Section 8

   SECTION   8.  EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS - FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024

   This  section  provides  instructions  for  implementing the Fiscal Year
   2023-2024  salary  and  benefits  adjustments  provided in this act. All
   allocations,  distributions,  and  uses of these funds are to be made in
   strict  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this act and chapter 216,
   Florida Statutes.

   Unless  otherwise specified in this section, references to an "eligible"
   employee  refer  to an employee who is, at a minimum, meeting his or her
   required performance standards, if applicable. If an ineligible employee
   achieves  performance  standards subsequent to the salary implementation
   date,  but  on  or  before  the end of the fiscal year, the employee may
   receive  the  increase;  however, the increase shall be effective on the
   date  the  employee becomes eligible but not retroactively. In addition,
   any  salary  increase  or  bonus  provided  under  this section shall be
   pro-rated based on the full-time equivalency of the employee's position.
   Employees  classified  as  other  personal  services  employees  are not
   eligible for an increase.

   It  is  the intent of the Legislature that the minimums and maximums for
   each  pay  grade  and  pay band be adjusted upward commensurate with the
   increases  provided  in  subsection (1)(b). In addition, the Legislature
   intends  that  all eligible employees receive the increases specified in
   this section, even if the implementation of such increases results in an
   employee's salary exceeding the adjusted pay grade maximum.

   (1) EMPLOYEE AND OFFICER COMPENSATION

   (a) Officer Compensation

   The  elected  officers, members of commissions, and designated employees
   shall  be  paid at the annual rate listed below for the 2023-2024 fiscal
   year; however, these salaries may be reduced on a voluntary basis.

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     Governor..................................................     141,400
     Lieutenant Governor.......................................     135,516
     Chief Financial Officer...................................     139,988
     Attorney General..........................................     139,988
     Agriculture, Commissioner of..............................     139,988
     Supreme Court Justice.....................................     239,442
     Judges - District Courts of Appeal........................     202,440
     Judges - Circuit Courts...................................     182,060
     Judges - County Courts....................................     172,015
     Judges of Compensation Claims.............................     172,000
     State Attorneys...........................................     218,939
     Public Defenders..........................................     202,440
     Commissioner - Public Service Commission..................     143,314
     Commissioner - Florida Gaming Control Commission..........     143,314
     Executive Director - Florida Gaming Control Commission....     143,314
     Public Employees Relations Commission Chair...............     106,142
     Public Employees Relations Commission Commissioners.......      50,322
     Commission on Offender Review Chair.......................     135,000
     Commission on Offender Review Commissioners...............     125,000
     Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsels.............     130,295

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   None  of  the  officers,  commission members or employees whose salaries
   have been fixed in this section shall receive any supplemental salary or
   benefits from any county or municipality.

   (b) Employee Compensation

   Effective  July  1, 2023, funding in the amount of $190,471,533 from the
   General  Revenue  Fund and $176,687,337 from trust funds are provided in
   Specific  Appropriation  2103  to  grant  a  5.0 percent competitive pay
   adjustment  to each eligible employee's June 30, 2023, base rate of pay.
   This competitive pay adjustment shall apply to each eligible employee in
   the  Career  Service, the Selected Exempt Service, the Senior Management
   Service,  the  lottery  pay  plan, the judicial branch pay plan, the pay
   plans  administered by the Justice Administration Commission, a military
   employee of the Florida National Guard on full-time military duty, and a
   non-career  service  employee of the Florida School for the Deaf and the
   Blind,  based  on  each  eligible  employee's  base  rate  of  pay. This
   competitive  pay  adjustment  shall be made before any other adjustments
   authorized in subsection (2) of section 8.

   (2) SPECIAL PAY ISSUES

   (a) Position Specific Recruitment and Retention

   1.   Effective   October   1,  2023,  funds  are  provided  in  Specific
   Appropriation 2103 in the amount of $33,787,099 from the General Revenue
   Fund  and  $57,898,989  from  trust  funds to grant a pay adjustment for
   recruitment  and  retention,  up  to  10.0  percent, after the statewide
   competitive  pay  adjustment  is  made pursuant to paragraph (1)(b), for
   eligible  employees.  For  the  purpose  of  this  subsection,  the term
   "eligible  employee"  includes  a full-time equivalent position (FTE) in
   the following position categories:

   Accountants;   Auditors;   Budget;   Finance;   Information  Technology;
   Laboratory  Technicians;  Legal, including Attorneys and Paralegals; and
   Nurses.

   2.  Each state agency is required to submit a plan for implementation of
   the pay adjustments by September 1, 2023, to the Executive Office of the
   Governor's  Office of Policy and Budget for approval and distribution of
   funds.  Plans  shall  include at a minimum, the position number for each
   employee  receiving  a special pay adjustment, the associated class code
   and  class  title,  the  base  rate  of  pay  prior  to  the special pay
   adjustment   but   after  the  5.0  percent  statewide  competitive  pay
   adjustment,  the  new base rate of pay after the special pay adjustment,
   the  associated  benefits,  total budget allocated for that position and
   budget details, including detailed fund source to be used.

