Florida Senate - 2015 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 7070
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Senator Joyner moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment
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3 Delete lines 3089 - 3099
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5 representative, and the state attorney and public defender or
6 office of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel of the
7 judicial circuit in which the individual patient is located. A
8 No fee may not shall be charged for the filing of a petition
9 under this subsection.
10 (4) APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL.—Within 1 court working day
11 after the filing of a petition for involuntary inpatient
12 placement, the court shall appoint the public defender to
13 represent the individual if the individual person who is the
14 subject of a mental illness the petition and the office of
15 criminal conflict and civil regional counsel to represent the
16 individual if the individual is the subject of a substance abuse
17 petition, unless the individual person is otherwise represented
18 by counsel. The clerk of the court shall immediately notify the
19 public defender or the office of criminal conflict and civil
20 regional counsel of the such appointment. Any attorney
21 representing