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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |