Fla. Stat. 945.603
Powers and duties of authority

(1)

Review and advise the Secretary of Corrections on cost containment measures the Department of Corrections could implement.

(2)

Review and make recommendations regarding health care for the delivery of health care services including, but not limited to, acute hospital-based services and facilities, primary and tertiary care services, ancillary and clinical services, dental services, mental health services, intake and screening services, medical transportation services, and the use of nurse practitioner and physician assistant personnel to act as physician extenders as these relate to inmates in the Department of Corrections.

(3)

Develop and recommend to the Governor and the Legislature an annual budget for all or part of the operation of the State of Florida prison health care system.

(4)

Review and advise the Secretary of Corrections on contracts between the Department of Corrections and third parties for quality management programs.

(5)

Review and advise the Secretary of Corrections on minimum standards needed to ensure that an adequate physical and mental health care delivery system is maintained by the Department of Corrections.

(6)

Review and advise the Secretary of Corrections on the sufficiency, adequacy, and effectiveness of the Department of Corrections’ Office of Health Services’ quality management program.

(7)

Review and advise the Secretary of Corrections on the projected medical needs of the inmate population and the types of programs and resources required to meet such needs.

(8)

Review and advise the Secretary of Corrections on the adequacy of preservice, inservice, and continuing medical education programs for all health care personnel and, if necessary, recommend changes to such programs within the Department of Corrections.

(9)

Identify and recommend to the Secretary of Corrections the professional incentives required to attract and retain qualified professional health care staff within the prison health care system.

(10)

Coordinate the development of prospective payment arrangements as described in s. 408.50 when appropriate for the acquisition of inmate health care services.

(11)

Review the Department of Corrections’ health services plan and advise the Secretary of Corrections on its implementation.

(12)

Sue and be sued in its own name and plead and be impleaded.

(13)

Make and execute agreements of lease, contracts, deeds, mortgages, notes, and other instruments necessary or convenient in the exercise of its powers and functions under this act.

(14)

Employ or contract with health care providers, medical personnel, management consultants, consulting engineers, architects, surveyors, attorneys, accountants, financial experts, and such other employees, entities, or agents as may be necessary in its judgment to carry out the mandates of the Correctional Medical Authority and fix their compensation.

(15)

Recommend to the Legislature such performance and financial audits of the Office of Health Services in the Department of Corrections as the authority considers advisable.

Source: Section 945.603 — Powers and duties of authority, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0945.­603 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

945.01
Definitions 945.04
Department of Corrections 945.10
Confidential information 945.12
Transfers for rehabilitative treatment 945.25
Records 945.025
Jurisdiction of department 945.27
Proceedings by department 945.28
Selection of probation or parole offices by the department 945.31
Restitution and other payments 945.35
Requirement for education on human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, and other communicable diseases 945.035
Notice of employment, appointment, or separation 945.36
Law enforcement personnel authorized to conduct drug tests on inmates and releasees 945.40
Corrections Mental Health Act 945.041
Reports 945.41
Legislative intent of ss 945.42
Definitions 945.43
Placement of inmate in a mental health treatment facility 945.043
Department-operated day care services 945.44
Emergency placement of inmate in a mental health treatment facility 945.45
Continued placement of inmates in mental health treatment facilities 945.46
Initiation of involuntary placement proceedings with respect to a mentally ill inmate scheduled for release 945.47
Discharge of inmate from mental health treatment 945.047
Licensing requirements for physicians, osteopathic physicians, and chiropractic physicians employed by the department 945.48
Rights of inmates provided mental health treatment 945.49
Operation and administration 945.71
Inmate training programs 945.72
Eligibility and screening of inmates 945.73
Inmate training program operation 945.74
Implementation 945.091
Extension of the limits of confinement 945.092
Limits on work-release and minimum security custody for persons who have committed the crime of escape 945.215
Inmate welfare and employee benefit trust funds 945.0311
Employment of relatives 945.355
HIV testing of inmates prior to release 945.601
Correctional Medical Authority 945.602
State of Florida Correctional Medical Authority 945.603
Powers and duties of authority 945.604
Medical claims 945.0913
Inmates prohibited from driving state-owned vehicles to transport inmates in a work-release program 945.2151
Verifying social security numbers 945.6031
Required reports and surveys 945.6032
Quality management program requirements 945.6033
Continuing contracts with health care providers 945.6034
Minimum health care standards 945.6035
Dispute resolution 945.6036
Enforcement 945.6037
Nonemergency health care 945.6038
Inmate litigation costs 945.6041
Inmate medical services 945.21501
Employee Benefit Trust Fund 945.21503
Federal Grants Trust Fund

Current through Fall 2025

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