Summary


Amendments include: (1) Updates definitions to add new definitions and removes obsolete definitions; (2) Eliminates distinctions between mandatory and recommended; (3) Allows providers to make formatting modifications to forms; (4) Adds discharge planning requirements; (5) Allows telehealth as a mode for an ETO Order; (6) Extends ETO’s from 24 to 48 hours for state mental health treatment facilities; (7) Adds language to ensure providers comply with Chapter 39 F.S.; (9) Simplifies the form that LEO and others are required to complete and submit to receiving facilities when taking an individual into custody for involuntary examination under a Baker Act or involuntary admission under the Marchman Act; (10) Adds new clinical review process to verify voluntary assent of minors; (11) Requires submission of data through new Baker Act data collection portal; (12) Requires submission of transportation form when individual transported to a receiving facility; and (13) Expands scope of psychiatric nurses to conduct Baker Act examinations and discharges.