Bill Summary

SB 1620 Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders (2025 Session)
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Sponsors
by Rouson  CS Sponsors: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Fiscal Policy
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Summary
Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders; Requiring the Department of Children and Families to require certain providers to use a specified assessment tool; requiring facilities to update treatment plans within specified timeframes; requiring use of a specified assessment tool; providing an exception; requiring the Criminal Justice, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Technical Assistance Center at the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute at the University of South Florida to disseminate among grantees certain evidence-based practices and best practices, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
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committees of reference
   S Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
   S Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
   S Fiscal Policy
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Actions
02/27/25
SENATE
Filed
03/06/25
SENATE
Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
03/20/25
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/25/25, 4:00 pm, 301 S
03/25/25
SENATE
Favorable with CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; 5 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/26/25
SENATE
Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
03/26/25
SENATE
Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
04/07/25
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 04/10/25, 8:30 am, 412 K
04/10/25
SENATE
Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/11/25
SENATE
Now in Fiscal Policy
04/14/25
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Fiscal Policy, 04/17/25, 9:00 am, 412 K
04/17/25
SENATE
Favorable with CS by Fiscal Policy; 16 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/18/25
SENATE
Committee Substitute Text (C2) Filed
04/18/25
SENATE
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
04/21/25
SENATE
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/25
04/24/25
SENATE
Read Second Time; Amendment Adopted (440964); Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 37 Yeas / 0 Nays)
04/24/25
SENATE
Engrossed Text (E1) Filed
04/24/25
HOUSE 
In Messages
04/28/25
HOUSE 
Received; Referred to House Calendar
04/28/25
HOUSE 
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/29/25
04/29/25
HOUSE 
Read Second Time; Amendment Adopted (852013); Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 116 Yeas / 0 Nays)
04/29/25
SENATE
In returning messages
04/30/25
SENATE
Placed on House Returning Message List 1
04/30/25
SENATE
Received from Messages; Temporarily Postponed
05/02/25
SENATE
Placed on House Returning Message List 2
05/02/25
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Received from Messages; Concurred with Amendment (852013); Passed (Vote: 34 Yeas / 3 Nays)
05/02/25
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Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
05/02/25
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Engrossed Text (E2) Filed
05/02/25
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Enrolled Text (ER) Filed
06/18/25
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Signed by Officers and presented to Governor (Governor must act on this bill by 07/03/25)
06/25/25
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Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2025-184
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bill text & filed amendments
1620
Filed on 02/27/25
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Amendment 657304
Rouson
Filed on 03/24/25
Replaced by CS
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Amendment 420638
Rouson
Filed on 03/24/25
Replaced by CS
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1620C1
Filed on 03/26/25
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Amendment 277276 DE
Rouson
Filed on 04/15/25
Replaced by CS
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1620C2
Filed on 04/18/25
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Amendment 440964
Hooper
Filed on 04/24/25
Adopted on 2nd Reading
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1620E1
Filed on 04/24/25
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Amendment 852013
Hunschofsky
Filed on 04/25/25
Concurred
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1620E2
Filed on 05/02/25
PDF
No amendments to this bill text filed.
1620ER
Filed on 05/02/25
PDF
No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
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