Florida Senate - 2010 SB 1006
By Senator Jones
13-00975-10 20101006__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to reports and functions of the
3 Department of Juvenile Justice; amending s. 985.47,
4 F.S.; deleting a provision that requires the
5 Department of Juvenile Justice to develop an annual
6 report on the performance of assessment and treatment
7 services for serious or habitual juvenile offenders
8 for delivery to the Governor and other designated
9 persons by a specified date; amending s. 985.483,
10 F.S.; deleting a provision that requires the
11 department to develop an annual report on the
12 performance of assessment and treatment services of
13 the intensive residential treatment program for
14 offenders less than 13 years of age for delivery to
15 the Governor and other designated persons by a
16 specified date; repealing s. 985.625(5), F.S.,
17 relating to the requirement that the department and
18 the Department of Education develop and implement an
19 evaluation of the literacy programs for juvenile
20 offenders and prepare an annual report on the progress
21 of the literacy programs; repealing s. 985.636, F.S.,
22 relating to the authority of the Secretary of Juvenile
23 Justice to designate certain persons within the Office
24 of Inspector General to enforce any criminal law and
25 conduct any criminal investigation that relates to
26 state-operated programs or state-operated facilities
27 over which the department has jurisdiction; providing
28 an effective date.
29
30 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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32 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (8) of section
33 985.47, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
34 985.47 Serious or habitual juvenile offender.—
35 (8) ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT SERVICES.—Pursuant to this
36 chapter and the establishment of appropriate program guidelines
37 and standards, contractual instruments, which shall include
38 safeguards of all constitutional rights, shall be developed as
39 follows:
40 (a) The department shall provide for:
41 1. The oversight of implementation of assessment and
42 treatment approaches.
43 2. The identification and prequalification of appropriate
44 individuals or not-for-profit organizations, including minority
45 individuals or organizations when possible, to provide
46 assessment and treatment services to serious or habitual
47 delinquent children.
48 3. The monitoring and evaluation of assessment and
49 treatment services for compliance with this chapter and all
50 applicable rules and guidelines pursuant thereto.
51 4. The development of an annual report on the performance
52 of assessment and treatment to be presented to the Governor, the
53 Attorney General, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of
54 the House of Representatives, and the Auditor General no later
55 than January 1 of each year.
56 Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (8) of section
57 985.483, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
58 985.483 Intensive residential treatment program for
59 offenders less than 13 years of age.—
60 (8) ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT SERVICES.—Pursuant to this
61 chapter and the establishment of appropriate program guidelines
62 and standards, contractual instruments, which shall include
63 safeguards of all constitutional rights, shall be developed for
64 intensive residential treatment programs for offenders less than
65 13 years of age as follows:
66 (a) The department shall provide for:
67 1. The oversight of implementation of assessment and
68 treatment approaches.
69 2. The identification and prequalification of appropriate
70 individuals or not-for-profit organizations, including minority
71 individuals or organizations when possible, to provide
72 assessment and treatment services to intensive offenders less
73 than 13 years of age.
74 3. The monitoring and evaluation of assessment and
75 treatment services for compliance with this chapter and all
76 applicable rules and guidelines pursuant thereto.
77 4. The development of an annual report on the performance
78 of assessment and treatment to be presented to the Governor, the
79 Attorney General, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of
80 the House of Representatives, the Auditor General, and the
81 Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability
82 no later than January 1 of each year.
83 Section 3. Subsection (5) of section 985.625, Florida
84 Statutes, is repealed.
85 Section 4. Section 985.636, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
86 Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.