
| 1002 | (1) The court shall determine the terms and conditions of |
| 1003 | probation. Conditions specified in this section do not require |
| 1004 | oral pronouncement at the time of sentencing and may be |
| 1005 | considered standard conditions of probation. These conditions |
| 1006 | may include among them the following, that the probationer or |
| 1007 | offender in community control shall: |
| 1008 | (a) Report to the probation and parole supervisors as |
| 1009 | directed. |
| 1010 | (b) Permit such supervisors to visit him or her at his or |
| 1011 | her home or elsewhere. |
| 1012 | (c) Work faithfully at suitable employment insofar as may |
| 1013 | be possible. |
| 1014 | (d) Remain within a specified place. |
| 1015 | (e) Live without violating any law. A conviction in a |
| 1016 | court of law is not necessary for such a violation of law to |
| 1017 | constitute a violation of probation, community control, or any |
| 1018 | other form of court-ordered supervision. |
| 1019 | (f)(e) Make reparation or restitution to the aggrieved |
| 1020 | party for the damage or loss caused by his or her offense in an |
| 1021 | amount to be determined by the court. The court shall make such |
| 1022 | reparation or restitution a condition of probation, unless it |
| 1023 | determines that clear and compelling reasons exist to the |
| 1024 | contrary. If the court does not order restitution, or orders |
| 1025 | restitution of only a portion of the damages, as provided in s. |
| 1026 | 775.089, it shall state on the record in detail the reasons |
| 1027 | therefor. |
| 1028 | (g)(f) Effective July 1, 1994, and applicable for offenses |
| 1029 | committed on or after that date, make payment of the debt due |
| 1030 | and owing to a county or municipal detention facility under s. |
| 1031 | 951.032 for medical care, treatment, hospitalization, or |
| 1032 | transportation received by the felony probationer while in that |
| 1033 | detention facility. The court, in determining whether to order |
| 1034 | such repayment and the amount of such repayment, shall consider |
| 1035 | the amount of the debt, whether there was any fault of the |
| 1036 | institution for the medical expenses incurred, the financial |
| 1037 | resources of the felony probationer, the present and potential |
| 1038 | future financial needs and earning ability of the probationer, |
| 1039 | and dependents, and other appropriate factors. |
| 1040 | (h)(g) Support his or her legal dependents to the best of |
| 1041 | his or her ability. |
| 1042 | (i)(h) Make payment of the debt due and owing to the state |
| 1043 | under s. 960.17, subject to modification based on change of |
| 1044 | circumstances. |
| 1045 | (j)(i) Pay any application fee assessed under s. |
| 1046 | 27.52(1)(b) and attorney's fees and costs assessed under s. |
| 1047 | 938.29, subject to modification based on change of |
| 1048 | circumstances. |
| 1049 | (k)(j) Not associate with persons engaged in criminal |
| 1050 | activities. |
| 1051 | (l)(k)1. Submit to random testing as directed by the |
| 1052 | correctional probation officer or the professional staff of the |
| 1053 | treatment center where he or she is receiving treatment to |
| 1054 | determine the presence or use of alcohol or controlled |
| 1055 | substances. |
| 1056 | 2. If the offense was a controlled substance violation and |
| 1057 | the period of probation immediately follows a period of |
| 1058 | incarceration in the state correction system, the conditions |
| 1059 | shall include a requirement that the offender submit to random |
| 1060 | substance abuse testing intermittently throughout the term of |
| 1061 | supervision, upon the direction of the correctional probation |
| 1062 | officer as defined in s. 943.10(3). |
| 1063 | (m)(l) Be prohibited from possessing, carrying, or owning: |
| 1064 | 1. Any firearm unless authorized by the court and |
| 1065 | consented to by the probation officer. |
| 1066 | 2. Any weapon other than a firearm without first procuring |
| 1067 | the consent of the correctional probation officer. |
| 1068 | (n)(m) Be prohibited from using intoxicants to excess or |
| 1069 | possessing any drugs or narcotics unless prescribed by a |
| 1070 | physician. The probationer or community controllee shall not |
| 1071 | knowingly visit places where intoxicants, drugs, or other |
| 1072 | dangerous substances are unlawfully sold, dispensed, or used. |
| 1073 | (o)(n) Submit to the drawing of blood or other biological |
| 1074 | specimens as prescribed in ss. 943.325 and 948.014, and |
| 1075 | reimburse the appropriate agency for the costs of drawing and |
| 1076 | transmitting the blood or other biological specimens to the |
