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| 3 | 3 | | HB 195 2024 |
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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to mental health crisis intervention 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | training for law enforcement officers; amending s. 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | 943.17, F.S.; providing requirements for mental health 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | crisis intervention skills training for law 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | enforcement officers; providing an effective date. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Section 1. Subsection (8) is added to section 943.17, 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Florida Statutes, to read: 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 943.17 Basic recruit, advanced, and career development 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | training programs; participation; cost; evaluation. —The 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | commission shall, by rule, design, implement, maintain, 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | evaluate, and revise entry requirements and job -related 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | curricula and performance standards for bas ic recruit, advanced, 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | and career development training programs and courses. The rules 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | shall include, but are not limited to, a methodology to assess 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | relevance of the subject matter to the job, student performance, 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | and instructor competency. 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (8) By July 1, 2025, the commission, in consultation with 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | a national organization with expertise in mental health crisis 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | intervention, shall establish minimum standards for basic skills 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | and continued education training for law enforcement officers 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | that includes mental health crisis intervention training. The 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | training shall improve officers' knowledge and skills as first 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | responders to incidents involving persons with emotional 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | disturbance or mental illness, including those with co -occurring 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | substance use disorders, and i ncorporating de-escalation skills 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | to ensure an effective law enforcement response and officer 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | safety. Thereafter, every basic skills course curriculum 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | required for law enforcement officers to obtain their initial 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | certification shall include a 40 -hour curriculum on mental 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | health crisis intervention and a minimum of 8 hours of 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | continuing education courses annually. 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 36 |
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