FL S1552

Replaces the term "nonsecure detention" with "supervised release detention" throughout Florida juvenile justice statutes, effective July 1, 2019, and redefines supervised release detention to exclude home detention and evening reporting centers from required program options.

Removes the requirement that the Department of Juvenile Justice develop evening reporting centers as alternatives to secure detention and eliminates the mandatory detention criteria for children taken into custody on three or more separate occasions within a 60-day period.

Revises detention criteria in section 985.255 to require courts use risk assessment instrument results as the primary factor for continued detention decisions, eliminating several specific offense-based mandatory detention provisions including domestic violence charges and firearm possession offenses.

Deletes "consequence units" as a detention option for probation violations and requires children violating probation conditions to be screened and detained or released based on risk assessment instrument scores instead.

Allows the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to distribute Invest in Children license plate proceeds on a statewide basis rather than allocating them proportionally by county, and removes the scheduled October 1, 2018 repeal of provisions governing the department's direct-support organization.