Florida HB 831: Pilot Program for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

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HB 831 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to problem-solving court reports; 2
amending s. 43.51, F.S.; requiring specified data to 3
be included in problem-solving court reports; amending 4
ss. 394.47892 and 397.334, F.S.; conforming provisions 5
to changes made by the act; revising the frequency 6
with which mental health and treatment-based drug 7
court program reports, respectively, must be reported 8
to the Office of the State Courts Administrator; 9
providing an effective date. 10
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12
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Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 43.51, Florida 14
Statutes, is amended to read: 15
43.51 Problem-solving court reports.— 16
(1) The Office of the State Courts Administrator shall 17
provide an annual report to the President of the Senate and the 18
Speaker of the House of Representatives which details the number 19
of participants in each problem-solving court for each fiscal 20
year the court has been operating and the types of services 21
provided, identifies each source of funding for each court 22
during each fiscal year, and provides information on the 23
performance of each court based upon outcome measures 24
established by the courts. The report shall, at a minimum, 25

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include uniform aggregate data regarding: 26
(a) The number of participants by court type. 27
(b) Participant primary offenses that resulted in the 28
court program referral or sentence, treatment compliance, 29
completion status and reasons for failure to complete, offenses 30
committed during treatment and the sanctions imposed, frequency 31
of court appearances, and units of service. 32
(c) Participant recidivism rate by category, including new 33
arrests, new adjudications, and new felony adjudications. 34
(d) Participant changes in the status of employment, 35
housing, and child custody during program participation. 36
(e) Other uniform information that demonstrates the 37
effectiveness of the program. 38
Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section 39
394.47892, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 40
394.47892 Mental health court programs.— 41
(5) 42
(b) Each mental health court program shall collect 43
sufficient client-level data and programmatic information for 44
purposes of program evaluation under s. 43.51. Client-level data 45
includes primary offenses that resulted in the mental health 46
court program referral or sentence, treatment compliance, 47
completion status and reasons for failure to complete, offenses 48
committed during treatment and the sanctions imposed, frequency 49
of court appearances, and units of service. Programmatic 50

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information includes referral and screening procedures, 51
eligibility criteria, type and duration of treatment offered, 52
and residential treatment resources. The programmatic 53
information and aggregate data on the number of mental health 54
court program admissions and terminations by type of termination 55
shall be reported at least quarterly annually by each mental 56
health court program to the Office of the State Courts 57
Administrator. 58
Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (6) of section 59
397.334, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 60
397.334 Treatment-based drug court programs.— 61
(6) 62
(b) Each treatment-based drug court program shall collect 63
sufficient client-level data and programmatic information for 64
purposes of program evaluation under s. 43.51. Client-level data 65
includes primary offenses that resulted in the treatment-based 66
drug court program referral or sentence, treatment compliance, 67
completion status and reasons for failure to complete, offenses 68
committed during treatment and the sanctions imposed, frequency 69
of court appearances, and units of service. Programmatic 70
information includes referral and screening procedures, 71
eligibility criteria, type and duration of treatment offered, 72
and residential treatment resources. Each treatment-based drug 73
court program must annually report at least quarterly the 74
programmatic information and aggregate data on the number of 75

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treatment-based drug court program admissions and terminations 76
by type of termination to the Office of the State Courts 77
Administrator. 78
Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 79