Bill

Bill > S1220


FL S1220

FL S1220
Fees/Batterers' Intervention Programs


summary

Introduced
12/10/2021
In Committee
01/05/2022
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
03/14/2022

Introduced Session

2022 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Requiring the Department of Children and Families to assess and collect an annual certification fee from batterers' intervention programs; requiring certain persons attending certified batterers' intervention programs to pay a fee for each program attended; requiring the batterers' intervention programs to collect and remit such fees to the department; requiring certification and user fees to be deposited in the Domestic Violence Trust Fund for a specified purpose, etc.

AI Summary

This bill requires the Department of Children and Families to assess and collect an annual certification fee of up to $300 from batterers' intervention programs. It also requires individuals attending these programs, unless deemed indigent by the court, to pay a $30 fee for each 29-week program they attend. The collected fees must be deposited in the Domestic Violence Trust Fund to fund the cost of certifying and monitoring the batterers' intervention programs. The bill also directs the Department of Children and Families to adopt rules to implement these new fee requirements.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (on 03/14/2022)

bill text


bill summary

Loading...

bill summary

Loading...
Loading...