Skip to Navigation | Skip to Main Content | Skip to Site Map

MyFloridaHouse.gov | Mobile Site

Senate Tracker: Sign Up | Login

The Florida Senate

HB 2003: Mental Health & Substance Abuse

GENERAL BILL by Children & Families ; Murman ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Crist ; Brown ; Edwards ; Greenstein ; Sobel ; Hafner ; Wilson

Mental Health & Substance Abuse; authorizes CFS Dept. to use unit cost methods of payment in contracts for mental health & substance abuse services; requires dept. to establish certain contract, payments, & accounting standards; creates Mental Health & Substance Abuse Commission; directs dept. to develop cooperative agreements with local agencies for diverting from criminal justice system to civil mental health system persons with mental illness arrested for misdemeanor, etc. Amends FS. APPROPRIATION: $100,000.

Effective Date: 07/01/1999
Last Action: 6/18/1999 - Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 99-396
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
3/23/1999 House • Filed
3/24/1999 House • Introduced -HJ 00367
3/29/1999 House • Referred to Governmental Operations (PRC); Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00478
4/12/1999 House • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Operations (PRC), 04/14/99, 2:00 pm, 317C
4/14/1999 House • Comm. Action: Unanimously Favorable with 2 amendment(s) by Governmental Operations (PRC) -HJ 00629
4/16/1999 House • Now in Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00629
4/19/1999 House • On Committee agenda-- Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC), 04/20/99, 4:00 pm, Reed Hall
4/20/1999 House • Comm. Action:-Unanimously Favorable with 2 amendment(s) by Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00752
4/21/1999 House • Placed on calendar, available for General Calendar -HJ 00752
4/22/1999 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar
4/23/1999 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read second time -HJ 01042; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 01042
4/26/1999 House • Read third time -HJ 01133; Passed as amended; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 -HJ 01134
4/26/1999 Senate • In Messages
4/27/1999 Senate • Received, referred to Children and Families; Fiscal Policy -SJ 01230; Immediately withdrawn from Children and Families; Fiscal Policy -SJ 01154; Substituted for CS/SB 2388 -SJ 01155; Read second time -SJ 01155; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 01155
4/28/1999 Senate • Read third time -SJ 01363; Passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 01363
4/28/1999 House • In returning messages
4/30/1999 House • Concurred -HJ 02023; Passed as amended; YEAS 116 NAYS 0 -HJ 02024; Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -HJ 02025
6/4/1999 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
6/18/1999 • Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 99-396