Bill > H0915

Introduced Session

An act relating to outpatient health services; amending s. 394.4599, F.S.; revising written notice requirements relating to filing petitions for involuntary services; amending s. 394.4615, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 394.463, F.S.; authorizing, rather than requiring, law enforcement officers to take certain persons into custody for involuntary examinations; requiring written reports by law enforcement officers to contain certain information; removing a provision prohibiting a psychiatric nurse from approving the release of a patient under certain circumstances; revising the types of documents that the department is required to receive and maintain and that are considered part of the clinical record; requiring the department to post a specified report on its website; revising requirements for releasing a patient from a receiving facility; revising requirements for petitions for involuntary services; amending s. 394.4655, F.S.; defining the term "involuntary outpatient placement"; authorizing a court to order a respondent into outpatient treatment under certain circumstances; removing provisions relating to criteria, retention of a patient, and petition for involuntary outpatient services and court proceedings relating to involuntary outpatient services; amending s. 394.467, F.S.; providing definitions; revising requirements for ordering a person for involuntary services and treatment, petitions for involuntary services, appointment of counsel, and continuances of hearings, respectively; revising the conditions under which a court may waive the requirement for a patient to be present at an involuntary inpatient placement hearing; authorizing the court to permit witnesses to attend and testify remotely at the hearing through specified means; providing requirements for a witness to attend and testify remotely; requiring facilities to make certain clinical records available to a state attorney within a specified timeframe; specifying that such records remain confidential and may not be used for certain purposes; revising the circumstances under which a court may appoint a magistrate to preside over certain proceedings; requiring the court to allow certain testimony from specified persons; revising the length of time a court may require a patient to receive services; requiring facilities to discharge patients when they no longer meet the criteria for involuntary inpatient treatment; prohibiting courts from ordering individuals with developmental disabilities to be involuntarily placed in a state treatment facility; requiring courts to refer such individuals, and authorizing courts to refer certain other individuals, to specified agencies for evaluation and services; providing requirements for treatment plan modifications, noncompliance with involuntary outpatient services, and discharge, respectively; revising requirements for the procedure for continued involuntary services and return to treatment facilities, respectively; amending ss. 394.492, 394.495, 394.496, 394.9085, 409.972, 464.012, and 744.2007, F.S.; conforming provisions and cross- references to changes made by the act; providing an effective date.

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Dan Daley (D)*,  Patt Maney (R)*,  Kristen Arrington (D),  Fabián Basabe (R),  Mike Gottlieb (D),  Vicki Lopez (R),  Johanna López (D),  Joel Rudman (R), 

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Died in Appropriations Committee (on 03/08/2024)

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