SECTION 8. EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS - FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022
and 2022-2023
This section provides instructions for implementing the Fiscal Year
2021-2022 and 2022-2023 salary and benefit 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.
It is the intent of the Legislature that the minimum 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 2022-2023 fiscal
year; however, these salaries may be reduced on a voluntary basis.
1. Funds are provided in Specific Appropriation 2976 to increase the
annual base rate of pay for the Judges of Compensation Claims to
$146,377.
2. Funds are provided in Specific Appropriation 732 to increase the
annual base rate of pay by $39,494 over the June 30, 2022 base rate of
pay for the Commission on Offender Review Chair and $29,494 over the
June 30, 2022 base rate of pay for the Commission on Offender Review
Commissioners.
3. Funds are provided in Specific Appropriations 1077, 1084, 1091, 1098,
and 1105 to increase the annual base rate of pay by 10% over the June
30, 2022 base rate of pay for the Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional
Counsels.
7/01/2022
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Governor.................................................. 134,181
Lieutenant Governor....................................... 128,597
Chief Financial Officer................................... 132,841
Attorney General.......................................... 132,841
Agriculture, Commissioner of.............................. 132,841
Supreme Court Justice..................................... 227,218
Judges - District Courts of Appeal........................ 192,105
Judges - Circuit Courts................................... 165,509
Judges - County Courts.................................... 156,377
Judges of Compensation Claims............................. 146,377
State Attorneys........................................... 192,105
Public Defenders.......................................... 192,105
Commissioner - Public Service Commission.................. 135,997
Public Employees Relations Commission Chair............... 100,723
Public Employees Relations Commission Commissioners....... 47,753
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
1. For the purpose of this subsection, the term "eligible employee"
includes:
a. A full time equivalent position (FTE) 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, military employee of the Florida
National Guard on full-time military duty and non-career service
employee of the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind. Employees
classified as other personnel services employees are not eligible for an
increase.
2. With approval by the agency head, each agency is authorized to grant
pay adjustments to address compression, and, within the resources
provided in this paragraph, any retention or pay inequities. The agency
is responsible for retaining sufficient documentation justifying any
adjustments.
3. Effective upon this act becoming law, $112,540,453 in recurring
General Revenue, $112,485,845 in recurring trust funds and 176,147,217
in salary rate are appropriated for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 for the salary
increases necessary to implement pay plan compression as a result of the
$13 per hour minimum wage increase and pay inequities.
In granting pay adjustments, agencies, at a minimum, shall consider the
following:
a. Current salary levels of employees closest to the $13 per hour
minimum base rate that will need to be adjusted to ensure adequate
ratios between pay classes are maintained;
b. Salaries of newer employees against long-term employees in the same
type of positions;
c. Salaries of employees compared against their direct supervisors and
second-level supervisors; and
d. Competitive pay structure to remedy pay inequities.
Funds shall be distributed as follows:
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
General Revenue........................................... 1,774,522
Trust Funds............................................... 3,278,270
Salary Rate............................................... 3,553,453
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
General Revenue........................................... 17,440
Trust Funds............................................... 5,893,958
Salary Rate............................................... 4,965,723
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES
General Revenue........................................... 1,405,462
Trust Funds............................................... 5,289,219
Salary Rate............................................... 5,482,442
DEPARTMENT OF CITRUS
Trust Funds............................................... 55,283
Salary Rate............................................... 46,656
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Trust Funds............................................... 614,445
Salary Rate............................................... 515,172
FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSON
General Revenue........................................... 932,488
Trust Funds............................................... 4,306,610
Salary Rate............................................... 4,176,492
DEPARTMENT OF LOTTERY
Trust Funds............................................... 797,966
Salary Rate............................................... 654,081
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
General Revenue........................................... 548,018
Trust Funds............................................... 5,900,993
Salary Rate............................................... 5,329,802
DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS
General Revenue........................................... 213,016
Trust Funds............................................... 541,690
Salary Rate............................................... 627,131
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES
General Revenue........................................... 212,707
Trust Funds............................................... 2,133,859
Salary Rate............................................... 1,968,600
DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
Trust Funds............................................... 267,002
Salary Rate............................................... 223,150
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
General Revenue........................................... 4,462,571
Trust Funds............................................... 4,366,619
Salary Rate............................................... 7,403,025
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
General Revenue........................................... 6,488
Trust Funds............................................... 2,899,884
Salary Rate............................................... 2,406,302
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS
General Revenue........................................... 189,770
Trust Funds............................................... 1,530,562
Salary Rate............................................... 1,448,369
