HB 1439: Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
GENERAL BILL by Hunschofsky
Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders; Revises minimum standards for mobile crisis response service; requires that individualized treatment plan be reevaluated within specified timeframe to ensure recommended care remains necessary for patient; requires service provider to provide patient with certain medication for specified timeframe upon discharge from certain treatment facilities; requires that assessment services be reevaluated at specified intervals to ensure patient's clinical needs are being met; revises such assessment services' evaluations & screening areas; revises duties of Criminal Justice, Mental Health, & Substance Abuse Technical Assistance Center at Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute at USF; requires DCF, in consultation with AHCA, to conduct review every other year to identify certain counties that require additional resources for short-term residential treatment facilities; requires DCF, in consultation with DOE, to conduct review every other year to identify effective models of school-based behavioral health access.
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/28/2025 House • Filed
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HB 1439, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/28/2025 at 11:52 AM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1620 Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Rouson Similar Last Action: 2/27/2025 S Filed 
Citations - Statutes (16)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 394.455 Definitions. Page 4 (pdf) 394.457 Operation and administration. Page 4 (pdf) 394.459 Rights of patients. Page 5 (pdf) 394.463 Involuntary examination. Page 20 (pdf) 394.467 Involuntary inpatient placement and involuntary outpatient services. Page 7 (pdf) 394.468 Admission and discharge procedures. Page 6 (pdf) 394.495 Child and adolescent mental health system of care; programs and services. Page 7 (pdf) 394.4955 Coordinated system of care; child and adolescent mental health treatment and support. Page 22 (pdf) 394.659 Criminal Justice, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Technical Assistance Center. Page 9 (pdf) 394.875 Crisis stabilization units, residential treatment facilities, and residential treatment centers for children and adolescents; authorized services; license required. Page 9 (pdf) 394.9085 Behavioral provider liability. Page 19 (pdf) 394.9086 Commission on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder. Page 10 (pdf) 984.19 Medical screening and treatment of child; examination of parent, guardian, or person requesting custody. Page 20 (pdf) 1001.212 Office of Safe Schools. Page 23 (pdf) 1004.44 Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute. Page 15 (pdf) 1006.041 Mental health assistance program. Page 17 (pdf)