Florida Senate - 2015 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SPB 7020 Ì266020fÎ266020 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Criminal Justice (Evers) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Between lines 771 and 772 4 insert: 5 Section 13. Section 945.6039, Florida Statutes, is created 6 to read: 7 945.6039 Independent Medical Evaluations and Examinations.— 8 (1) The department shall promulgate rules and permit an 9 inmate’s family member, lawyer, or interested party to hire and 10 pay for an independent medical evaluation or examination by a 11 medical professional of an incarcerated inmate. The results of 12 the medical evaluation or examination shall be provided to the 13 department and, if appropriate, to the Commission on Offender 14 Review. The purpose of these outside evaluations is to assist in 15 the delivery of medical care to the inmate and to assist the 16 Commission on Offender Review in considering an inmate for 17 conditional medical release. Inmates at all department 18 facilities and the contracted private correctional facilities 19 are eligible for consideration to arrange for these medical 20 evaluations. The department’s contracted private health care 21 providers may also provide such medical evaluations. The 22 department, the private correctional facilities, and private 23 health care providers shall provide reasonable and timely access 24 to the inmate once a family member, lawyer, or interested party 25 provides a written request for access and such access is 26 approved. 27 28 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 29 And the title is amended as follows: 30 Delete line 91 31 and insert: 32 standards for that population; creating s. 945.6039; 33 F.S.; allowing an inmate's family, lawyer, and other 34 interested parties to hire and pay for an independent 35 medical evaluation; specifying the purpose for outside 36 evaluations; requiring the department to provide 37 reasonable and timely access to the inmate; amending 38 s. 947.149,