Florida SB 208: Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia Training for Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers

Bill Text

Florida Senate - 2024 CS for CS for SB 208

By the Committees on Fiscal Policy; and Criminal Justice; and
Senators Burgess and Perry

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to Alzheimer’s disease and related 2
dementia training for law enforcement and correctional 3
officers; creating s. 943.17299, F.S.; requiring the 4
Department of Law Enforcement to establish an online, 5
continued employment training component relating to 6
Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of dementia; 7
requiring that the training component be developed 8
with the Department of Elder Affairs; specifying 9
instruction requirements for the training component; 10
authorizing the completion of such training to count 11
toward a certain requirement; providing an effective 12
date. 13
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15
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Section 1. Section 943.17299, Florida Statutes, is created 17
to read: 18
943.17299 Continued employment training relating to 19
Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of dementia.—The 20
department shall establish an online continued employment 21
training component relating to Alzheimer’s disease and related 22
forms of dementia. The training component must be developed in 23
consultation with the Department of Elder Affairs and must 24
include, but need not be limited to, instruction on interacting 25
with persons with Alzheimer’s disease or a related form of 26
dementia, including instruction on techniques for recognizing 27
behavioral symptoms and characteristics, effective 28
communication, employing the use of alternatives to physical 29

Florida Senate - 2024 CS for CS for SB 208

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restraints, and identifying signs of abuse, neglect, or 30
exploitation. Completion of the training component may count 31
toward the 40 hours of instruction for continued employment or 32
appointment as a law enforcement officer, correctional officer, 33
or correctional probation officer required under s. 943.135. 34
Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2024. 35