   (b) Department of Corrections

   1.  Effective  July  1,  2023, from the funds in Specific Appropriations
   619,  633,  646,  658,  670, 683, and 706, the Department of Corrections
   shall  adjust  the  minimum annual base rate of pay to the levels listed
   below  for  each  eligible  employee  in  one  of the following position
   classifications:

     Correctional Officer (8003)...............................      47,840
     Correctional Officer Sergeant (8005)......................      52,624
     Correctional Officer Lieutenant (8011)....................      60,518
     Correctional Officer Captain (8013).......................      66,570
     Correctional Officer Major-SES (8015).....................      76,556
     Correctional Officer Colonel-SES (8017)...................      84,212
     Assistant Warden (7941)...................................      92,633
     Warden (7948).............................................     111,160
     Assistant Regional Director (8273)........................     122,276
     Regional Director of Institutions (8271)..................     134,504
     Classification Supervisor (8053)..........................      76,556
     Correctional Service Administrator (8058).................      84,212
     Inspector (8026)..........................................      66,570
     Senior Inspector (8028)...................................      76,556
     Inspector Supervisor (8029)...............................      84,212
     Assistant Chief of Investigations (9019)..................      92,633
     Chief of Investigations (9032)............................     111,160
     Deputy Inspector General (8019)...........................     134,504
     Correctional Probation Officer (8036).....................      47,840
     Correctional Probation Senior Officer (8039)..............      52,624
     Correctional Probation Specialist (8040)..................      60,518
     Correctional Probation Supervisor (8045)..................      66,570
     Correctional Probation Senior Supervisor (8046)...........      76,556
     Deputy Circuit Administrator (5258).......................      92,633
     Circuit Administrator (5256)..............................     111,160
     Assistant Regional Director of Community Corrections
       (5259)..................................................     122,276
     Regional Director of Community Corrections (8272).........     134,504

   2. Effective July 1, 2023, from the funds in Specific Appropriation 619,
   658,  683, and 706, $3,365,322 from the General Revenue Fund is provided
   for  the  Department of Corrections to grant a special pay adjustment to
   the  annual  base  rate of pay for a retention pay plan for correctional
   officers, correctional probation officers, and inspectors as follows:

   $1,000  special pay adjustment for each employee with at least two years
   but  less than three years of combined continuous service in one or more
   of the position classification codes listed below.

   $500  special  pay adjustment for each employee with at least five years
   but less than six years of combined continuous service in one or more of
   the position classification codes listed below.

   $1,000  special  pay  adjustment  for  each employee with at least eight
   years  but less than nine years of combined continuous service in one or
   more of the position classification codes listed below.

   For   purposes   of   retention   pay   plan  implementation,  the  term
   "correctional   officer"   means   an  employee  of  the  Department  of
   Corrections  in the following classification codes: Correctional Officer
   (8003);  Correctional  Officer  Sergeant  (8005);  Correctional  Officer
   Lieutenant  (8011);  Correctional  Officer  Captain (8013); Correctional
   Officer  Major  (8015);  and  Correctional  Officer  Colonel (8017). For
   purposes  of  retention  pay plan implementation, the term "correctional
   probation officer" means an employee of the Department of Corrections in
   the  following  classification  codes:  Correctional  Probation  Officer
   (8036);  Correctional  Probation  Senior  Officer  (8039);  Correctional
   Probation  Specialist  (8040); Correctional Probation Supervisor (8045);
   and  Correctional  Probation  Senior  Supervisor (8046). For purposes of
   retention  pay  plan  implementation,  the  term  "inspector"  means  an
   employee   of   the   Department   of   Corrections   in  the  following
   classification  codes:  Inspector-DC (8026); Senior Inspector-DC (8028);
   and Inspector Supervisor-DC (8029).

   3. Effective July 1, 2023, from the funds in Specific Appropriation 691,
   $1,146,753  from  the General Revenue fund is provided for Department of
   Corrections  to grant a special pay adjustment of 5.0 percent, after the
   competitive  pay  adjustment  is  made pursuant to paragraph (1)(b), for
   maintenance   staff.  For  purposes  of  the  maintenance  pay  increase
   implementation,  the  term  "maintenance staff" means an employee of the
   Department   Of  Corrections  in  the  following  classification  codes:
   Vocational  Instructor  III  -  F/C  (1315);  Engineering  Technician IV
   (4612); Construction Projects Consultant I (4691); Construction Projects
   Consultant  II (4692); Maintenance & Construction Superintendent (6387);
   Plumber (6441); Master Electrician (6446); Senior Refrigeration Mechanic
   (6454);  Maintenance Mechanic - F/C (6469); and Electronic Technician II
   (7234).

   (c) Justice Administration Commission

   1.  Effective July 1, 2023, funds are provided in Specific Appropriation
   2103,  in  the  amount  of  $170,382  from  the General Revenue Fund and
   $36,822  from  trust  funds  to the Justice Administration Commission to
   grant a special pay adjustment of 3.0 percent, after the competitive pay
   adjustment  is  made  pursuant  to  paragraph  (1)(b),  for employees in
   position classification State Attorney (9815).

   2.  Effective July 1, 2023, funds are provided in Specific Appropriation
   2103,  in  the  amount  of $14,261,218 from the General Revenue Fund and
   $3,527,999  from trust funds to the Justice Administration Commission to
   grant  special  pay  adjustments  to  the  annual  base  rate of pay for
   employees in position classification of Assistant State Attorney (6901),
   after  the  competitive  pay  adjustment  is  made pursuant to paragraph
   (1)(b), as follows:

   10  percent special pay adjustment for each employee with a base rate of
   pay range between $52,500 to $71,999;

   8  percent  special pay adjustment for each employee with a base rate of
   pay range between $72,000 to $86,999;

   6  percent  special pay adjustment for each employee with a base rate of
   pay range between $87,000 to $101,999;

   4  percent  special pay adjustment for each employee with a base rate of
   pay of $102,000 to $116,999;

   3  percent  special pay adjustment for each employee with a base rate of
   pay of $117,000 or greater.

