Bill Amendment: FL S1414 | 2015 | Regular Session
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Bill Title: Juvenile Detention Costs
Status: 2015-05-01 - Died in Appropriations [S1414 Detail]
Download: Florida-2015-S1414-Senate_Committee_Amendment_626950.html
Bill Title: Juvenile Detention Costs
Status: 2015-05-01 - Died in Appropriations [S1414 Detail]
Download: Florida-2015-S1414-Senate_Committee_Amendment_626950.html
Florida Senate - 2015 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1414 Ì626950.Î626950 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Bradley) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment 2 3 Delete lines 49 - 118 4 and insert: 5 (b) The state shall pay: 6 1. Forty-three percent of the actual costs of providing 7 detention care as determined by the department pursuant to 8 subsection (5); 9 2. The actual costs of detention care for fiscally 10 constrained counties in the manner described in subsection (4); 11 and 12 3. The actual costs of providing detention care for 13 juveniles residing out of state. 14 (4)Notwithstanding subsection (3), the state shall pay all15costs of detention care for juveniles for which a fiscally16constrained county would otherwise be billed.17(a)By October 1, 2004, the department shall develop a18methodology for determining the amount of each fiscally19constrained county’s costs of detention care for juveniles,for20the period of time prior to final court disposition, which must21be paid by the state. At a minimum, this methodology must22consider the difference between the amount appropriated to the23department for offsetting the costs associated with the24assignment of juvenile pretrial detention expenses to the25fiscally constrained county and the total estimated costs to the26fiscally constrained county, for the fiscal year, of detention27care for juveniles for the period of time prior to final court28disposition.29(b)Subject to legislative appropriationand based on the30methodology developed under paragraph (a), the department shall 31 provide funding to offset the costs to fiscally constrained 32 counties of detention care for juvenilesfor the period of time33prior to final court disposition. If county matching funds are 34 required by the department to eliminate the difference 35calculated under paragraph (a) or the differencebetween the 36 actual costs of the fiscally constrained counties and the amount 37 appropriated in small county grants for use in mitigating such 38 costs, that match amount must be allocated proportionately among 39 all fiscally constrained counties. 40 (5) Each county that is not a fiscally constrained county 41 shall incorporate into its annual county budget sufficient funds 42 to pay its share of the actual costs of detention care for 43 juveniles whoresideresided in that county for the most 44 recently completed fiscal yearthe period of time prior to final45court disposition.This amount shall be based upon the prior use46of secure detention for juveniles who are residents of that47county, as calculated by the department. Each county shall pay48the estimated costs at the beginning of each month. Any49difference between the estimated costs and actual costs shall be50reconciled at the end of the state fiscal year.51 (a) Each county that is not a fiscally constrained county 52 shall pay fifty-seven percent of the actual costs of providing 53 detention care as determined by the department pursuant to this 54 statute. 55 (b) The department shall determine the actual costs of 56 detention care based on the cost of detention care through the 57 certified forward period, plus any additional legislative 58 appropriation for detention not included in the certified 59 forward amount. The number of detention days shall be based on 60 the most recent twelve month period. 61 (c) The department shall calculate the percentage of 62 detention use for each county that is not a fiscally constrained 63 county by dividing the total number of detention days for 64 juveniles residing in the county during the most recent twelve 65 month period by the total number of detention days for all 66 juveniles residing in counties that are not a fiscally 67 constrained county for the most recent twelve month period. 68 (d) The department shall calculate the share of actual 69 costs for each county that is not a fiscally constrained county 70 by multiplying the county’s percentage of detention usage by 71 fifty-seven percent of the total actual cost of detention care 72 for all counties that are not a fiscally constrained county. 73 (e) The department shall inform each county that is not a 74 fiscally constrained county of the county’s percentage of 75 detention use and of the amount of the county’s share of the 76 actual costs of detention care. Each county that is not a 77 fiscally constrained county shall pay the department one-twelfth 78 of its share of actual costs by the first day of each month, 79 beginning on July 1 of the year following receipt of the 80 information.