HB 1207: Mental Health
GENERAL BILL by Cobb
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
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HB 1207, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/26/2025 at 3:04 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None 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. 916.105 Legislative intent. 916.135 916.136 916.185 Forensic Hospital Diversion Pilot Program. 945.093 948.0395 1004.649 Northwest Regional Data Center.