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Meeting Minutes
Summary of Action Report

Committee, Workgroup, Project Team: Meeting Date, Time, Location, and Purpose:
Task Force on Substance Abuse and July 11, 2011
Mental Health 10am-3pm
Renaissance Sea World Orlando

Chairperson and OSCA Staff: Members present: Participants present:
Judge Leifman, Chair Darcy Abbott John Bryant
Dr. Dean Aufderheide Col. Earl Daniell
OSCA Staff: Magistrate Sean O. Cadigan
Blan Teagle Gail Cordial
Chris Korn Judith Evans
Rose Patterson Mark Fontaine
Jennifer Grandal Judge Dee Anna Farnell
Robert L. “Skip” Jarvis, Jr.
Judge Patt Maney
Judge Melanie May (via
phone)
Judge Speiser
Judge Joe Will

Members not present
Bob Dillinger
Judge Krista Marx
Sandra McQueen-Baker
John Petrila
Judge Sue Robbins
Bob Sharpe
Judge Sjostrom
David Sofferin
Judge Whitehead

Agenda Item: Decision and/or action agreed Staff and Deadline/ Due
upon: Date:
1. Welcome and Introductions

Judge Leifman gave opening remarks
and asked that everyone introduce
themselves, including the OCI staff.

Rose Patterson went over
“housekeeping” for the day and
directed everyone’s attention to the

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minutes from the last meeting.

Judge Leifman provided an overview of
minutes and reminded everyone of the
importance of addressing the charges
of the task force. Stated that charges
are specific with broad discretion to
tackle the various substance abuse and
mental issues.

Judge Leifman provided and overview
of the handout on the projected
growth of inmates in the Florida Prison
System with mental illnesses through
2025.

Rose provided an overview of the
Judge Maney suggested that
materials and issues discussed during
we try to get training to
last meeting.
prosecutors and defense
counsel on veteran’s issues
and the CIT model.

(get notes from Rose – stepped out to
get phone set-up)

Discussion about how to better identify
OSCA to research whether
veterans in the local jails and state
information can be obtained
prisons. Information collected is not
through JIS through CJIS.
uniform with some jails collecting
information while others not.

Judge Speiser indicated that the
Broward County jail asks for
information on all inmates.
Information is self-disclosed but not
necessarily verified by the VA.

2. Legislative update and issues for next
session

Judge Leifman stated that it was a brutal
legislation session this past year. Senate
chair is not supportive of mental health
and substance abuse treatment. Able to
hold on to resources

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Mr. Soffrin explained the impact of the
legislative on the DCF. They lost significant
SAMH staffing resources. Lost 50% of staff
in field and 30% at state level. Overall,
50% loss. Managing entity private non-
profit corporation to manage care
(get notes from Rose)
Broward Managing entity??

Privatization initiatives currently
underway. Looking at DOC, DCF, DJJ
coming together for food service contracts
for Florida State Hospital.

Senate has an interim project looking
at forensic redesign.

Judge Leifman provided and overview
of the forensic mental health pilot
program. 0% recidivism rate for pilot
project in Dade. It is proving to be very
successful. Bill passed the Senate but
not the House this past year.

Judge Maney provided an overview of
the Veterans legislation which died in
both the Senate and House.

Judge Farnell spoke about the new
Veteran’s Court initiative in Pinellas
County.

Judge May provided an overview of the
re-entry bill (SB 1334 and HB 917)
which did not pass this past year. Bill
was designed to allow offenders to
step down into the community with
treatment and supervision as a special
condition of drug offender probation
during the last year of incarceration by
recommendation of the sentencing
judge. Senator Bogdanoff plans to file
the bill next year. FADCP will support
the bill and she hopes this Task Force
will support it as well.

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Mr. Soffrin provided an overview of
draft legislative issues for next year.
Required to ask for 3% cost of living
increase for contracts???. Violent
offender program? Sexual predator
program – no follow-up on offenders
released; 4th ??; expand number of
FACT teams. Legislative proposes
changes to chapter 916 to decrease
timeframe for dismissal of charges
from 5 to 2 years, ?? (get list from
Soffrin)

Update on Comment to Florida Rule of
Judicial Administration 2.420.
Judge Leifman proposes that
Mr. Korn provided an overview of the staff draft legislation for
recent SC opinion on the amendments consideration and approval by
to the rule and the original TF the task force. Do the bill as a
comment to the proposed rule proposed committee bill as
amendments. Current Florida Statutes opposed to finding sponsors.
are not precise enough to make the Schedule a follow-up
rule amendments recommended by conference call to discuss and
the Task Force. Changes in current approve.
Florida Statutes are needed to make
the records confidential. Staff will survey the circuits to
determine how much of an
issue this is and how circuits
are dealing with the issue
currently.

Judge May will send Jennifer
other states ex parte rules for
consideration

Ms. Grandal provided an overview of Staff will look into issue of
the status of the post-adjudicatory medical professionals asking
drug court expansion program. whether mentally ill have
firearm and impact of recent
Fire arms legislation legislation

Look at TBI and PTSD issues for
legislation

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3. Overview of Administrative Order
Charges

Ms. Patterson provided an overview of
the original mental health report Per Col. Bowman, consider
recommendations and the status of having next meeting at the
those recommendations. There was a Veterans Hospital. Include the
lengthy discussion about the need for director of benefits. Could
ongoing judicial education of have presentation conducted
substance abuse and mental health, by VA on programs/services
including drug and mental health available to the courts.
courts. Justice Institute trainings will
be held regionally two or three times
per year. Include veterans as a track in
trainings.

County veteran’s services officers OSCA staff to compile veterans
association per Col. Daniell would be contact to distribute to courts.
best to tell you what resources are Recommend having a county
available in the communities. They association representative as a
employed by the county commissions. member. OSCA to determine
Only county that does not have one is appropriate representative.
Escambia. Go to www.
http://flcvsoa.globat.com
Mr. Bryant spoke to the challenging
issue of treating TBI in Florida. State Mr. Bowman offered to
TBI organization – Valerie Breen. Col. provide training to judges on
Bowman indicated that the VA will services/resources available.
treat most veterans with TBI. They
want the veteran to get treatment at
the VA.

Judge Will opined that we need to
educate all judges on the issues and
not so much how to implement a
mental health court or a drug court.
Judge Leifman agrees and we can
develop something like a bench guide.
Role playing can be very helpful.

Ms. Cordial reminded the group of the
training sessions being offered at this
week’s conference on veterans issues.
One session will be dedicated to the
availability of resources. Training
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should be provided to law
enforcement and corrections.
Consider online training – distance
learning, videos. USF has training
modules available that could be
modeled.

Various levels of training are needed. OSCA staff will distribute
mental health report.
Ms. Grandal provided an overview of
the two drug court charges. Judge Will OSCA staff will determine
believes the time is now for obtaining dates for next year of
drug court funding for the future. meetings and get them
Need to package it so that it appeals to scheduled. Poll the members.
the Legislature. Have next meeting at the VA.

OSCA to establish workgroups
and begin addressing charges
before next meeting in
October.