Florida Senate - 2012                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1712
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/16/2012           .                                
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       The Committee on Criminal Justice (Hays) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 255 - 264
    4  and insert:
    5  Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American
    6  Psychiatric Association and must be presented in a section of
    7  his or her competency evaluation report that shall be identified
    8  as a summary of findings. This section must include:
    9         1. The day, month, year, and length of time of the face-to
   10  face diagnostic clinical interview to determine the child's
   11  mental condition.
   12         2. A statement that identifies the mental disorder causing
   13  the child’s incompetence. In reporting on the mental disorder,
   14  the evaluator shall use the clinical name and associated
   15  diagnostic code found in the most recent edition of the
   16  Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the
   17  American Psychiatric Association.