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.
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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
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HB 1207, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/26/2025 at 3:04 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: Criminal Justice Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/20/2025 (pdf)
Human Services Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 4/1/2025 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 168 (c1) Mental Health Bradley Similar Last Action: 3/31/2025 S On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/03/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building 
Citations - Statutes (8)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 394.658 Criminal Justice, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Reinvestment Grant Program requirements. Page 5 (pdf) 916.105 Legislative intent. Page 11 (pdf) 916.135 Page 11 (pdf) 916.136 Page 17 (pdf) 916.185 Forensic Hospital Diversion Pilot Program. Page 21 (pdf) 945.093 Page 22 (pdf) 948.0395 Page 22 (pdf) 1004.649 Northwest Regional Data Center. Page 23 (pdf)