Florida Senate - 2015                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/SB 7068, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             04/24/2015 11:04 AM       .                                
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       Senator Joyner moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (902964) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Delete lines 2747 - 2757
    5  and insert:
    6  representative, and the state attorney and public defender or
    7  office of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel of the
    8  judicial circuit in which the individual patient is located. A
    9  No fee may not shall be charged for the filing of a petition
   10  under this subsection.
   11         (4) APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL.—Within 1 court working day
   12  after the filing of a petition for involuntary inpatient
   13  placement, the court shall appoint the public defender to
   14  represent the individual if the individual person who is the
   15  subject of a mental illness the petition and the office of
   16  criminal conflict and civil regional counsel to represent the
   17  individual if the individual is the subject of a substance abuse
   18  petition, unless the individual person is otherwise represented
   19  by counsel. The clerk of the court shall immediately notify the
   20  public defender or the office of criminal conflict and civil
   21  regional counsel of the such appointment. Any attorney
   22  representing
   23  
   24  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   25  And the title is amended as follows:
   26         Delete line 5683
   27  and insert:
   28         substance abuse impairment; requiring the court to
   29         appoint the office of criminal conflict and civil
   30         regional counsel under certain circumstances;
   31         providing guidelines for