Florida Senate - 2025                                     SB 886
       
       
        
       By Senator Leek
       
       
       
       
       
       7-01078-25                                             2025886__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to coordinated systems of care;
    3         creating s. 394.45731, F.S.; creating the Crisis Care
    4         Coordination Pilot Program in specified counties,
    5         contingent upon legislative appropriation; requiring
    6         the Department of Children and Families to administer
    7         the pilot program; requiring the pilot program to
    8         provide community-based care coordination and support
    9         for individuals after a mental health-related contact
   10         with law enforcement officers; providing the
   11         interventions that the program offers such
   12         individuals; requiring that such services be provided
   13         by nationally accredited community mental health
   14         centers in partnership with local law enforcement
   15         agencies for specified purposes; requiring the
   16         department to submit a report to the Governor and the
   17         Legislature by a specified date; providing
   18         requirements for the report; providing for repeal;
   19         providing an effective date.
   20          
   21  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   22  
   23         Section 1. Section 394.45731, Florida Statutes, is created
   24  to read:
   25         394.45731 Crisis Care Coordination Pilot Program.—
   26         (1) Subject to a specific appropriation by the Legislature,
   27  the department shall create the Crisis Care Coordination Pilot
   28  Program in Polk and Volusia Counties. The department shall
   29  administer the pilot program.
   30         (2) The program shall provide community-based care
   31  coordination and support for individuals after a mental health
   32  related contact with a law enforcement agency, including
   33  involuntary examinations initiated by a law enforcement officer.
   34         (3) Interventions provided by the program must include
   35  assessment, safety planning, assistance in accessing recommended
   36  services, supportive counseling, and other support needed
   37  following a mental health crisis event.
   38         (4) Services must be provided by nationally accredited
   39  community mental health centers as defined in s. 394.907(1), in
   40  partnership with local law enforcement agencies, to reduce
   41  repeat involuntary examinations initiated by law enforcement
   42  officers, reduce the time burden on law enforcement agencies
   43  working with individuals after an involuntary examination,
   44  provide crisis intervention services, assist individuals in
   45  accessing mental health care services, and provide individuals
   46  another option for crisis intervention other than the use of law
   47  enforcement.
   48         (5) By January 1, 2026, the department shall submit a
   49  report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the
   50  Speaker of the House of Representatives, evaluating whether the
   51  pilot program has demonstrated success. The report must contain
   52  recommendations with regard to whether the program should be
   53  expanded for use by other local governments.
   54         (6) This section is repealed July 1, 2027.
   55         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.