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
General Revenue........................................... 10,710,419
Trust Funds............................................... 9,744,607
Salary Rate............................................... 17,145,977
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
General Revenue........................................... 7,277,953
Trust Funds............................................... 21,837,618
Salary Rate............................................... 19,043,568
DEPARTMENT OF ELDER AFFAIRS
General Revenue........................................... 398,266
Trust Funds............................................... 528,336
Salary Rate............................................... 777,301
AGENCY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
General Revenue........................................... 2,056,299
Trust Funds............................................... 1,419,386
Salary Rate............................................... 2,899,643
AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
General Revenue........................................... 188,713
Trust Funds............................................... 3,218,877
Salary Rate............................................... 2,865,162
JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION
General Revenue........................................... 19,265,677
Trust Funds............................................... 3,452,656
Salary Rate............................................... 17,835,733
STATE COURT SYSTEM
General Revenue........................................... 6,707,789
Trust Funds............................................... 1,776,348
Salary Rate............................................... 7,133,906
DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS
General Revenue........................................... 1,191,020
Trust Funds............................................... 1,673,046
Salary Rate............................................... 2,266,246
FLORIDA GAMING CONTROL COMMISSION
Trust Funds............................................... 233,263
Salary Rate............................................... 196,367
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
General Revenue........................................... 46,118,677
Trust Funds............................................... 1,002,020
Salary Rate............................................... 35,985,874
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
General Revenue........................................... 3,331,577
Trust Funds............................................... 2,088,439
Salary Rate............................................... 4,257,158
FLORIDA COMMISSION ON OFFENDER REVIEW
General Revenue........................................... 220,851
Trust Funds............................................... 1,602
Salary Rate............................................... 185,867
DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE
General Revenue........................................... 3,924,849
Trust Funds............................................... 819,436
Salary Rate............................................... 3,984,028
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
General Revenue........................................... 453,184
Trust Funds............................................... 535,918
Salary Rate............................................... 391,329
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
General Revenue........................................... 254,769
Trust Funds............................................... 2,793,048
Salary Rate............................................... 2,564,064
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
General Revenue........................................... 554,850
Trust Funds............................................... 228,169
Salary Rate............................................... 654,355
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Trust Funds............................................... 14,111,798
Salary Rate............................................... 11,849,594
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES
Trust Funds............................................... 9,128,832
Salary Rate............................................... 7,193,361
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
General Revenue........................................... 123,078
Trust Funds............................................... 16,086
Salary Rate............................................... 117,286
Agencies shall update personnel data in People First to reflect pay
increases no later than June 30, 2022. Any unexpended balances of funds
remaining on June 30, 2022 shall revert. Agencies are authorized to
continue the pay adjustments in Fiscal Year 2022-2023.
(2) SPECIAL PAY ISSUES
(a) Law Enforcement Officers Compensation
1. Effective upon this act becoming law, $9,189,805 in recurring
General Revenue and $23,280,223 in recurring trust funds are
appropriated for Fiscal Year 2021-2022, in addition to the pay
adjustments provided in paragraph (1)(b), to grant a competitive pay
adjustment of 20% to each eligible entry level sworn law enforcement
officer's base rate of pay, as of the last day of the last completed
month upon this act becoming law, employed by the following agencies:
Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, Department of Agriculture and
Consumer Services, Department of Environmental Protection, Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission, Department of Business and
Professional Regulation, Department of Financial Services, Department of
Lottery, Department of Legal Affairs, Florida Department of Law
Enforcement, Justice Administration Commission, State Court System,
Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Agency for Persons with Disabilities
and Department of Children and Families.
Any unexpended balances of funds remaining on June 30, 2022 shall
revert. Agencies are authorized to continue the competitive pay
adjustment in Fiscal Year 2022-2023.
2. Effective upon this act becoming law, $13,764,472 in recurring
General Revenue and $29,162,149 in recurring trust funds are
appropriated for Fiscal Year 2021-2022, in addition to the pay
adjustments provided in paragraph (1)(b), to grant a competitive pay
adjustment of 25% to each eligible non-entry sworn law enforcement
officer's base rate of pay, as of the last day of the last completed
month upon this act becoming law, employed by the following agencies:
Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, Department of Agriculture and
Consumer Services, Department of Environmental Protection, Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission, Department of Business and
Professional Regulation, Department of Financial Services, Department of
Lottery, Department of Legal Affairs, Florida Department of Law
Enforcement, Justice Administration Commission, State Court System,
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Agency for Persons with
Disabilities and Department of Children and Families.
