FL H0947

Eliminates the monitoring fee (0.5 percent of direct operating costs) that the Department of Juvenile Justice charged counties and municipalities for operating juvenile detention facilities

Establishes 10 compliance criteria for counties to operate juvenile detention facilities, including accreditation requirements, annual inspections, staffing ratios of 1 adult to 8 children during waking hours and 1 to 10 when asleep, and restrictions on use of isolation and solitary confinement

Prohibits program personnel from carrying chemical and electric restraints while in the presence of children; restraints may only be used in exigent circumstances with facility director approval and must be weighed after each use

Allows counties and sheriffs to form regional detention facilities through interlocal agreements to meet compliance requirements

Deletes the provision that exempted sheriffs complying with detention facility standards from additional training, procedures, or inspections; effective July 1, 2013