Florida 2021 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 D cosponsors

HB 955 — Mental Health Treatment and Examinations

Last action — Died in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Mental Health Treatment and Examinations; 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.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Died in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee

  2. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  3. Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee

  4. Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

  5. Referred to Judiciary Committee

  6. Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee

  7. Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee

  8. Filed

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 163 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (163)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 955 do?
Mental Health Treatment and Examinations; 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.
Who sponsors HB 955?
HB 955 is sponsored by Gottlieb, Michael "Mike" (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 955?
This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 955?
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