Any unexpended balances of funds remaining on June 30, 2022 shall
revert. Agencies are authorized to continue the competitive pay
adjustment in Fiscal Year 2022-2023.
3. For the purpose of this paragraph, the term "entry level sworn law
enforcement officer" means an employee in the following agencies and
classification codes designated as a sworn law enforcement officer:
Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind - Law Enforcement Officer
(8515); Agriculture and Consumer Services - Law Enforcement Officer
(8515); Environmental Protection - Law Enforcement Investigator II
(8541); Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Law Enforcement
Officer (8515) and Law Enforcement Investigator I (8540); Business and
Professional Regulation - Law Enforcement Investigator II (8541);
Financial Services - Law Enforcement Investigator I (8540); Lottery -
Special Agent II (2608); Legal Affairs/Attorney General - Law
Enforcement Investigator I (8540); Department of Law Enforcement - Law
Enforcement Officer, Capitol Police (8515); Special Agency Trainee
(8580) and Special Agent (8581); Justice Administration Commission -
Investigator I (6661); State Court System - Court Security Officer
Supreme Court (1502); Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles - Trooper
(8030); Agency for Persons with Disabilities - Institutional Security
Specialist I (8237); and Department of Children and Families -
Institutional Security Specialist I (8237).
4. For the purpose of this paragraph, the term "non-entry sworn law
enforcement officer" means an employee in the following agencies and
classification codes designated as sworn law enforcement officer:
Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind - Security and Law Enforcement
Chief (8520), Law Enforcement Lieutenant (8522) and Law Enforcement
Investigator II (8541); Agriculture and Consumer Services - Chief of
Uniform Services (7858), Law Enforcement Corporal (8517), Law
Enforcement Sergeant (8519), Law Enforcement Lieutenant (8522), Law
Enforcement Captain (8525), Law Enforcement Investigator II (8541),
Director of Agricultural Law Enforcement (8542), Assistant Director of
Law Enforcement (8551), Major (8630), Captain (8632) and Major (8526);
Business and Professional Regulation - Investigator Manager-SES (8357),
Law Enforcement Lieutenant (8522), Major (8630), Captain (8632);
Environmental Protection - Law Enforcement Lieutenant (8522) and Captain
(8632); Financial Services Investigation Manager-SES (8357), Law
Enforcement Lieutenant (8522), Law Enforcement Investigator II (8541),
Law Enforcement Major (8630) and Law Enforcement Captain (8632); Fish
and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Law Enforcement Corporal (8517),
Law Enforcement Lieutenant (8522), Law Enforcement Captain (8525), Law
Enforcement Airplane Pilot I (8532), Law Enforcement Pilot II (8534),
Law Enforcement Investigator II (8541), 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); Department of Law Enforcement - Chief of Law
Enforcement Services (8383), Law Enforcement Sergeant (8519), Law
Enforcement Lieutenant (8522), Law Enforcement Accreditation Director
(8535), Law Enforcement Investigator II (8541), Special Agent Supervisor
(8584) and Inspector (8590); Lottery Special Agent (1126), Director of
Security (2601) and Deputy Director of Security (2603); Highway Safety
and Motor Vehicles - Deputy Director of Florida Highway Patrol (7932),
Chief of Florida Highway Patrol (7981), Florida Highway Patrol Sergeant
(8031), Florida Highway Patrol Pilot I (8032), Florida Highway Patrol
Pilot II (8033), Florida Highway Patrol Corporal (8034), Florida Highway
Patrol Invest Sergeant (8035), Law Enforcement Lieutenant (8522), Law
Enforcement Major (8626), Law Enforcement Captain (8632) and Director of
Florida Highway Patrol (9762); Legal Affairs - Director of Law
Enforcement Relations, Victim Services and Criminal Justice (7949),
Investigation Manger-SES (8357), Law Enforcement Lieutenant (8522), Law
Enforcement Captain (8525), Law Enforcement Investigator II (8541), Law
Enforcement Major (8630) and Law Enforcement Captain (8632); Justice
Administration Commission - Investigator Supervisor (4665), Investigator
Trainee (5660), Investigator V (6665), Investigator I (5661 and 9661),
Investigator II (5662, 6662 and 9662), Investigator III (5663, 6663 and
9663) and Investigator IV (5664, 5668, 6664 and 9664); and State Court
System - Chief Deputy Marshal - Supreme Court (1500); Chief Deputy
Marshal - District Court (1501), Deputy Clerk I - District Court (2601);
Deputy Marshal - Supreme Court (1505); Deputy Marshal - District Court
(1506); Deputy Marshal Supervisor - Supreme Court (1510); Deputy Marshal
Supervisor - District Court (1515); Marshal - District Court (9050);
Marshal Supreme Court (9040); Agency for Persons with Disabilities -
Institutional Security Specialist II (8238), Institutional Security
Specialist Shift Supervisor (8240) and Institutional Security Chief
(8243); and Department of Children and Families - Institutional Security
Specialist II (8238), Institutional Security Specialist Shift Supervisor
(8240) and Institutional Security Chief (8243).
