HB 1377: Baker Act
GENERAL BILL by Silvers
Baker Act; Requires DCF to create workgroup to provide recommendations for revising Baker Act; requires workgroup to submit report to specified entities & Legislature; providing duties of receiving facility administrator & court when persons under age 18 are admitted for voluntary mental health services or transferred to voluntary status.
Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 3/10/2018 House - Died in Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
Last Action: 3/10/2018 House - Died in Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 1/8/2018 House • Filed
1/9/2018 House • Introduced -HJ 118
1/12/2018 House • Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 340
3/10/2018 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee
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HB 1377, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/8/2018 at 6:11 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (3)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 1379 Pub. Rec./Baker Act Silvers Linked Last Action: 3/10/2018 H Died in Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee 
S 1790 (c1) Baker Act Powell Compare Last Action: 3/10/2018 S Died in Appropriations
S 1846 Public Records/Personal Identifying Information Regarding Persons Seeking Mental Health Treatment Powell Compare Last Action: 3/10/2018 S Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Citations - Statutes (2)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 394.4625 Voluntary admissions. Page 5 (pdf) 394.499 Integrated children’s crisis stabilization unit/juvenile addictions receiving facility services. Page 8 (pdf)