Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 820
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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The Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
(Bradley) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Section 43.51, Florida Statutes, is amended to
6 read:
7 43.51 Problem-solving court reports.—
8 (1) The Office of the State Courts Administrator shall
9 provide an annual report to the President of the Senate and the
10 Speaker of the House of Representatives on problem-solving
11 courts no later than January 31 of each year for the previous
12 fiscal year. The report must:
13 (a) Provide all of the following information for each
14 problem-solving court:
15 1. which details The number of participants for the in each
16 problem-solving court for each fiscal year. the court has been
17 operating and
18 2. The types of services provided.,
19 3. identifies Each source of funding for the each court
20 during each fiscal year., and
21 4. provides Information on the performance of the each
22 court based upon outcome measures established by the courts.
23 (b) Provide all of the following uniform aggregate data for
24 each problem-solving court:
25 1. The number of participants.
26 2. Participant primary offense that resulted in the court
27 program referral or sentence, if applicable.
28 3. Treatment compliance.
29 4. Program completion status and reasons for any failure to
30 complete.
31 5. Offenses committed during program participation, if
32 applicable.
33 6. Frequency of court appearances.
34 7. Units of service.
35 8. Participant changes in the status of employment,
36 housing, and child custody during program participation.
37 9. Other uniform information that demonstrates the
38 effectiveness of the program.
39 (2) For purposes of this section, the term “problem-solving
40 court” includes, but is not limited to, a drug court pursuant to
41 s. 397.334, s. 948.01, s. 948.06, s. 948.08, s. 948.16, or s.
42 948.20; a dependency drug court pursuant to s. 39.507 or s.
43 39.521; an early childhood court pursuant to s. 39.01304; a
44 veterans treatment court program pursuant to s. 394.47891, s.
45 948.08, s. 948.16, or s. 948.21; a mental health court program
46 pursuant to s. 394.47892, s. 948.01, s. 948.06, s. 948.08, or s.
47 948.16; a community court pursuant to s. 948.081; or a
48 delinquency pretrial intervention court program pursuant to s.
49 985.345.
50 Section 2. Present subsection (2) of section 39.01304,
51 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (3), and a new
52 subsection (2) is added to that section, to read:
53 39.01304 Early childhood court programs.—
54 (2) Each early childhood court program shall collect the
55 data and information prescribed in s. 43.51(1) for purposes of
56 program evaluation. In addition, early childhood court programs
57 shall collect the number of admissions and terminations,
58 referral and screening procedures, eligibility criteria, type
59 and duration of treatment offered, and residential treatment
60 resources. Each early childhood court program shall report
61 annually to the Office of the State Courts Administrator the
62 data and information required to be collected under this
63 subsection.
64 Section 3. Present subsection (12) of section 394.47891,
65 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (13), and a new
66 subsection (12) is added to that section, to read:
67 394.47891 Veterans treatment court programs.—
68 (12) PROGRAM DATA.—Each veterans treatment court program
69 shall collect the data and information prescribed in s. 43.51(1)
70 for purposes of program evaluation. In addition, veterans
71 treatment court programs shall collect the number of admissions
72 and terminations, referral and screening procedures, eligibility
73 criteria, type and duration of treatment offered, and
74 residential treatment resources. Each veterans treatment court
75 program shall report annually to the Office of the State Courts
76 Administrator the data and information required to be collected
77 under this subsection.
78 Section 4. Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section
79 394.47892, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
80 394.47892 Mental health court programs.—
81 (5)
82 (b) Each mental health court program shall collect the
83 sufficient client-level data and programmatic information
84 prescribed in s. 43.51(1) for purposes of program evaluation. In
85 addition, mental health court programs shall collect the number
86 of admissions and terminations, Client-level data includes
87 primary offenses that resulted in the mental health court
88 program referral or sentence, treatment compliance, completion
89 status and reasons for failure to complete, offenses committed
90 during treatment and the sanctions imposed, frequency of court
91 appearances, and units of service. Programmatic information
92 includes referral and screening procedures, eligibility
93 criteria, type and duration of treatment offered, and
94 residential treatment resources. Each mental health court
95 program shall report annually to the Office of the State Courts
96 Administrator the data and information required to be collected
97 under this paragraph The programmatic information and aggregate
98 data on the number of mental health court program admissions and
99 terminations by type of termination shall be reported annually
100 by each mental health court program to the Office of the State
101 Courts Administrator.
102 Section 5. Paragraph (b) of subsection (6) of section
103 397.334, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
104 397.334 Treatment-based drug court programs.—
105 (6)
106 (b) Each treatment-based drug court program shall collect
107 the sufficient client-level data and programmatic information
108 prescribed in s. 43.51(1) for purposes of program evaluation. In
109 addition, treatment-based drug court programs shall collect the
110 number of admissions and terminations, Client-level data
111 includes primary offenses that resulted in the treatment-based
112 drug court program referral or sentence, treatment compliance,
113 completion status and reasons for failure to complete, offenses
114 committed during treatment and the sanctions imposed, frequency
115 of court appearances, and units of service. Programmatic
116 information includes referral and screening procedures,
117 eligibility criteria, type and duration of treatment offered,
118 and residential treatment resources. Each treatment-based drug
119 court program shall must annually report annually to the Office
120 of the State Courts Administrator the data and programmatic
121 information required to be collected under this paragraph and
122 aggregate data on the number of treatment-based drug court
123 program admissions and terminations by type of termination to
124 the Office of the State Courts Administrator.
125 Section 6. The annual problem-solving court report prepared
126 by the Office of the State Courts Administrator (OSCA) pursuant
127 to s. 43.51, Florida Statutes, for the 2025-2026 fiscal year
128 must provide uniform aggregate data required by s. 43.51,
129 Florida Statutes, for at least 30 percent of problem-solving
130 courts funded by the state courts system’s problem-solving
131 courts appropriation. The annual problem-solving court report
132 prepared by OSCA pursuant to s. 43.51, Florida Statutes, for the
133 2026-2027 fiscal year must provide uniform aggregate data
134 required by s. 43.51, Florida Statutes, for every problem
135 solving court funded by the state courts system’s problem
136 solving court appropriation. For the 2027-2028 fiscal year, and
137 every fiscal year thereafter, the annual problem-solving court
138 report prepared by OSCA pursuant to s. 43.51, Florida Statutes,
139 must provide uniform aggregate data required by s. 43.51,
140 Florida Statutes, for all problem-solving courts.
141 Section 7. The amendments made by this act to ss. 39.01304,
142 394.47891, 394.47892, and 397.334, Florida Statutes, shall apply
143 to court programs funded by the state courts system’s problem
144 solving court appropriation on the effective date of this act
145 and shall apply to all other court programs on July 1, 2027.
146 Section 8. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.
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149 And the title is amended as follows:
150 Delete everything before the enacting clause
151 and insert:
152 A bill to be entitled
153 An act relating to problem-solving court reports;
154 amending s. 43.51, F.S.; requiring the Office of the
155 State Courts Administrator to provide a problem
156 solving court report to the Legislature annually by a
157 specified date; revising information that must be
158 included in such report; revising the definition of
159 the term “problem-solving court”; amending ss.
160 39.01304, 394.47891, 394.47892, and 397.334, F.S.;
161 requiring specified court programs to collect certain
162 data and information for program evaluation; requiring
163 each such court program to report such data and
164 information annually to the office; specifying
165 requirements for the annual problem-solving court
166 report prepared by the office; providing
167 applicability; providing an effective date.