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FL Stat § 945.47 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.47 - Discharge of Inmate From Mental Health Treatment.

945.47 Discharge of inmate from mental health treatment.—(1) An inmate who has been transferred for the purpose of mental health treatment shall be discharged from treatment by the warden under the following conditions:(a) If the inmate is no longer in need of care and treatment, as defined in s. 945.42, he or she may be transferred out of the mental health treatment facility and provided with appropriate mental health services; or(b) If the inmate’s sentence expires during his or her treatment, but he or she is no longer in need of care and treatment as an inpatient, the inmate may be released with a recommendation for outpatient treatment, pursuant to the provisions of ss. 945.40-945.49.(2) At any time that an inmate who has received mental health treatment while in the custody of the department becomes eligible for release under supervision or upon end of sentence, a record of the inmate’s mental health treatment may be provided to the Florida Commission on Offender Review and to the Department of Children and Families upon request. The record shall include, at a minimum, a summary of the inmate’s diagnosis, length of stay in treatment, clinical history, prognosis, prescribed medication, treatment plan, and recommendations for aftercare services.History.—s. 1, ch. 82-224; s. 29, ch. 84-361; s. 59, ch. 88-122; s. 8, ch. 96-422; s. 1863, ch. 97-102; s. 318, ch. 99-8; s. 24, ch. 2000-161; s. 16, ch. 2008-250; s. 327, ch. 2014-19; s. 38, ch. 2014-191.
FL Stat § 945.49 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.49 - Operation and Administration.

945.49 Operation and administration.—(1) ADMINISTRATION.—The department is authorized to contract with the appropriate entities, agencies, persons, and local governing bodies to provide mental health services pursuant to ss. 945.40-945.49.(2) RULES.—The department, in cooperation with the Mental Health Program Office of the Department of Children and Families, shall adopt rules necessary for administration of ss. 945.40-945.49 in accordance with chapter 120.(3) ORIENTATION AND TRAINING.—Correctional officers employed by a mental health treatment facility shall receive specialized training above and beyond that required for basic certification pursuant to chapter 943.(4) STATUS OF INMATE.—An inmate receiving mental health treatment shall be subject to the same standards applied to other inmates in the department, including, but not limited to, consideration for parole, release by reason of gain-time allowances as provided for in s. 944.291, and release by expiration of sentence.History.—s. 1, ch. 82-224; s. 29, ch. 84-361; s. 322, ch. 96-410; s. 10, ch. 96-422; s. 319, ch. 99-8; s. 18, ch. 2008-250; s. 328, ch. 2014-19.
FL Stat § 945.6031 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.6031 - Required Reports and Surveys.

945.6031 Required reports and surveys.—(1) Not less than annually, the authority shall report to the Governor and the Legislature the status of the Department of Corrections’ health care delivery system. The report must include, but need not be limited to:(a) Recommendations regarding cost containment measures the Department of Corrections could implement; and(b) Recommendations regarding performance and financial audits of the Department of Corrections’ Office of Health Services.(2) The authority shall conduct surveys of the physical and mental health care system at each correctional institution at least triennially and shall report the survey findings for each institution to the Secretary of Corrections.(3) Deficiencies found by the authority to be life-threatening or otherwise serious shall be immediately reported to the Secretary of Corrections. The Department of Corrections shall take immediate action to correct life-threatening or otherwise serious deficiencies identified by the authority and within 3 calendar days file a written corrective action plan with the authority indicating the actions that will be taken to address the deficiencies. Within 60 calendar days following a survey, the authority shall submit a report to the Secretary of Corrections indicating deficiencies found at the institution.(4) Within 30 calendar days after the receipt of a survey report from the authority, the Department of Corrections shall file a written corrective action plan with the authority, indicating the actions which will be taken to address deficiencies determined by the authority to exist at an institution. Each plan shall set forth an estimate of the time and resources needed to correct identified deficiencies.(5) The authority shall monitor the Department of Corrections’ implementation of corrective actions which have been taken at each institution to address deficiencies related to the Department of Corrections’ provision of physical and mental health care services found to exist by the authority.(6) Failure of the Department of Corrections to file a corrective action plan or to timely implement the provisions of a corrective action plan correcting identified deficiencies may result in the initiation of the dispute resolution procedures by the authority pursuant to s. 945.6035.History.—s. 3, ch. 90-83; s. 32, ch. 91-201; s. 5, ch. 91-429; s. 3, ch. 92-47; s. 22, ch. 95-325; s. 18, ch. 96-312; s. 118, ch. 97-237.
FL Stat § 945.6032 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.6032 - Quality Management Program Requirements.