| 1077 | Department of Law Enforcement. |
| 1078 | (p) Submit to the taking of a digitized photograph by the |
| 1079 | department as a part of his or her records. Unless the |
| 1080 | photograph is exempt from inspection or copying under chapter |
| 1081 | 119, it may be displayed on the department's public website |
| 1082 | while he or she is under any form of court-ordered supervision |
| 1083 | other than pretrial intervention supervision. |
| 1084 | Section 23. Subsection (7) of section 948.09, Florida |
| 1085 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 1086 | 948.09 Payment for cost of supervision and |
| 1087 | rehabilitation.- |
| 1088 | (7) The department shall establish a payment plan for all |
| 1089 | costs ordered by the courts for collection by the department and |
| 1090 | a priority order for payments, except that victim restitution |
| 1091 | payments authorized under s. 948.03(1)(f)(e) take precedence |
| 1092 | over all other court-ordered payments. The department is not |
| 1093 | required to disburse cumulative amounts of less than $10 to |
| 1094 | individual payees established on this payment plan. |
| 1095 | Section 24. Section 948.101, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 1096 | to read: |
| 1097 | 948.101 Terms and conditions of community control and |
| 1098 | criminal quarantine community control.- |
| 1099 | (1) The court shall determine the terms and conditions of |
| 1100 | community control. Conditions specified in this subsection do |
| 1101 | not require oral pronouncement at the time of sentencing and may |
| 1102 | be considered standard conditions of community control. |
| 1103 | (a) The court shall require intensive supervision and |
| 1104 | surveillance for an offender placed into community control, |
| 1105 | which may include, but is not limited to: |
| 1106 | (a)1. Specified contact with the parole and probation |
| 1107 | officer. |
| 1108 | (b)2. Confinement to an agreed-upon residence during hours |
| 1109 | away from employment and public service activities. |
| 1110 | (c)3. Mandatory public service. |
| 1111 | (d)4. Supervision by the Department of Corrections by |
| 1112 | means of an electronic monitoring device or system. |
| 1113 | (e)5. The standard conditions of probation set forth in s. |
| 1114 | 948.03 or s. 948.30. |
| 1115 | (b) For an offender placed on criminal quarantine |
| 1116 | community control, the court shall require: |
| 1117 | 1. Electronic monitoring 24 hours per day. |
| 1118 | 2. Confinement to a designated residence during designated |
| 1119 | hours. |
| 1120 | (2) The enumeration of specific kinds of terms and |
| 1121 | conditions does not prevent the court from adding thereto any |
| 1122 | other terms or conditions that the court considers proper. |
| 1123 | However, the sentencing court may only impose a condition of |
| 1124 | supervision allowing an offender convicted of s. 794.011, s. |
| 1125 | 800.04, s. 827.071, s. 847.0135(5), or s. 847.0145 to reside in |
| 1126 | another state if the order stipulates that it is contingent upon |
| 1127 | the approval of the receiving state interstate compact |
| 1128 | authority. The court may rescind or modify at any time the terms |
| 1129 | and conditions theretofore imposed by it upon the offender in |
| 1130 | community control. However, if the court withholds adjudication |
| 1131 | of guilt or imposes a period of incarceration as a condition of |
| 1132 | community control, the period may not exceed 364 days, and |
| 1133 | incarceration shall be restricted to a county facility, a |
| 1134 | probation and restitution center under the jurisdiction of the |
| 1135 | Department of Corrections, a probation program drug punishment |
| 1136 | phase I secure residential treatment institution, or a community |
| 1137 | residential facility owned or operated by any entity providing |
| 1138 | such services. |
| 1139 | (3) The court may place a defendant who is being sentenced |
| 1140 | for criminal transmission of HIV in violation of s. 775.0877 on |
| 1141 | criminal quarantine community control. The Department of |
| 1142 | Corrections shall develop and administer a criminal quarantine |
| 1143 | community control program emphasizing intensive supervision with |
| 1144 | 24-hour-per-day electronic monitoring. Criminal quarantine |
| 1145 | community control status must include surveillance and may |
| 1146 | include other measures normally associated with community |
| 1147 | control, except that specific conditions necessary to monitor |
| 1148 | this population may be ordered. |
| 1149 | Section 25. Subsection (1) of section 948.11, Florida |