(b) Department of Corrections
1. Effective upon this act becoming law, $120,677,194 in recurring
General Revenue and $3,476,682 in recurring trust funds are
appropriated, in addition to the pay adjustments provided in paragraph
(1)(b), for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 to increase the minimum base rate of
pay to $41,600 for each eligible Correctional Officer beginning as of
the last day of the last completed month upon this act becoming law.
2. For the purpose of this paragraph, the term "correctional officer"
means an employee in the Department of Corrections in the following
classification codes: Correctional Officers (8003), Correctional Officer
Sergeant (8005), Correctional Officer Lieutenant (8011), Correctional
Officer Captain (8013), Inspector DC (8026), Correctional Probation
Officers (8036), Correctional Probation Senior Officers (8039) and
Correctional Probation Specialist (8040).
Any unexpended balances of funds remaining on June 30, 2022 shall
revert. The Department of Corrections is authorized to continue the
competitive pay adjustment in Fiscal Year 2022-2023.
3. Effective July 1, 2022, $15,861,912 in recurring General Revenue is
appropriated in Specific Appropriations 603, 667 and 685, in addition to
the pay adjustments provided in paragraph (1)(b), to implement a
retention plan for correctional officers, correctional probation
officers, and inspectors in the Department of Corrections.
(c) Department of Juvenile Justice
1. Effective upon this act becoming law, $7,727,519 in recurring General
Revenue and $3,423,644 in recurring trust funds are appropriated for
Fiscal Year 2021-2022, in addition to the pay adjustments provided in
paragraph (1)(b), to increase the minimum base rate of pay to $35,360
for each eligible Juvenile Detention Officer and to $39,520 for each
Juvenile Probation Officer as of the last day of the last completed
month upon this act becoming law.
2. For the purpose of this paragraph "juvenile detention and probation
officer" means an employee in the Department of Juvenile Justice in the
following classification codes: Juvenile Detention Officers I (5711),
Juvenile Detention Officers II (5712), Juvenile Detention Officer
Supervisor (5713) and Juvenile Probation Officers (5965), Senior
Juvenile Probation Officer (5966) and Juvenile Probation Officer
Supervisor (5967).
Any unexpended balances of funds remaining on June 30, 2022 shall
revert. The Department of Juvenile Justice is authorized to continue the
competitive pay adjustment in Fiscal Year 2022-2023.
(d) Firefighters
Effective July 1, 2022, $1,395,746 in recurring funds is appropriated in
Specific Appropriations 106, 225, 329, 1436, 2399, 2409, 2992 and 3014,
in addition to the pay adjustments provided in paragraph (1)(b), for a
pay increase of up to $2,500 for positions in the Fire Service
Bargaining Unit in the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, the
Agency for Health Care Administration, the Department of Children and
Families, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the
Department of Financial Services, the Department of Military Affairs,
and in addition to positions in the following classes in the Department
of Agriculture and Consumer Services: Forest Area Supervisor (7622);
Forestry Operations Administrator (7634); Forestry District Manager
(7635); Forestry Program Administrator (7636); and Forestry Center
Manager (7637).
(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, 2022, through June 30, 2023, 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, 2022, through June 30, 2023, 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. Beginning January 1, 2023, for the 2023 plan year, each plan shall
continue the benefits for occupational therapy authorized for the 2022
plan year.
4. Effective July 1, 2022, 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.
5. Effective July 1, 2022, a participant shall continue to have the
option to receive covered immunizations 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.
6. Effective January 1, 2023, the Division of State Group Insurance
shall continue its health benefits contracts to allow service delivery
through telehealth.
