HB 1463

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to crisis stabilization units; amending s.
3	394.875, F.S.; increasing the number of client beds a
4	crisis stabilization unit is authorized to provide;
5	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.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
10	394.875, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
11	394.875  Crisis stabilization units, residential treatment
12	facilities, and residential treatment centers for children and
13	adolescents; authorized services; license required.-
14	(1)(a)  The purpose of a crisis stabilization unit is to
15	stabilize and redirect a client to the most appropriate and
16	least restrictive community setting available, consistent with
17	the client's needs. Crisis stabilization units may screen,
18	assess, and admit for stabilization persons who present
19	themselves to the unit and persons who are brought to the unit
20	under s. 394.463. Clients may be provided 24-hour observation,
21	medication prescribed by a physician or psychiatrist, and other
22	appropriate services. Crisis stabilization units shall provide
23	services regardless of the client's ability to pay and shall be
24	limited in size to a maximum of 50 30 beds.
25	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.

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