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FL S1844
Bill
Status
Passed
4/8/2022
Primary Sponsor
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
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AI Summary
- Replaces the requirement for a formal hearing to admit minors age 17 or younger to a mental health facility on a voluntary basis with a clinical review to verify the minor's assent to voluntary care
- Requires that when an involuntary patient who is a minor transfers to voluntary status, the minor's assent to voluntary care must be verified through the same clinical review process
- Requires law enforcement officers transporting individuals for involuntary mental health examination to restrain the person in the least restrictive manner available and appropriate under the circumstances
- Creates Section 397.341, Florida Statutes, extending the same least-restrictive-restraint requirement to law enforcement officers transporting individuals for substance abuse treatment
- Effective date of July 1, 2022
Legislative Description
Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Last Action
Chapter No. 2022-41
4/8/2022
Committee Referrals
Appropriations2/8/2022
Judiciary2/2/2022
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