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FL Stat § 945.041 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.041 - Reports.

945.041 Reports.—The department shall publish on its website and make available to the public the following information, updated on a quarterly basis:(1) Inmate admissions by offense type. Burglary of dwelling offenses under s. 810.02(2) and (3)(a) and (b) shall be reported as a separate category from all other property crimes.(2) The recidivism rate. As used in this subsection, the term “recidivism” means an inmate’s rearrest, reconviction, reincarceration, or probation revocation in the state within a 3-year time period following the inmate’s release from incarceration.History.—s. 8, ch. 2018-127.
FL Stat § 945.043 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.043 - Department-Operated Day Care Services.

945.043 Department-operated day care services.—(1) The department shall have the authority to establish and operate child care services for department employees. Child care enhances the department’s ability to recruit and retain employees in remote or understaffed areas. Child care centers must be located on or adjacent to the grounds of an institution or facility, and must be located outside the grounds of the compound area where inmates are housed. Individuals utilizing the child care services are not limited to employees of the department. Employees of other state agencies may also utilize department-operated day care centers. Furthermore, individual day care centers may enter into consortium agreements with their local city or county governments or the Federal Government, permitting centers to admit the children of those city, county, and Federal Government employees. Employees and other individuals who utilize the child care services shall be charged a fee for such services.(2) The department is exempt from the requirements of s. 110.151.History.—s. 12, ch. 96-312.
FL Stat § 945.047 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.047 - Licensing Requirements for Physicians, Osteopathic Physicians, and Chiropractic Physicians Employed by the Department.

945.047 Licensing requirements for physicians, osteopathic physicians, and chiropractic physicians employed by the department.—(1) The Department of Corrections shall employ only physicians, osteopathic physicians, or chiropractic physicians holding licenses in good standing to practice medicine in this state, except that, by October 1, 1980, no more than 10 percent of the total number of such physicians employed by the department may be exempted from the provisions of this subsection. Each such exempted physician shall hold a valid license to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine, or chiropractic medicine in another state and shall have been certified by the appropriate board as eligible for admission for examination in this state under chapter 458, chapter 459, or chapter 460, as applicable. The appropriate board shall not certify as eligible for admission for examination any person who has been adjudged unqualified or guilty of any of the acts enumerated in the disciplinary provisions contained in chapter 458, chapter 459, or chapter 460, as applicable.(2) No person subject to the provisions of this section shall, by virtue of his or her continued employment in accordance with such provisions, be in violation of the unauthorized practice provisions of chapter 458, chapter 459, or chapter 460 during such period of employment.History.—s. 3, ch. 79-302; s. 1662, ch. 97-102; s. 66, ch. 97-264; s. 299, ch. 98-166.
FL Stat § 945.0913 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.0913 - Inmates Prohibited From Driving State-Owned Vehicles to Transport Inmates in a Work-Release Program.

945.0913 Inmates prohibited from driving state-owned vehicles to transport inmates in a work-release program.—An inmate may not drive a state-owned vehicle for the purpose of transporting inmates who are participating in a work-release program authorized in s. 945.091(1)(b).History.—s. 2, ch. 2003-141.
FL Stat § 945.092 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.092 - Limits on Work-Release and Minimum Security Custody for Persons Who Have Committed the Crime of Escape.

945.092 Limits on work-release and minimum security custody for persons who have committed the crime of escape.—A person who has ever been convicted, regardless of adjudication, of the offense of escape, as prohibited by s. 944.40 or its successor, or as prohibited by a similar law of another state, is not eligible for any work-release program under s. 945.091 or for confinement in minimum security conditions.History.—s. 29, ch. 95-283.
FL Stat § 945.21501 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.21501 - Employee Benefit Trust Fund.

945.21501 Employee Benefit Trust Fund.—(1) There is hereby created in the Department of Corrections the Employee Benefit Trust Fund. The purpose of the trust fund shall be to:(a) Construct, operate, and maintain training and recreation facilities at correctional facilities for the exclusive use of department employees. Any facility constructed using funds from the Employee Benefit Trust Fund is the property of the department and must provide the maximum benefit to all interested employees, regardless of gender.(b) Provide funding for employee appreciation programs and activities designed to enhance the morale of employees.Moneys shall be deposited in the trust fund as provided in s. 945.215.(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.301 and pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the end of any fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund at the end of the year and shall be available for carrying out the purposes of the trust fund.(3) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to administer this section.History.—s. 1, ch. 98-384; s. 2, ch. 2002-110; s. 4, ch. 2007-210.
FL Stat § 945.21503 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.21503 - Federal Grants Trust Fund.

