Florida House Bill 955 (Prior Session Legislation)

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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]

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.

Mental Health Treatment and Examinations

Rep. Michael Gottlieb [D]

Rep. Susan Valdes [D]

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

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

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/955
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/955/BillText/Filed/PDF