995053                                                     
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL                          Committee       Amendment
SB2000                                                  BJA              15


Senator(s) Fasano moved the following amendment:

Section: 04              EXPLANATION:

On Page: 116             This amendment removes proviso to bid out the 
                         management and operation of the Department of 
Spec App:                Corrections probation and field services for the 
                         following counties: Manatee, Hardee, Indian River, 
                         Okeechobee, Highlands, St. Lucie, DeSoto, Sarasota, 
                         Charlotte, Glades, Martin, Palm Beach, Hendry, Lee, 
                         Collier, Broward, Dade and Monroe.

NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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                                               Positions & Amount   Positions & Amount
                                                     DELETE         INSERT

        CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF
        Program: Community Corrections  70050000

        In Section 04  On Page 116

Immediately preceding Specific Appropriation 689, DELETE:

From   the  funds  in  Specific  Appropriations  689  through  723,  the
Department  of  Corrections shall issue a request for proposal (RFP), as
defined  in  section 287.057(1)(b), Florida Statutes, for the management
and operation of department probation and field services offices as well
as  community  supervision  services  in  Manatee, Hardee, Indian River,
Okeechobee,  Highlands,  St. Lucie, DeSoto, Sarasota, Charlotte, Glades,
Martin,  Palm  Beach,  Hendry,  Lee,  Collier,  Broward, Dade and Monroe
counties.  The  RFP  shall  require  a  significant  cost savings in the
operational  costs of the facilities and community supervision services.
These  estimated cost savings shall be reported by the department to the
chairs  of  the  Senate  Budget  Committee  and the House Appropriations
Committee  by  March  1,  2012.   In  order  to  award the contract, the
Department  of  Corrections  shall report its intent to award a contract
and  submit  a  budget  amendment  to  the Legislative Budget Commission
accompanied  by  a  plan  for  transitioning staff and maintaining state
assets.


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The  contract  between  the  Department  of  Corrections and the private
provider   must   specify  performance  measures  to  ensure  contractor
performance and accountability.  The required performance measures shall
include,   but   are   not  limited  to:  percentage  of  offenders  who
successfully  complete  supervision and are not subsequently recommitted
to  the  Department of Corrections for committing a new crime within two
years; percentage of offenders that successfully complete their sentence
or  are  still  under  supervision  at the end of a two year measurement
period; percentage of community supervision offenders who have completed
drug  treatment without subsequent recommitment to community supervision
or  prison  within  24  months  after  release;  substance  abuse  tests
administered  to offenders being supervised in the community; percentage
of  substance  abuse tests administered to offenders being supervised in
the  community  in which negative test results were obtained; percentage
of   inmates  who  have  completed  drug  treatment  without  subsequent
recommitment  to  community supervision or prison within 24 months after
release.   Contracts  shall  also  include  a  provision  that  requires
employees displaced from this transition to be given first consideration
for  employment  with  the  private service provider that is awarded the
contract.































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