945.21503 Federal Grants Trust Fund.—(1) The Federal Grants Trust Fund is created within the Department of Corrections.(2) The fund is established for use as a depository for funds to be used for allowable grant activities funded by restricted program revenues. Moneys to be credited to the trust fund shall consist of grants and funding from the Federal Government, interest earnings, and cash advances from other trust funds.History.—s. 1, ch. 2006-20; s. 2, ch. 2009-29.
FL Stat § 945.2151 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.2151 - Verifying Social Security Numbers.

945.2151 Verifying social security numbers.—Prior to opening a canteen account pursuant to s. 945.215, an inmate who is eligible to receive a social security number must report his or her social security number. The department shall, in adherence with its agreement with the Social Security Administration and in a timely manner, submit sufficient and necessary information to verify that the reported inmate’s social security number is accurate and properly belongs to the inmate. If the Social Security Administration is unable to verify a reported social security number for an inmate, the department shall prohibit canteen purchases by the inmate if the department concludes that the inmate was deceptive in reporting the social security number. The prohibition against purchasing canteen items will remain in effect until a verified social security number is obtained.History.—s. 49, ch. 96-312.
FL Stat § 945.25 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.25 - Records.

945.25 Records.—(1) It shall be the duty of the Department of Corrections to obtain and place in its records information as complete as practicable on every person who may be sentenced to supervision or incarceration under the jurisdiction of the department. Such information shall be obtained as soon as possible after imposition of sentence and shall, in the discretion of the department, include, among other things:(a) A copy of the indictment or information and a complete statement of the facts of the crime for which such person has been sentenced.(b) The court in which the person was sentenced.(c) The terms of the sentence.(d) The name of the presiding judge, the prosecuting officers, the investigating officers, and the attorneys for the person convicted.(e) A copy of all probation reports which may have been made.(f) Any social, physical, mental, psychiatric, or criminal record of such person.(2) It shall be the duty of the court and its prosecuting officials to furnish to the department upon its request such information and also to furnish such copies of such minutes and other records as may be in their possession or under their control.(3) Following the initial hearing provided for in s. 947.172(1), the commission shall prepare and the department shall include in the official record a copy of the seriousness-of-offense and favorable-parole-outcome scores and shall include a listing of the specific factors and information used in establishing a presumptive parole release date for the inmate.History.—s. 11, ch. 20519, 1941; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; ss. 81, 87, ch. 77-120; s. 20, ch. 78-417; s. 97, ch. 79-3; s. 57, ch. 88-122; s. 5, ch. 92-310; s. 28, ch. 95-145; s. 26, ch. 2004-335.Note.—Former s. 947.14(1), (2), (4), and (6).
FL Stat § 945.27 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.27 - Proceedings by Department.

945.27 Proceedings by department.—(1) Whenever it becomes necessary to increase the number of prison beds by acquiring private property for the construction of new correctional facilities or for the expansion of existing facilities, and the property cannot be acquired by agreement satisfactory to the Department of Corrections and the parties interested in, or the owners of, the private property, the department is hereby empowered and authorized to exercise the right of eminent domain and to proceed to condemn the property in the same manner as provided by law for the condemnation of property.(2) Any suit or action brought by the said department to condemn property as provided in this section shall be brought in the name of the Department of Corrections, and it shall be the duty of the Department of Legal Affairs to conduct the proceedings for, and to act as counsel for, the said department.History.—s. 83, ch. 77-120; s. 99, ch. 79-3; s. 2, ch. 94-273; s. 30, ch. 95-283.
FL Stat § 945.28 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.28 - Selection of Probation or Parole Offices by the Department; Public Notice.

945.28 Selection of probation or parole offices by the department; public notice.—(1) Beginning July 1, 1995, whenever the department is going to enter into a contract for the lease or purchase of a probation and parole office space to be used by the department, the department shall provide notice, by publication in the county in which the office space is to be located, in a newspaper of general circulation in said county, 30 days prior to signing any lease or purchasing any property to be used for office space, that the department intends to lease or purchase such property. The published notice shall include a telephone number whereby interested members of the public may communicate with the department with respect to any questions or input the public may have with regard to the proposed lease or purchase.(2) When the site of the proposed probation and parole office space is to be located within one quarter mile of a school for children in grade 12 or lower, licensed day care center facility, park, playground, nursing home, convalescent center, hospital, association for disabled population, mental health center, youth center, group home for disabled population or youth, or other place where children or a population especially vulnerable to crime due to age or physical or mental disability regularly congregates, the department shall provide written notification to the county or city administrator in the county or city in which the office space is to be located simultaneously with the newspaper publication.History.—s. 31, ch. 95-283; s. 1, ch. 97-156.
FL Stat § 945.31 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.31 - Restitution and Other Payments.

