No. SB 1570
Filed under Criminal Justice.
Statewide Project for Missing Persons with Special Needs; Amending a provision relating to the missing persons with special needs statewide project; providing that the project is created through the centers for autism and related disabilities; requiring that participants for the project be selected based on certain criteria, etc. APPROPRIATION: $1,000,000
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe bill revives the statewide Project Leo, which was set to expire in 2019, and removes that expiration date to make the program permanent.
It appropriates $1 million in nonrecurring funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, split equally among four university-based autism centers.
The funds are restricted to purchasing personal devices that aid search-and-rescue efforts for individuals with special needs who elope.
Each participating center will select project participants based on criteria it develops, which must include the person's risk of elopement.
AIRemoves the 2019 expiration date, making the missing persons with special needs project a permanent part of Florida law rather than a temporary program.
AIChanges the project from being run by a single center to being run through all centers for autism and related disabilities, with each center opting in and distributing devices.
AIAllows each center to develop its own selection criteria based on its specific service area, with the only mandatory criterion being the person's risk of elopement.
AIProvides $250,000 to each of four university-based centers, restricted solely to purchasing personal devices for search-and-rescue efforts.