HB 955

  • Florida House Bill
  • 2021 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House
  • House
  • Senate
  • Governor

Mental Health Treatment and Examinations

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Abstract

Mental Health Treatment and Examinations; Specifies additional persons who may consent to mental health treatment; revises frequency with which restriction on patient's right to communicate or receive visitors must be reviewed; authorizes receiving facility & counties to seek assistance from mobile crisis response team; revises criteria for involuntary examination; revises standards for use of physical force & restraint in taking custody of persons subject to ex parte orders; revises provisions on return of firearms to persons after confiscation; revises who may testify as to patients history in considering criteria for involuntary outpatient services; specifies rights to treatment of persons in county & municipal detention facilities.

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Apr 30, 2021

House

Died in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee

Mar 02, 2021

House

1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

Feb 25, 2021

House

Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee

House

Referred to Judiciary Committee

House

Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee

House

Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

House

Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee

Feb 12, 2021

House

Filed

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H 955 Filed PDF

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