(1) The Office of the State Courts Administrator shall provide an annual report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on problem-solving courts no later than January 31 of each year for the previous fiscal year. The report must:
(a) Provide all of the following information for each problem-solving court:
1. The number of participants for the fiscal year.
2. The types of services provided.
3. Each source of funding for the fiscal year.
4. Information on the performance of the court based upon outcome measures established by the courts.
(b) Provide all of the following uniform aggregate data for each problem-solving court:
1. The number of participants.
2. Participant primary offense that resulted in the court program referral or sentence, if applicable.
3. Treatment compliance.
4. Program completion status and reasons for any failure to complete.
5. Offenses committed during program participation, if applicable.
6. Frequency of court appearances.
7. Units of service.
8. Participant changes in the status of employment, housing, and child custody during program participation.
9. Other uniform information that demonstrates the effectiveness of the program.
(2) For purposes of this section, the term “problem-solving court” includes, but is not limited to, a drug court pursuant to s. 397.334, s. 948.01, s. 948.06, s. 948.08, s. 948.16, or s. 948.20; a dependency drug court pursuant to s. 39.507 or s. 39.521; an early childhood court pursuant to s. 39.01304; a veterans treatment court program pursuant to s. 394.47891, s. 948.08, s. 948.16, or s. 948.21; a mental health court program pursuant to s. 394.47892, s. 948.01, s. 948.06, s. 948.08, or s. 948.16; or a delinquency pretrial intervention court program pursuant to s. 985.345.
History.—s. 3, ch. 2019-167; s. 2, ch. 2021-240; s. 1, ch. 2026-139.
1Note.—Section 6, ch. 2026-139, provides that “[t]he annual problem-solving court report prepared by the Office of the State Courts Administrator (OSCA) pursuant to s. 43.51, Florida Statutes, for the 2025-2026 fiscal year must provide uniform aggregate data required by s. 43.51, Florida Statutes, for at least 30 percent of problem-solving courts funded by the state courts system’s problem-solving courts appropriation. The annual problem-solving court report prepared by OSCA pursuant to s. 43.51, Florida Statutes, for the 2026-2027 fiscal year must provide uniform aggregate data required by s. 43.51, Florida Statutes, for every problem-solving court funded by the state courts system’s problem-solving court appropriation. For the 2027-2028 fiscal year, and every fiscal year thereafter, the annual problem-solving court report prepared by OSCA pursuant to s. 43.51, Florida Statutes, must provide uniform aggregate data required by s. 43.51, Florida Statutes, for all problem-solving courts.”
