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FL H0069

Bill

Status

Failed

5/1/2015

Primary Sponsor

Justice Appropriations Subcommittee

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Origin

House of Representatives

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates "Project Leo," a pilot program in Baker, Columbia, Hamilton, and Suwannee Counties to provide wearable tracking devices to persons with special needs at risk of elopement
  • Center for Autism and Related Disabilities at the University of Florida develops selection criteria and distributes devices to county sheriff's offices, which distribute them to participants at no cost
  • Center funds all costs associated with monitoring the devices and operates the project within existing resources
  • Center must submit preliminary report by December 1, 2015, and final report by December 15, 2016, including participant demographics, elopement incidents, rescue times, and recommendations for continuation or modification
  • Program expires June 30, 2017; act effective July 1, 2015

Legislative Description

Missing Persons with Special Needs

Last Action

Died in Criminal Justice

5/1/2015

Committee Referrals

Criminal Justice4/22/2015
Judiciary4/8/2015
Justice Appropriations Subcommittee3/26/2015
Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee2/5/2015
Criminal Justice Subcommittee12/19/2014

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