7. 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(12), Florida Statutes, of $41.66 for employees with
individual coverage and $83.33 for employees with family coverage.
(c) State Health Insurance Premiums for the Period July 1, 2022, through
June 30, 2023.
1. State Paid Premiums
a. For the coverage period beginning August 1, 2022, the state share of
the State Group Health Insurance Standard and High Deductible Health
Plan premiums to the executive, legislative and judicial branch agencies
shall continue at $763.46 per month for individual coverage and
$1,651.08 per month for family coverage.
b. Funds are provided in each state agency and university's budget to
continue paying the state share of the State Group Health Insurance
Program premiums for the fiscal year.
c. The agencies shall continue to pay premiums on behalf of employees
who have enhanced benefits as follows, 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.
i. For the coverage period beginning August 1, 2022, the state share of
the State Group Health Insurance Standard Plan Premiums to the
executive, legislative, and judicial branch agencies for employees with
enhanced benefits, excluding the Spouse Program, shall continue to be
$805.12 per month for Individual Coverage and $1,801.08 per month for
family coverage.
ii. For the coverage period beginning August 1, 2022, the state share of
the State Group Health Insurance Standard Plan Premiums to the
executive, legislative and judicial branch agencies, for each employee
participating in the Spouse Program shall continue to be $900.54 per
month for family coverage.
iii. For the coverage period beginning August 1, 2022, the state share
of the State Group Health Insurance High Deductible Plan Premiums to the
executive, legislative, and judicial branch agencies for employees with
enhanced benefits, excluding the Spouse Program, shall continue to be
$770.12 per month for Individual Coverage and $1,685.38 per month for
family coverage.
iv. For the coverage period beginning August 1, 2022, the state share of
the State Group Health Insurance High Deductible Plan Premiums to the
executive, legislative and judicial branch agencies, for each employee
participating in the Spouse Program shall continue to be $842.70 per
month for family coverage.
2. Premiums Paid by Employees
a. For the coverage period beginning August 1, 2022, the employee share
of the health insurance premiums for the standard plans shall continue
to be $50 per month for individual coverage and $180 per month for
family coverage.
b. For the coverage period beginning August 1, 2022, the employee share
of the health insurance premium for the high deductible health plans
shall continue to be $15 per month for individual coverage and $64.30
per month for family coverage.
c. For the coverage period beginning August 1, 2022, the employee share
of the health insurance premium for the standard plan and the high
deductible plan shall continue to be $8.34 per month for individual
coverage and $30 per month for family coverage for employees filling
positions with "agency pay-all" benefits.
d. For the coverage period beginning August 1, 2022, the employee share
of the health insurance premiums for the standard plans and the high
deductible plans shall continue to be $15 per month for each employee
participating in the Spouse Program in accordance with section
60P-2.0036, Florida administrative Code.
3. Premiums paid by Medicare Participants
a. For the coverage period beginning August 1, 2022, the monthly
premiums for Medicare participants participating in the State Group
Health Insurance Standard Plan shall continue to be $430.18 for "one
eligible", $1,243.63 for "one under/one over", and $860.35 for "both
eligible."
b. For the coverage period beginning August 1, 2022, the monthly
premiums for Medicare participants participating in the State Group
Health Insurance High Deductible Plan shall continue to be $324.26 for
"one eligible", $1,061.06 for "one under/one over", and $648.52 for
"both eligible."
c. For the coverage period beginning August 1, 2022, the monthly
premiums for Medicare participants 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. Premiums paid by "Early Retirees"
a. For the coverage period beginning August 1, 2022, an "early retiree"
participating in the State Group Health Insurance Standard Plan shall
continue to pay a monthly premium 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.
b. For the coverage period beginning August 1, 2022, an "early retiree"
participating in the State Group Health Insurance High Deductible Plan
shall continue to pay a monthly premium equal to $736.80 for individual
coverage and $1,632.05 for family coverage.
5. Premiums paid by COBRA participants
a. For the coverage period beginning August 1, 2022, 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, 2022, 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, state college or community
college 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 2022-2023 fiscal year from existing agency resources consistent
with provisions of sections 110.2035 and 216.251, Florida Statutes, the
applicable rules adopted 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 2022-2023 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 exemplary performance 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% and a midnight shift
differential of 15% 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, and 8417
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 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.
(q) 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.
(r) 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.
(s) 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.
(t) The Department of Children and Families is authorized to continue to
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.
(u) 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.
(v) 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.