HOUSE AMENDMENT
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11  Representative(s) Richardson offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 1, line 11 of the bill
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17         Section 1.  Effective July 1, 2001, subsection (2) of
18  section 121.0515, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19         121.0515  Special risk membership.--
20         (2)  CRITERIA.--A member, to be designated as a special
21  risk member, must meet the following criteria:
22         (a)  The member must be employed as a law enforcement
23  officer and be certified, or required to be certified, in
24  compliance with s. 943.1395; however, sheriffs and elected
25  police chiefs shall be excluded from meeting the certification
26  requirements of this paragraph.  In addition, the member's
27  duties and responsibilities must include the pursuit,
28  apprehension, and arrest of law violators or suspected law
29  violators; or the member must be an active member of a bomb
30  disposal unit whose primary responsibility is the location,
31  handling, and disposal of explosive devices; or the member
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 1  must be the supervisor or command officer of a member or
 2  members who have such responsibilities; provided, however,
 3  administrative support personnel, including, but not limited
 4  to, those whose primary duties and responsibilities are in
 5  accounting, purchasing, legal, and personnel, shall not be
 6  included;
 7         (b)  The member must be employed as a firefighter and
 8  be certified, or required to be certified, in compliance with
 9  s. 633.35 and be employed solely within the fire department of
10  the employer or agency of state government.  In addition, the
11  member's duties and responsibilities must include on-the-scene
12  fighting of fires or direct supervision of firefighting units,
13  or the member must be the supervisor or command officer of a
14  member or members who have such responsibilities; provided,
15  however, administrative support personnel, including, but not
16  limited to, those whose primary duties and responsibilities
17  are in accounting, purchasing, legal, and personnel, shall not
18  be included;
19         (c)  The member must be employed as a correctional
20  officer and be certified, or required to be certified, in
21  compliance with s. 943.1395.  In addition, the member's
22  primary duties and responsibilities must be the custody, and
23  physical restraint when necessary, of prisoners or inmates
24  within a prison, jail, or other criminal detention facility,
25  or while on work detail outside the facility, or while being
26  transported; or the member must be the supervisor or command
27  officer of a member or members who have such responsibilities;
28  provided, however, administrative support personnel,
29  including, but not limited to, those whose primary duties and
30  responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing, legal, and
31  personnel, shall not be included; however, wardens and
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 1  assistant wardens, as defined by rule, shall participate in
 2  the Special Risk Class;
 3         (d)  The member must be employed by a licensed Advance
 4  Life Support (ALS) or Basic Life Support (BLS) employer as an
 5  emergency medical technician or a paramedic and be certified
 6  in compliance with s. 401.27.  In addition, the member's
 7  primary duties and responsibilities must include on-the-scene
 8  emergency medical care.  However, administrative support
 9  personnel, including, but not limited to, those whose primary
10  responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing, legal, and
11  personnel, shall not be included;
12         (e)  The member must be employed as a community-based
13  correctional probation officer and be certified, or required
14  to be certified, in compliance with s. 943.1395.  In addition,
15  the member's primary duties and responsibilities must be the
16  supervised custody, surveillance, control, investigation, and
17  counseling of assigned inmates, probationers, parolees, or
18  community controllees within the community; or the member must
19  be the supervisor of a member or members who have such
20  responsibilities. Administrative support personnel, including,
21  but not limited to, those whose primary duties and
22  responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing, legal
23  services, and personnel management, shall not be included;
24  however, probation and parole circuit and deputy circuit
25  administrators shall participate in the Special Risk Class; or
26         (f)  The member must be employed in one of the
27  following classes and must spend at least 75 percent of his or
28  her time performing duties which involve contact with patients
29  or inmates in a correctional or forensic facility or
30  institution:
31         1.  Dietitian (class codes 5203 and 5204).
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 1         2.  Public health nutrition consultant (class code
 2  5224).
 3         3.  Psychological specialist (class codes 5230 and
 4  5231).
 5         4.  Psychologist (class code 5234).
 6         5.  Senior psychologist (class codes 5237 and 5238).
 7         6.  Regional mental health consultant (class code
 8  5240).
 9         7.  Psychological Services Director--DCF (class code
10  5242).
11         8.  Pharmacist (class codes 5245 and 5246).
12         9.  Senior pharmacist (class codes 5248 and 5249).
13         10.  Dentist (class code 5266).
14         11.  Senior dentist (class code 5269).
15         12.  Registered nurse (class codes 5290 and 5291).
16         13.  Senior registered nurse (class codes 5292 and
17  5293).
18         14.  Registered nurse specialist (class codes 5294 and
19  5295).
20         15.  Clinical associate (class codes 5298 and 5299).
21         16.  Advanced registered nurse practitioner (class
22  codes 5297 and 5300).
23         17.  Advanced registered nurse practitioner specialist
24  (class codes 5304 and 5305).
25         18.  Registered nurse supervisor (class codes 5306 and
26  5307).
27         19.  Senior registered nurse supervisor (class codes
28  5308 and 5309).
29         20.  Registered nursing consultant (class codes 5312
30  and 5313).
31         21.  Quality management program supervisor (class code
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 1  5314).
 2         22.  Executive nursing director (class codes 5320 and
 3  5321).
 4         23.  Speech and hearing therapist (class code 5406).;
 5  or
 6         24.  Pharmacy manager (class code 5251).
 7         25.  Unit treatment and rehabilitation director-F/C
 8  (class code 5805).
 9         26.  Unit treatment and rehabilitation senior
10  supervisor I-F/C (class code 5793).
11         27.  Unit treatment and rehabilitation supervisor
12  II-F/C (class code 5796).
13         28.  Unit treatment and rehabilitation specialist-F/C
14  (class code 5791).
15         29.  Unit treatment and rehabilitation supervisor I-F/C
16  (class code 5786).
17         30.  Unit treatment and rehabilitation director (class
18  code 5779).
19         31.  Unit treatment and rehabilitation senior
20  supervisor I (class code 5777).
21         32.  Unit treatment and rehabilitation senior
22  supervisor II (class code 5778).
23         33.  Unit treatment and rehabilitation senior
24  supervisor III (class code 5780).
25         34.  Unit treatment and rehabilitation senior
26  supervisor III-F/C (class code 5799).
27         35.  Unit treatment and rehabilitation specialist
28  (class code 5776).
29         36.  Unit treatment and rehabilitation supervisor I
30  (class code 5710).
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 2  And the title is amended as follows:
 3         On page 1, lines 2 and 3
 4  remove from the title of the bill:  Public Employees Optional
 5  Retirement Program
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 7  and insert in lieu thereof:
 8         the Florida Retirement System; amending s.
 9         121.0515, F.S.; providing eligibility of
10         certain treatment and rehabilitation personnel
11         at correctional or forensic facilities for
12         membership in the Special Risk Class;
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