   (d) Department of Children and Families

   1.  Effective July 1, 2023, funds are provided in Specific Appropriation
   2103,  in  addition  to  the  competitive  pay  adjustment  provided  in
   paragraph  (1)(b), in the amount of $14,237,354 from the General Revenue
   Fund to the Department of Children and Families to provide a special pay
   adjustment  of 5.0 percent for eligible employees in the following Child
   Protective position classifications:

   Child  Protective  Field  Support  Consultant and Analysts (8374); Child
   Protective    Investigator   (8371);   Child   Protective   Investigator
   Supervisor-SES (8372); and Senior Child Protective Investigator (8373).

   2.  Effective July 1, 2023, funds are provided in Specific Appropriation
   2103,  in  addition  to  the  competitive  pay  adjustment  provided  in
   paragraph  (1)(b),  in the amount of $3,437,540 from the General Revenue
   Fund  and $4,070,557 from trust funds for the Department of Children and
   Families  to  increase the minimum base rate of pay up to 10 percent for
   positions  in  the Comprehensive Eligibility Services program component.
   For the purposes of this paragraph, "comprehensive eligibility services"
   means  an eligible employee of the Department of Children and Families -
   Comprehensive   Eligibility  Services  program  listed  in  one  of  the
   following classifications:

   Senior  Management  Analyst Supervisor-SES (2228); Government Operations
   Consultant  I  PP01  (2234);  Operations and Management Consultant I-SES
   PP08  (2234);  Government  Operations  Consultant II PP01 (2236); Senior
   Human  Services  Program  Specialist  (5879);  Program Administrator-SES
   (5916);   Economic   Self-Sufficiency   Specialist  I  (6090);  Economic
   Self-Sufficiency   Specialist   II   (6091);  Economic  Self-Sufficiency
   Specialist  Supervisor-SES  (6092);  Investigation  Specialist I (8315);
   Investigation  Specialist  II  (8318);  Quality  Control Analyst (5890);
   Quality  Control  Supervisor-SES (5891); and Investigator Supervisor-SES
   (8354).

   (e) Department of Business and Professional Regulation

   Effective  July  1,  2023,  funds are provided in Specific Appropriation
   2103,  in  addition  to  the  competitive  pay  adjustment  provided  in
   paragraph  (1)(b),  in  the amount of $1,391,919 from trust funds to the
   Department  of  Business  and  Professional  Regulation  to  provide pay
   adjustments  for  recruitment  and  retention  for eligible employees of
   Central  Intake,  Customer  Contact  Center,  and Hotels and Restaurants
   Compliance  and  Enforcement  programs in the Department of Business and
   Professional Regulation, for the following classifications:

   Regulatory   Specialist  I  (0440);  Regulatory  Specialist  II  (0441);
   Regulatory   Specialist   III   (0444);  Regulatory  Consultant  (0442);
   Regulatory  Program  Administrator-SES  (0443);  Sanitation  and  Safety
   Specialist  (8888);  Senior Sanitation and Safety Specialist (8889); and
   Sanitation and Safety Supervisor (8895). (Issue Code 5200A50)

   (f) Division of Administrative Hearings

   Effective  July  1,  2023,  funds are provided in Specific Appropriation
   2103,  in  addition  to  the  competitive  pay  adjustment  provided  in
   paragraph  (1)(b),  in the amount of $1,359,610 from trust funds for the
   Division of Administrative Hearings to increase the minimum base rate of
   pay  for  Administrative  Law  Judges  (7722),  Deputy  Chief  Judge  of
   Compensation  Claim (9681); and the Director of Administration (5206) to
   $172,000.

   (g) Department of Law Enforcement

   1.  Effective July 1, 2023, funds are provided in Specific Appropriation
   2103,  in  addition  to  the  competitive  pay  adjustment  provided  in
   paragraph  (1)(b),  in the amount of $1,358,896 from the General Revenue
   Fund and $531,465 from trust funds for the Department of Law Enforcement
   to  provide  a  4 percent pay increase for Special Agent (8581) position
   classification  and  to  relieve  pay  compression  for  law enforcement
   officers  in  the position classifications below. This pay adjustment is
   to  be  applied after the adjustments for sworn law enforcement officers
   in (2)(h)1 and 2.

   Special  Agent  Supervisor  (8584); Law Enforcement Sergeant (8519); Law
   Enforcement   Captain   (8632);   Law   Enforcement  Major  (8630);  Law
   Enforcement  Lieutenant (8522); Law Enforcement Investigators II (8541);
   Law Enforcement Officers (8515); and Special Agent Trainee (8580).

   (h) State Law Enforcement Officers

   1.  Effective July 1, 2023, funds are provided in Specific Appropriation
   2103  in  the  amount  of  $8,661,754  from the General Revenue Fund and
   $23,679,882  from  trust  funds  for each eligible sworn law enforcement
   officer  to attain the minimum annual base rate of pay of $55,000 to the
   officer's  June  30,  2023,  base rate of pay, after the competitive pay
   adjustment is made pursuant to paragraph (1)(b).