| 1150 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 1151 | 948.11 Electronic monitoring devices.- |
| 1152 | (1)(a) The Department of Corrections may, at its |
| 1153 | discretion, electronically monitor an offender sentenced to |
| 1154 | community control. |
| 1155 | (b) The Department of Corrections shall electronically |
| 1156 | monitor an offender sentenced to criminal quarantine community |
| 1157 | control 24 hours per day. |
| 1158 | Section 26. Subsection (4) of section 951.26, Florida |
| 1159 | Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (5), and a new subsection |
| 1160 | (4) is added to that section to read: |
| 1161 | 951.26 Public safety coordinating councils.- |
| 1162 | (4) The council may also develop a comprehensive local |
| 1163 | reentry plan that is designed to assist offenders released from |
| 1164 | incarceration in successfully reentering the community. The |
| 1165 | comprehensive local plan shall cover a period of at least 5 |
| 1166 | years. In developing the plan, the council shall coordinate with |
| 1167 | public safety officials and local community organizations that |
| 1168 | can provide offenders with reentry services, such as assistance |
| 1169 | with housing, health care, education, substance abuse treatment, |
| 1170 | and employment. |
| 1171 | Section 27. Subsection (5) of section 958.03, Florida |
| 1172 | Statutes, is amended, and subsection (6) is added to that |
| 1173 | section, to read: |
| 1174 | 958.03 Definitions.-As used in this act: |
| 1175 | (5) "Youthful offender" means any person who is sentenced |
| 1176 | as such by the court pursuant to s. 958.04 or is classified as |
| 1177 | such by the department pursuant to s. 958.11(4) 958.04. |
| 1178 | (6) "Youthful offender facility" means any facility in the |
| 1179 | state correctional system that the department designates for the |
| 1180 | care, custody, control, and supervision of youthful offenders. |
| 1181 | Section 28. Subsections (4) and (5) of section 958.04, |
| 1182 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 1183 | 958.04 Judicial disposition of youthful offenders.- |
| 1184 | (4) Due to severe prison overcrowding, the Legislature |
| 1185 | declares the construction of a basic training program facility |
| 1186 | is necessary to aid in alleviating an emergency situation. |
| 1187 | (5) The department shall provide a special training |
| 1188 | program for staff selected for the basic training program. |
| 1189 | Section 29. Section 958.045, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 1190 | to read: |
| 1191 | 958.045 Youthful offender basic training program.- |
| 1192 | (1) The department shall develop and implement a basic |
| 1193 | training program for youthful offenders sentenced or classified |
| 1194 | by the department as youthful offenders pursuant to this |
| 1195 | chapter. The period of time to be served at the basic training |
| 1196 | program shall be no less than 120 days. |
| 1197 | (a) The program shall include marching drills, |
| 1198 | calisthenics, a rigid dress code, manual labor assignments, |
| 1199 | physical training with obstacle courses, training in |
| 1200 | decisionmaking and personal development, general education |
| 1201 | development and adult basic education courses, and drug |
| 1202 | counseling and other rehabilitation programs. |
| 1203 | (b) The department shall adopt rules governing the |
| 1204 | administration of the youthful offender basic training program, |
| 1205 | requiring that basic training participants complete a structured |
| 1206 | disciplinary program, and allowing for a restriction on general |
| 1207 | inmate population privileges. |
| 1208 | (2) Upon receipt of youthful offenders, the department |
| 1209 | shall screen offenders for the basic training program. To |
| 1210 | participate, an offender must have no physical limitations that |
| 1211 | preclude participation in strenuous activity, must not be |
| 1212 | impaired, and must not have been previously incarcerated in a |
| 1213 | state or federal correctional facility. In screening offenders |
| 1214 | for the basic training program, the department shall consider |
| 1215 | the offender's criminal history and the possible rehabilitative |
| 1216 | benefits of "shock" incarceration. |
| 1217 | (a) If an offender meets the specified criteria and space |
| 1218 | is available, the department shall request, in writing from the |
| 1219 | sentencing court, approval for the offender to participate in |
| 1220 | the basic training program. If the person is classified by the |
| 1221 | department as a youthful offender and the department is |
| 1222 | requesting approval from the sentencing court for placement in |
