Title: Forensic Hospital Diversion Pilot Program

Summary: Authorizing the Department of Children and Families to implement a Forensic Hospital Diversion Pilot Program in Okaloosa County in conjunction with the First Judicial Circuit in Okaloosa County, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to the Forensic Hospital Diversion Pilot Program; amending s. 916.185, F.S.; authorizing the Department of Children and Families to implement a Forensic Hospital Diversion Pilot Program in Okaloosa County in conjunction with the First Judicial Circuit in Okaloosa County; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 916.185, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 916.185 Forensic Hospital Diversion Pilot Program.  (3) CREATION. There is authorized a Forensic Hospital Diversion Pilot Program to provide competency-restoration and community-reintegration services in either a locked residential treatment facility when appropriate or a community-based facility based on considerations of public safety, the needs of the individual, and available resources. (a) The department may implement a Forensic Hospital Diversion Pilot Program modeled after the Miami-Dade Forensic Alternative Center, taking into account local needs and resources in Okaloosa County, in conjunction with the First Judicial Circuit in Okaloosa County;in Duval County, in conjunction with the Fourth Judicial Circuit in Duval County; in Broward County, in conjunction with the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in Broward County; and in Miami-Dade County, in conjunction with the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in Miami-Dade County. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.