Florida Senate - 2015 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1414
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
(Bradley) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment
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3 Delete lines 49 - 118
4 and insert:
5 (b) The state shall pay:
6 1. Forty-three percent of the actual costs of providing
7 detention care as determined by the department pursuant to
8 subsection (5);
9 2. The actual costs of detention care for fiscally
10 constrained counties in the manner described in subsection (4);
11 and
12 3. The actual costs of providing detention care for
13 juveniles residing out of state.
14 (4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), the state shall pay all
15 costs of detention care for juveniles for which a fiscally
16 constrained county would otherwise be billed.
17 (a) By October 1, 2004, the department shall develop a
18 methodology for determining the amount of each fiscally
19 constrained county’s costs of detention care for juveniles, for
20 the period of time prior to final court disposition, which must
21 be paid by the state. At a minimum, this methodology must
22 consider the difference between the amount appropriated to the
23 department for offsetting the costs associated with the
24 assignment of juvenile pretrial detention expenses to the
25 fiscally constrained county and the total estimated costs to the
26 fiscally constrained county, for the fiscal year, of detention
27 care for juveniles for the period of time prior to final court
28 disposition.
29 (b) Subject to legislative appropriation and based on the
30 methodology developed under paragraph (a), the department shall
31 provide funding to offset the costs to fiscally constrained
32 counties of detention care for juveniles for the period of time
33 prior to final court disposition. If county matching funds are
34 required by the department to eliminate the difference
35 calculated under paragraph (a) or the difference between the
36 actual costs of the fiscally constrained counties and the amount
37 appropriated in small county grants for use in mitigating such
38 costs, that match amount must be allocated proportionately among
39 all fiscally constrained counties.
40 (5) Each county that is not a fiscally constrained county
41 shall incorporate into its annual county budget sufficient funds
42 to pay its share of the actual costs of detention care for
43 juveniles who reside resided in that county for the most
44 recently completed fiscal year the period of time prior to final
45 court disposition. This amount shall be based upon the prior use
46 of secure detention for juveniles who are residents of that
47 county, as calculated by the department. Each county shall pay
48 the estimated costs at the beginning of each month. Any
49 difference between the estimated costs and actual costs shall be
50 reconciled at the end of the state fiscal year.
51 (a) Each county that is not a fiscally constrained county
52 shall pay fifty-seven percent of the actual costs of providing
53 detention care as determined by the department pursuant to this
54 statute.
55 (b) The department shall determine the actual costs of
56 detention care based on the cost of detention care through the
57 certified forward period, plus any additional legislative
58 appropriation for detention not included in the certified
59 forward amount. The number of detention days shall be based on
60 the most recent twelve month period.
61 (c) The department shall calculate the percentage of
62 detention use for each county that is not a fiscally constrained
63 county by dividing the total number of detention days for
64 juveniles residing in the county during the most recent twelve
65 month period by the total number of detention days for all
66 juveniles residing in counties that are not a fiscally
67 constrained county for the most recent twelve month period.
68 (d) The department shall calculate the share of actual
69 costs for each county that is not a fiscally constrained county
70 by multiplying the county’s percentage of detention usage by
71 fifty-seven percent of the total actual cost of detention care
72 for all counties that are not a fiscally constrained county.
73 (e) The department shall inform each county that is not a
74 fiscally constrained county of the county’s percentage of
75 detention use and of the amount of the county’s share of the
76 actual costs of detention care. Each county that is not a
77 fiscally constrained county shall pay the department one-twelfth
78 of its share of actual costs by the first day of each month,
79 beginning on July 1 of the year following receipt of the
80 information.