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FL S0230
Bill
AI Summary
- Creates three pilot projects ("Project Leo" and two additional) in Alachua, Baker, Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee, Palm Beach, and Hillsborough Counties to provide wearable personal tracking devices to aid search-and-rescue efforts for missing persons with special needs at risk of elopement
- Participants are selected on a first-come, first-served basis using criteria developed by the Centers for Autism and Related Disabilities at the University of Florida, Florida Atlantic University, and the University of South Florida, with risk of elopement as a minimum criterion
- Devices are provided by the respective university centers to county sheriff's offices for distribution to participants, and participation is voluntary and free of charge
- Appropriates $100,000 in nonrecurring General Revenue funds to each of the three university centers ($300,000 total) for the 2016-2017 fiscal year to purchase the tracking devices
- Requires each center to submit a preliminary report by December 1, 2016, and a final report with recommendations by December 15, 2017, to the Governor and legislative leaders; the program expires June 30, 2018
Legislative Description
Missing Persons with Special Needs
Last Action
Chapter No. 2016-186
4/6/2016
Committee Referrals
Appropriations10/22/2015
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs10/6/2015
Criminal Justice9/15/2015
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