945.31 Restitution and other payments.—The department may establish bank accounts outside the State Treasury for the purpose of collecting and disbursing restitution and other court-ordered payments from persons in its custody or under its supervision, and may collect an administrative processing fee in an amount equal to 4 percent of the gross amounts of such payments. Such administrative processing fee shall be deposited in the department’s Operating Trust Fund and shall be used to offset the cost of the department’s services. The department is authorized to deposit or transfer into the General Revenue Fund:(1) Offender overpayments that are less than $10 at the end of the offender’s supervision.(2) Offender funds that are not claimed within 1 year after supervision is terminated.(3) Victim restitution payments that are not claimed within 1 year after the offender’s supervision is terminated.(4) Interest earned on balances in the COPS bank accounts.(5) Payments that cannot be identified and are not claimed within 1 year after they are received.History.—s. 11, ch. 89-526; s. 14, ch. 93-120; s. 32, ch. 95-283; s. 5, ch. 98-388; s. 1, ch. 2003-136.
FL Stat § 945.355 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.355 - HIV Testing of Inmates Prior to Release.

945.355 HIV testing of inmates prior to release.—(1) As used in this section, the term “HIV test” means a test ordered to determine the presence of the antibody or antigen to human immunodeficiency virus or the presence of human immunodeficiency virus infection.(2) If an inmate’s HIV status is unknown to the department, the department shall, pursuant to s. 381.004(2), perform an HIV test on the inmate not less than 60 days prior to the inmate’s presumptive release date from prison by reason of parole, accumulation of gain-time credits, or expiration of sentence. An inmate who is known to the department to be HIV positive or who has been tested within the previous year and does not request retesting need not be tested under this section but is subject to subsections (4) and (5). However, an inmate who is released due to an emergency is exempt from the provisions of this section.(3) The department shall record the results of the HIV test in the inmate’s medical record.(4) Pursuant to ss. 381.004(2) and 945.10, the department shall notify the Department of Health and the county health department where the inmate plans to reside regarding an inmate who is known to be HIV positive or has received an HIV positive test result under this section prior to the release of that inmate.(5) Prior to the release of an inmate who is known to be HIV positive or who has received a positive HIV test result under this section, the department shall provide special transitional assistance to the inmate, which must include:(a) Education on preventing the transmission of HIV to others and on the importance of receiving followup care and treatment.(b) A written, individualized discharge plan that includes referrals to and contacts with the county health department and local HIV primary care services in the area where the inmate plans to reside.(c) A 30-day supply of all HIV/AIDS-related medications that the inmate is taking prior to release under the protocols of the Department of Corrections and the treatment guidelines of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.(6) Notwithstanding any provision of the Florida Statutes providing for a waiver of sovereign immunity, neither the state, its agencies, subdivisions nor employees of the state, its agencies, or subdivisions shall be liable to any person for negligently causing death or personal injury arising out of complying with this section.History.—ss. 1, 6, ch. 2002-292; s. 112, ch. 2003-1; s. 113, ch. 2013-15.
FL Stat § 945.36 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.36 - Law Enforcement Personnel Authorized to Conduct Drug Tests on Inmates and Releasees.

945.36 Law enforcement personnel authorized to conduct drug tests on inmates and releasees.—(1) Any law enforcement officer, state or county probation officer, employee of the Department of Corrections, or employee of a contracted community correctional center who is certified by the Department of Corrections pursuant to subsection (2) may administer a urine screen drug test to:(a) Persons during incarceration;(b) Persons released as a condition of probation for either a felony or misdemeanor;(c) Persons released as a condition of community control;(d) Persons released as a condition of conditional release;(e) Persons released as a condition of parole;(f) Persons released as a condition of provisional release;(g) Persons released as a condition of pretrial release; or(h) Persons released as a condition of control release.(2) The Department of Corrections shall develop a procedure for certification of any law enforcement officer, state or county probation officer, employee of the Department of Corrections, or employee of a contracted community correctional center to perform a urine screen drug test on the persons specified in subsection (1).History.—s. 1, ch. 90-205; s. 79, ch. 95-211; s. 6, ch. 2017-31; s. 126, ch. 2018-24.
FL Stat § 945.40 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.40 - Corrections Mental Health Act; Short Title for Ss. 945.40-945.49.

