Florida House Bill 1405 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 9 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-09 - Died in Health and Human Services Access Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires that children placed in out-of-home care receive comprehensive behavioral health assessment; specifies eligibility; prescribing duties for DCFS; requires that guardian ad litem be appointed by court to represent child in custody of department who is prescribed psychotropic medication; requires that court authorize administration of psychotropic medication to child who is in shelter care or in foster care & for whom informed consent from parents or legal guardian has not been obtained; specifies circumstances under which department may provide psychotropic medication to child before court authorization is obtained; requires that department inform court of child's medical & behavioral status at each judicial hearing.

Provision of Psychotropic Medication to Children in Out-of-home Placements

Sen. Dana Young [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-09		Died in Health and Human Services Access Subcommittee
2012-01-12		Referred to Health and Human Services Access Subcommittee; Civil Justice Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 215
2012-01-10		Introduced -HJ 140
2012-01-09		Filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
39	407		Amended Code	See Bill Text
409	912		Amended Code	See Bill Text
743	0645		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/1405
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/1405/BillText/Filed/PDF