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
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• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee |
