FL S7124

Exempts counties that fully fund pre-adjudication detention care for juveniles within their jurisdiction or through agreements with other counties from certain cost-sharing requirements under section 985.686.

Allows counties to comply with juvenile detention facility administration standards if they provide full cost for pre-adjudication detention and authorize county sheriffs, jail operators, or contracted providers to operate facilities.

Requires juvenile detention facilities to be accredited by the Florida Corrections Accreditation Commission or American Correctional Association and inspected annually to meet Florida Model Jail Standards.

Permits counties or county sheriffs to form regional detention facilities through interlocal agreements and mandates federal sight and sound separation of juvenile inmates from adult inmates.

Counties and sheriffs in compliance with these standards are exempt from additional training, procedures, or inspections required under the juvenile detention chapter; effective July 1, 2011.