Bill Text: FL H0547 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mentally Deficient and Mentally Ill Defendants

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration [H0547 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-H0547-Introduced.html

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HB 547

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to mentally deficient and mentally ill
3	defendants; amending s. 916.106, F.S.; defining the term
4	"traumatic brain injury"; revising the definition of the
5	term "mental illness"; providing an effective date.
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7	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9	Section 1.  Subsection (13) of section 916.106, Florida
10	Statutes, is amended, and subsection (18) is added to that
11	section, to read:
12	916.106  Definitions.-For the purposes of this chapter, the
13	term:
14	(13)  "Mental illness" means an impairment of the emotional
15	processes that exercise conscious control of one's actions, or
16	of the ability to perceive or understand reality, which
17	impairment substantially interferes with a defendant's ability
18	to meet the ordinary demands of living and includes traumatic
19	brain injury. For the purposes of this chapter, the term does
20	not apply to defendants with only mental retardation or autism
21	and does not include intoxication or conditions manifested only
22	by antisocial behavior or substance abuse impairment.
23	(18)  "Traumatic brain injury" means a form of acquired
24	brain injury that occurs when a sudden trauma causes damage to
25	the brain and a severe change in emotional, behavioral, and
26	cognitive functions.
27	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.