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FL S0508
Bill
AI Summary
- Treatment-based drug court programs must collect client-level data (primary offenses, treatment compliance, completion status, court appearances, units of service) and programmatic information, and annually report aggregate admissions and terminations data to the Office of the State Courts Administrator
- Courts may determine the duration of a defendant's admission into a pretrial substance abuse education and treatment intervention program based on clinical needs, replacing the previous minimum requirement of one year
- Eligibility for pretrial substance abuse programs is expanded by removing the requirement that a defendant must have never been charged with a violent crime; instead, the defendant must not be simultaneously charged with a violent crime alongside the current nonviolent felony charge
- Eligibility for pretrial mental health court programs is expanded by removing the requirement that the defendant must have no prior felony convictions
- Misdemeanor pretrial substance abuse program eligibility is broadened to include any misdemeanor defendant identified as having a substance abuse problem, removing the previous restriction limiting eligibility to nonviolent, nontraffic-related misdemeanors or specific enumerated offenses; effective July 1, 2023
Legislative Description
Problem-solving Courts
Last Action
Chapter No. 2023-191
6/6/2023
Committee Referrals
Fiscal Policy3/15/2023
Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice3/8/2023
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