FL H0955 | 2021 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on April 30 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-30 - Died in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on April 30 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-30 - Died in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
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.
Title
Mental Health Treatment and Examinations
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-30 | House | Died in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee |
| 2021-03-02 | House | 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) |
| 2021-02-25 | House | Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee |
| 2021-02-25 | House | Referred to Health & Human Services Committee |
| 2021-02-25 | House | Referred to Judiciary Committee |
| 2021-02-25 | House | Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee |
| 2021-02-25 | House | Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee |
| 2021-02-12 | House | Filed |
Same As/Similar To
H405 (Similar To) 2021-04-30 - Died in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
S828 (Similar To) 2021-04-30 - Died in Judiciary
S1736 (Similar To) 2021-04-30 - Died in Judiciary
S828 (Similar To) 2021-04-30 - Died in Judiciary
S1736 (Similar To) 2021-04-30 - Died in Judiciary
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 394 | 4573 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 394 | 459 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 394 | 4599 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 394 | 462 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 394 | 463 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 394 | 4655 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 394 | 496 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 951 | 23 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
Florida State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/955 |
| Text | https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/955/BillText/Filed/PDF |
