Bill Text: FL H0833 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Reports & Functions/Department of Juvenile Justice

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1412 (Ch. 2010-102) [H0833 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H0833-Introduced.html

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HB 833

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to reports and functions of the Department
3	of Juvenile Justice; amending s. 985.47, F.S.; deleting a
4	provision that requires the Department of Juvenile Justice
5	to develop an annual report on the performance of
6	assessment and treatment services for serious or habitual
7	juvenile offenders for delivery to the Governor and other
8	designated persons by a specified date; amending s.
9	985.483, F.S.; deleting a provision that requires the
10	department to develop an annual report on the performance
11	of assessment and treatment services of the intensive
12	residential treatment program for offenders less than 13
13	years of age for delivery to the Governor and other
14	designated persons by a specified date; repealing s.
15	985.625(5), F.S., relating to the requirement that the
16	department and the Department of Education develop and
17	implement an evaluation of the literacy programs for
18	juvenile offenders and prepare an annual report on the
19	progress of the literacy programs; repealing s. 985.636,
20	F.S., relating to the authority of the Secretary of
21	Juvenile Justice to designate certain persons within the
22	Office of Inspector General to enforce any criminal law
23	and conduct any criminal investigation that relates to
24	state-operated programs or state-operated facilities over
25	which the department has jurisdiction; providing an
26	effective date.
27
28	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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30	Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (8) of section
31	985.47, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
32	985.47 Serious or habitual juvenile offender.-
33	(8) ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT SERVICES.-Pursuant to this
34	chapter and the establishment of appropriate program guidelines
35	and standards, contractual instruments, which shall include
36	safeguards of all constitutional rights, shall be developed as
37	follows:
38	(a) The department shall provide for:
39	1. The oversight of implementation of assessment and
40	treatment approaches.
41	2. The identification and prequalification of appropriate
42	individuals or not-for-profit organizations, including minority
43	individuals or organizations when possible, to provide
44	assessment and treatment services to serious or habitual
45	delinquent children.
46	3. The monitoring and evaluation of assessment and
47	treatment services for compliance with this chapter and all
48	applicable rules and guidelines pursuant thereto.
49	4. The development of an annual report on the performance
50	of assessment and treatment to be presented to the Governor, the
51	Attorney General, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of
52	the House of Representatives, and the Auditor General no later
53	than January 1 of each year.
54	Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (8) of section
55	985.483, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
56	985.483 Intensive residential treatment program for
57	offenders less than 13 years of age.-
58	(8) ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT SERVICES.-Pursuant to this
59	chapter and the establishment of appropriate program guidelines
60	and standards, contractual instruments, which shall include
61	safeguards of all constitutional rights, shall be developed for
62	intensive residential treatment programs for offenders less than
63	13 years of age as follows:
64	(a) The department shall provide for:
65	1. The oversight of implementation of assessment and
66	treatment approaches.
67	2. The identification and prequalification of appropriate
68	individuals or not-for-profit organizations, including minority
69	individuals or organizations when possible, to provide
70	assessment and treatment services to intensive offenders less
71	than 13 years of age.
72	3. The monitoring and evaluation of assessment and
73	treatment services for compliance with this chapter and all
74	applicable rules and guidelines pursuant thereto.
75	4. The development of an annual report on the performance
76	of assessment and treatment to be presented to the Governor, the
77	Attorney General, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of
78	the House of Representatives, the Auditor General, and the
79	Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability
80	no later than January 1 of each year.
81	Section 3. Subsection (5) of section 985.625, Florida
82	Statutes, is repealed.
83	Section 4. Section 985.636, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
84	Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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