945.6032 Quality management program requirements.—(1) The authority shall appoint a medical review committee pursuant to s. 766.101 to provide oversight for the Department of Corrections’ inmate health care quality management program. The authority shall also designate one of its members to serve on the Department of Corrections’ medical review committee in order to ensure coordination between the department and the authority with regard to issues of quality management and to enhance the authority’s oversight of the Department of Corrections’ quality management system.(2) The authority’s medical review committee shall review amendments to the Department of Corrections’ inmate health care quality management program prior to implementation by the department.(3) The findings and recommendations of a medical review committee created by the authority or the department pursuant to s. 766.101 are confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution, and any proceedings of the committee are exempt from the provisions of s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State Constitution.History.—s. 4, ch. 90-83; s. 32, ch. 91-201; s. 5, ch. 91-429; s. 4, ch. 92-47; s. 2, ch. 94-73; s. 449, ch. 96-406; s. 119, ch. 97-237.
FL Stat § 945.6033 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.6033 - Continuing Contracts With Health Care Providers.

945.6033 Continuing contracts with health care providers.—The Department of Corrections may enter into continuing contracts with licensed health care providers, including hospitals and health maintenance organizations, for the provision of inmate health care services which the department is unable to provide in its facilities.History.—s. 87, ch. 88-122.
FL Stat § 945.6034 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.6034 - Minimum Health Care Standards.

945.6034 Minimum health care standards.—(1) The Assistant Secretary for Health Services is responsible for developing a comprehensive health care delivery system and promulgating all department health care standards. Such health care standards shall include, but are not limited to, rules relating to the management structure of the health care system and the provision of health care services to inmates, health care policies, health care plans, quality management systems and procedures, health service bulletins, and treatment protocols.(2) The department shall submit all health care standards to the authority for review prior to adoption. The authority shall review all department health care standards to determine whether they conform to the standard of care generally accepted in the professional health community at large.(3) The department shall comply with all adopted department health care standards. Failure of the department to comply with the standards may result in a dispute resolution proceeding brought by the authority pursuant to s. 945.6035, but shall not create a cause of action for any third parties, including inmates or former inmates.History.—s. 5, ch. 92-47.
FL Stat § 945.6036 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.6036 - Enforcement.

945.6036 Enforcement.—(1) If the department fails to substantially comply with the dispute resolution decision of the Administration Commission or fails to implement required remedial action within 45 days after such decision or within the time period set by the Administration Commission, whichever period is longer, the authority is authorized to petition the Circuit Court in Leon County for an order requiring the department to comply. For the purposes of this section, “substantial compliance” means a firm effort to comply fully with the decision without omitting any essential part, and that any omission consists solely of an unimportant defect.(2) If the authority fails to initiate a circuit court proceeding pursuant to this section, an inmate has the right to file a verified petition with the authority requesting that such a proceeding be initiated. The petition shall set forth with particularity the manner in which the department has failed to implement the decision of the Administration Commission, including any required remedial actions. The authority has 45 days after receipt of a verified petition to either initiate an action in circuit court pursuant to this section or advise the inmate in writing of the reason such an action will not be initiated.(3) Within 30 days after service of the written decision of the authority setting forth its reason why an action will not be initiated by the authority pursuant to this section, an inmate may initiate an appropriate proceeding in the Circuit Court in Leon County to require the department to substantially comply with the decision of the Administration Commission.History.—s. 7, ch. 92-47.
FL Stat § 945.6037 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.6037 - Nonemergency Health Care; Inmate Copayments.

