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FL S1412

FL S1412
Mental Health

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Introduced
03/01/2023
In Committee
03/09/2023
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
05/05/2023

Introduced Session

2023 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Authorizing the Department of Children and Families to issue a conditional designation for up to a certain number of days to allow the implementation of certain corrective measures by receiving facilities, treatment facilities, and receiving systems; requiring the sheriff to administer or to permit the department to administer the appropriate psychotropic medication to forensic clients before admission to a state mental health treatment facility; revising what an expert is required to specifically report on for recommended treatment for a defendant to attain competence to proceed, if the expert finds that a defendant is incompetent to proceed; revising the circumstances under which every defendant who is charged with a felony and who is adjudicated incompetent to proceed may be involuntarily committed for treatment upon specified findings by the court, etc.

AI Summary

This bill authorizes the Department of Children and Families to issue a conditional designation for up to 60 days to allow for the implementation of corrective measures by receiving and treatment facilities. It requires sheriffs to administer or permit the department to administer appropriate psychotropic medication to forensic clients before their admission to a state mental health treatment facility. The bill also revises the requirements for experts to report on recommended treatment for defendants found incompetent to proceed, as well as the circumstances under which a defendant charged with a felony and adjudicated incompetent to proceed may be involuntarily committed for treatment.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance

Sponsors (2)

Other Sponsors (1)

Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Senate)

Last Action

Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 1349 (Ch. 2023-270) (on 05/02/2023)

Taxonomy

Health
  • ‐ Mental Illness, Mental Retardation, and Deinstitutionalization
Law, Crime, and Family Issues
  • ‐ Criminal and Juvenile Delinquent Prosecution, Procedure, and Sentencing
(1 Companion Bills)

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Document Type Source Location Created
State Bill Page https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1412 03/01/2023
Analysis - Fiscal Policy (Post-Meeting) https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1412/Analyses/2023s01412.fp.PDF 04/26/2023
Analysis - Fiscal Policy (Pre-Meeting) https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1412/Analyses/2023s01412.pre.fp.PDF 04/24/2023
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Post-Meeting) https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1412/Analyses/2023s01412.ahs.PDF 04/12/2023
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Pre-Meeting) https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1412/Analyses/2023s01412.pre.ahs.PDF 04/11/2023
BillText https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1412/BillText/c1/HTML 03/22/2023
Analysis - Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Post-Meeting) https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1412/Analyses/2023s01412.cf.PDF 03/21/2023
Analysis - Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Pre-Meeting) https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1412/Analyses/2023s01412.pre.cf.PDF 03/19/2023
https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1412/Amendment/119516/HTML 03/16/2023
BillText https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1412/BillText/Filed/HTML 03/01/2023
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