"certified" means the employee has obtained a correctional mental health
certification as provided through the department. To be certified, a
correctional officer must:
1. Initially complete 5 courses consisting of a total of 54 hours of
instruction taught by a department instructor with a correctional
officer behavioral mental health certification through the American
Correctional Association;
2. Upon completing that instruction, satisfactorily pass a department
examination; and
3. Twice each year satisfactorily complete 16 additional hours of
training and an examination, including in the year the correctional
officer satisfies (1) and (2). The courses and training must educate
correctional officers in identifying symptoms of mental illness in
prisoners while helping to foster a safer environment for inmates with
mental illness. Such additive may be awarded only during the time the
certified officer is employed in an assigned mental health unit post.
(v) The Department of Corrections may continue to grant a one-time
$1,000 hiring bonus to newly-hired correctional officers (class code
8003) who are hired to fill positions at a correctional institution that
had a vacancy rate for such positions of more than 10 percent for the
preceding calendar quarter. The bonus may not be awarded before the
officer obtains his or her correctional officer certification. Current
employees and former employees who have had a break in service with the
Department of Corrections of 31 days or less are not eligible for this
bonus.
(w) The Department of Corrections may continue to grant a one-time
$5,000 hiring and retention bonus for correctional officers at 15
targeted high vacancy correctional facilities. Current employees and
former employees who have had a break in service with the Department of
Corrections of 31 days or less are not eligible for this bonus.
(x) The Department of Children and Families may grant a temporary
special duties pay additive of five percent of the employee's base rate
of pay to:
1. All employees in the Human Services Worker I, Human Services Worker
II, and Unit Treatment and Rehabilitation Specialist classes - working
title Human Services Worker III who work within the living areas at the
Northeast Florida State Hospital. Such additive may be awarded only
during the time the employees work within those living areas at the
Northeast Florida State Hospital.
2. All employees in the Human Services Worker I, Human Services Worker
II, and Unit Treatment and Rehabilitation Specialist classes - working
title Human Services Worker III who work within the Specialty Care Unit
or Medical Services Unit at the Florida State Hospital. Such additive
may be awarded only during the time those employees work within the
Specialty Care Unit or Medical Services Unit at the Florida State
Hospital.
3. All employees in Child Protective Investigator, Senior Child
Protective Investigator, and support staff classes who work in a weekend
unit. Such additive may be awarded only during the time such employees
work in a weekend unit.
4. All Adult Registry Counselors who work in a weekend unit at the Abuse
Hotline. Such additive may be awarded only during the time such
employees work in a weekend unit.
(y) The Department of Lottery is authorized to provide a critical market
pay (CMP) additive of $1,300 to Lottery personnel working in the
following district offices: Hillsborough, Lee, Palm Beach and
Miami-Dade. These critical market pay additives shall be granted only
during the time the employee resides in, and is assigned duties, within
those counties.
(z) The Department of Financial Services may grant temporary special
duty pay additives of $2,000 for law enforcement officers who perform
additional duties as K-9 handlers.
(6) COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
All collective bargaining issues at impasse between the State of Florida
and, the Florida Fire Service Association, the Police Benevolent