HB 785 Summary

• Requires the Department of Corrections to adopt health care standards specifically tailored to inmates older than 50 years of age.

• Creates a supervised conditional elderly release program for inmates 65 years or older who have served at least 50 percent of their sentence and meet other eligibility criteria (no violent felonies, sexual offenses, or crimes involving children).

• Establishes release requirements including 10 hours of community service per year served, electronic monitoring for at least 1 year, and victim restitution; allows trial court judges to retain jurisdiction over releases.

• Authorizes defendants 65 years or older receiving favorable determinations from the Florida Commission on Offender Review to serve less than 85 percent of their sentence (up to 50 percent reduction).

• Takes effect July 1, 2015.