FL S1484

Waives confidentiality between mental health providers and patients when there is clear and immediate probability of physical harm, requiring providers to report to the Department of Law Enforcement pursuant to new section 790.0651.

Prohibits concealed weapons license issuance to persons incapable of exercising sound judgment with respect to firearms, including those with pleas of not guilty by reason of insanity or active psychiatric disorders (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, dementia, dissociative identity disorder, intermittent explosive disorder, antisocial personality disorder) that pose serious harm risk.

Requires health care providers to report patients with certain mental health diagnoses and serious danger risk to the Department of Law Enforcement for inclusion in a firearm-prohibited persons database within 24 hours of report receipt.

Allows persons found incapable of exercising sound judgment with respect to firearms to appeal by submitting a psychiatric certification that their condition is in remission and poses no threat, enabling removal from the database.

Creates criminal prohibition on possession of firearms or ammunition by persons with active mental health records in the firearm-prohibited persons database based on health care provider reports or insanity pleas, punishable as second-degree misdemeanor.