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ENROLLED HB 5001, ENGROSSED 1 2024 LEGISLATURE ______________________________________________________________________________ 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 increase of up to $5,200 to audit personnel in class codes 1503, 1506, 476