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FL H0069
Bill
Status
Failed
5/1/2015
Primary Sponsor
Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
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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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