945.6037 Nonemergency health care; inmate copayments.—(1)(a) For each nonemergency visit by an inmate to a health care provider which is initiated by the inmate, the inmate must make a copayment of $5. A copayment may not be charged for the required initial medical history and physical examination of the inmate.(b) The copayment for an inmate’s health care must be deducted from any existing balance in the inmate’s bank account. If the account balance is insufficient to cover the copayment, 50 percent of each deposit to the account must be withheld until the total amount owed has been paid.(c) The proceeds of each copayment must be deposited in the General Revenue Fund.(d) The department may waive all or part of the copayment for an inmate’s visit to a health care provider if the health care:1. Is provided in connection with an extraordinary event that could not reasonably be foreseen, such as a disturbance or a natural disaster;2. Is an institutionwide health care measure that is necessary to address the spread of specific infectious or contagious diseases;3. Is provided under a contractual obligation that is established under the Interstate Corrections Compact or under an agreement with another jurisdiction which precludes assessing such a copayment;4. Was initiated by the health care provider or consists of routine followup care;5. Is initiated by the inmate to voluntarily request an HIV test;6. Produces an outcome that requires medical action to protect staff or inmates from a communicable disease; or7. When the inmate is referred to mental health evaluation or treatment by a correctional officer, correctional probation officer, or other person supervising an inmate worker.(2) The department may provide by rule for a supplemental copayment for a medical consultation relating to an inmate’s health care and occurring outside the prison or for a prosthetic device for an inmate. The supplemental copayment must be used to defray all or part of the security costs associated with the surveillance and transport of the inmate to the outside consultation or with the fitting and maintenance of the prosthetic device. The proceeds of each supplemental copayment must be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.(3)(a) An inmate may not be denied access to health care as a result of not paying any copayment or supplemental copayment that is provided for in this section.(b) An inmate must not be given preferential access to health care as a result of paying any copayment or supplemental copayment that is provided for in this section.(c) The expenses and operating capital outlay required to develop, implement, and maintain the medical copayment accounting system must be appropriated by the Legislature.History.—s. 7, ch. 94-273; s. 33, ch. 95-283; s. 7, ch. 97-260; s. 12, ch. 2003-179; s. 6, ch. 2009-63.
FL Stat § 945.6038 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.6038 - Inmate Litigation Costs.

945.6038 Inmate litigation costs.—(1) The department shall charge an inmate for the following and place a lien on the inmate’s trust fund account if the inmate has insufficient funds at the time the charges are imposed:(a) Costs of duplication of documents and accompanying evidentiary materials needed to initiate civil proceedings in judicial or administrative forums or that must be filed or served in a pending civil proceeding. The following costs are authorized:1. Up to 15 cents per one-sided copy for duplicated copies of not more than 14 inches by 81/2 inches; or2. For all other copies, the actual cost of duplication.(b) Postage and any special delivery charges, if required by law or rule, for mail to courts, attorneys, parties, and other persons required to be served.(2) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement this section.(3) This section is not intended to create any legal rights or obligations that do not otherwise exist. This section is not intended to limit or preclude the department from charging for duplication of its records as allowed under chapter 119, nor is it intended to create a right to substitute a lien in lieu of payment for public records.History.—s. 1, ch. 2006-294.
FL Stat § 945.6041 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.6041 - Inmate Medical Services.

945.6041 Inmate medical services.—(1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Emergency medical transportation services” includes, but is not limited to, services rendered by ambulances, emergency medical services vehicles, and air ambulances as those terms are defined in s. 401.23.(b) “Health care provider” has the same meaning as provided in s. 766.105.(2) Compensation to a health care provider to provide inmate medical services may not exceed 110 percent of the Medicare allowable rate if the health care provider does not have a contract to provide services with the department or the private correctional facility, as defined in s. 944.710, which houses the inmate. However, compensation to a health care provider may not exceed 125 percent of the Medicare allowable rate if:(a) The health care provider does not have a contract to provide services with the department or the private correctional facility, as defined in s. 944.710, which houses the inmate; and(b) The health care provider reported a negative operating margin for the previous year to the Agency for Health Care Administration through hospital-audited financial data.(3) Compensation to an entity to provide emergency medical transportation services for inmates may not exceed 110 percent of the Medicare allowable rate if the entity does not have a contract with the department or a private correctional facility, as defined in s. 944.710, to provide the services.(4) This section does not apply to charges for medical services provided at a hospital operated by the department.History.—s. 8, ch. 2009-63.
FL Stat § 945.71 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.71 - Inmate Training Programs; Intent and Purposes.

945.71 Inmate training programs; intent and purposes.—It is the intent of ss. 945.71-945.74 to authorize the establishment of structured disciplinary training programs within the Department of Corrections expressly intended to instill self-discipline, improve work habits, and improve self-confidence for inmates.History.—s. 24, ch. 92-310.
FL Stat § 945.72 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.72 - Eligibility and Screening of Inmates.