| 1223 | the program, the department shall, at the same time, notify the |
| 1224 | state attorney that the offender is being considered for |
| 1225 | placement in the basic training program. The notice must explain |
| 1226 | that the purpose of such placement is diversion from lengthy |
| 1227 | incarceration when a short "shock" incarceration could produce |
| 1228 | the same deterrent effect, and that the state attorney may, |
| 1229 | within 14 days after the mailing of the notice, notify the |
| 1230 | sentencing court in writing of objections, if any, to the |
| 1231 | placement of the offender in the basic training program. |
| 1232 | (b) The sentencing court shall notify the department in |
| 1233 | writing of placement approval no later than 21 days after |
| 1234 | receipt of the department's request for placement of the |
| 1235 | youthful offender in the basic training program. Failure to |
| 1236 | notify the department within 21 days shall be considered an |
| 1237 | approval by the sentencing court for placing the youthful |
| 1238 | offender in the basic training program. Each state attorney may |
| 1239 | develop procedures for notifying the victim that the offender is |
| 1240 | being considered for placement in the basic training program. |
| 1241 | (3) The program shall provide a short incarceration period |
| 1242 | of rigorous training to offenders who require a greater degree |
| 1243 | of supervision than community control or probation provides. |
| 1244 | Basic training programs may be operated in secure areas in or |
| 1245 | adjacent to an adult institution notwithstanding s. 958.11. The |
| 1246 | program is not intended to divert offenders away from probation |
| 1247 | or community control but to divert them from long periods of |
| 1248 | incarceration when a short "shock" incarceration could produce |
| 1249 | the same deterrent effect. |
| 1250 | (4) Upon admittance to the department, an educational and |
| 1251 | substance abuse assessment shall be performed on each youthful |
| 1252 | offender. Upon admittance to the basic training program, each |
| 1253 | offender shall have a full substance abuse assessment to |
| 1254 | determine the offender's need for substance abuse treatment. The |
| 1255 | educational assessment shall be accomplished through the aid of |
| 1256 | the Test of Adult Basic Education or any other testing |
| 1257 | instrument approved by the Department of Education, as |
| 1258 | appropriate. Each offender who has not obtained a high school |
| 1259 | diploma shall be enrolled in an adult education program designed |
| 1260 | to aid the offender in improving his or her academic skills and |
| 1261 | earning a high school diploma. Further assessments of the prior |
| 1262 | vocational skills and future career education shall be provided |
| 1263 | to the offender. A periodic evaluation shall be made to assess |
| 1264 | the progress of each offender, and upon completion of the basic |
| 1265 | training program the assessment and information from the |
| 1266 | department's record of each offender shall be transferred to the |
| 1267 | appropriate community residential program. |
| 1268 | (5)(a) If an offender in the basic training program |
| 1269 | becomes unmanageable, the department may revoke the offender's |
| 1270 | gain-time and place the offender in disciplinary confinement in |
| 1271 | accordance with department rule for up to 30 days. Except as |
| 1272 | provided in paragraph (b) Upon completion of the disciplinary |
| 1273 | process, the offender shall be readmitted to the basic training |
| 1274 | program upon completion of the disciplinary process. Any period |
| 1275 | of time in which the offender is unable to participate in the |
| 1276 | basic training activities may be excluded from the program's |
| 1277 | specified time requirements. |
| 1278 | (b) The department may terminate an offender from the |
| 1279 | basic training program if: |
| 1280 | 1. The offender has committed or threatened to commit a |
| 1281 | violent act; |
| 1282 | 2. The department determines that the offender is unable |
| 1283 | to participate in the basic training activities due to medical |
| 1284 | reasons; |
| 1285 | 3. The offender's sentence is modified or expires; |
| 1286 | 4. The department reassigns the offender's classification |
| 1287 | status; or |
| 1288 | 5. The department determines that removing the offender |
| 1289 | from the program is in the best interests of the offender or the |
| 1290 | security of the institution, except for an offender who has |
| 1291 | committed or threatened to commit a violent act. |
| 1292 |
|
| 1293 | If the offender is terminated from the program, the department |
