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CS/CS/SB 1620: Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders

GENERAL BILL by Fiscal Policy ; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs ; Rouson

Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders; Requiring the Department of Children and Families to require certain providers to use a specified assessment tool; requiring facilities to update treatment plans within specified timeframes; requiring use of a specified assessment tool; providing an exception; requiring the Criminal Justice, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Technical Assistance Center at the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute at the University of South Florida to disseminate among grantees certain evidence-based practices and best practices, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 4/21/2025 Senate - Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/25
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/27/2025 Senate • Filed
3/6/2025 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
3/10/2025 Senate • Introduced
3/20/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/25/25, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
3/25/2025 Senate • CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
3/26/2025 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
3/27/2025 Senate • CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
4/7/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 04/10/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
4/10/2025 Senate • Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
4/11/2025 Senate • Now in Fiscal Policy
4/14/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/17/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
4/17/2025 Senate • CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
4/18/2025 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
4/21/2025 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/25