Florida Senate - 2016 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 230 Ì827048:Î827048 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 11/19/2015 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Appropriations (Altman) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 19 - 52 4 and insert: 5 (2) There is created an additional pilot project in Broward 6 and Palm Beach Counties to provide personal devices to aid 7 search-and-rescue efforts for persons with special needs in the 8 case of elopement. 9 (3) Participants for the pilot project in the counties 10 specified in subsection (1) shall be selected based on criteria 11 developed by the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities at 12 the University of Florida. Participants for the pilot project 13 specified in subsection (2) shall be selected based on criteria 14 developed by the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities at 15 Florida Atlantic University. Criteria for participation in the 16 pilot projects must include, at a minimum, the person’s risk of 17 elopement. The qualifying participants shall be selected on a 18 first-come, first–served basis by the respective centers to the 19 extent of available funding within their existing resources. The 20 project must be voluntary and free of charge to participants. 21 (4) Under the pilot projects, personal devices to aid 22 search-and-rescue efforts which are attachable to clothing or 23 otherwise worn shall be provided by the centers to the sheriff’s 24 offices of the participating counties. The devices shall be 25 distributed to project participants by the county sheriff’s 26 offices in conjunction with the centers. The centers shall fund 27 any costs associated with monitoring the devices. 28 (5) The centers shall submit a preliminary report by 29 December 1, 2016, and a final report by December 15, 2017, to 30 the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of 31 the House of Representatives describing the implementation and 32 operation of the pilot projects. At a minimum, the report must 33 include the criteria used to select participants, the number of 34 participants, the nature of the participants’ special needs, the 35 number of participants who elope, the amount of time taken to 36 rescue such participants following elopement, and the outcome of 37 any rescue attempts. The final report must also provide 38 recommendations for modification or continued implementation of 39 the projects. 40 (6) The projects shall operate to the extent of available 41 funding within the respective centers’ existing resources. 42 (7) This section expires June 30, 2018. 43 Section 2. For the 2016-2017 fiscal year, the sum of 44 $100,000 is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the 45 Center for Autism and Related Disabilities at the University of 46 Florida and the sum of $100,000 is appropriated from the General 47 Revenue Fund to the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities 48 at Florida Atlantic University for the purpose of implementing 49 this act. 50 51 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 52 And the title is amended as follows: 53 Delete line 3 54 and insert: 55 creating s. 937.041, F.S.; creating pilot projects in