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24 verbatim mandatory provisions from S-2016-032.
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit. Check the order's own effective and rescission dates before relying on it. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the order's own text layer, harvested 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used. Only sentences containing mandatory language (shall, must, may not, no later than, within N) are reproduced — the full document is in custody and is the controlling text. • If the presiding judge decides to temporarily suspend the transfer or direct filing of any future eligible cases into Veterans Treatment Court, the judge must provide written notice of the suspension to the Public Defender's Office, the State Attorney's Office, the Clerk of Court (clerk), the Veterans Administration, the administrative judge of Circuit Criminal Division, and the chief judge. 3. • Eligibility Criteria for Pretrial Intervention Program In order to participate in the Pretrial Intervention Program component of the Veterans Treatment Court, a defendant must meet the following criteria: • Veterans Administration Services or Other Resources The defendant must be eligible to receive services for evaluation and treatment planning through the Veterans Administration and Veteran Mentor Volunteer resources and support systems, or other available court-approved state, local, or federal resources. 4. • The issue of eligibility for Veterans Page 3 of 11 -- 3 of 11 -- Treatment Court may be raised at any court proceeding by the defendant, defense counsel , the Office of the State Attorney , or the court, during which the waiver of speedy trial requirement must be addressed . • Cases Filed Directly into Veterans Treatment Court If cases that appear to be eligible for the Pretrial Intervention Program component of the Veterans Treatment Court are identified prior to the State Attorney's Office filing criminal charges , the case may be directly filed into Veterans Treatment Court unless the presiding judge has provided notice of a temporary suspension of any future eligible cases under section two of this administrative order . • Assessment by Veterans Administration Prior to the first hearing in Veterans Treatment Court, the defendant should be assessed by the Veterans Justice Outreach Liaison for verification that the defendant meets eligibility criteria in subsections 3 A and B of this administrative order . • If the case was not assigned to a criminal division prior to transfer to Veterans Treatment Court, the case will be assigned to a criminal division by the clerk in accordance with the applicable administrative order on assignment of cases and transferred to that division. • The coordinated strategy must be provided in writing to the participant before the participant agrees to enter into a pretrial veterans treatment invention program or other pretrial intervention program. • Court Hearings The defendant is required to attend court hearings as set by the Veterans Treatment Court judge. • The defendant must participate in continued assessment and treatment and engage in discharge planning . • This participation must include the voluntary and truthful provision of information to the court and all collaborating entities in the assessment and treatment process . • Successful At the end of the pretrial intervention program period, the court must consider the recommendation of the treatment program and the state attorney. • If the court determines that the defendant has successfully completed Veterans Treatment Court, the court must dismiss the charges. • If the case was not assigned to a criminal division prior to being assigned or transferred to the Veterans Treatment Court, the case will be assigned to a criminal division by the clerk in accordance with the applicable administrative order on assignment of cases and transferred to that division. • Petitions to Expunge for such defendants must be filed in Veterans Treatment Court and handled in accordance with section 32 of Administrative Order S-2016-025 (Circuit Criminal Division Procedures) or any successor administrative orders. 9. • Eligibility Criteria In order to participate in the Post-Adjudicatory Program component of Veterans Treatment Court, a defendant must meet the following criteria: i. • Veteran or Servicemember The defendant must be a veteran , as defined in section 1.01, Florida Statutes, including a veteran who was discharged or released under a general discharge, or a servicemember , as defined in section 250.01, Florida Statutes. u. • Acceptance Procedure Admission into the Post-Adjudicatory Program component of Veterans Treatment Court must be in accordance with chapter 921, Florida Statutes, in a manner that appropriately addresses the severity of the mental illness, traumatic brain injury , substance abuse disorder, or psychological problem through services tailored to the individual needs of the participant, and based on the sentencing court's assessment of the defendant's criminal history, military service, substance abuse treatment needs, mental health treatment needs, amenability to the services of the program , the recommendation of the state attorney and the victim, if any, and the defendant's agreement to enter the program. • Sent enced by Veterans Treatment Court Judge A veteran or servicemember who suffers from a military service-related condition and whose criminal case is pending in a standard criminal division may request that the case be transferred to Veterans Treatment Court prior to entering a plea. • If the original case was not assigned to a criminal division prior to transfer to Veterans Treatment Court, the new charge and alleged violation will be assigned to a criminal division by the clerk in accordance with the applicable administrative order on assignment of cases and transferred to that division. • Confidential Records Prior to submitting to the mental health and substance abuse assessment, and any other assessments as deemed necessary by the court or any collaborating treatment entity, the defendant must consent to a waiver of confidentiality of the defendant's confidential treatment records, allowing communications between the various providers, the Veterans Administration, and the court for verification of the defendant's eligibility for Veterans Treatment Court and the continued monitoring of the defendant's compliance in the program. • If the defendant refuses to agree to waive confidentiality for the purposes of verification and monitoring in Veterans Treatment Court, the defendant will not be eligible for, or allowed to continue in, Veterans Treatment Court. • Patient treatment records are deemed confidential as provided by Florida law and generally must not be filed in the court file. • If it is necessary that a treatment record or report or any portion of a treatment record or report be filed with the Page 9 of 11 -- 9 of 11 -- clerk for placement in the court file of a defendant in Veterans Treatment Court, the filer must also file a "Motion to Determine Confidentiality of Court Records" in accordance with Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.420.
If the presiding judge decides to temporarily suspend the transfer or direct filing of any future eligible cases into Veterans Treatment Court, the judge must provide written notice of the suspension to the Public Defender's Office, the State Attorney's Office, the Clerk of Court (clerk), the Veterans Administration, the administrative judge of Circuit Criminal Division, and the chief judge. 3.
Reviewer note: Document sha256: 499e2e668e8928d567e2ea80f405316c8bc3fabfc00161acd095eb5020804b7f (3349600 bytes). BenchPath harvested this circuit itself because no research corpus existed for it. Extraction is conservative: mandatory-language sentences only, so this rule is a faithful subset of the order, never a summary of it.
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