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The Committee on Future of Florida's Families recommends the |
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Committee Substitute |
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Remove the entire bill and insert: |
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A bill to be entitled |
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An act relating to involuntary commitment under the Baker |
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Act; amending s. 394.463, F.S.; providing that a patient |
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admitted for involuntary examination to a hospital may not |
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be released without the approval of the emergency |
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department physician and completion of an involuntary |
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examination; providing an effective date. |
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subsection (2) of section |
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394.463, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
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394.463 Involuntary examination.-- |
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(2) INVOLUNTARY EXAMINATION.-- |
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(f) A patient shall be examined by a physician or clinical |
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psychologist at a receiving facility without unnecessary delay |
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and may, upon the order of a physician, be given emergency |
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treatment if it is determined that such treatment is necessary |
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for the safety of the patient or others. The patient mayshall |
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not be released by the receiving facility or its contractor |
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without the documented approval of a psychiatrist,orclinical |
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psychologist, or, if the receiving facility is a hospital, an |
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attending emergency department physician with experience in the |
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diagnosis and treatment of mental and nervous disorders and |
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completion of an involuntary examination pursuant to this |
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subsection. However, a patient may not be held in a receiving |
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facility for involuntary examination longer than 72 hours. |
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Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |
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