FL S0346

Expands Florida's conditional medical release program to include a new category of "inmate with a debilitating illness," defined as an inmate suffering from a significant terminal or nonterminal condition that has rendered them so physically or cognitively impaired that they do not constitute a danger to themselves or others

Redefines "terminally ill inmate" to require death expected within 12 months (previously required death to be "imminent"), making the standard more flexible for release consideration

Maintains existing eligibility for "permanently incapacitated inmates" who are permanently and irreversibly physically incapacitated due to injury, disease, or illness

Adds a formal statutory definition of "conditional medical release" as release from a state correctional institution for a medical or physical condition

Reenacts numerous statutes referencing conditional medical release to incorporate the amendments, including provisions related to mandatory minimum sentences for violent crimes, drug trafficking, and sexual offenses where conditional medical release remains an exception to early release restrictions