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


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Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration [H0547 Detail]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
HB 547

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


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