   2.  In  addition,  a  special  pay  adjustment  shall  be applied to the
   adjusted annual rate of pay after the minimum annual base rate of pay of
   $55,000  has  been  applied  for employees in position classification of
   sworn law enforcement officer are as follows:

   10 percent special pay adjustment for each sworn law enforcement officer
   with a base rate of pay between $55,000 to $69,999;

   8  percent special pay adjustment for each sworn law enforcement officer
   with a base rate of pay between $70,000 to $84,999;

   6  percent special pay adjustment for each sworn law enforcement officer
   with a base rate of pay between $85,000 to $99,999;

   4  percent special pay adjustment for each sworn law enforcement officer
   with a base rate of pay between $100,000 to $114,999;

   3  percent special pay adjustment for each sworn law enforcement officer
   with a base rate of pay greater than $115,000.

   3.  Effective  July  1,  2023,  from the funds in Specific Appropriation
   2103, $11,286,391 from the General Revenue Fund and $31,039,016 in trust
   funds  are  provided to grant special pay adjustments to the annual base
   rate  of  pay  after  the  adjustments  made in subparagraph (2)(h)2 for
   employees who are sworn law enforcement officers.

   $3,000  special  pay  adjustment  for each sworn law enforcement officer
   with  less than four years of combined continuous service in one or more
   of the position classifications;

   $5,000  special  pay  adjustment  for each sworn law enforcement officer
   with  at least four years but less than six years of combined continuous
   service in one or more of the position classifications;

   $7,000  special  pay  adjustment  for each sworn law enforcement officer
   with at least six years but less than eight years of combined continuous
   service in one or more of the position classifications;

   $9,000  special  pay  adjustment  for each sworn law enforcement officer
   with at least eight years but less than ten years of combined continuous
   service in one or more of the position classifications;

   $11,000  special  pay  adjustment for each sworn law enforcement officer
   with at least ten years of combined continuous service in one or more of
   the position classifications.

   4.a.For  the purpose of implementing (2)(h)1. 2. and 3., the term "sworn
   law  enforcement  officer"  means  an  employee  in one of the following
   position classifications certified as a law enforcement officer pursuant
   to section 943.13, Florida Statutes:

   b. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
   Law  Enforcement  Officer  (8515);  Law Enforcement Corporal (8517); Law
   Enforcement Sergeant (8519); Law Enforcement Investigator II (8541); Law
   Enforcement  Lieutenant  (8522);  Law  Enforcement  Captain  (8525); Law
   Enforcement  Major  (8526);  Director  of  Agricultural  Law Enforcement
   (8542);  Assistant  Director  of Law Enforcement (8551); Law Enforcement
   Major  (8630); Law Enforcement Captain (8632); Chief of Uniform Services
   (7858); and Chief of Investigative Services (7788).

   c. Department of Business and Professional Regulation
   Law  Enforcement  Investigator  II  (8541);  Law  Enforcement Lieutenant
   (8522);  Law  Enforcement  Major  (8630);  and  Law  Enforcement Captain
   (8632).

   d. Department of Environmental Protection
   Law  Enforcement  Investigator  II  (8541);  Law  Enforcement Lieutenant
   (8522) and Law Enforcement Captain (8632).

   e. Department of Financial Services
   Law  Enforcement  Investigator I (8540); Law Enforcement Investigator II
   (8541);  Chief  Workers'  Compensation Fraud (7957); Chief General Fraud
   (7958);  Chief  Fire  and  Arson  Investigations (7962); Law Enforcement
   Lieutenant (8522); Law Enforcement Major (8630); Law Enforcement Captain
   (8632);  Assistant  Director  of Insurance Fraud (9776); and Director of
   Insurance Fraud (9779).

   f. Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
   Trooper  (8030);  Highway  Patrol  Sergeant (8031); Highway Patrol Pilot
   (8032);  Highway Patrol Pilot II (8033); Highway Patrol Corporal (8034);
   Highway  Patrol  Investigator  Sergeant  (8035);  Highway Patrol Captain
   (8038);  Highway Patrol Lieutenant (8042); Law Enforcement Major (8626),
   Law  Enforcement  Captain  (8632);  Deputy  Director  of Florida Highway
   Patrol  (7932);  Chief of Florida Highway Patrol (7981); and Director of
   Florida Highway Patrol (9762).

   g. Department of Law Enforcement
   Law  Enforcement  Officer  (8515);  Law Enforcement Sergeant (8519); Law
   Enforcement  Investigator II (8541); Special Agent (8581); Special Agent
   Trainee  (8580);  Law  Enforcement  Lieutenant  (8522);  Law Enforcement
   Captain   (8632);   Director   of   Investigations   (8529);   Chief  of
   Investigations   (8530);  Special  Agent  Supervisor  (8584);  Inspector
   (8590);  Chief  of  Law Enforcement Services (8383); Director of Capitol
   Police  (9736);  Director,  Criminal  Justice  Prof. Program (9828); and
   Assistant Executive Director (9883).

   h. Gaming Control Commission
   Law  Enforcement  Investigator II (8541); Law Enforcement Section Leader
   (9154); Director of Law Enforcement (9838); Inspector General (9415)

   i. Department of Legal Affairs
   Law  Enforcement  Investigator  II  (8541);  Law  Enforcement Lieutenant
   (8522);  Law  Enforcement  Captain (8525); Law Enforcement Major (8630);
   Law   Enforcement  Captain  (8632);  and  Director  of  Law  Enforcement
   Relations, Victim Services and Criminal Justice (7949).

