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The 1998 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 944
State Correctional System
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944.602  Notification of 1Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services before release of mentally retarded inmates.--Before the release by parole, release by reason of gain-time allowances provided for in s. 944.291, or expiration of sentence of any inmate who has been diagnosed as mentally retarded as defined in s. 393.063, the Department of Corrections shall notify the 1Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services in order that sufficient time be allowed to notify the inmate or the inmate's representative, in writing, at least 7 days prior to the inmate's release, of available community services.

History.--s. 8, ch. 83-274; s. 1657, ch. 97-102.

1Note.--The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services was redesignated as the Department of Children and Family Services by s. 5, ch. 96-403, and the Department of Health was created by s. 8, ch. 96-403.