Florida Senate Bill 870 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on March 14 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-14 - Died in Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Requiring that respondents with a serious mental illness be informed of the essential elements of recovery and be provided assistance with accessing a continuum of care regimen; authorizing the state to establish that a transfer evaluation was performed by providing the court with a copy of the evaluation before the close of the state's case in chief; revising the requirements for when a person may be ordered for involuntary inpatient placement; authorizing the court or clerk of the court to waive or prohibit any service of process fees for an indigent petitioner; expanding the exemption from the requirement that a respondent be present at a hearing on a petition for involuntary treatment services, etc.

Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Committee

Sen. Lauren Book [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-14	Senate	Died in Judiciary
2020-03-14	Senate	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2020-01-31	Senate	Now in Judiciary
2020-01-29	Senate	CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
2020-01-29	Senate	Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2020-01-28	Senate	CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
2020-01-23	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/28/20, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
2020-01-14	Senate	Introduced
2019-11-21	Senate	Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Appropriations
2019-11-12	Senate	Filed

H1071 (Similar To) 2020-03-14 - Died on Calendar
H1081 (Similar To) 2020-03-10 - Laid on Table - Companion bill(s) CS/SB 7012 passed
S1554 (Similar To) 2020-03-14 - Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
S1678 (Similar To) 2020-03-14 - Died in Judiciary
H1229 (Similar To) 2020-03-14 - Died in Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee
S7012 (Similar To) 2020-06-19 - Chapter No. 2020-39

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
394	455		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	459		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	4598		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	4599		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	461		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	4615		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	462		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	4625		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	463		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	4655		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	467		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	495		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	496		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	499		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	9085		Amended Code	See Bill Text
397	305		Amended Code	See Bill Text
397	311		Amended Code	See Bill Text
397	416		Amended Code	See Bill Text
397	501		Amended Code	See Bill Text
397	675		Amended Code	See Bill Text
397	6751		Amended Code	See Bill Text
397	681		Amended Code	See Bill Text
397	6811		Amended Code	See Bill Text
397	6814		Amended Code	See Bill Text
397	6815		Amended Code	See Bill Text
397	6818		Amended Code	See Bill Text
397	6819		Amended Code	See Bill Text
397	6821		Amended Code	See Bill Text
397	6822		Amended Code	See Bill Text
397	693		Amended Code	See Bill Text
397	695		Amended Code	See Bill Text
397	6951		Amended Code	See Bill Text
397	6955		Amended Code	See Bill Text
397	6957		Amended Code	See Bill Text
397	697		Amended Code	See Bill Text
397	6971		Amended Code	See Bill Text
397	6975		Amended Code	See Bill Text
397	6977		Amended Code	See Bill Text
397	6978		Amended Code	See Bill Text
409	972		Amended Code	See Bill Text
464	012		Amended Code	See Bill Text
744	2007		Amended Code	See Bill Text
790	065		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/870
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/870/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/870/BillText/c1/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/870/Amendment/745770/HTML