Bill Summary

HB 1207 Mental Health (2025 Session)
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Sponsors
by Cobb, Daley Co Sponsors: Gottlieb, López, J.
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Summary
Mental Health: Expands programs & diversion initiatives supported by implementation or expansion grants to include training for 911 public safety telecommunicators & emergency medical technicians for certain purposes & to include veterans treatment court programs; exempts certain fiscally constrained counties from local match requirements for specified grants; encourages communities to apply for specified grants to establish pretrial felony mental health diversion programs; provides model process for such mental health diversion programs; authorizes specified entities to collaborate to establish certain policies & procedures & to develop certain consent form; requires mental health evaluations & following of all recommendations as conditions of probation for specified defendants; creates Florida Behavioral Health Care Data Repository within Northwest Regional Data Center; requires data center to develop specified plan & submit annual report. Effective Date: October 1, 2025
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committees of reference
   H Criminal Justice Subcommittee
» H Human Services Subcommittee
   H Judiciary Committee
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Actions
02/26/25
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Filed
03/05/25
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Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Human Services Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
03/05/25
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Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
03/17/25
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On Committee agenda - Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 03/19/25, 1:00 pm, 404 H
03/19/25
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Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; 16 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/19/25
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Now in Human Services Subcommittee
03/28/25
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On Committee agenda - Human Services Subcommittee, 04/01/25, 12:30 pm, 314 H
04/01/25
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Favorable by Human Services Subcommittee; 15 Yeas, 0 Nays
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bill text & filed amendments
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Filed on 02/26/25
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
394.658
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