correctional officer lieutenant (class code 8011), and certified
correctional officer captain (class code 8013). For purposes of
determining eligibility for this special pay additive, the term
"certified" means the employee has obtained a correctional mental health
certification as provided through the department. To be certified, a
correctional officer must: (a) 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; (b) upon completing that
instruction, satisfactorily pass a department examination; and (c) twice
each year satisfactorily complete 16 additional hours of training and an
examination, including in the year the correctional officer satisfies
(a) and (b). 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.
(u) 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.
(v) The Department of Corrections may grant a one-time $1,000 hiring
bonus to newly hired teachers and instructors (class codes 1313, 1315,
4133, 8085, 8093, 9095) at a correctional institution. 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 who work
within the 13-1E, 13-1W, 32N, or 32S 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 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 and Senior Child
Protective Investigator 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 areas.
(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.
(aa) The Department of Revenue may provide a critical market pay