FL S0288

Department of Juvenile Justice must begin collecting data on March 1, 2019, for all children who qualify for prosecution as adults, including demographics, charges, prior history, mental health background, and case outcomes.

Data collection covers 23 categories including age, race, ethnicity, gender, prior adjudications, risk assessment scores, mental health and trauma history, abuse or neglect history, and whether the child was transferred to adult court.

For children transferred to adult court, the department must also collect disposition data showing whether they received adult sanctions, juvenile sanctions, diversion, or prison sentences.

Department must work with the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to generate a report by January 31, 2019, analyzing all cases transferred between July 1, 2017, and June 30, 2018.

Department must provide an annual report to the Governor and Legislature by January 31 each year analyzing the aggregated data on juveniles transferred for criminal prosecution as adults.