   j. Department of Lottery
   Special  Agent-Supervisor  (1126);  Director  of Security (2601); Deputy
   Director of Security (2603); and Special Agent II (2608).

   k. Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
   Law  Enforcement  Officer  (8515);  Law Enforcement Corporal (8517); Law
   Enforcement  Airplane  Pilot I (8532); Law Enforcement Airplane Pilot II
   (8534);   Law   Enforcement   Investigator  I  (8540);  Law  Enforcement
   Investigator   II   (8541);   Law  Enforcement  Lieutenant  (8522);  Law
   Enforcement   Captain   (8525);  Law  Enforcement  Manager  (8565);  Law
   Enforcement Program Administrator (8798); Law Enforcement Section Leader
   (9154);  Deputy  Director of Law Enforcement (9498); and Director of Law
   Enforcement (9694).

   l. Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind
   Law  Enforcement Officer (8515); Law Enforcement Investigator II (8541);
   Law Enforcement Lieutenant (8522) and Security and Law Enforcement Chief
   (8520)

   m. Justice Administration Commission
   Investigator  I (6661); Investigator II (6662); Investigator III (6663);
   Investigator IV (6664); Investigator V (6665)

   n. State Court System
   Chief  Deputy  Marshal-Supreme  Court  (1500);  Chief  Deputy  Marshal -
   District  Court  (1501);  Deputy  Marshal - Supreme Court (1505); Deputy
   Marshal  -  District  Court  (1506); Deputy Marshal Supervisor - Supreme
   Court (1510); Deputy Marshal Supervisor - District Court (1515); Marshal
   Supreme Court (9040); and Marshal - District Court (9050).

   (3) BENEFITS: HEALTH, LIFE, AND DISABILITY INSURANCE

   (a) State Life Insurance and State Disability Insurance

   Funds  are provided in each agency's budget to continue paying the state
   share  of  the  current  State  Life  Insurance  Program  and  the State
   Disability Insurance Program premiums.

   (b) State Health Insurance Plans and Benefits

   1. For the period July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024, the Department of
   Management  Services  shall  continue  within  the State Group Insurance
   Program  State Group Health Insurance Standard Plans, State Group Health
   Insurance   High   Deductible  Plans,  State  Group  Health  Maintenance
   Organization   Standard   Plans,  and  State  Group  Health  Maintenance
   Organization High Deductible Plans.

   2.  For  the  period  July  1, 2023, through June 30, 2024, the benefits
   provided  under each of the plans shall be those benefits as provided in
   the  current  State  Employees'  PPO  Plan  Group  Health Insurance Plan
   Booklet   and   Benefit   Document,   and   current  Health  Maintenance
   Organization contracts and benefit documents, including any revisions to
   such health benefits approved by the Legislature.

   3.  Effective July 1, 2023, the state health insurance plans, as defined
   in   subsection  (3)(b),  shall  limit  plan  participant  cost  sharing
   (deductibles,   coinsurance,  and  copayments)  for  covered  in-network
   medical  services,  the amount of which shall not exceed the annual cost
   sharing  limitations  for  individual coverage or for family coverage as
   provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to
   the provisions of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
   of  2010  and  the  Internal Revenue Code. Medical and prescription drug
   cost  sharing  amounts  incurred  by  a  plan  participant  for  covered
   in-network service shall be aggregated to record the participant's total
   amount  of plan cost sharing limitations. The plan shall pay 100 percent
   of  covered  in-network  services  for  a  plan  participant  during the
   applicable  calendar  year  once  the federal cost share limitations are
   reached.

   4.  Effective  July  1,  2023, a participant has the option to receive a
   covered  immunization  from  a  participating  provider  pursuant  to  a
   participant's  current  State Employees' PPO Plan Group Health Insurance
   Plan  Booklet and Benefit Document, a participating provider pursuant to
   a  participant's  current  Health  Maintenance Organization contract and
   benefits  document,  or a participating pharmacy in the State Employees'
   pharmacy benefit manager's network.

   5.  Effective  January  1,  2024,  the Division of State Group Insurance
   shall  continue  to  allow  service  delivery  through telehealth in its
   health benefits contracts.

   6.  The  high  deductible  health  plans  shall  continue  to include an
   integrated  Health  Savings Account (HSA). Such plans and accounts shall
   be  administered  in accordance with the requirements and limitations of
   federal provisions related to the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement
   and   Modernization  Act  of  2003.  The  state  shall  make  a  monthly
   contribution  to the employee's health savings account, as authorized in
   section  110.123(13),  Florida  Statutes,  of  $41.66 for employees with
   individual coverage and $83.33 for employees with family coverage.

   (c)  State  Group Health Insurance Premiums for the Period July 1, 2023,
   through June 30, 2024.

   Funds are provided in each state agency and state university's budget to
   pay the state share of the State Group Health Insurance premiums for the
   fiscal  year. The agencies shall pay the specified premiums on behalf of
   employees   who   have  enhanced  benefits,  including  those  employees
   participating   in   the  Spouse  Program  in  accordance  with  section
   60P-2.0036,  Florida  Administrative  Code,  and those employees filling
   positions with "agency pay-all" benefits.

