FL S1420

Allows forensic and civil facilities to continue psychotherapeutic medications for individuals admitted from jail who cannot make informed decisions about treatment, with the admitting physician ordering continuation and the facility petitioning court within 5 days for authorization up to 90 days.

Requires competency hearings to be held within 30 days after a court receives notification that a defendant is competent to proceed or no longer meets criteria for continued commitment.

Establishes that charges against defendants adjudicated incompetent to proceed must be dismissed without prejudice after 3 years, or 5 years if the charges involve specified serious crimes including murder, sexual battery, arson, robbery, or kidnapping.

Requires commitment hearings for defendants found not guilty by reason of insanity to be held within 30 days after the court receives notification that the defendant no longer meets criteria for continued commitment.

Standardizes competency evaluation reports for juvenile delinquency cases to include specific diagnostic criteria from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, sources of information, procedures used, assessment of treatment benefits, and probability of achieving competence.