FL S7018

Increases the annual deposit cap for the State-Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust Fund from $2.5 million to $32 million per fiscal year.

Removes the $100 maximum limit on weekly inmate withdrawals from their individual bank trust accounts, allowing the Secretary of Corrections to set the amount.

Adds four new funding sources for the inmate welfare trust fund: nonemergency health care copayments, confiscation proceeds from damages, cost of incarceration liens, and unexpended balances under $1 from individual inmate accounts.

Expands authorized uses of the trust fund to include fixed capital outlay for educational facilities and environmental health upgrades to correctional facilities.

Changes department authority regarding donations from "shall not accept" to "may not accept" donations on behalf of individual inmates.