Florida Senate - 2024                                     SB 208
       
       
        
       By Senator Burgess
       
       
       
       
       
       23-00333-24                                            2024208__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to Alzheimer’s disease and related
    3         dementia training for law enforcement officers;
    4         creating s. 943.17299, F.S.; requiring the Department
    5         of Law Enforcement to establish an online, continued
    6         employment training component relating to Alzheimer’s
    7         disease and related forms of dementia; requiring that
    8         the training component be developed with the
    9         Department of Elderly Affairs; specifying instruction
   10         requirements for the training component; authorizing
   11         the completion of such training to count toward a
   12         certain requirement; providing an effective date.
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   14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   16         Section 1. Section 943.17299, Florida Statutes, is created
   17  to read:
   18         943.17299 Continued employment training relating to
   19  Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of dementia.—The
   20  department shall establish an online, continued employment
   21  training component relating to Alzheimer’s disease and related
   22  forms of dementia. The training component must be developed in
   23  consultation with the Department of Elderly Affairs and must
   24  include, but need not be limited to, instruction on interacting
   25  with persons with Alzheimer’s disease or a related form of
   26  dementia, including instruction on techniques for recognizing
   27  behavioral symptoms and characteristics, effective
   28  communication, employing the use of alternatives to physical
   29  restraints, and identifying signs of abuse, neglect, or
   30  exploitation. Completion of the training component may count
   31  toward the 40 hours of instruction for continued employment or
   32  appointment as a law enforcement officer required under s.
   33  943.135.
   34         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.