| 1294 | may place the offender in a youthful offender facility or assign |
| 1295 | a youthful offender to a non-youthful-offender facility in |
| 1296 | accordance with s. 958.11(3) the general population to complete |
| 1297 | the remainder of the offender's sentence. Any period of time in |
| 1298 | which the offender is unable to participate in the basic |
| 1299 | training activities may be excluded from the specified time |
| 1300 | requirements in the program. |
| 1301 | (c)(b) If the offender is unable to participate in the |
| 1302 | basic training activities due to medical reasons, certified |
| 1303 | medical personnel shall examine the offender and shall consult |
| 1304 | with the basic training program director concerning the |
| 1305 | offender's termination from the program. |
| 1306 | (d)(c) The portion of the sentence served before placement |
| 1307 | in the basic training program may not be counted toward program |
| 1308 | completion. The department shall submit a report to the court at |
| 1309 | least 30 days before the youthful offender is scheduled to |
| 1310 | complete the basic training program. The report must describe |
| 1311 | the offender's performance in the basic training program. If the |
| 1312 | youthful offender's performance is satisfactory, the court shall |
| 1313 | issue an order modifying the sentence imposed and place the |
| 1314 | offender under supervision on probation subject to the offender |
| 1315 | successfully completing the remainder of the basic training |
| 1316 | program. The term of probation may include placement in a |
| 1317 | community residential program. If the offender violates the |
| 1318 | conditions of supervision probation, the court may revoke |
| 1319 | supervision probation and impose any sentence that it might have |
| 1320 | originally imposed. |
| 1321 | (6)(a) Upon completing the basic training program, an |
| 1322 | offender shall be transferred to a community residential program |
| 1323 | and reside there for a term designated by department rule. If |
| 1324 | the basic training program director determines that the offender |
| 1325 | is not suitable for the community residential program but is |
| 1326 | suitable for an alternative postrelease program or release plan, |
| 1327 | within 30 days prior to program completion the department shall |
| 1328 | evaluate the offender's needs and determine an alternative |
| 1329 | postrelease program or plan. The department's consideration |
| 1330 | shall include, but not be limited to, the offender's employment, |
| 1331 | residence, family situation, and probation or postrelease |
| 1332 | supervision obligations. Upon the approval of the department, |
| 1333 | the offender shall be released to an alternative postrelease |
| 1334 | program or plan. |
| 1335 | (b) While in the community residential program, as |
| 1336 | appropriate, the offender shall engage in gainful employment, |
| 1337 | and if any, shall pay restitution to the victim. If appropriate, |
| 1338 | the offender may enroll in substance abuse counseling, and if |
| 1339 | suitable, shall enroll in a general education development or |
| 1340 | adult basic education class for the purpose of attaining a high |
| 1341 | school diploma. Upon release from the community residential |
| 1342 | program, the offender shall remain on probation, or other |
| 1343 | postrelease supervision, and abide by the conditions of the |
| 1344 | offender's probation or postrelease supervision. If, upon |
| 1345 | transfer from the community residential program, the offender |
| 1346 | has not completed the enrolled educational program, the offender |
| 1347 | shall continue the educational program until completed. If the |
| 1348 | offender fails to complete the program, the department may |
| 1349 | request the court or the control release authority to execute an |
| 1350 | order returning the offender back to the community residential |
| 1351 | program until completion of the program. |
| 1352 | (6)(7) The department shall implement the basic training |
| 1353 | program to the fullest extent feasible within the provisions of |
| 1354 | this section. |
| 1355 | (8)(a) The Assistant Secretary for Youthful Offenders |
| 1356 | shall continuously screen all institutions, facilities, and |
| 1357 | programs for any inmate who meets the eligibility requirements |
| 1358 | for youthful offender designation specified in s. 958.04, whose |
| 1359 | age does not exceed 24 years. The department may classify and |
| 1360 | assign as a youthful offender any inmate who meets the criteria |
| 1361 | of s. 958.04. |
| 1362 | (b) A youthful offender who is designated as such by the |
