SARASOTA COUNTY CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION

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1 Present: Meeting Summary June 27, 2011 Ed Brodsky for Earl Moreland David Bullock Larry Eger Lee Haworth George Scott for Tom Knight Bill Little Daryl Promey Karen Rushing Walt Smith Jon Thaxton State Attorney s Office Sarasota County Government Public Defender s Office Chief Judge, Twelfth Judicial Circuit Sarasota County Sheriff s Office Florida Department of Corrections Clerk of the Circuit Court Court Administrator, Twelfth Judicial Circuit Board of County Commissioners Others in attendance: Brooke Baker Elmer Berkel Human Services Advisory Council Roger Boothroyd University of South Florida Rose Chapman Jewish Family and Children s Services Robert Estrada North Port Police Department Cindy Harney Families Against Addictive Drug Abuse Mike Lehner Sarasota County Technical Institute Ron Locke Sarasota County Sheriff s Office William Mansell Sarasota Patch Pam Meunier Fred Mercurio Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers(Sarasota) Rhonda Ort University of South Florida Judge Andy Owens Twelfth Judicial Circuit of Florida Nancy Page First Step of Sarasota Crystal Pruitt Sarasota County Communications Barbara Richards Project 180 Todd Ruger Herald-Tribune Cathy Sortwell Pride Integrated Services, Inc. Stan Zimmerman Pelican Press Staff: Claire Alexander Wayne Applebee Agenda Topic: Approval May 20, 2011Minutes Presenter: Judge Lee Haworth Following review, the May 20, 2011 meeting summary was accepted as written. 1

2 Motion Jon Thaxton moved, David Bullock seconded. The motion passed unanimously. Agenda Topic: Pain Management Clinic Ordinance Presenter: Brooke Baker Update Discussion Board of Commissioners adopted a pain management clinic ordinance on June 7, Ordinance highlights include: Definition to include all pain management physicians without excluding certain practitioners as the state law did thereby providing some loopholes Prior to prescribing any controlled substances, pain clinic physicians must complete a patient advisory report from the statewide Prescription Drug Monitoring Database and retain a copy of the report in the client s chart Submission of monthly personnel and operational records County Information Technology is in the process of designing a website database reporting system for the clinics to have ease in compliance with records submission Staff will hold a training session with clinic owners, operators and employees to train them on the use of the database The data will provide insight to the issues surrounding the prescription drug misuse and assist us in developing appropriate prevention and intervention strategies Summary reports and presentations will be available as the program is implemented Ordinance became effective on June 14, 2011 Agenda Topic: Pain Mill Crackdown Act of 2011 Support Letter Requested Discussion Presenter: Cindy Harney, FAADA Families Against Addictive Drug Abuse representative Cindy Harney requested a letter of support from the Criminal Justice Commission to support the Pain Mill Crackdown Act of 2011 as sponsored by Representative Vern Buchanan. Main Highlights of the bill are: The re-scheduling of oxycodone and hydrocodone Increases in prison sentences and monetary fines for convicted pill mill operators Eases law enforcement protocols when investigating pill mills The Sarasota Board of County Commissioners passed a Resolution on April 25, 2011 in support. Motion Jon Thaxton moved, Bill Little seconded. To authorize the Chair of the Criminal Justice Commission to sign a letter in support of the Pain Mill Crackdown Act of The motion passed unanimously. Handouts: Resolution No of the Board of County Commissioners of Sarasota County, in support of Pill Mill Crackdown Act of

