Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 7016
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/21/2023           .                                
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       The Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
       (Martin) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 93 and 94
    4  insert:
    5         Section 3. Section 957.11, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    6  read
    7         957.11 Evaluation of costs and benefits of contracts.—The
    8  Department of Corrections shall notify the Office of Program
    9  Policy Analysis and Government Accountability upon commencement
   10  of the procurement process and certification by the Auditor
   11  General of the actual costs for the public provision of a
   12  similar institution by the Department of Corrections. The Office
   13  of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability shall
   14  evaluate the performance of the private correctional facility
   15  during the most recent contract term. Specifically, the Office
   16  of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability shall
   17  evaluate if the contractor achieved the cost savings to the
   18  state of at least 7 percent over the public provision of a
   19  facility, as required by s. 957.07, F.S. The Office of Program
   20  Policy Analysis and Government Accountability shall also assess
   21  the contractor’s performance, to include but not be limited to
   22  facility operations, safety, and security and the provision of
   23  inmate programs. The Office of Program Policy Analysis and
   24  Government Accountability shall develop and implement an
   25  evaluation of the costs and benefits of each contract entered
   26  into under this chapter. This evaluation must include a
   27  comparison of the costs and benefits of constructing and
   28  operating prisons by the state versus by private contractors.
   29  The Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
   30  Accountability shall also evaluate the performance of the
   31  private contractor at the end of the term of each management
   32  contract and make recommendations to the Speaker of the House of
   33  Representatives and the President of the Senate on whether to
   34  continue the contract.
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   37  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   38  And the title is amended as follows:
   39         Delete line 10
   40  and insert:
   41         amending s. 957.11, F.S.; providing that the
   42         Department of Corrections shall notify the Office of
   43         Program Policy Analysis and government Accountability
   44         upon specified circumstances; providing for the
   45         evaluation of private correctional facilities;
   46         amending ss. 287.042, 957.04, 957.06, 957.07, 957.08,