| 1363 | department and assigned to the basic training program must be |
| 1364 | eligible for control release pursuant to s. 947.146. |
| 1365 | (c) The department shall work cooperatively with the |
| 1366 | Control Release Authority or the Parole Commission to effect the |
| 1367 | release of an offender who has successfully completed the |
| 1368 | requirements of the basic training program. |
| 1369 | (d) Upon an offender's completion of the basic training |
| 1370 | program, the department shall submit a report to the releasing |
| 1371 | authority that describes the offender's performance. If the |
| 1372 | performance has been satisfactory, the release authority shall |
| 1373 | establish a release date that is within 30 days following |
| 1374 | program completion. As a condition of release, the offender |
| 1375 | shall be placed in a community residential program as provided |
| 1376 | in this section or on community supervision as provided in |
| 1377 | chapter 947, and shall be subject to the conditions established |
| 1378 | therefor. |
| 1379 | (9) Upon commencement of the community residential |
| 1380 | program, the department shall submit annual reports to the |
| 1381 | Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the |
| 1382 | House of Representatives detailing the extent of implementation |
| 1383 | of the basic training program and the community residential |
| 1384 | program, and outlining future goals and any recommendation the |
| 1385 | department has for future legislative action. |
| 1386 | (7)(10) Due to serious and violent crime, the Legislature |
| 1387 | declares the construction of a basic training facility is |
| 1388 | necessary to aid in alleviating an emergency situation. |
| 1389 | (8)(11) The department shall provide a special training |
| 1390 | program for staff selected for the basic training program. |
| 1391 | (9)(12) The department may develop performance-based |
| 1392 | contracts with qualified individuals, agencies, or corporations |
| 1393 | for the provision of any or all of the youthful offender |
| 1394 | programs. |
| 1395 | (10)(13) An offender in the basic training program is |
| 1396 | subject to rules of conduct established by the department and |
| 1397 | may have sanctions imposed, including loss of privileges, |
| 1398 | restrictions, disciplinary confinement, alteration of release |
| 1399 | plans, or other program modifications in keeping with the nature |
| 1400 | and gravity of the program violation. Administrative or |
| 1401 | protective confinement, as necessary, may be imposed. |
| 1402 | (11)(14) The department may establish a system of |
| 1403 | incentives within the basic training program which the |
| 1404 | department may use to promote participation in rehabilitative |
| 1405 | programs and the orderly operation of institutions and |
| 1406 | facilities. |
| 1407 | (12)(15) The department shall develop a system for |
| 1408 | tracking recidivism, including, but not limited to, rearrests |
| 1409 | and recommitment of youthful offenders, and shall report on that |
| 1410 | system in its annual reports of the programs. |
| 1411 | Section 30. Section 958.09, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 1412 | to read: |
| 1413 | 958.09 Extension of limits of confinement; restitution.- |
| 1414 | Section 945.091 and the rules developed by the department to |
| 1415 | implement that section apply to youthful offenders. |
| 1416 | (1) The department shall adopt rules permitting the |
| 1417 | extension of the limits of the place of confinement of a |
| 1418 | youthful offender when there is reasonable cause to believe that |
| 1419 | the youthful offender will honor the trust placed in him or her. |
| 1420 | The department may authorize a youthful offender, under |
| 1421 | prescribed conditions and following investigation and approval |
| 1422 | by the department which shall maintain a written record of such |
| 1423 | action, to leave the place of his or her confinement for a |
| 1424 | prescribed period of time: |
| 1425 | (a) To visit a designated place or places for the purpose |
| 1426 | of visiting a dying relative, attending the funeral of a |
| 1427 | relative, or arranging for employment or for a suitable |
| 1428 | residence for use when released; to otherwise aid in the |
| 1429 | correction of the youthful offender; or for another compelling |
| 1430 | reason consistent with the public interest and to return to the |
| 1431 | same or another institution or facility designated by the |
| 1432 | department; or |
| 1433 | (b) To work at paid employment, participate in an |
| 1434 | educational or a training program, or voluntarily serve a public |
