Florida Senate - 2016              PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
       Bill No. SB 1352
       
       
       
       
       
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       Proposed Committee Substitute by the Committee on Appropriations
       (Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice)
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to autism awareness training for law
    3         enforcement officers; creating s. 943.1727, F.S.;
    4         requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to
    5         establish a continued employment training component
    6         relating to autism spectrum disorder; specifying
    7         instruction to be included in the training component;
    8         providing that completion of the training may count
    9         toward continued employment instruction requirements;
   10         providing an effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Section 943.1727, Florida Statutes, is created
   15  to read:
   16         943.1727 Continued employment training relating to autism.
   17  The department shall establish a continued employment training
   18  component relating to autism spectrum disorder. The training
   19  component shall include, but need not be limited to, instruction
   20  on the recognition of the symptoms and idiosyncrasies of an
   21  individual on the autism disorder spectrum and appropriate
   22  responses to a person exhibiting such symptoms and
   23  idiosyncrasies. Completion of the training component may count
   24  toward the 40 hours of instruction for continued employment or
   25  appointment as a law enforcement officer required under s.
   26  943.135.
   27         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2016.