FL S0574

Establishes a conditional aging inmate release program within the Department of Corrections with a panel of at least three members to determine eligibility and conduct revocation hearings.

Inmates become eligible for consideration when they reach 70 years of age and have served at least 10 years on their sentence, but are ineligible if convicted of crimes involving killing, sexual offenses requiring registration, or similar out-of-state offenses.

The department must identify and refer eligible inmates to the panel for a hearing within 45 days; a majority panel vote is required for approval, and approved inmates must be released within a reasonable timeframe with supervision, electronic monitoring, and other conditions imposed.

Released inmates are designated "aging releasees" under department custody for the remainder of their sentence and may not be counted toward prison population or capacity figures; gain-time may be forfeited if conditional release is revoked.

Amends multiple sentencing statutes to make conditional aging inmate release available as an alternative to other discretionary early release programs for inmates subject to mandatory minimum sentences, effective October 1, 2020.