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Introduced
02/28/2025
02/28/2025
In Committee
03/28/2025
03/28/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
06/16/2025
06/16/2025
Introduced Session
2025 Regular Session
Bill Summary
An act relating to mental health and substance use disorders; amending s. 394.457, F.S.; requiring the Department of Children and Families to require certain providers to use a specified assessment tool; revising the minimum standards for a mobile crisis response service; amending s. 394.459, F.S.; requiring facilities to update treatment plans within specified timeframes; amending s. 394.468, F.S.; revising requirements for discharge planning regarding medications; amending s. 394.495, F.S.; requiring use of a specified assessment tool; providing an exception; requiring the Department of Children and Families, in consultation with the Department of Education, to conduct a review biennially of school- based behavioral health access through telehealth; providing requirements for review; requiring the Department of Children and Families to submit to the Governor and the Legislature its findings by a specified date; providing for expiration of the review; amending s. 394.659, F.S.; requiring the Criminal Justice, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Technical Assistance Center at the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute at the University of South Florida to disseminate among grantees certain evidence-based practices and best practices; defining the term "person-first language"; amending s. 394.875, F.S.; requiring the Department of Children and Families, in consultation with the Agency for Health Care Administration, to conduct a review biennially to identify needs regarding short-term residential treatment facilities and beds; specifying actions the department must take under certain conditions; amending s. 394.9082, F.S.; requiring managing entities to promote use of person-first language and trauma-informed care and require use of a specified assessment tool; amending s. 1004.44, F.S.; revising the assistance and services the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute is required to provide; revising the requirements of the Florida Center for Behavioral Health Workforce to promote behavioral health professions; amending s. 1006.041, F.S.; revising the plan components for mental health assistance programs; reenacting s. 394.463(2)(g), F.S., relating to involuntary examination, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 394.468, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 394.4955(2)(c) and (6), F.S., relating to coordinated system of care and child and adolescent mental health treatment and support, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 394.495, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting s. 1001.212(7), F.S., relating to the Office of Safe Schools, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 1004.44, F.S., in a reference thereto; providing an effective date.
AI Summary
This bill introduces several comprehensive changes to mental health and substance use disorder services in Florida. The bill requires the Department of Children and Families to mandate providers use the Daily Living Activities-20 (DLA-20) functional assessment tool for patients, with some flexibility for alternative tools. It enhances mobile crisis response services by adding specific requirements for teams serving older adults and creating more structured intervention protocols. The legislation improves patient treatment by requiring more frequent treatment plan updates in medical facilities, with plans to be reviewed every 30 days for most patients. Discharge planning is expanded to include more detailed medication access information and potential administration of long-acting injectable medications. The bill also introduces biennial reviews of school-based behavioral health services, with a focus on telehealth access in underserved and rural communities. Additionally, the legislation promotes the use of "person-first language" - a communication approach that emphasizes individuals as people rather than defining them by their medical conditions. The bill aims to improve mental health service delivery, patient care, and support systems across various settings, including schools, clinical facilities, and community programs, with an effective date of July 1, 2025.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services
Sponsors (7)
Christine Hunschofsky (D)*,
Robin Bartleman (D),
Anna Eskamani (D),
Rita Harris (D),
Dotie Joseph (D),
Mitch Rosenwald (D),
Michelle Salzman (R),
Other Sponsors (1)
Human Services Subcommittee (H)
Last Action
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1620 (Ch. 2025-184) (on 04/29/2025)
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