Florida Senate - 2011                                    SB 1052
       
       
       
       By Senator Altman
       
       
       
       
       24-00765-11                                           20111052__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to crisis stabilization units;
    3         amending s. 394.875, F.S.; increasing the number of
    4         client beds a crisis stabilization unit is authorized
    5         to provide; providing an effective date.
    6  
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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    9         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
   10  394.875, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   11         394.875 Crisis stabilization units, residential treatment
   12  facilities, and residential treatment centers for children and
   13  adolescents; authorized services; license required.—
   14         (1)(a) The purpose of a crisis stabilization unit is to
   15  stabilize and redirect a client to the most appropriate and
   16  least restrictive community setting available, consistent with
   17  the client’s needs. Crisis stabilization units may screen,
   18  assess, and admit for stabilization persons who present
   19  themselves to the unit and persons who are brought to the unit
   20  under s. 394.463. Clients may be provided 24-hour observation,
   21  medication prescribed by a physician or psychiatrist, and other
   22  appropriate services. Crisis stabilization units shall provide
   23  services regardless of the client’s ability to pay and shall be
   24  limited in size to a maximum of 50 30 beds.
   25         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.