| 1435 | or nonprofit agency or a public service program in the |
| 1436 | community; provided, that the youthful offender shall be |
| 1437 | confined except during the hours of his or her employment, |
| 1438 | education, training, or service and while traveling thereto and |
| 1439 | therefrom. |
| 1440 | (2) The department shall adopt rules as to the eligibility |
| 1441 | of youthful offenders for such extension of confinement, the |
| 1442 | disbursement of any earnings of youthful offenders, or the |
| 1443 | entering into of agreements between the department and any |
| 1444 | municipal, county, or federal agency for the housing of youthful |
| 1445 | offenders in a local place of confinement. However, no youthful |
| 1446 | offender convicted of sexual battery pursuant to s. 794.011 is |
| 1447 | eligible for any extension of the limits of confinement under |
| 1448 | this section. |
| 1449 | (3) The willful failure of a youthful offender to remain |
| 1450 | within the extended limits of confinement or to return within |
| 1451 | the time prescribed to the place of confinement designated by |
| 1452 | the department is an escape from the custody of the department |
| 1453 | and a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided by s. |
| 1454 | 775.082. |
| 1455 | (4) The department may contract with other public and |
| 1456 | private agencies for the confinement, treatment, counseling, |
| 1457 | aftercare, or community supervision of youthful offenders when |
| 1458 | consistent with the youthful offenders' welfare and the interest |
| 1459 | of society. |
| 1460 | (5) The department shall document and account for all |
| 1461 | forms for disciplinary reports for inmates placed on extended |
| 1462 | limits of confinement, which reports shall include, but not be |
| 1463 | limited to, all violations of rules of conduct, the rule or |
| 1464 | rules violated, the nature of punishment administered, the |
| 1465 | authority ordering such punishment, and the duration of time |
| 1466 | during which the inmate was subjected to confinement. |
| 1467 | (6)(a) The department is authorized to levy fines only |
| 1468 | through disciplinary reports and only against inmates placed on |
| 1469 | extended limits of confinement. Major and minor infractions and |
| 1470 | their respective punishments for inmates placed on extended |
| 1471 | limits of confinement shall be defined by the rules of the |
| 1472 | department, except that any fine shall not exceed $50 for each |
| 1473 | infraction deemed to be minor and $100 for each infraction |
| 1474 | deemed to be major. Such fines shall be deposited in the General |
| 1475 | Revenue Fund, and a receipt shall be given to the inmate. |
| 1476 | (b) When the chief correctional officer determines that a |
| 1477 | fine would be an appropriate punishment for a violation of the |
| 1478 | rules of the department, both the determination of guilt and the |
| 1479 | amount of the fine shall be determined by the disciplinary |
| 1480 | committee pursuant to the method prescribed in s. 944.28(2)(c). |
| 1481 | (c) The department shall develop rules defining the |
| 1482 | policies and procedures for the administering of such fines. |
| 1483 | Section 31. Subsection (3) of section 958.11, Florida |
| 1484 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 1485 | 958.11 Designation of institutions and programs for |
| 1486 | youthful offenders; assignment from youthful offender |
| 1487 | institutions and programs.- |
| 1488 | (3) The department may assign a youthful offender to a |
| 1489 | non-youthful-offender facility and manage the youthful offender |
| 1490 | in a manner consistent with inmates in the adult population in |
| 1491 | the state correctional system which is not designated for the |
| 1492 | care, custody, control, and supervision of youthful offenders or |
| 1493 | an age group only in the following circumstances: |
| 1494 | (a) If the youthful offender is convicted of a new crime |
| 1495 | which is a felony under the laws of this state. |
| 1496 | (b) If the youthful offender becomes such a serious |
| 1497 | management or disciplinary problem resulting from serious |
| 1498 | repeated violations of the rules of the department that his or |
| 1499 | her original assignment would be detrimental to the interests of |
| 1500 | the program and to other inmates committed thereto. |
| 1501 | (c) If the youthful offender needs medical treatment, |
| 1502 | health services, or other specialized treatment otherwise not |
| 1503 | available at the youthful offender facility. |
| 1504 | (d) If the department determines that the youthful |
