HB 1207: Mental Health
GENERAL BILL by Cobb ; Daley ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Gottlieb ; Harris ; López, J.
Mental Health; Expands programs & diversion initiatives supported by implementation or expansion grants to include training for 911 public safety telecommunicators & emergency medical technicians for certain purposes & to include veterans treatment court programs; exempts certain fiscally constrained counties from local match requirements for specified grants; encourages communities to apply for specified grants to establish pretrial felony mental health diversion programs; provides model process for such mental health diversion programs; authorizes specified entities to collaborate to establish certain policies & procedures & to develop certain consent form; requires mental health evaluations & following of all recommendations as conditions of probation for specified defendants; creates Florida Behavioral Health Care Data Repository within Northwest Regional Data Center; requires data center to develop specified plan & submit annual report.
Last Action: 4/17/2025 House - Added to Second Reading Calendar
Bill Text: PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/26/2025 | House |
• Filed |
| 3/4/2025 | House |
• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) |
| 3/5/2025 | House |
• Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Referred to Human Services Subcommittee • Referred to Judiciary Committee • Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| 3/17/2025 | House |
• Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda |
| 3/19/2025 | House |
• Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Now in Human Services Subcommittee |
| 3/28/2025 | House |
• Added to Human Services Subcommittee agenda |
| 4/1/2025 | House |
• Favorable by Human Services Subcommittee • Reported out of Human Services Subcommittee • Now in Judiciary Committee |
| 4/15/2025 | House |
• Added to Judiciary Committee agenda |
| 4/17/2025 | House |
• Favorable by Judiciary Committee • Reported out of Judiciary Committee • Bill released to House Calendar • Added to Second Reading Calendar |
