FL S1306

Law enforcement officers transporting a minor for involuntary examination must provide the parent or legal guardian, if present, with the name, address, and contact information of the receiving facility before departing

Crisis stabilization units that admit both children and adults must maintain a waiting area for minors that is physically separate from any adult waiting area

Defines "mobile response team" as a team established under s. 394.495(7) and requires each county sheriff to develop and implement written agreements with all mobile response team providers in the county specifying dispatch protocols for child and adolescent behavioral health emergencies

911 public safety answering points (PSAPs) must dispatch a mobile response team as the primary responder to a child or adolescent behavioral health emergency when determined to be the most appropriate responder, unless the team is unavailable

Effective date is July 1, 2024