FL S0218

Redefines "intellectual disability" in Florida law to include conditions resulting from traumatic brain injury that cause significant deficiency in adaptive functioning, not just subaverage intellectual functioning present before age 18.

Establishes four areas of mental functioning used to determine "significantly deficient in adaptive functioning": understanding/remembering/applying information, interacting with others, concentrating/persisting/maintaining pace, and adapting/managing oneself.

Defines "traumatic brain injury" as a disruption in normal brain function caused by a bump, blow, jolt to the head, or penetrating head injury.

Requires the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to assist defendants found incompetent to proceed due to intellectual disability caused by traumatic brain injury with applications to the long-term care managed care program.

Effective date: July 1, 2022.