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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 394
MENTAL HEALTH
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394.9151 Contract authority.The Department of Children and Families may contract with a private entity or state agency for use of and operation of facilities to comply with the requirements of this act. The Department of Children and Families may also contract with the Department of Corrections to issue a request for proposals and monitor contract compliance for these services.
History.s. 22, ch. 98-64; s. 3, ch. 2004-248; s. 104, ch. 2014-19; s. 4, ch. 2023-268.

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Morel v. Wilkins, 84 So. 3d 226 (Fla. 2012).

Cited 3 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 37 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 161, 2012 WL 739209, 2012 Fla. LEXIS 490

...e facility for further proceedings in accordance with this part.” § 394.9135(3), Fla. Stat. The Act does not define the term “secure facility,” but authorizes DCF to contract with a private entity for the use and operation of such a facility. § 394.9151, Fla....
...reof [the offender] does not use physical force and violence likely to cause serious personal injury.” Morel was also convicted of kidnapping. . Since 2006, GEO has managed and operated the FCCC and its sex offender treatment programs. Pursuant to section 394.9151, Florida Statutes (2011), DCF "may contract with a private entity or state agency for use of and operation of facilities to comply with the requirements” of the Act....
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Dep't of Child. & Fam. v. Burton, 802 So. 2d 467 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2001 WL 1635587

...ices to him. However, it is the Department that has legal custody of Burton. See § 394.917(2), Fla. Stat. (2000). Moreover, the Department is the entity responsible for the operation of the facilities that house persons committed under the Act. See § 394.9151, Fla....
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State, Dep't of Child. & Families v. Jackson, 790 So. 2d 535 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2001 WL 788351

...under the Act. [3] In the future, DCF should be provided with copies of such motions and notices of hearing. As the entity responsible for operating the facilities that house those detained under the Act, DCF has an interest in the proceedings. See § 394.9151, Fla....

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