3 Congressman Vern Buchanan Press Release of March 14, 2011 H.R of the 112 th Congress titled Pill Mill Crackdown Act of 2011 Agenda Topic: JAC Evaluation Presenters: Dr. Roger Boothroyd and Rhonda Ort, USF Discussion Dr. Boothroyd and Rhonda Ort provided an overview of their assessment of the Juvenile Assessment Center. Highlights of the report included: Case reviews from 2007 and 2009 were conducted Focus was on the biopsychosocial assessments completed, intervention plans, referral processes and case management processes Demographics of youth are that three quarters are boys, they have an average age of 16, 75% are white, 20% are African-American, 80% are enrolled in school, 76% have a previous school suspension and they have an average of 2.1 prior arrests The youth histories include that 40% come from families with substance abuse issues, 6% with mental health issues, 14% with domestic violence history and 4% with sexual abuse histories Coastal Behavioral Healthcare is using a typical and comprehensive biopyschosocial assessment form The 104 assessments conducted were by five different intervention specialists and of the five who conducted the assessments only one is still employed Assessments were reviewed and signed off by an employee with a Bachelor s Degree. There was no evidence reviews were conducted by a licensed mental health clinician Of the cases reviewed, only 38% of the cases remained open for more than one day. The balance of the cases were opened and closed on the same day All the assessments reviewed included some form of an intervention plan Intervention plans primarily focused on substance abuse 76 intervention plans were shared with a family member 34% intervention plans were signed by a parent No referrals were documented in 55 assessments that were reviewed In-house referrals for Coastal occurred 38% of the time, primarily for case management and drug screening services 12% of assessments reviewed had referrals to other agencies Of the 18 assessments that were open more than one day in 2007, the average length the cases were open was 56 days The 21 assessments that were open more than one day in 2009, the average length the cases were open was 65 days The language in progress notes of the cases that remained open were boilerplate and with some having limited information Progress notes were entered on a weekly basis 3

4 Considerations offered to the Commission: 1. More individualized intervention plans 2. Signed by a licensed clinician 3. Increased trauma informed focus 4. Increased family involvement 5. Increased linkages with schools This evaluation has been more process focused rather than outcome focus The model that Coastal has been operating under is once the child has been assessed on the first day and the child scores for secure detention the youth will be provided services offered by DJJ and their Juvenile Probation Officers. The model has not been that Coastal connects with these youth The importance of the JAC is that law enforcement can drop youth off for assessment by Coastal Agenda Topic: Justice Assistance Grant Funding Recommendations Discussion Judge Lee Haworth provided some history behind the Justice Assistance Grant funding. The funding sources have been declining over the years. The Justice Assistance Grant funding requires recommendations from the CJC Wayne Applebee reviewed the Criminal Justice Program Review Non General Revenue Justice Assistance Grant Funding Recommendation hand-out Staff is recommending that the JAC be funded with 100% of the JAG award Motion Bill Little moved, Jon Thaxton seconded. To approve the grant funding proposal recommended by staff. The motion passed unanimously. Handout: Criminal Justice Program Review Non General Revenue Justice Assistance Grant Funding Recommendation Agenda Topic: Staff Update Discussion Monthly Jail Report The monthly jail report was provided. No significant changes to statistics to highlight. Statistics are consistent with past trends Staff would like to follow-up with jail sweeps DJJ Statewide Task Force Update Wayne reported on the DJJ Task Force. The task force was created to take a look at creating a funding fix for the inequities in the detention cost share between the county and the state Last year Marion County left the system, DJJ divided the cost that the county was contributing and assessed it to all the remaining counties in the system. When a county leaves the system the remaining counties will receive an increased bill 4

5 Handout: SB 2112 passed which makes it easier for counties to get out of the DJJ system At the meeting with the DJJ Secretary a couple of points where shared: 1. In this current year (starting July 1, 2011) if a county leaves the system the trust fund will be reduced by the equal amount that they are paying into the trust fund. This money will not be assessed to the remaining counties. This will provide financial protection for the counties for the next twelve months. A joint letter will go out on behalf of this task force stating this information 2. DJJ currently has 2,007 juvenile detention beds in the system. On July 1 they will reduce their capacity to 1,392 beds by closing facilities or housing units within facilities 3. The DJJ Secretary is committed to juvenile justice reform. The focus will be on prevention and intervention services and a less reliance on detention Judge Haworth suggested to looking at electronic monitoring in lieu of secure detention May 2011 Monthly Jail Statistics Report Juvenile Justice Proviso Workgroup Webinar Presentation Agenda Topic: New Business Presenter: Judge Lee Haworth Discussion: CJC Members agreed to cancel the July and August meetings. The next meeting will be September 26, 2011 Judge Haworth thanked the CJC members for his support during his tenure as Chair Members thanked Judge Haworth for his leadership and service as Chief Judge and Chair of the Criminal Justice Commission Jon Thaxton noted the Board of County Commissioners will recognize Judge Haworth at their upcoming meeting Agenda Topic: Public Comment Discussion None Presenter: Judge Lee Haworth Agenda Topic: Next Meeting Date/Time Monday, September 26, 2011 at 12:00 noon Location County Administration Building, 3 rd Floor Think Tank, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota, FL