| 1505 | offender should be transferred outside of the state correctional |
| 1506 | system, as provided by law, for services not provided by the |
| 1507 | department. |
| 1508 | (e) If bed space is not available in a designated |
| 1509 | community residential facility, the department may assign a |
| 1510 | youthful offender to a community residential facility, provided |
| 1511 | that the youthful offender is separated from other offenders |
| 1512 | insofar as is practical. |
| 1513 | (f) If the youthful offender was originally assigned to a |
| 1514 | facility designated for 14-year-old to 18-year-old youthful |
| 1515 | offenders, but subsequently reaches the age of 19 years, the |
| 1516 | department may retain the youthful offender in the facility if |
| 1517 | the department determines that it is in the best interest of the |
| 1518 | youthful offender and the department. |
| 1519 | (g) If the department determines that a youthful offender |
| 1520 | originally assigned to a facility designated for the 19-24 age |
| 1521 | group is mentally or physically vulnerable by such placement, |
| 1522 | the department may reassign a youthful offender to a facility |
| 1523 | designated for the 14-18 age group if the department determines |
| 1524 | that a reassignment is necessary to protect the safety of the |
| 1525 | youthful offender or the institution. |
| 1526 | (h) If the department determines that a youthful offender |
| 1527 | originally assigned to a facility designated for the 14-18 age |
| 1528 | group is disruptive, incorrigible, or uncontrollable, the |
| 1529 | department may reassign a youthful offender to a facility |
| 1530 | designated for the 19-24 age group if the department determines |
| 1531 | that a reassignment would best serve the interests of the |
| 1532 | youthful offender and the department. |
| 1533 | (i) If the youthful offender has reached the age of 25. |
| 1534 | (j) If the department cannot adequately ensure the safety |
| 1535 | of a youthful offender within a youthful offender facility. |
| 1536 | (k) If the youthful offender has a documented history of |
| 1537 | benefiting, promoting, or furthering the interests of a criminal |
| 1538 | gang, as defined in s. 874.03, while housed in a youthful |
| 1539 | offender facility. |
| 1540 | (l) If the department has classified an offender as a |
| 1541 | youthful offender under subsection (4) but determines such |
| 1542 | assignment is necessary for population management purposes. |
| 1543 | Section 32. Subsection (1) of section 958.12, Florida |
| 1544 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 1545 | 958.12 Participation in certain activities required.- |
| 1546 | (1) A youthful offender shall be required to participate |
| 1547 | in work assignments, and in career, academic, counseling, and |
| 1548 | other rehabilitative programs in accordance with this section, |
| 1549 | including, but not limited to: |
| 1550 | (a) All youthful offenders may be required, as |
| 1551 | appropriate, to participate in: |
| 1552 | 1. Reception and orientation. |
| 1553 | 2. Evaluation, needs assessment, and classification. |
| 1554 | 3. Educational programs. |
| 1555 | 4. Career and job training. |
| 1556 | 5. Life and socialization skills training, including |
| 1557 | anger/aggression control. |
| 1558 | 6. Prerelease orientation and planning. |
| 1559 | 7. Appropriate transition services. |
| 1560 | (b) In addition to the requirements in paragraph (a), the |
| 1561 | department shall make available: |
| 1562 | 1. Religious services and counseling. |
| 1563 | 2. Social services. |
| 1564 | 3. Substance abuse treatment and counseling. |
| 1565 | 4. Psychological and psychiatric services. |
| 1566 | 5. Library services. |
| 1567 | 6. Medical and dental health care. |
| 1568 | 7. Athletic, recreational, and leisure time activities. |
| 1569 | 8. Mail and visiting privileges. |
| 1570 |
|
| 1571 | Income derived by a youthful offender from participation in such |
| 1572 | activities may be used, in part, to defray a portion of the |
| 1573 | costs of his or her incarceration or supervision; to satisfy |
| 1574 | preexisting obligations; to pay fines, counseling fees, or other |
| 1575 | costs lawfully imposed; or to pay restitution to the victim of |
| 1576 | the crime for which the youthful offender has been convicted in |
| 1577 | an amount determined by the sentencing court. Any such income |
| 1578 | not used for such reasons or not used as provided in s. 946.513 |
| 1579 | or s. 958.09 shall be placed in a bank account for use by the |
| 1580 | youthful offender upon his or her release. |
| 1581 | Section 33. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. |