   1.  For the coverage period beginning August 1, 2023, the state share of
   the  State  Group Health Insurance premiums per month for the executive,
   legislative, and judicial branch agencies shall be as follows:

   a. Standard Plan or High Deductible Plan - Individual - $763.46

   b. Standard Plan or High Deductible Plan - Family - $1,651.08

   c.  Standard  Plan for an employee with enhanced benefits, excluding the
   Spouse Program - Individual - $805.12

   d.  Standard  Plan for an employee with enhanced benefits, excluding the
   Spouse Program - Family - $1,801.08

   e. Standard Plan for each employee participating in the Spouse Program -
   Family - $900.54

   f.  High  Deductible  Plan  for  an  employee  with  enhanced  benefits,
   excluding the Spouse Program - Individual - $770.12

   g.  High  Deductible  Plan  for  an  employee  with  enhanced  benefits,
   excluding the Spouse Program - Family - $1,685.38

   h.  High  Deductible  Plan for each employee participating in the Spouse
   Program - Family - $842.70

   2.  For the coverage period beginning August 1, 2023, the employee share
   of  the  State  Group  Health  Insurance  premiums per month shall be as
   follows:

   a. Standard Plan - Individual - $50.00

   b. Standard Plan - Family - $180.00

   c. High Deductible Plan - Individual - $15.00

   d. High Deductible Plan - Family - $64.30

   e.  Standard  Plan  or  High  Deductible  Plan for an employee filling a
   position with "agency payall" benefits - Individual - $8.34

   f.  Standard  Plan  or  High  Deductible  Plan for an employee filling a
   position with "agency payall" benefits - Family - $30.00

   g. Standard Plan or High Deductible Plan for each employee participating
   in the Spouse Program - $15.00

   3. For the coverage period beginning August 1, 2023, the monthly premium
   for  a  Medicare  participant  participating  in  the State Group Health
   Insurance program shall be as follows:

   a. Standard Plan - One Eligible - $430.18

   b. Standard Plan - One Under/One Over - $1,243.63

   c. Standard Plan - Both Eligible - $860.35

   d. High Deductible Plan - One Eligible - $324.26

   e. High Deductible Plan - One Under/One Over - $1,061.06

   f. High Deductible Plan - Both Eligible - $648.52

   g.  The  monthly premium for a Medicare participant enrolled in a Health
   Maintenance Organization Standard Plan or High Deductible Health Plan or
   a  Medicare  Advantage  Plan  shall  be  equal to the negotiated monthly
   premium   for   the   selected   state-contracted   Health   Maintenance
   Organization or selected state-contracted plan.

   4. For the coverage period beginning August 1, 2023, the monthly premium
   for an "early retiree" participating in the State Group Health Insurance
   program shall be as follows:

   a. High Deductible Plan - Individual - $736.80

   b. High Deductible Plan - Family - $1,632.05

   c.  The  monthly  premium  for  an  "early retiree" participating in the
   Standard Plan shall be equal to 100 percent of the total premium charged
   (state  and employee contributions) for an active employee participating
   in the Standard Plan with the same coverage.

   5. For the coverage period beginning August 1, 2023, a COBRA participant
   participating in the State Group Health Insurance program shall continue
   to  pay  a  premium  equal  to  102 percent of the total premium charged
   (state  and employee contributions) for an active employee participating
   in the same plan option.

   (d)  The state Employees' Prescription Drug Program shall be governed by
   the  provisions  of section 110.12315, Florida Statutes. Under the State
   Employees' Prescription Drug Program, the following shall apply:

   1.  Effective July 1, 2023, for the purpose of encouraging an individual
   to  change  from  brand  name drugs to generic drugs, the department may
   continue to waive co-payments for a six month supply of a generic statin
   or a generic proton pump inhibitor.

   2. The State Employees' Prescription Drug Program shall provide coverage
   for  smoking  cessation  prescription  drugs;  however, members shall be
   responsible for appropriate co-payments and deductibles when applicable.

   (4) OTHER BENEFITS

   (a)  The  following  items  shall  be implemented in accordance with the
   provisions  of  this  act  and with the applicable negotiated collective
   bargaining agreement:

   1.  The  state  shall provide up to six (6) credit hours of tuition-free
   courses  per  term  at  a  state  university  or  Florida College System
   institution  to  full-time  employees  on  a  space  available  basis as
   authorized by law.

   2.  The  state  shall  continue  to  reimburse,  at  current levels, for
   replacement of personal property.

   3.  Each  agency, at the discretion of the agency head, may expend funds
   provided  in  this  act for bar dues and for legal education courses for
   employees  who  are  required  to  be  a  member of the Florida Bar as a
   condition of employment.

   4.  The  state  shall  continue  to provide, at current levels, clothing
   allowances and uniform maintenance and shoe allowances.

   (b) All state branches, departments, and agencies which have established
   or approved personnel policies for the payment of accumulated and unused
   annual  leave,  shall not provide payment which exceeds a maximum of 480
   hours  of  actual  payment  to  each employee for accumulated and unused
   annual leave.

   (c)  Upon  termination  of  employees  in the Senior Management Service,
   Selected Exempt Service, or positions with comparable benefits, payments
   for unused annual leave credits accrued on the member's last anniversary
   date  shall be prorated at 1/12th of the last annual amount credited for
   each  month,  or portion thereof, worked subsequent to the member's last
   anniversary date.

