FL S1262

Requires law enforcement officers delivering individuals to receiving facilities under the Baker Act or Marchman Act to include all readily accessible emergency contact information in their written reports, including data from Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and Department of Law Enforcement electronic databases

Receiving facilities must notify a patient's emergency contacts of the patient's whereabouts within 24 hours of arrival for involuntary holds, and must offer voluntary patients the option to authorize release of clinical record information to emergency contacts within 24 hours of admission

Strengthens patient rights by requiring that restrictions on communication, correspondence, and visitation be determined by a qualified professional, documented within 24 hours, directly related to clinical well-being or staff safety, and reviewed every 3 days instead of every 7 days

Establishes discharge planning requirements including documented consideration of follow-up behavioral health appointments, medication access, available living arrangements, transportation, and recovery support opportunities; also authorizes discharge examinations via telehealth

Creates a first-degree misdemeanor (punishable by up to a $5,000 fine) for knowingly furnishing false information to obtain involuntary admission, securing involuntary procedures under false pretenses, or conspiring to deny a person rights under the mental health chapter