23-13, SUPERSEDES 22-20 AMENDED, IN RE: FEES - ESTABLISHMENT OF DUE PROCESS SERVICE PROVIDER RATES AND POLICIES GOVERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF EXPERT WITNESSES - ORDERED 02/20/2023 BY JESSICA RECKSIEDLER
EXCERPT: “WHEREAS, pursuant to section 27.425, Florida Statutes, due process costs are allocated in the General Appropriations Act; and
WHEREAS the total amount expended for providers of due process services in eligible cases may not exceed the amount budgeted in the General Appropriations Act; and
WHEREAS the Florida Supreme Court issued AOSC17-12 in which it standardized the appropriate costs for the provision of certain due process costs to improve the processes for appointing experts and containing costs. The Court directed each judicial circuit to implement the standardized rate structure no later than July 1, 2017.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is ORDERED: 1. In accordance with AOSC17-12, the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit will pay the following rates for the identified due process costs. (Open AO for more information.)”