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CS/CS/HB 837: Mental Health Treatment

GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice Subcommittee ; Healthy Families Subcommittee ; Schwartz

Mental Health Treatment; Authorizes forensic & civil facilities to order continuation of psychotherapeutics for individuals receiving such medications in jail before admission; provides timeframes within which status hearings must be held; revises time for dismissal of certain charges for defendants that remain incompetent to proceed to trial; provides exceptions; provides timeframe within which status hearings must be held.

Effective Date: 7/1/2014
 Last Action: 5/2/2014 House - Died on Calendar
Bill Text: PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/5/2014 House • Filed
    2/14/2014 House • Referred to Healthy Families Subcommittee; Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 71
    3/4/2014 House • Introduced -HJ 71
    3/14/2014 House • On Committee agenda-- Healthy Families Subcommittee, 03/18/14, 9:00 am, 12 HOB
    3/18/2014 House • CS by Healthy Families Subcommittee; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -HJ 310
    3/19/2014 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
    • CS by Healthy Families Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 306
    3/20/2014 House • Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee -HJ 324
    • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 03/24/14, 12:30 pm, Sumner Hall
    3/24/2014 House • CS/CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -HJ 344
    • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
    3/25/2014 House • CS/CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 342
    3/27/2014 House • Original reference(s) removed: Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
    • CS referred to Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 387
    • Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 387
    4/8/2014 House • On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 04/10/14, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
    4/10/2014 House • Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 -HJ 508
    • Placed on Calendar -HJ 508
    5/2/2014 House • Died on Calendar

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  • CS/CS/HB 837, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/24/2014 at 5:21 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Health and Human Services Committee (Post-Meeting) 4/10/2014 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 944 (c2) Mental Health Treatment Sobel Similar Last Action: 5/2/2014 S Died in Judiciary
    Location: In committee/council (JU)     		Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (4)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    916.107 Rights of forensic clients. Page 1 (pdf)
    916.13 Involuntary commitment of defendant adjudicated incompetent. Page 5 (pdf)
    916.145 Dismissal of charges. Page 6 (pdf)
    916.15 Involuntary commitment of defendant adjudicated not guilty by reason of insanity. Page 7 (pdf)

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  • CS/HB 837, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/19/2014 at 6:19 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Criminal Justice Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/24/2014 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 944 (c1) Mental Health Treatment Sobel Similar Last Action: 5/2/2014 S Died in Judiciary
    Location: In committee/council (JU)     		Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (3)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    636663 - Amendment
    Remove line 127 and insert:     		Schwartz 3/21/2014
    5:07 PM     		Adopted without Objection
    3/24/2014     		PDF
    949857 - Amendment
    Remove lines 131-182 and insert:     		Gaetz 3/24/2014
    2:23 PM     		Withdrawn
    3/24/2014     		PDF
    203087 - Amendment
    Remove lines 187-320 and insert:     		Schwartz 3/21/2014
    5:09 PM     		Adopted without Objection
    3/24/2014     		PDF

    Citations - Statutes (5)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    916.107 Rights of forensic clients. Page 1 (pdf)
    916.13 Involuntary commitment of defendant adjudicated incompetent. Page 5 (pdf)
    916.145 Dismissal of charges. Page 6 (pdf)
    916.15 Involuntary commitment of defendant adjudicated not guilty by reason of insanity. Page 8 (pdf)
    985.19 Incompetency in juvenile delinquency cases. Page 8 (pdf)

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  • HB 837, Original Filed Version Posted 2/5/2014 at 5:35 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Healthy Families Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/19/2014 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 944 Mental Health Treatment Sobel Identical Last Action: 5/2/2014 S Died in Judiciary
    Location: In committee/council (JU)     		Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    000153 - Strike All Amendment
    Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Berman 3/17/2014
    6:35 PM     		Withdrawn Prior to Consideration
    3/17/2014     		PDF
    890281 - Strike All Amendment
    Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Schwartz 3/17/2014
    6:45 PM     		Adopted without Objection
    3/18/2014     		PDF

    Citations - Statutes (5)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    916.107 Rights of forensic clients. Page 1 (pdf)
    916.13 Involuntary commitment of defendant adjudicated incompetent. Page 5 (pdf)
    916.145 Dismissal of charges. Page 6 (pdf)
    916.15 Involuntary commitment of defendant adjudicated not guilty by reason of insanity. Page 7 (pdf)
    985.19 Incompetency in juvenile delinquency cases. Page 7 (pdf)

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