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A bill to be entitled

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An act relating to mental health and substance abuse

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services; creating s. 394.8751, F.S.; authorizing the

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Department of Children and Family Services to establish a

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pilot program in Manatee County which integrates services

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provided by an adult mental health crisis stabilization

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unit and an addictions receiving facility; requiring

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licensure; providing eligibility criteria for services;

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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.  Section 394.8751, Florida Statutes, is created

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to read:

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     394.8751 Integrated adult mental health crisis

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stabilization unit and addictions receiving facility services

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pilot program.--

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     (1) Beginning July 1, 2008, the department, in consultation

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with the agency, may establish a pilot program in Manatee County

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which integrates services provided in an adult mental health

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crisis stabilization unit with services provided in an addictions

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receiving facility as described in s. 397.311(18)(a), except that

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the facility providing such integrated services shall be licensed

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as an adult crisis stabilization unit and must meet all licensure

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requirements for such units.

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     (2) The pilot program may provide services to adults, 18

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years of age or older, who fall into one or more of the following

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categories:

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     (a) An adult meeting the requirements for voluntary

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admission for mental health treatment under s. 394.4625.

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     (b) An adult meeting the criteria for involuntary

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examination for mental illness under s. 394.463.

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     (c) An adult qualifying for voluntary admission for

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substance abuse treatment under s. 397.601.

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     (d) An adult meeting the criteria for involuntary admission

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for substance abuse impairment under s. 397.675.

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     Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.