Senate Bill sb2030c2

    Florida Senate - 2002                    CS for CS for SB 2030

    By the Committees on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care;
    Children and Families; and Senator Peaden




    317-2289-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to mental health treatment;

  3         creating a workgroup to study the development

  4         and implementation of involuntary outpatient

  5         treatment provisions for persons with mental

  6         illness under Florida's Mental Health Act, part

  7         I of ch. 394, F.S.; identifying workgroup

  8         members; requiring the Florida Sheriff's

  9         Association to convene and chair the workgroup;

10         requiring a report to the Governor and

11         Legislature by December 31, 2002; providing an

12         effective date.

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14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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16         Section 1.  A workgroup shall be established to study

17  the development and implementation of involuntary outpatient

18  treatment provisions for persons with mental illness pursuant

19  to Florida's Mental Health Act, part I of chapter 394, Florida

20  Statutes. The workgroup shall include, but not be limited to,

21  a representative from each of the following agencies or

22  organizations: the Florida Sheriff's Association, the Florida

23  Police Chief's Association, the Florida Council for Behavioral

24  Health Care, the Florida Public Defender Association, the

25  Florida Prosecuting Attorney Association, the Florida

26  Association of Counties, the Florida Psychiatric Society, the

27  Department of Children and Family Services, the Agency for

28  Health Care Administration, the Florida Alliance for the

29  Mentally Ill, and the Florida Mental Health Association. The

30  Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall appoint two judges to

31  serve on the workgroup who have experience in the criminal or

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    Florida Senate - 2002                    CS for CS for SB 2030
    317-2289-02




  1  probate division. The workgroup shall be convened and chaired

  2  by the Florida Sheriff's Association and shall convene by

  3  August 1, 2002. Expenses associated with workgroup meetings

  4  and workgroup products shall be the responsibility of each

  5  member's agency or organization. The workgroup must prepare a

  6  report that includes proposed substantive legislation to allow

  7  for court-ordered treatment on an outpatient basis and

  8  criteria to allow for early intervention for persons with

  9  severe mental illness who are recidivists in the Baker Act

10  system. The report must also include data that shows the

11  impact of these proposed statutory changes on the courts, law

12  enforcement, jails, and the mental health treatment system.

13  The report must be submitted by December 31, 2002, to the

14  Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the

15  House of Representatives.

16         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

17  law.

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19          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
20                     CS for Senate Bill 2030

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22  The Committee Substitute for CS/SB 2030 replaces the
    provisions of CS/SB 2030 with a requirement for the creation
23  of a workgroup to study development and implementation of
    involuntary outpatient treatment for persons with mental
24  illness. The bill specifies workgroup membership, requires the
    Florida Sheriff's Association to convene and chair the
25  workgroup; requires the work group to be convened by August 1,
    2002; requires that expenses associated with meetings of the
26  workgroup and workgroup products be the responsibility of each
    member's agency or organization; requires a report that
27  includes legislation to allow court-ordered treatment on an
    outpatient basis and criteria for early intervention for
28  persons with severe mental illness who are recidivists in the
    Baker Act system; specifies data to be included in the report;
29  and requires submission of the report by December 31, 2002.

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