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FL H0655
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/8/2023
Primary Sponsor
Health & Human Services Committee
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AI Summary
- Renames the Commission on Mental Health and Substance Abuse to the Commission on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder and expands its purposes to include assessing the adequacy of Florida's National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (NSPL) infrastructure and other crisis response services
- Increases commission membership from 19 to 20 members by adding a representative of the Florida Alliance of Information and Referral Services, appointed by the Governor
- Adds new commission duties including analyzing crisis response capacity of mobile response teams and centralized receiving facilities, identifying available federal and state funding sources (including opioid settlements, ARPA, and CARES Act funds), and evaluating linkages between the NSPL infrastructure and crisis response services
- Expands first responder peer support definitions to include "affiliated first responder organizations" such as volunteer firefighting companies, volunteer ambulance services, and combination fire departments, and broadens eligibility for first responder peers to include active, volunteer, and retired first responders
- Extends the commission's repeal date from September 1, 2023, to September 1, 2026, requires annual interim reports beginning January 1, 2023, through January 1, 2025, and sets the final report deadline as September 1, 2026
Legislative Description
Suicide Prevention
Last Action
Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 914 (Ch. 2023-252)
4/20/2023
Committee Referrals
Health And Human Services3/13/2023
Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee2/14/2023
Full Bill Text
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