| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to mental health and substance abuse |
| 3 | services; creating s. 394.4612, F.S.; authorizing the |
| 4 | Agency for Health Care Administration to license |
| 5 | facilities that provide services as an integrated adult |
| 6 | mental health crisis stabilization unit and addictions |
| 7 | receiving facility; providing eligibility criteria for |
| 8 | treatment services; requiring the Department of Children |
| 9 | and Family Services to adopt rules; providing an effective |
| 10 | date. |
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| 12 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 14 | Section 1. Section 394.4612, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 15 | to read: |
| 16 | 394.4612 Integrated adult mental health crisis |
| 17 | stabilization and addictions receiving facilities.-- |
| 18 | (1) The Agency for Health Care Administration, in |
| 19 | consultation with the Department of Children and Family |
| 20 | Services, may license facilities that integrate services |
| 21 | provided in an adult mental health crisis stabilization unit |
| 22 | with services provided in an adult addictions receiving |
| 23 | facility. Such a facility shall be licensed by the agency as an |
| 24 | adult crisis stabilization unit under part IV and must meet all |
| 25 | licensure requirements for crisis stabilization units providing |
| 26 | integrated services. |
| 27 | (2) An integrated mental health crisis stabilization unit |
| 28 | and addictions receiving facility may provide services under |
| 29 | this section to adults who are 18 years of age or older and who |
| 30 | fall into one or more of the following categories: |
| 31 | (a) An adult meeting the requirements for voluntary |
| 32 | admission for mental health treatment under s. 394.4625. |
| 33 | (b) An adult meeting the criteria for involuntary |
| 34 | examination for mental illness under s. 394.463. |
| 35 | (c) An adult qualifying for voluntary admission for |
| 36 | substance abuse treatment under s. 397.601. |
| 37 | (d) An adult meeting the criteria for involuntary |
| 38 | admission for substance abuse impairment under s. 397.675. |
| 39 | (3) The department, in consultation with the agency, shall |
| 40 | adopt by rule standards that address eligibility criteria; |
| 41 | clinical procedures; staffing requirements; operational, |
| 42 | administrative, and financing requirements; and the |
| 43 | investigation of complaints. |
| 44 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009. |
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