Florida Senate - 2026                                     SB 778
       
       
        
       By Senator Simon
       
       
       
       
       
       3-00840-26                                             2026778__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to forensic services for certain
    3         defendants; amending s. 916.106, F.S.; revising the
    4         definition of the term “forensic client” or “client”;
    5         reenacting s. 402.164(2)(b), F.S., relating to the
    6         definition of the term “client,” to incorporate the
    7         amendment made to s. 916.106, F.S., in a reference
    8         thereto; providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Subsection (9) of section 916.106, Florida
   13  Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         916.106 Definitions.—For the purposes of this chapter, the
   15  term:
   16         (9) “Forensic client” or “client” means any defendant who
   17  has been committed to the department or agency pursuant to s.
   18  916.13, s. 916.15, or s. 916.302, or s. 916.303(3).
   19         Section 2. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
   20  made by this act to section 916.106, Florida Statutes, in a
   21  reference thereto, paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
   22  402.164, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
   23         402.164 Legislative intent; definitions.—
   24         (2) As used in this section through s. 402.167, the term:
   25         (b) “Client” means a client of the Agency for Persons with
   26  Disabilities, the Agency for Health Care Administration, the
   27  Department of Children and Families, or the Department of
   28  Elderly Affairs, as defined in s. 393.063, s. 394.67, s.
   29  397.311, or s. 400.960, a forensic client or client as defined
   30  in s. 916.106, a child or youth as defined in s. 39.01, a child
   31  as defined in s. 827.01, a family as defined in s. 414.0252, a
   32  participant as defined in s. 429.901, a resident as defined in
   33  s. 429.02, a Medicaid recipient or recipient as defined in s.
   34  409.901, a child receiving child care as defined in s. 402.302,
   35  a disabled adult as defined in s. 410.032 or s. 410.603, or a
   36  victim as defined in s. 39.01 or s. 415.102 as each definition
   37  applies within its respective chapter.
   38         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.