   (5) PAY ADDITIVES AND OTHER INCENTIVE PROGRAMS

   The  following pay additives and other incentive programs are authorized
   for  the 2023-2024 fiscal year from existing agency resources consistent
   with  provisions of sections 110.2035 and 216.251, Florida Statutes, the
   applicable  rules  promulgated  by the Department of Management Services
   and negotiated collective bargaining agreements.

   (a)  Each  agency  is  authorized  to  continue to pay, at the levels in
   effect  on  June  30,  2007,  on-call  fees  and  shift differentials as
   necessary to perform normal operations of the agency.

   (b)  Each  agency  that  had a training program in existence on June 30,
   2006,  which included granting pay additives to participating employees,
   is authorized to continue such training program for the 2023-2024 fiscal
   year.  Such  additives  shall be granted under the provisions of the law
   administrative rules, and collective bargaining agreements.

   (c)  Each  agency  is  authorized to continue to grant temporary special
   duties pay additives to employees assigned additional duties as a result
   of  another  employee  being  absent  from  work  pursuant to the Family
   Medical Leave Act or authorized military leave. The notification process
   described in section 110.2035(7)(d), Florida Statutes, does not apply to
   additives authorized in this paragraph.

   (d)  Each agency is authorized to grant merit pay increases based on the
   employee's  performance rating of at least commendable as evidenced by a
   performance  evaluation  conducted  pursuant  to Chapter 60L-35, Florida
   Administrative  Code,  or a similar performance evaluation applicable to
   other  pay plans. The Chief Justice may exempt judicial branch employees
   from the performance evaluation requirements of this paragraph.

   (e)  Contingent  upon the availability of funds and at the agency head's
   discretion,  each  agency  is  authorized to continue to grant temporary
   special duties pay additives, of up to 15 percent of the employee's base
   rate of pay, to each employee temporarily deployed to a facility or area
   closed  due  to emergency conditions from another area of the state that
   is not closed.

   (f)  The  Fish  and  Wildlife  Conservation  Commission is authorized to
   continue   to   grant  temporary  special  duty  pay  additives  to  law
   enforcement  officers  who  perform  additional  duties as K-9 handlers,
   regional     recruiters/media     coordinators,    and    breath    test
   operators/inspectors, and may grant temporary special duty pay additives
   to  law  enforcement  officers who perform additional duties as offshore
   patrol  vessel  crew  members,  special  operations  group  members, and
   long-term covert investigations.

   (g) The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is authorized to grant
   critical  market  pay additives to employees residing in and assigned to
   Lee County, Collier County, Monroe County, Broward County, or Miami-Dade
   County, at the levels that the employing agency granted salary increases
   for similar purposes prior to July 1, 2006. These pay additives shall be
   granted  only  during  the time in which the employee resides in, and is
   assigned  duties within, these counties. In no instance may the employee
   receive  an adjustment to the employee's base rate of pay and a critical
   market pay additive based on the employee residing in and being assigned
   in the specified counties.

   (h)  The  Fish  and  Wildlife Conservation Commission may provide a duty
   officer  shift  differential  pay  additive of 10 percent and a midnight
   shift  differential  of  15 percent to duty officers who are assigned to
   work those respective shifts.

   (i) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is authorized to
   grant  critical  market  pay additives to sworn law enforcement officers
   residing in and assigned to:

   1.  Lee County, Collier County, or Monroe County, at the levels that the
   employing  agency granted salary increases for similar purposes prior to
   July 1, 2006;

   2.  Hillsborough, Orange, Pinellas, Duval, Marion, and Escambia counties
   at $5,000, or, in lieu thereof, an equivalent salary adjustment that was
   made during Fiscal Year 2015-2016;

   3.  Alachua,  Baker,  Brevard,  Clay,  Charlotte, Flagler, Indian River,
   Manatee, Martin, Nassau, Osceola, Pasco, Sarasota, Santa Rosa, Seminole,
   St. Johns, St. Lucie, and Volusia counties at $5,000.

   These  critical  market  pay additives and equivalent salary adjustments
   may  be  granted  only during the time in which the employee resides in,
   and is assigned to duties within, those counties. In no instance may the
   employee  receive an adjustment to the employee's base rate of pay and a
   critical market pay additive based on the employee residing in and being
   assigned in the specified counties.

   (j)  The  Department  of  Highway  Safety  and  Motor Vehicles may grant
   special  duties pay additives of $2,000 for law enforcement officers who
   perform  additional  duties  as  K-9 handlers; felony officers; criminal
   interdiction officers; criminal investigation and intelligence officers;
   new  recruit  background  checks  and  training,  and  technical support
   officers;  drug  recognition  experts; hazardous material squad members;
   compliance  investigation squad members; motorcycle squad members; Quick
   Response  Force Team; Honor Guard; or Florida Advanced Investigation and
   Reconstruction Teams.

   (k)  The  Department  of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles may provide a
   critical  market  pay  additive  of  $1,300 to non-sworn Florida Highway
   Patrol personnel working and residing in Miami-Dade and Broward counties
   for  class  codes  0108,  2236,  6466, 0162, 0045, 3142, and 0004. These
   critical  market  pay additives shall be granted only during the time in
   which  the  employee resides in, and is assigned to duties within, these
   counties.

