FL S0050

Shifts veterans treatment court eligibility determinations from state attorneys to multidisciplinary teams, which will assess criminal history, substance abuse screening, amenability to services, and victim recommendations

Allows sentencing courts to divert eligible veterans to postadjudicatory veterans treatment court programs for nonviolent felonies, effective for offenses committed on or after July 1, 2026

Defines "nonviolent felony" as third-degree felony violations under Chapter 810 (burglary/trespass) or any felony that is not a forcible felony under Florida law

Requires satisfactory completion of the veterans treatment court program as a condition of probation or community control, with the treatment court judge handling any violations during program participation

Transfers jurisdiction from the original sentencing court to the veterans treatment court until the defendant completes the program, is terminated for noncompliance, or finishes the sentence