945.40 Corrections Mental Health Act; short title for ss. 945.40-945.49.—Sections 945.40-945.49 shall be known and may be cited as the “Corrections Mental Health Act.”History.—s. 1, ch. 82-224; s. 29, ch. 84-361.
FL Stat § 945.41 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.41 - Legislative Intent of Ss. 945.40-945.49.

945.41 Legislative intent of ss. 945.40-945.49.—It is the intent of the Legislature that mentally ill inmates in the custody of the Department of Corrections receive evaluation and appropriate treatment for their mental illness through a continuum of services. It is further the intent of the Legislature that:(1) Inmates in the custody of the department who have mental illnesses that require hospitalization and intensive psychiatric inpatient treatment or care receive appropriate treatment or care in Department of Corrections mental health treatment facilities designated for that purpose. The Department of Corrections shall provide mental health services to inmates committed to it and may contract with any entities, persons, or agencies qualified to provide such services.(2) Mental health treatment facilities be secure and adequately equipped and staffed for the provision of mental health services and that, to the extent possible, such services be provided in the least restrictive manner consistent with optimum improvement of the inmate’s condition.(3) Inmates who are transferred to any facility for the purpose of mental health treatment be given consideration for parole and be eligible for release by reason of gain-time allowances as provided in s. 944.291 and release by expiration of sentence, consistent with guidelines established for that purpose by the department.(4) Any inmate sentenced as a youthful offender, or designated as a youthful offender by the department under chapter 958, who is transferred pursuant to this act to a mental health treatment facility be separated from other inmates, if necessary, as determined by the warden of the treatment facility.(5) The department may designate mental health treatment facilities for adult, youthful, and female offenders or may contract with other appropriate entities, persons, or agencies for such services.History.—s. 1, ch. 82-224; s. 29, ch. 84-361; s. 2, ch. 96-422; s. 317, ch. 99-8; s. 18, ch. 2000-161; s. 10, ch. 2008-250; s. 12, ch. 2010-64.
FL Stat § 945.44 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.44 - Emergency Placement of Inmate in a Mental Health Treatment Facility.

945.44 Emergency placement of inmate in a mental health treatment facility.—(1) CRITERIA.—An inmate may be placed in a mental health treatment facility on an emergency basis if he or she is mentally ill and in immediate need of care and treatment, as defined in s. 945.42.(2) PROCEDURE FOR EMERGENCY PLACEMENT.—An inmate who is mentally ill and in immediate need of care and treatment that cannot be provided at the institution where he or she is confined may be placed in a mental health treatment facility on an emergency basis. The inmate may be placed immediately in a mental health treatment facility and shall be accompanied by the recommendation of the warden of the institution where the inmate is confined, which recommendation must state the need for the emergency placement and include a written opinion of a physician verifying the need for the emergency placement. Upon the emergency placement of the inmate in the facility, the inmate shall be evaluated; if he or she is determined to be in need of treatment or care, the warden shall initiate proceedings for placement of the inmate, as described in s. 945.43(2).History.—s. 1, ch. 82-224; s. 29, ch. 84-361; s. 5, ch. 96-422; s. 1861, ch. 97-102; s. 21, ch. 2000-161; s. 13, ch. 2008-250.
FL Stat § 945.46 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections|945.46 - Initiation of Involuntary Placement Proceedings With Respect to a Mentally Ill Inmate Scheduled for Release.

945.46 Initiation of involuntary placement proceedings with respect to a mentally ill inmate scheduled for release.—(1) If an inmate who is receiving mental health treatment in the department is scheduled for release through expiration of sentence or any other means, but continues to be mentally ill and in need of care and treatment, as defined in s. 945.42, the warden is authorized to initiate procedures for involuntary placement pursuant to s. 394.467, 60 days prior to such release.(2) In addition, the warden may initiate procedures for involuntary examination pursuant to s. 394.463 for any inmate who has a mental illness and meets the criteria of s. 394.463(1).(3) The department may transport an individual who is being released from its custody to a receiving or treatment facility for involuntary examination or placement. Such transport shall be made to a facility that is specified by the Department of Children and Families as able to meet the specific needs of the individual. If the Department of Children and Families does not specify a facility, transport may be made to the nearest receiving facility.History.—s. 1, ch. 82-224; s. 29, ch. 84-361; s. 7, ch. 96-422; s. 23, ch. 2000-161; s. 15, ch. 2008-250; s. 15, ch. 2010-64; s. 326, ch. 2014-19.