The Florida Senate

HB 839: Mental Health Treatment

GENERAL BILL by Lerner

Mental Health Treatment; provides additional criteria for involuntary examination at mental health receiving facility; provides additional criteria for involuntary placement for said treatment; requires order for outpatient treatment to include requirements for provision of services & procedures in event of patient noncompliance; provides for waiver of time periods for hearing on involuntary placement if voluntary agreement to treatment is obtained, etc. Amends FS.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  1/10/2002	House	• Prefiled
  1/21/2002	House	• Referred to Judicial Oversight (SGC); Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC); Council for Smarter Government
  1/22/2002	House	• Introduced, referred to Judicial Oversight (SGC); Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC); Council for Smarter Government -HJ 00060
  3/22/2002	House	• Died in Committee on Judicial Oversight (SGC)

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• HB 839, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/11/2002 at 12:55 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 1389	Mental Health Treatment	Simmons	Similar	Last Action: 3/22/2002 H Died in Committee on Judicial Oversight (SGC) Location:

  Citations - Statutes (9)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  394.455	Definitions.
  394.463	Involuntary examination.
  394.467	Involuntary placement.
  394.492	Definitions.
  394.499	Integrated children's crisis stabilization unit
  394.67	Definitions.
  394.674	Clinical eligibility for publicly funded substance abuse and mental health services; fee collection requirements.
  984.19	Medical, psychiatric, and psychological examination and treatment of child; physical or mental examination of parent, guardian, or person requesting custody of child.
  985.211	Release or delivery from custody.

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