FL H0705 | 2015 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on April 28 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-04-28 - Died in Health Quality Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Designates act as "Florida Mental Health Early Intervention Act of 2015"; authorizes physician assistants & ARNPs to initiate involuntary examinations under Baker Act of persons believed to have mental illness; requires DCF, in consultation with specified entities, to establish standards for instruction of first responders in mental health; provides requirements for such training.

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Title

Mental Health Early Intervention

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2015-04-28HouseDied in Health Quality Subcommittee
2015-03-03HouseIntroduced
2015-02-18HouseReferred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Civil Justice Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee
2015-02-11HouseFiled

Same As/Similar To

S1458 (Similar To) 2015-05-01 - Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
S7070 (Similar To) 2015-05-01 - Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 79 (Ch. 2015-102), CS/CS/HB 335 (Ch. 2015-111), CS/SB 954 (Ch. 2015-67)

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
394463Amended CodeSee Bill Text
39447892Amended CodeSee Bill Text

Florida State Sources


Bill Comments

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