Bill Text: FL S0208 | 2024 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

Florida Senate Bill 208

Bill Title: Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia Training for Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-04 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 801 [S0208 Detail]

Download: Florida-2024-S0208-Comm_Sub.html

       Florida Senate - 2024                       CS for CS for SB 208
       
       
        
       By the Committees on Fiscal Policy; and Criminal Justice; and
       Senators Burgess and Perry
       
       
       
       
       594-03389-24                                           2024208c2
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to Alzheimer’s disease and related
    3         dementia training for law enforcement and correctional
    4         officers; creating s. 943.17299, F.S.; requiring the
    5         Department of Law Enforcement to establish an online,
    6         continued employment training component relating to
    7         Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of dementia;
    8         requiring that the training component be developed
    9         with the Department of Elder Affairs; specifying
   10         instruction requirements for the training component;
   11         authorizing the completion of such training to count
   12         toward a certain requirement; providing an effective
   13         date.
   14          
   15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   17         Section 1. Section 943.17299, Florida Statutes, is created
   18  to read:
   19         943.17299 Continued employment training relating to
   20  Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of dementia.—The
   21  department shall establish an online continued employment
   22  training component relating to Alzheimer’s disease and related
   23  forms of dementia. The training component must be developed in
   24  consultation with the Department of Elder Affairs and must
   25  include, but need not be limited to, instruction on interacting
   26  with persons with Alzheimer’s disease or a related form of
   27  dementia, including instruction on techniques for recognizing
   28  behavioral symptoms and characteristics, effective
   29  communication, employing the use of alternatives to physical
   30  restraints, and identifying signs of abuse, neglect, or
   31  exploitation. Completion of the training component may count
   32  toward the 40 hours of instruction for continued employment or
   33  appointment as a law enforcement officer, correctional officer,
   34  or correctional probation officer required under s. 943.135.
   35         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2024.