FloridaMental Health
What it does
Mental Health; Expands programs & diversion initiatives supported by implementation or expansion grants to include training for 911 public safety telecommunicators & emergency medical technicians for certain purposes & to include veterans treatment court programs; exempts certain fiscally constrained counties from local match requirements for specified grants; encourages communities to apply for specified grants to establish pretrial felony mental health diversion programs; provides model process for such mental health diversion programs; authorizes specified entities to collaborate to establish certain policies & procedures & to develop certain consent form; requires mental health evaluations & following of all recommendations as conditions of probation for specified defendants; creates Florida Behavioral Health Care Data Repository within Northwest Regional Data Center; requires data center to develop specified plan & submit annual report.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Apr 30Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 168 (Ch. 2025-180)Latest
- Apr 17Added to Second Reading Calendar
- Vote recorded Favorable (Judiciary Committee). Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 17Bill released to House Calendar
- Apr 17Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- Apr 17Favorable by Judiciary CommitteeMinor
- Apr 15Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- Apr 1Now in Judiciary Committee
- Vote recorded Favorable (Human Services Subcommittee). Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 1Reported out of Human Services Subcommittee
- Apr 1Favorable by Human Services SubcommitteeMinor
- Mar 28Added to Human Services Subcommittee agenda
- Mar 19Now in Human Services Subcommittee
- Vote recorded Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee). Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 19Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- Mar 19Favorable by Criminal Justice SubcommitteeMinor
- Mar 17Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- Mar 5Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- Mar 5Referred to Judiciary CommitteeMinor
- Mar 5Referred to Human Services SubcommitteeMinor
- Mar 5Referred to Criminal Justice SubcommitteeMinor
- Mar 41st Reading (Original Filed Version)Minor
- Feb 26FiledIntroduced