   (l) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is authorized to
   grant  a  critical  market  pay additive of $5,000 per year to non-sworn
   Florida  Highway  Patrol personnel for class codes 8407, 8410, 8417, and
   8513  working  and  residing in the following counties:   Duval, Nassau,
   Baker,  Clay,  St.  Johns, Hillsborough, Polk, Pinellas, Manatee, Pasco,
   Lee, Charlotte, Glades, Hendry, Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach,
   Martin,  Broward,  Seminole,  Orange,  Lake, Osceola, and Brevard.  This
   additive  shall  be  granted  only during the time in which the employee
   resides in and is assigned to duties within.

   (m) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is authorized to
   grant  a  critical  market  pay  additive of $5,000 per year to Motorist
   Services personnel for class codes 9000 and 9002 working and residing in
   Miami-Dade  and  Broward  counties.  This additive shall be granted only
   during  the  time  in  which  the employee resides in and is assigned to
   duties  within those counties.  In addition, Motorist Services personnel
   for  class  code 9018 with the working class title of Community Outreach
   Specialist  shall also receive a $5,000 critical market pay additive per
   year.

   (n) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is authorized to
   continue  to  grant  a  pay  additive  of $162.50 per pay period for law
   enforcement  officers assigned to the Office of Motor Carrier Compliance
   who maintain certification by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance.

   (o)  The  Department  of  Transportation  is  authorized to continue its
   training   program   for   employees  in  the  areas  of  transportation
   engineering,     right-of-way     acquisition,    relocation    benefits
   administration, right-of-way property management, real estate appraisal,
   and  business  valuation  under  the same guidelines established for the
   training program prior to June 30, 2006.

   (p)  The  Department  of  Transportation  is  authorized  to grant a pay
   additive  of  $2.00  per hour for incident management services performed
   for   critical  coverage  areas  on  the  state  highway  system  during
   nonstandard work hours, including nights and weekends.

   (q) The Department of Corrections is authorized to grant critical market
   pay  additive  of  $105.38  per  pay period to employees residing in and
   assigned to Broward, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Okeechobee, Palm Beach,
   St.  Lucie,  Indian  River,  Charlotte, Lee, Glades, Hendry, and Collier
   counties.  These  pay additives shall be granted only during the time in
   which  the  employee  resides  in,  and is assigned duties within, these
   counties.

   (r)  The  Department of Corrections may continue to grant hazardous duty
   pay  additives,  as  necessary,  for  those  employees  assigned  to the
   Department  of Corrections institutions' Rapid Response Teams (including
   the  baton,  shotgun,  and  chemical  agent  teams) and the Correctional
   Emergency Response Teams.

   (s)  The  Department  of  Corrections  may continue to grant a temporary
   special  duties  pay additive of up to 10 percent of the employee's base
   rate  of  pay for each certified correctional officer (class code 8003);
   certified  correctional  officer  sergeant  (class code 8005); certified
   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.

   (t)  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.

   (u)  The  Department of Corrections is authorized to continue to 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.

   (v)  The  Department  of  Children  and  Families  may grant a temporary
   special  duties pay additive of 5 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.

   (w)  The  Department  of  Children  and  Families  may,  subject  to the
   availability  of  funds,  grant a one-time hiring bonus up to $3,000 for
   Child Protective Investigators and Adult Protective Investigators and up
   to  $1,500 in the Human Services Worker I, Human Services Worker II, and
   Unit  Treatment and Rehabilitation Specialist classes. Current employees
   and former employees who have had a break in service with the Department
   of  Children  and  Families of 31 days or less are not eligible for this
   bonus.

   (x)  The Department of Health may, subject to the availability of funds,
   grant  a  one-time  hiring  bonus of up to $2,500 to new employees hired
   into a hard-to-fill job classification as specified in the department 's
   Personnel  and  Human  Resource  Management,  Pay and Salary Adjustments
   internal  policy. The employee will receive half of the determined bonus
   after  the  completion  of  three  months of continuous service with the
   department.  The  employee  will  receive  the  remaining  half  of  the
   determined bonus after one year of continuous service and the completion
   of  all  required  certifications,  if  applicable.  Current  department
   employees  and former department employees who had a break in service of
   31 days or less are not eligible for this bonus.

   (y)  The  Department  of Health is authorized to grant a critical market
   pay  additive  of  up  to  $5,000  per  year to Career Service personnel
   working  and  residing  in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties.
   This  critical market pay additive shall be granted only during the time
   in  which the employee resides in and is assigned to duties within those
   counties.

   (z)  The Department of Health may, subject to the availability of budget
   authority,  salary rate, and grant funding, provide salary increases for
   a  cohort  of  positions  sharing  the  same  job  classification or job
   occupations in the Division of Disability Determination if authorized by
   Social Security Administration.

   (aa)  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 is assigned duties within those areas.

   (ab)  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   AFSCME  Council  79,  the  Federation  of  Public  Employees,  the
   Federation   of  Physicians  and  Dentists,  the  Florida  Fire  Service
   Association,  the  Police  Benevolent  Association,  the  Florida Nurses
   Association,  and  the  Florida  State  Lodge  Fraternal Order of Police
   related to wages, insurance benefits, and other economic issues shall be
   resolved  pursuant to Item "(1) EMPLOYEE AND OFFICER COMPENSATION," Item
   "(2)  SPECIAL  PAY  ISSUES,"  Item  "(3)  BENEFITS:  HEALTH,  LIFE,  AND
   DISABILITY  INSURANCE,  Item  "(4)  OTHER  BENEFITS,"  and Item "(5) PAY
   ADDITIVE AND OTHER INCENTIVE PROGRAMS," and other legislation enacted to
   implement this act.