945.72 Eligibility and screening of inmates.—(1) The provisions of ss. 945.71-945.74 apply to all eligible inmates in state correctional institutions.(2) Upon receipt of an inmate into the prison system, the department shall screen the inmate for the training program. To participate, an inmate must have no physical limitations which would preclude participation in strenuous activity and must not be impaired. In screening an inmate for the training program, the department shall consider the inmate’s criminal history and the possible rehabilitative benefits of “shock” incarceration.History.—s. 25, ch. 92-310.
FL Stat § 945.73 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.73 - Inmate Training Program Operation.

945.73 Inmate training program operation.—(1) The department shall, subject to specific legislative appropriation, develop and implement training programs for eligible inmates which include, but are not limited to, marching drills, calisthenics, a rigid dress code, work assignments, physical training, training in decisionmaking and personal development, drug counseling, education, and rehabilitation.(2) Only inmates eligible for control release pursuant to s. 947.146 shall be permitted to participate in the training program.(3) The inmate training program shall provide a short incarceration period of rigorous training to inmates who require a greater degree of supervision than is provided for those on community control or probation. The inmate training program is not intended to divert offenders away from probation or community control, but to divert them from long periods of incarceration when a short “shock” incarceration could produce the same deterrent effect.(4) Upon an inmate’s completion of the inmate training program, the department shall submit a report to the releasing authority that describes the inmate’s performance. If the performance has been satisfactory, the releasing authority shall establish a release date which is within 30 days following program completion. As a condition of release, the inmate shall be placed on community supervision as provided in chapter 947, and shall be subject to the conditions established therefor.(5) If an inmate in the training program becomes unmanageable, the department may place the inmate in the general inmate population to complete the remainder of his or her sentence. Any period of time in which the inmate is unable to participate in the inmate training program activities may be excluded from the specified time requirements in the inmate training program. The portion of the sentence served prior to placement in the inmate training program shall not be counted toward program completion.(6) The department shall work cooperatively with the Control Release Authority, the Florida Commission on Offender Review, or such other authority as may exist or be established in the future which is empowered by law to effect the release of an inmate who has successfully completed the requirements established by ss. 945.71-945.74.(7) The department shall provide a special training program for staff selected to operate the inmate training program.History.—s. 26, ch. 92-310; s. 1665, ch. 97-102; s. 114, ch. 2013-18; s. 39, ch. 2014-191.
FL Stat § 945.74 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.74 - Implementation.

945.74 Implementation.—The department shall implement the inmate training program to the fullest extent feasible within the parameters of ss. 945.71-945.74.History.—s. 27, ch. 92-310; s. 89, ch. 2000-158.
FL Stat § 947.001 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 947 - Florida Commission on Offender Review; Conditional Release; Control Release; Parole|947.001 - Short Title.

947.001 Short title.—This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Objective Parole Guidelines Act of 1978.”History.—s. 2, ch. 78-417; s. 34, ch. 83-131; s. 37, ch. 86-183; s. 67, ch. 88-122; s. 17, ch. 89-531; s. 20, ch. 90-337; s. 1, ch. 93-2.
FL Stat § 947.002 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 947 - Florida Commission on Offender Review; Conditional Release; Control Release; Parole|947.002 - Intent.

947.002 Intent.—(1) It is the purpose of this chapter to establish an objective means for determining and establishing parole dates for inmates.(2) Objective parole criteria will be designed to give primary weight to the seriousness of the offender’s present criminal offense and the offender’s past criminal record. In considering the risk of recidivism, practice has shown that the best predictor is prior record.(3) The chair shall be the agency head. While the commission is responsible for making decisions on the granting and revoking of parole, the chair shall establish, execute, and be held accountable for all administrative policy decisions. The routine administrative decisions are the full responsibility of the chair.(4) Hearing examiners are assigned on the basis of caseload needs as determined by the chair.(5) It is the intent of the Legislature that the decision to parole an inmate from the incarceration portion of the inmate’s sentence is an act of grace of the state and shall not be considered a right.History.—s. 1, ch. 78-417; s. 1, ch. 81-322; s. 2, ch. 82-171; s. 34, ch. 83-131; s. 37, ch. 86-183; s. 67, ch. 88-122; s. 17, ch. 89-531; s. 20, ch. 90-337; s. 1, ch. 93-2; s. 3, ch. 93-61; s. 1667, ch. 97-102.